Nostrification/Recognation:

it is a procedure leading to the determination of the Polish equivalent of a foreign certificate / diploma for continuing further education in Poland or for purposes other than continuing education in Poland or in the case of recognition for admission to postgraduate studies.

Maturity certificates (high school diplomas) recognised in the Republic of Poland for applying for admission to tertiary education are:

• maturity certificates(high school diplomas) are recognized as equivalent to the relevant Polish certificate under international agreements concluded by Poland with other countries. If a given certificate is covered by an international agreement, then there is no need to subject the document to the nostrification procedure. Detailed information on international agreements concluded by Poland can be found on the website of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
• all certificates/diplomas issued in the EU, EEA and OECD entitling to higher education in the issuing country will be recognized by law as documents confirming secondary education and the right to apply for admission to studies in Poland,
• if in the issuing country the certificate entitles to study only in selected fields, these rights are recognized in Poland to the same extent. Therefore, the right to apply for admission is recognized: for the same fields of study or for fields of study similar in terms of the curriculum,

• IB (International Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva,

• EB (European Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the European Schools in accordance with the Convention Defining the Stature of the European Schools, done in Luxembourg,

• If the certificate is not covered by any international agreement or is covered by it, but does not meet the provisions of a given agreement and was not issued in EU, EEA, OECD countries, where it entitles to apply for admission to higher education, then its equivalence with the relevant Polish certificate can only be determined by nostrification.

Nostrification/Recognation of maturity certificates (high school diplomas) concerns:

• candidates holding a maturity certificate obtained abroad Polish issued in a country with which Poland has not concluded an agreement on the mutual recognition of documents or if the certificate was issued in a country with which Poland has concluded the above-mentioned agreement, but the certificate is not covered by it or has not been issued in EU, EEA, OECD countries, where it entitles to apply for admission to higher education,
• the authorities competent to carry out the nostrification of maturity certificates are the Regional Boards of Education (Kuratorium Oświaty) competent for the place of residence of the person applying for nostrification, and in the absence thereof, competent for the seat of the institution in which the person intends to submit the certificate.

 Useful link to the Regional Board of Education in Gorzów Wlkp (Kuratorium Oświaty w Gorzowie Wlkp)

Nostrification/Recognation:

it is a procedure leading to the determination of the Polish equivalent of a foreign certificate / diploma for continuing further education in Poland or for purposes other than continuing education in Poland or in the case of recognition for admission to postgraduate studies.

Diplomas of completion of first-cycle studies recognized in the Republic of Poland for applying for admission to second-cycle studies are:

• a diploma awarded by an authorised university operating in the higher education system of a Member State of the European Union, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, confirming the completion of:
  
  1. three-year studies or first-cycle studies lasting at least three years - confirms in the Republic of Poland the possession of higher education at the level of first-cycle studies;
  2. second-cycle studies - confirms in the Republic of Poland the possession of higher education at the level of second-cycle studies;
  3. at least four years of long-cycle studies - confirms in the Republic of Poland the possession of higher education at the level of second-cycle studies, if it is considered equivalent to the diploma of completion of second-cycle studies in the country of issue.
• a diploma confirming completion of studies abroad gives the right to continue education at second-cycle studies or to apply for a doctoral degree in the country in whose higher education system the university that issued it operates, it entitles the Republic of Poland to continue education at second-cycle studies or to apply for a doctoral degree, respectively,
• a foreign diploma may entitle to further education in Poland also on the basis of international agreements.

Nostrification/Recognation

Nostrification/Recognition proceedings are conducted by an university with a scientific category A+, A or B+ in the discipline to which the application relates.

NOTE: Until the parameterization of the university is carried out, nostrification procedures should be conducted by units authorized to confer the academic degree of doctor of a specific field of science or the degree of doctor of a specific field of art, in the field of scientific or artistic discipline to which the foreign diploma relates.