Poland My First Choice NAWA

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Poland My First Choice programme, which enables young people from developed countries to study at Polish universities with a scholarship.

The programme offers the opportunity to undertake full-time, second-cycle studies with a monthly NAWA scholarship. In addition, the programme will make it possible to study for free at public universities.

The offer is addressed to candidates applying to Polish university-type higher education institutions supervised by the Minister of Education and Science (check which universities you can choose). Within the Programme interested persons can choose any course taught in Polish or English.

The call is open for:

  • citizens of 44 countries and territories: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Uruguay, USA
  • who are studying a bachelor's degree programme in one of the aforementioned countries and territories or have graduated there no earlier than 2021 and
  • are planning to start second-cycle studies in Poland in the academic year 2023/24.

Application deadline: by 15 June 2023 at 15:00 (Warsaw time).

Find out more in the full announcement!

Submit your application!

Do you have any questions? Contact: pmfc@nawa.gov.pl