YOUR SCHOLARSHIP IN EUROPE
YOUR SCHOLARSHIP IN EUROPE
YOUR SCHOLARSHIP IN EUROPE
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120<br />
Your Scholarship in Europe 2008-2009<br />
Poland<br />
BASIC <strong>IN</strong>FORMATION ABOUT POLAND<br />
Poland is situated in Central Europe. It is bound by the Baltic Sea, Belarus, the Czech<br />
Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia and Ukraine. The country is mostly part of the<br />
Great European Plain, while to the south, the plain rises to the Carpathian and Sudeten<br />
Mountains. Poland has 38.2 million inhabitants. The principal ethnic majority are Poles,<br />
who are of west Slavic origin. The offi cial language is Polish. The capital of the country<br />
is Warsaw.<br />
THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM<br />
At present in Poland there are both university-level and non-university level (professional<br />
education) institutions. Graduates of higher professional courses (offered by państwowe<br />
wyższe szkoly zawodowe and wyższe szkoly zawodowe) are awarded the professional<br />
title of licencjat or inżynier after 3 to 4 years of study. Graduates of university-level higher<br />
educational institutions are awarded the professional title of magister or its equivalent<br />
after taking standard 5-year magister level courses or 1.5 to 2-year complementary magister<br />
level courses (for holders of the professional title of licencjat or inźynier received<br />
either at university-type institutions or institutions of higher professional education). The<br />
academic degree of doktor may be acquired in two ways: by students of doctoral (postgraduate)<br />
studies, usually lasting 3-4 years, or by persons who combine their professional<br />
work with academic research and elaboration of a dissertation. All candidates<br />
must hold the professional title of magister or its equivalent. A doktor habilitowany degree<br />
is awarded to candidates who already have a doktor degree. It may be acquired either<br />
by academic staff of higher educational institutions and research units, or by persons<br />
who combine their research work with other professional activities. To be awarded an<br />
academic degree of doktor habilitowany, the candidate must: have remarkable scientifi<br />
c or artistic achievements; submit a habilitation dissertation which contributes to the<br />
development of a given scientifi c discipline; receive a favourable assessment of his/her<br />
dissertation from three supervisors; pass a habilitation examination and deliver a favourably<br />
assessed habilitation lecture.<br />
There are a total of 124 state higher educational institutions and 320 non-state higher<br />
educational institutions. The most common form of admission is maturity certifi cate or<br />
the entrance examination.<br />
<strong>SCHOLARSHIP</strong>S<br />
Within the framework of scientifi c cooperation between Poland and Russia, several scholarships<br />
are available for Russian students:
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