Full-time Polish-taught programmes at public universities are free for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens, while English-taught ones usually cost €2,000–6,000 a year. Poland has 344 higher education institutions, and full-time non-EU/EEA students with a student visa or temporary residence permit can work without a permit. Find out how admission works and what a student typically spends a month (PLN 1,500–2,000).
Poland has one of the largest higher education systems in the EU. According to RAD-on, the official database run by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, there are currently 344 higher education institutions:
Most public institutions are supervised by the Minister of Science (95). The others come under other ministries: culture – arts academies (19), health – medical universities (10), national defence (6), the interior (3), infrastructure – maritime universities (2) and justice (1).
You can check any institution and programme in RAD-on – the official database that shows whether an institution is operating and what it is authorised to teach. Programmes for international students are easiest to browse in the Study Finder run by NAWA, the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.
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