The changes include:
- a requirement to sit an entrance examination, depending on your citizenship and your document's country of origin,
- an obligation to provide proof of proficiency in the language of instruction (B2 or higher),
- a requirement to submit a statement from the Director of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) - if applicable
Other aspects of the admission process – including registration procedures, deadlines, the schedule, available programmes, and fees – will remain unchanged.
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.
Undergraduate studies (first-cycle) last six semesters and lead to licencjat (equivalent of bachelor's degree).
Creating a personal account in the Internet Registration System (ISR) is possible from June 3rd, 2025.
Registration for English programmes (main round of admission): from June 24th, 2025 (from 1:00 p.m.) to July, 24th, 2025 (until 3:00 p.m.).
1. REGISTER IN THE ON-LINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM
- create an account and fill in the forms in the on-line registration system (ISR): start with your basic personal data and contact address;
- select which cycle of study you wish to apply for;
- upload a photo of yourself – choose it carefully as we will use it in your student ID card;
- pay the application fee (85 PLN or 100 PLN, if there is an entry exam);
- 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 the field of studies once completed - applies to SGH alumni only;
- upload scans of your educational documents and the certificate confirming your knowledge of English (to see the accepted documents go to the tab “How to demonstrate your English proficiency”);
- once you have completed the above steps, including the upload of the documents marked as ‘obligatory’, submit your scans for verification by clicking the button “Submit for verification”)
After you have submited your scans for verification, we will need a couple of days to verify them - you will see the outcome of the verification process in the document upload tab in the registration system. In case we have any doubts or require some additional documents, we will contact you.
Candidates whose educational documents were issued in education systems outside the EU/OECD/EFTA Ukraine, or China (applicable only to the Gaozhong certificate) are required to take an online entrance exam. You will gain access to the exam only after your educational documents and proof of English proficiency have been successfully verified in the system. The exam is conducted fully online and is a mandatory part of the admission process
At this stage of the admission process, you do not need to upload translations or legalizations. However, you will have to deliver them to our office when you submit the original documents (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 some additional information in ISR. You will have to upload the signed application form too.
IMPORTANT: If your secondary school certificate was issued in a country outside the EU, OECD, or EFTA, Ukraine and China (doesn’t refer to Gaozhong certificate), you must also provide a written statement from the Director of NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) that the secondary school certificate entitles you to apply for undergraduate studies in Poland.
IMPORTANT: After you take the above mentioned steps, you need to click again: SUBMIT FOR VERIFICATION
3. WAIT FOR YOUR DECISION ON ADMISSION
The decision on admission signed by our 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 address indicated on ISR. If you were granted a place in the dorm, you will get the confirmation of your reservation too.
4. READ THE INFORMATION FOR FRESHMEN STUDENTS
Remember to choose courses acccording to the schedule of semester declarations (declarations for 1st semester) - login and password to student systems will be sent via mail until end of August.
5. PAY THE TUITION FEE
You have until September 30 to cover at least the first instalment of your tuition. If you wish to cover the payment in advance because of the visa procedures, you can do so. Contact the Admissions Office to receive the bank details.
6. SUBMIT THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS & JOIN THE ORIENTATION DAYS
After your arrival to Poland, you need to submit all documents listed on your decision on admission. At the end of September, SGH Student Union organise Orientation Daysfor freshmen students.
7. CHECK IF YOU NEED TO START THE RECOGNITION PROCESS OF YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Starting from July 1, 2025, it will be the Director of NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) who issues the statement regarding certificates, diplomas, or other documents confirming eligibility to apply for admission to higher education in Poland.
The statement issued by the NAWA Director refers to a specific certificate or diploma – to obtain it, an individual application must be submitted to NAWA.
General information printed from the publicly available KWALIFIKATOR system will not be accepted.
In the admission process for first-cycle (Bachelor’s) and long-cycle Master’s studies, decisions issued by the education superintendent (kurator oświaty) recognizing a foreign secondary school certificate before 30 June 2025 will remain valid and may be submitted as part of the application.
Legalization and recognition
