The recruitment process for summer Polish language and culture courses financed by the Agency is practically over. Single places are available only for Banach scholarship holders.

Summer Polish language courses are conducted by many Polish universities and private schools and are generally of very good quality, however, the Agency does not indicate specific courses and centers because vacancies in commercial courses run by centers accredited by the Agency have already run out.

However, if you wish to participate in courses financed by the Agency, please check the information for the following year which will appear on this website. We plan to start recruitment in January 2025, and more detailed information regarding summer courses in 2025 should appear in November or December 2024.

All stationary courses are intensive (approx. 7 hours of classes in one day), while remote courses can be more intensive (approx. 6 hours per day) or standard (approx. 4 hours per day).

Due to the large number of people on the reserve list, we kindly ask people who have confirmed their attendance on the course and whose situation has changed to inform the course organizers as soon as possible.

1. The University of Silesia will organize three courses for students and academic teachers in August: (more information: https://www.sjikp.us.edu.pl/en/summer-school-of-polish-language-literature-and-culture/):

• full-time NAWA course for students and academic teachers in Cieszyn on August 1-28, 2024 (no more places financed by the Agency available on this course)
• NAWA online course for students and academic teachers on August 1-21, 2024.
• NAWA intensive online course for students and academic teachers on August 1-21, 2024.

2. The University of Lodz will organize an intensive online NAWA course for students and academic teachers on August 5-25, 2024. The registration form is available here. People who have already registered should send questions to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
3. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin is organizing an on-site NAWA course for students and academic teachers in Lublin on July 1-28, 2024. Registration for the course financed by the Agency has already ended due to the lack of available places. Any questions should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
4. The University of Wrocław will organize two courses for students and academic teachers on July 7-27, 2024: on-site in Wrocław and intensive on-line. Registration for courses financed by the Agency has already ended due to lack of places. All questions - including those regarding commercial courses - should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
5. Adam Mickiewicz University will organize an on-site NAWA course for students and academic teachers in Poznań on July 22 - August 11, 2024. Registration for courses financed by the Agency has already ended due to the lack of available places. All questions - including those regarding commercial courses - should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
6. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University will organize an on-site NAWA course for students and academic teachers in Lublin on July 6-26, 2024. Registration has already ended due to lack of available places. Any questions should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• students and academic teachers of foreign universities who are foreigners or have dual citizenship (Polish and citizenship of another country) for whom Polish is not the first language, who do not study, are not employed and do not live in Poland

• the participants must speak Polish or English on at least B1 level

• foreign language teachers who conduct courses in Polish as a foreign language in foreign academic centers.

The courses - including all activities related to them, as well as (in the case of on-site courses) accommodation and meals - are free of charge. Participants cover only the cost of travel to – and from - Poland, as well as the cost of medical insurance, including possible costs of transport to the country of residence. This insurance is obligatory, but it does not have to be purchased if the country of citizenship of the course participant has signed appropriate agreements with Poland.

• achieving the minimum attendance at classes indicated by the center organizing the course,
• participation in evaluation activities during and after the course, including completing an online survey within 14 days of its availability, access to which will be provided before the end of the course,
• cooperation with the organizer and lecturers in order to achieve the best course results,
• appropriate maintenance of the place of accommodation, places of classes and entrusted didactic materials (applies to on-site courses).

Important notice: One person is eligible to take part only in one course in one (e.g. 2024) year, even if this person receives invitation from more than one university. In such a case one should choose the preferred university and resign from the others.

• achieving the highest possible percentage of people who have not yet used this form of support from the Polish State,
• achieving the highest possible percentage of students and academic teachers from the countries indicated on the attached list of countries with a high level of academic studies (see here),
• admission to the course of students and academic teachers for whom participation in the course proves to be the most useful from the point of view of the course objectives - i.e. people who link their academic or professional career with Poland or the Polish language,
• admission to the course of people whose achievements (e.g. academic) or position in the community increase the likelihood that positive opinions about Poland and favorable attitudes towards it will become widespread (e.g. giving preference to people who publish their texts),
• diversity of participants in terms of country of origin, universities, environments, faculties.

• filling in the questionnaire published on the university websites within the deadlines shown,
  
• informing all the candidates that met the basic requirements about the acceptance to the course or placing them on the waiting list,
• confirming by the candidate the participation in the course once the candidate is accepted. Notice that you should check your e-mail (including spam) regularly, because if the accepted candidate does not confirm participation the person from the waiting list is accepted instead and the place is taken. Notice also that late resignations or lack of the participation in the course without notice (after previous confirmation) is extremely inconvenient for the universities and may result in not accepting given person in the future courses.
• staying in contact with the university, by checking regularly e-mail box, to ensure all the current information reaches the candidate; he/she should answer the questions and fill in the placement test if asked.
• University will send the invitation/confirmation to all the candidates who need to have visa to come to Poland (refers to on-site courses only).