Factsheet SGGW

If you are interested in an exchange at SGGW, the first step is to contact the International Office (or Study Abroad Office) at your home university.

To be admitted to SGGW as an exchange student, you must first be nominated by your home university. Nominations are made based on the existing agreements between your home and SGGW within your field of study.

Your home university coordinator is responsible for submitting the nomination to SGGW using the dedicated nomination form. Email nominations will not be accepted.

Nomination Deadlines

• 31 May  – for the fall/winter semester or the full academic year
• 31 October – for the spring/summer semester

If you are not sure whether you have already been nominated, please contact the International Office of your home university.

Only students who have been nominated in advance will be able to complete the online application.

Once you are nominated by your home university, the SGGW INcoming team will contact you with further instructions on how to apply to SGGW as an exchange student. Invitation to fill in the application online for exchange studies will be sent by email (remember to check your junk mail/ spam folder).

Open registrations you can find here:

https://rekrutacja.sggw.edu.pl/en-gb/offer/registration-select/?next=/en-gb/offer/registration/

APPLICATION DEADLINE

• for the fall/winter semester or full academic year is 31 July.
• for the spring/summer semester is 15 December.

The application is only available during the designated application periods. Late applications can be submitted, however we cannot guarantee availability of all courses or accommodation on-site with late applications.

NOTE: Late applications may be subject to rejection.

SGGW applies the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).  One semester of full-time studies equals 30 credits. During one semester, the minimum requirement is 20 ECTS credits, maximum workload 35 ECTS.

MAKE SURE TO CHECK COURSE RESTRICTIONS

You must fulfill the eligibility requirements for individual courses. Check if you fulfill the eligibility requirement on the course page. If you are an undergraduate student, you may consider courses offered at master’s level, as some departments  accept students in their last year of an undergraduate programme.

HOW TO CHOOSE COURSES?

You can choose the most suitable courses from the list to create your Learning Agreement. The timetable of courses will be available at the beginning of the semester.

In order for a course to start, at least four people need to register for. In case if there is less than four students registered for the course it might be open [if accepted by the Dean of respective faculty].

Your learning agreement should be done through the Online Learning Agreement – a tool allowing to prepare your study programme online.

THESIS

In order to do a thesis at SGGW, you must find a supervisor at respective faculty/ institute. The supervisor must email incoming@sggw.edu.pl to confirm approval and send us the applicable thesis course code. Such a course/ project could be open provided that the faculty dean/ director of institute approves your individual programme. You may also consider to apply for a traineeship mobility.

Learning agreement for studies – guidelines

Template of learning agreement

OLA video tutorial

International students are accepted from 4^th year of study.

Applications of students enrolled in their 2nd and 3rd year of studies to be considered by the faculty coordinator.

Study curriculum & syllabi

Good knowledge of English is necessary to communicate and take part in lectures, classes, or other academic activities.

All incoming exchange students have to submit one of the following documents:

1. TOEFL Certificate: minimum score: 575 points (Paper), 220 points (Computer) or 75 (Internet)
2. TOEIC Certificate: minimum score: 605 points
3. IELTS Certificate: minimum score: 5.0
4. First Certificate in English from the University of Cambridge
5. Certificate of the Home University Language Centre (or OLS test’s result/ another document issued by the university) testifying that the student masters the necessary knowledge of English to take part in academic activities (level B2 or above).

If a student’s language certificate presents a sufficient knowledge of Polish (level B2 or above), the English language demands become redundant. 

If the student’s real language abilities do not correspond to the ones stated in the certificate, the student will be sent back to the home institution.

Erasmus Student Charter highlights student’s rights and obligations and presents what you can expect from your sending and receiving organisations at each step of your Erasmus+ experience.

More about Erasmus+ programme opportunities on official website of the European Comission.

Information for non-EU/EFTA citizens

Acceptance letter from host university is required to apply for a Polish D-type national visa.

To be provided with an acceptance letter you need to submit your language certificate and learning agreement first (please mind application deadlines).

List of Poland’s missions abroad

Booking slot for a visa meeting via e-konsulat  platform

List of insurers that meet  the necessary visa conditions

We advise to contact/ visit website of a respective Polish embassy/consulate in your country to fulfill all visa requirements.