If you wish to successfully apply to studies in English at SGH as an international applicant, please read the following step-by-step guide on the admission process. SGH Warsaw School of Economics has only one intake per year which takes place around June.
Graduate studies (second-cycle) last four semesters and lead to achieving magister degree (Polish equivalent of a master’s degree).
The date for creating a personal account in the Internet Registration System (ISR) will be announced at a later time.
Registration for full-time programmes in English (main round of admission): from June 9, 2026 (from 1:00 p.m.) to July 23, 2026 (until 3:00 p.m.).
CHECK IF YOU NEED TO START THE RECOGNITION PROCESS OF YOUR DEGREE DIPLOMA BEFORE APPLYING
From July 1, 2025, a foreign degree diploma should be supplemented with a recognition statement from the Director of Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) confirming the right to apply for admission to higher education in Poland on its basis.
This requirement does not apply to documents issued in EU, EFTA and OECD member states, as well as countries with which Poland has concluded agreements on mutual recognition of education (currently including, among others, China and Ukraine).
More information on required documents and additional steps to be taken (if applicable) in regard with your degree diploma are to be found here:
Required documents for graduate studies for international applicants
1. REGISTER IN THE INTERNET REGISTRATION SYSTEM
- create an account and fill in the forms in the ISR: start with your basic personal data and contact address;
- select which cycle of study you wish to apply for;
- upload a photograph of yourself (in JPG format, with parameters compliant with technical requirements, meeting standards for a photograph intended for an identity card) – it will be used for your student ID card;
- make the application fee payment to the individual bank account number indicated on your personal application account.
- create the list of fields of study you are interested in and arrange them according to your preferences (top choice being the most desired). Please note that it is not possible to be admitted to a programme that has already been completed by an applicant in the past;
- upload scans of your educational documents and the certificate confirming your English proficiency. For more information on recognised documents, please navigate to the following tab:
How to demonstrate your English proficiency
- once you complete the above steps, including the upload of the documents marked as ‘obligatory’, submit your scans for verification by clicking the submit for verification button.
After you have submitted your scans for verification, we will need a couple of days to verify them. The outcome of the verification process will be visible in the document upload tab in the Internet Registration System. In case we have any doubts or require some additional documents, we will contact you.
At this stage of the admission process, you do not need to upload scans of translations or legalizations. However, you will have to deliver them to our office during the original documents submission period (usually late September).
2. ACCEPT THE OFFER LETTER
Once the scans are verified and accepted, you will receive an offer letter. To accept it, you will have to fill out the additional information tab in the ISR and upload a signed application form into the system.
If your Bachelor’s diploma was issued in a country outside the EU, OECD, or EFTA, during this stage, you must also provide us with a recognition statement from the Director of Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) confirming the right to apply for admission to higher education in Poland on its basis.
REMINDER: Each time you upload new documents in the Internet Registration System, you must click the Submit for verification button, otherwise, we will not be able to successfully verify them.
3. WAIT FOR YOUR DECISION ON ADMISSION
The decision on admission signed by the Rector together with the letter of acceptance can be collected personally or by the applicant’s representative, otherwise, we will send it to the correspondence addres indicated in the ISR.
4. PAY THE TUITION FEE
At least the first instalment of your tuition must be covered before September 30. If you wish to make the payment in advance because of the visa application procedure, you can do so. In this case, you should contact the Admissions Office to receive appropriate bank details.
5. SUBMIT THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS & JOIN THE ORIENTATION DAYS
After your arrival to Poland, you will be required to submit a complete set of documents listed on your decision on admission. Please keep track of your notifications in the ISR, as you will receive information on document submission timeframe once it is set. At the end of September SGH Student Union organise Orientation Days for freshman students.
RESOLUTION NO. 113 of the SENATE OF THE SGH WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS on the conditions and the recruitment procedure for the first year of full-time and part-time first- and second-cycle study programmes at SGH in the academic year 2026/2027
RESOLUTION NO. 152 OF THE SENATE OF THE SGH WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS of 10 December 2025 amending RESOLUTION NO. 113 of the SENATE OF THE SGH WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS on the conditions and the recruitment procedure for the first year of full-time and part-time first- and second-cycle study programmes at SGH in the academic year 2026/2027
