THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN POLAND

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Pre- Primary STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM

Pre- Primary

PRIMARY (szkoła podstawowa)Certificate of Completion of Primary School Education

(Świadectwo ukończenia szkoły podstawowej)

Lower Secondary (Gimnazjum)Certificate of Completion of Education In Gymnasium

(Świadectwo ukończenia gimnazjum)

Basic Vocational(Zasadnicza Szkoła Zawodowa)Certificate of Completion of

Education in the Basic Vocational School

(Świadectwo ukończenia zasadniczej szkoły zawodowej)

Technical Secondary School (Technikum)

Certificate of Completion of Education in the Technical

Secondary School (Świadectwo ukończenia technikum)

Maturity Certificate of the Technical Secondary School

(Świadectwo maturalne)

Upper Secondary (Liceum Ogólnokształcące)

Certificate of Completion of Education In the General

Lyceum (Świadectwo ukończenia liceum ogólnokształcącego)

Maturity Certificate of the General Education

(Świadectwo dojrzałości liceum ogólnokształcącego)

HIGHER EDUCATIONCertificate of Completion Secondary Education (Świadectwo ukończenia

szkoły średniej)Maturity Certification (Świadectwo dojrzałości)

NON-UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Certificate of Completion Secondary Education

(Świadectwo ukończenia szkoły średniej)

Maturity Certification (Świadectwo dojrzałości)

Post-secondary schoolSzkoły policealne

Post-secondary schools for students who have Maturity Certification

(Szkoły pomaturalne)

HIGHER EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY LEVEL STUDIES

The professional title of licencjat

(after 3 years studies)

Inżynier(after 3, 4 or 5 years studies)

The title of magister or its equivalent (after 1,5 – 2 years)

The title of magister or its equivalent (after 1,5 – 2 years)

F I R S T S T A G E : First level studies are organized both by university-type higher education institutions and the institutions of higher education (wyższe szkoły zawodowe)

The title of magister or its equivalent

(after 5-6 years studies)

university level S E C O N D S T A G E

The graduates are awarded:

UNIVERSITY LEVEL THIRD STAGE

By students of third level (postgraduate) studies that usually

last for 3-4 years

By persons who combine their professional work with academic

research and the elaboration of a dissertation

The degree of doktor habilitowany(for remarkable scientific or artistic achievements after

submit a habilitation dissertation)

Academic title of profesor conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland

The academic degree of doctor can be obtained in two ways :

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