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ADMISSIONS

Start of the registration in IRK: 9 June 2026

 

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The Admission Procedure for Warsaw International Studies in Psychology

for the academic year 2025/2026

 

Contacts for prospective students:

study@wisp.uw.edu.pl
tel. +48 22 55 49 845

 

SCHEDULE OF ADMISSIONS FOR THE 2026/2027 ACADEMIC YEAR

Start of registration in IRK:  9 June 2026

End of registration in IRK:  9 July 2026 at 23:59 CEST

Additional entrance exam:  16, 17, 20 July 2026

Results:  22 July 2026 on the candidate’s IRK account.

Delivering the original documents:         23-24, 27 July 2026 – first round

                                                                      28-29 July 2026 – second round

                                                                      30-31 July 2026 – third round

 

The main rule of admission is treating all participants equally, fairly and individually. The procedure of applying is the same for each Candidate, regardless of their educational history, type of diploma, background or country of origin.

The admission procedure takes place once a year in June and July. Candidates submit their application and documents online. In mid-July there is an additional online exam (interview) and the results are announced in the last week of July. The final step is submitting the hard copies of the documents.

Most of the process is conducted online via the Internet Recruitment of Candidates (IRK).

The qualification procedure consists of two stages. First, we calculate the candidates secondary school results. If the result is a min. 50 points, the candidate is invited to the second stage – the oral online exam.

We offer 42 places.

The classes start at the beginning of October.

 

The procedure of applying in short:

The programme is available to candidates who hold a secondary school diploma entitling to university-level studies in the country in which the diploma was issued and a certificate of English command at the B2 level.

First, you have to set up an account in the Internet Recruitment of Candidates (IRK) where you upload the scans of the required documents, sign up for the Psychology in English programme and pay the application fee (100 PLN). You can create your account earlier and are free to explore the IRK system. The IRK account will also allow you to communicate with the admissions office, find out the results, and it is considered a formal way of communicating with the University.

Please have a look at this step by step video about the IRK system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d73_XmLtqzU.

When making the payment it is advisable to use a system that guarantees the quickest transfer of money. Candidates make the application fee payment in PLN or foreign currency using an individual bank account number generated for each candidate by the IRK system.

For more information about payments please see: http://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/en/application-and-tuition-fees/.

 

Calculating the sores

The Admission Committee at the Faculty of Psychology will evaluate your secondary school results. If your score is high enough, you will be invited to the online entrance exam. This year you are expected to read ‘The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion’ written by Jonathan Haidt.

The final score and your position on the ranking list is the average score from these two results.

  • Points obtained during the first stage – calculation of secondary school results (50%)
  • points obtained during the second stage – additional entrance exam (50%)

Maximum number of points possible to obtain in the qualification procedure: 100.

Maximum number of points possible to obtain during the additional entrance exam (second stage of qualification procedure): 100. Minimum number of points needed to pass the entrance exam: 60.

 

Secondary Education results

As a general rule, we require all candidates to present their secondary school results (maturity exam results) from four subjects:

  • Original language of maturity (Secondary School) exam or Polish language,
  • Mathematics,
  • Modern foreign language,
  • One of the following: Modern foreign language*, Biology, Chemistry, Philosophy, Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Geography, History, Computer science, Latin, Classic Greek, Management, Economics, Psychology, Anthropology, Politics, Social Studies.

 

All scores are given the weight of 25% of the final score at this stage.

What matters in addition to your actual score is the level at which you took the subject. If you completed a subject on a higher or advanced level your score will count for the full 100%. If you took a subject at standard/basic level however, only 60% of your score will be counted. If there is no information on the level at which you took a given subject, then only 80% of your score is taken into consideration.

Here is an overview of how we calculate foreign diplomas: https://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/Calculation_high_school_diplomas_2025_2026.pdf

 

Additional entrance exam

We do believe that having good grades in high school is desirable, however the grade average is not the only way to estimate success. Conducting an additional exam allows us to predict whether a candidate will have a chance to become successful student, psychologist or scientist in the future.

During the exam a committee of two lecturers from our programme will ask you questions and evaluate your answers. Each member of the exam committee will evaluate a candidate’s answers for each of the two categories as follows: Understanding of the text (0-50 points) and Independent thinking (0-50 points).

The Exam Committee will ask candidates to explain essential topics and ideas mentioned in the book.

 

In order to pass the exam, the candidate needs to achieve at least 60 points.

 

English Language Requirement

Here is an overview of the accepted B2 English language certificates: https://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/Documents-knowledge_of_English_EN.pdf. If you decide to take the IELTS exam, you need to have a score of at least 6.5.

 

The Documents Required

If you get accepted as a candidate to the programme, you will have to deliver hard copies of the required documents within a specific deadline. This can be done by courier. Here is a list of the required documents: https://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/en/required-documents/.

After successfully completing all the stages, you will be accepted to the University of Warsaw.

PLEASE NOTE: failure to submit the required documents by the specified deadline is equal with resignation from undertaking studies.

 

Required documents (if accepted):

  • Secondary school diploma and transcript of grades
  • Legalisation or apostille of the secondary school diploma and transcript of grades – for candidates who DO NOT have an IB, EB or Polish maturity exam: https://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/en/legalisation-of-diploma/.
  • Sworn translation into English or Polish of the above-mentioned documents. If you have your documents already issued in English, this is not necessary.
  • A document stating that the secondary school certificate/diploma entitles to undertake university-level studies in the country in which the certificate / diploma was issued (with translation into the language of instruction of studies chosen by the candidate). The certificate of eligibility should be printed from the Kwalifikator system on the website of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. If a given certificate/ diploma is not included in the Kwalifikator system, the document should be issued by the educational authorities of the country of issue of the document or the school/ educational institution issuing the document. Please check if your diploma entitles you to undertake studies in Poland (not all countries are listed in the system) here.
  • Documents proving English language proficiency (B2 level).
  • Documents printed from the IRK system: personal questionnaire, application for issuing a student’s ID, proof of payment for the ID, statement on being acquainted with the fees.

 

Additionally, foreigners with a foreign secondary school (maturity) certificate issued in a country which is not a party to the EU/EFTA/OECD/international agreements are obliged to submit:

  • a certificate of proficiency in the language of instruction of the programme of studies, at a level of at least B2 included on the list of documents specified by means of a regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education: https://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/certs_2025.pdf.
  • a written note from the NAWA Director on a foreign document which confirms the eligibility to apply for admission to studies, as referred to in Article 70, section 5b of the Act of 20 July 2018, the Law on Higher Education and Science, or an administrative decision of the Education Superintendent which confirms the eligibility to apply for admission to the first-cycle studies and long-cycle studies in the case where the proceedings for the recognition of a foreign document with regard to the eligibility to apply for admission to studies or the confirmation of obtained education were initiated before 30 June 2025

 

Email us at study@wisp.uw.edu.pl or call us  +48 22 55 49 845 if you have questions about studying at Warsaw International Studies in Psychology, University of Warsaw.