Postgraduate (post-diploma) studies

Postgraduate (post-diploma) studies are offered for the candidates wishing to improve professionally, broaden their horizons, update their knowledge but also for those who plan to change their professional profile or retrain.

Candidates interested in undertakingpostgraduate (post-diploma) studies at the University of Warsaw are invited to check information provided in the Internet Recruitment of Candidates (IRK) system [a website URL].

Application fee
Please note! Candidates making the application fee payment in PLN currency are requested to check at the registration account in the section “Payments” the individual bank account number generated for each candidate through the IRK system. Information on methods of payment and the amount of the application fee will be available in the above-mentioned section after registration for the field of study.

The amount of application fee for registration to one chosen field of postgraduate studies is 85 PLN. The final amount of the application fee depends on the number of chosen fields of postgraduate studies.

The application fee payment should be made no later than the day after the deadline of registration to postgraduate studies. It is recommended to use a system that guarantees the quickest transfer of money.

The required date of making the application fee payment for the postgraduate studies as well as the date on which the payment should be noted at the University of Warsaw account is available at the candidate’s registration account. If the application fee payment has not been noted in due time, it will be taken into account on the candidate’s request (providing that payment has been made on the day after the deadline of registration to the postgraduate studies at the latest). The candidate can submit the request to the Admission Committee within three days from the date of the announcement of qualification results.

Candidate makes the application fee payment in PLN currency using individual bank account number, generated for each candidate by the IRK system.

Candidates transferring to studies at the University of Warsaw are exempted from application fee payment.

Application fee refund
Candidate has a possibility to apply for a refund of application fee in case of:

• lack of registration for postgraduate studies
• registration to a smaller number of postgraduate studies than the amount of paid application fee
• the candidate’s withholding of the application fee for the registration for the programme of postgraduate studies at the individual registration account in the “Payments” section
• not being taken into account in the qualification process due to making the payment after the deadline specified at the individual registration account in the IRK system
• not opening the chosen postgraduate studies
• justified and documented (in writing) reason for absence from the entrance exam.

The amount of refund may be reduced by the costs of transaction.

The refund of the application fee is ordered by the head of the Admissions Office, after the end of the admission procedure, based on a written application signed by the candidate. The application should be sent by post to the Admissions Office address. It is also possible to send a message with the title “Zwrot opłaty rekrutacyjnej” (“Application fee refund” in Polish) from the individual registration account in the IRK system (section “My account” – “Help”). Please note that the IRK identifier as well as the bank account number for refund should be included in the text of the application.