Student Guide - University of Ottawa - International Office

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FEES AND EXPENCES
Tuition Fees
Collegium Civitas is not only an exceptional university with regard
to its study programs and individual approach to each student,
but it is also a truly inexpensive university if it comes to tuition fees
and costs of living. We are a non-profit university and we keep our tuition
fees as low as possible so that students from around the world
may come and study at our university. Warsaw is one of the most
affordable European capitals, at the same time it is one of the most
service-friendly cities of Europe.
The tuition fee for one semester is 4000 PLN (1 USD amounts
to approximately 2.2 PLN) on a BA program and 4950 PLN on an MA
program (see details on our web-site). The prospective students will
also have to pay an application and entry fee.
Please note that for the newcomers there is a special mandatory
orientation session: the prospective international students that
are admitted to Collegium Civitas will have to pay extra for
a special two-week preparatory session at the beginning of October.
The program, includes a welcoming kit, sightseeing tours, tasting
Polish cuisine, visiting student cafés, attending introductory courses
on a set of selected topics, individual advising, meeting representatives
of Collegium Civitas’ student self-government, etc.
The application fee and the entry fee are non-refundable.
The latter as well as the orientation session fee may be paid back in
special circumstances upon written request, e.g. when a student could
not obtain an entry visa through no fault of his/her own.
Costs of Living
It is realistic to budget 700 PLN to 1000 PLN per month for day
to day living costs. This does not include accommodation expenses.
The accommodation is usually arranged in the following manner:
we book places at reasonably-priced and centrally located hostels
for the initial period of stay and then we help students find apartments
close to our university. Warsaw is a city with over 250 000 students,
thus renting a flat is a very common thing. This arrangement proves
to be effective since our students have different needs and expectations.
Some prefer to live alone in an expensive studio, while others
like to get together, rent one apartment for three-four people and
share the costs. One has to be prepared to pay from 700 to 900 PLN
for accommodation per month.
A month pass for public transportation (all busses, trams and metro)
costs 39 PLN. A movie ticket is priced at 16 PLN, a beer (0.5 l)
in a pub sells for 7 PLN, a cheeseburger at McDonald’s for 3 PLN,
and a bouquet of 5 roses for 10 PLN.