( recognised diplomas )
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Please visit the official NAWA database 
or contact us to verify whether your diploma is recognised in Poland or you need to receive a Decision of Educational Superintendent from Polish Kuratorium Oświaty.
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Secondary education and the right to apply for admission to studies are confirmed in the Republic of Poland by:
( 1 ) Certificates and other documents issued by a school or an educational institution from:
→ the European Union
→ the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
→ the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA)
This applies to secondary school-leaving certificates obtained in the following countries:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Island, Israel, Japan, Canada, Colombia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Germany, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Hungary, UK, Italy.
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( 2 ) IB diplomas (International Baccalaureate) issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva
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( 3 ) 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)
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( 4 ) certificates covered by international agreements (check the list of agreements )
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( non-recognised diplomas )
If your diploma is not automatically recognised, you need a Decision of Educational Superintendent in Poland on Recognition of the foreign document confirming secondary education (in case of applying for first-cycle studies).
The application shall be submitted to the voivodship school superintendent offices competent for the place of residence of the applicant for the recognition of the document, or if it doesn’t exist, competent for the place of establishment of the institution in which the applicant intends to submit the certificate.
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Information from the Krakow education superintendent office:
→ Recognition or nostrification of a certificate issued abroad
→ Recognition of certificate issued abroad
Educational superintendents’ addresses can be found here.
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NOTE: Applicants must deliver the Decision or the official Confirmation on submitting the application to Polish Kuratorium Oświaty on the day of enrolling (when submitting the originals of documents) within the specified deadline. Please contact us for more details: recruitment@upjp2.edu.pl