Poland's Ministry of Science and Higher Education invites foreigners to study in Poland, a country with a long and rich tradition of university education, which offers opportunities for young people aspiring to get a European degree recognised throughout the world.
Polish universities offer more than 700 courses in foreign languages as an integral part of the Higher Education Area, where the level of tuition fees compares favourably with other EU countries.
Poland's university traditions are among the oldest in Europe. In 1364, King Casimir the Great established the Cracow Academy, known today as Jagiellonian University. Since the beginning of system transformation our higher education system has been developing rapidly and Poland is fourth in Europe (after United Kingdom, Germany and France) in terms of the number of people studying at university. The total student population at over 400 university-level schools is almost 1.5 million.
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