Application documents

To complete  the application process the Applicants have to  submit to the University the original (hard copies) of the following  documents:

1. Application form
2. Diploma
3. Transript of records
4. Eligibility statement
5. Certificate from the criminal register
6. English language certificate
7. Hepatitis B immunization proof
8. Passport
9. Photographs (x2)
10. Polish translation
11. Apostille & legalization
12. Recognition from the Departnment of Education

1.APPLICATION FORM – filled in, downloaded from the on-line registration system and printed. Then signed by the Applicant. All check boxes should be marked by hand again and answers specified when required.

2. DIPLOMA – legalised original (or duplicate) of relevant education certificate (a diploma or another document confirming graduation from a foreign school). Holders of the IB Diplomas (International Baccalaureate) issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva and holders of the EB Diplomas (European Baccalaureate) issued by the European Schools, in accordance with the Convention on the Statute of the European Schools drawn up in Luxembourg on June 21, 1994 (Journal of Laws of 2005, No. 3, item 10) – there is recognition under the law, you need to deliver the original IB or EB Diploma (or a notary confirmed copy) to the office on Hallera Square 1. Please check below whether you need apostille or legalisation.

3. TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS – you need a documentary evidence of learning in a foreign school containing:

• a list of grades received from an exam determining the graduation from a school or a completion of a given educational stage,
• a list of completed subjects and classes as well as grades.
  It should be confirmed by a school or by an educational institution which has issued the certificate, or by education authorities.
  NOTE: Grades may be included in the diploma / certificate itself. In this case there is no need of submitting any additional document.

4. ELIGIBILTY STATEMENT – an information on the right to continuation of learning at an appropriate level in the country where diploma or certificate has been issued (including university studies, in which domain). Unless the diploma / certificate itself contains such information. Please check below whether you need the eligibility statement.

5. CERTIFICATE/CERTIFICATES FROM THE CRIMINAL REGISTER – certificate/certificates from the criminal register of the country of citizenship and of countries that you have been residing in the last 20 years. It is the information from the criminal register for professional or voluntary activities related to contact with children; or in case the country/ies of citizenship and residency cannot provide such information: certificate from the criminal register. It is due to the regulation in Polish law system (Article 21 of the Law of May 13, 2016 on countering the threat of sexual offences and the protection of minors (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1304, as amended), as of February 15, 2024) that is a statutory obligation for students who are to be admitted to activities related to treatment, education or care of patients under 18 as a part of the implementation of their study program (clinical/practical classes internships). In the event that the country of citizenship or the country/ies the student had resided in the last 20 years doesn’t anticipate the preparation of information from the criminal register for professional or voluntary activities related to contact with children, nor does maintain a criminal register, the student is obliged to sign the declaration under penalty of criminal liability for submitting a false statement.

6. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE (IELTS/TOEFL) confirming knowledge of English language at least on level B2

7. HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATION PROOF – result of antibody surface test made in the out-patient clinic in Poland (the cost of such examination is on the candidate’s account)

8. PASSPORT photocopy and original available on request

9. PHOTOGRAPHS 2 recent passport photographs signed on the back

10. POLISH TRANSLATION of the legalized/apostilled diploma, transcript and eligibility statement (if applicable) – only translations made by sworn translators listed on the list of Ministry of Justice will be accepted: https://arch-bip.ms.gov.pl/pl/rejestry-i-ewidencje/tlumacze-przysiegli/lista-tlumaczy-przysieglych/search.html

11. APOSTILLE & LEGALIZATION

Please start with reading the guides prepared by our Legalisation Officers:

12. RECOGNITION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (KURATORIUM OŚWIATY) – some certificates require the recognition by the Superintendent of the Department of Education in Łódź:

For full instruction regarding school documents that need to be submitted and the recognition process please click: