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Monitor   
20 Aug 2014
Law / Received confirmation citizenship was approved from Polish Embassy. What's next? [25]

Why not ask them. If you have this paper that your wife is Polish, then she should apply in Embassy for Polish passport. Polish residency card allows you to leave and enter Poland multiple time, but usually gates on borders are divided into EU and not EU. And I am quite sure they mean passport/citizenship, not residency.
Monitor   
20 Aug 2014
Travel / Best/Cheap Transportation from Gdansk to Vilnius? [9]

You're right. There are 3 connection per day Suwałki - Wilno. 50 - 100 zł

autokary24.pl - here is gut website with international bus connections

One company offers even "direct" connection Gdańsk - Wilno (12h).

I've just read news that PolskiBus will be going to Vilnius since October.
Monitor   
20 Aug 2014
Travel / Best/Cheap Transportation from Gdansk to Vilnius? [9]

Bus/train to Warsaw (polskibus.com the cheapest) and Warsaw - Vilnus bus (there are few cheap companies). Or find somebody going there through blablacar.pl or carpooling.pl

When looking at the map Gdańsk - Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad - Vilnus should be fast, but you need Russian Visa for that. Gdańsk - Białystok and Białystok - Vilnus could be an option too.

Gdańsk - Klapieda with a Ferry and Klaipeda - Vilnus, but that cannot be cheap
Monitor   
18 Aug 2014
Study / Warsaw University residence accounts numbers [7]

DS Riviera 68 1240 1053 5111 8230 0010 0091
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA
SWIFT: PKOP PL PW

According to:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numer_rachunku_bankowego

Polish bank account number can be transformed to IBAN by adding PL at the beginning, so:
PL68124010535111823000100091 is your IBAN number

You can see that it's proper IBAN for example here:
ibancalculator.com/bic_und_iban.html
Monitor   
17 Aug 2014
Study / Warsaw University residence accounts numbers [7]

You can enter bank account number here to find out what bank it is. For example:
numerkonta.com/?nr=42+1240+1053+5111+8225+0010+0091
"Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA" - that's the bank name

Then I google: "bank polska kasa opieki sa numer swift"

And find out: pekao.com.pl/kontakt
SWIFT: PKOP PL PW

If you know which dormitory you need I can help you.
Monitor   
17 Aug 2014
Study / Warsaw University residence accounts numbers [7]

Give the link or copy paste the information you have. When you have account number and name of bank, then you can find out what's the IBAN number. Money transfer fee depends on your bank - sender bank, not receiver. So you should check terms and conditions of your bank for money transfer to Poland.

For example here you have list of SWITF codes:
konto-bankowe.dlamnie.com/banki_numery_SWIFT.htm
Monitor   
17 Aug 2014
Study / Public dorms in Warsaw for students [26]

Here you have little old dorms rankings: Polish dorms in Warsaw

warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/subiektywny-ranking-akademikow-w-warszawie-ktory-wybrac,968323,art,t,id,tm.html

Very popular is particularly DS Limba (SGGW). The dorm was chosen by the student journalists of the monthly "Dlaczego" for the best in Poland. Each segment have a refrigerator and electric stove. In the room are new desks, cupboards, comfortable couches and free internet. In addition, some rooms are adapted to the needs of students in wheelchairs - writes krystyjan warszawa-forum.pl portal - In addition the tennis courts, basketball court, no queues at the showers. And most importantly - no bugs - comments on the forum robot_humano gazeta.pl

- Regarding the dorms, I recommend żwirka i muchomorka. Good conditions, interesting people and great access virtually anywhere - on grono.net anecik writes.

- Kicki 9 is cheaper; 3-bed rooms, bathroom and kitchen on the corridor, one big party, and Kicki 12 is slightly more expensive, and thus has a little bit better conditions, a bathroom for 4 people, the burners on the corridor. Apparently it is bad, cockroaches and stuff, the lack of any repairs since ancient times, but the dorm has its own charm. I will come back to it. The dorm is hidden in the back yard and therefore we can be overwhelmed by the peace - writes dziab on grono.net.

Monitor   
17 Aug 2014
Work / Moving to Lodz - will my 2500 PLN salary be enough? [52]

No: 1,680 PLN (€405) per month

But I and the author of question are comparing NET salaries.

Yea, I use my phone internationally, is that OK? Am I allowed to?

That's not usual need. And there are cheaper options like lebara.pl various VOIP and free Sype etc.

I suppose I was thinking of the OP who appears to be Dutch, that part of the thread seems to be inactive though. Still 2700, not that much for anyone

Admin merges threads, so don't look at the 1st entry, but the first merged.

. I really don't understand why anyone would move to a different country for such an amount of money.

As long as money is enough to live relatively comfortably, for a young graduate it's better to work than stay unemployed. Spain, Italy, Greece and Croatia have over 40% young unemployment and many other countries have over 30%. It's millions of people out of witch some can end up even in Poland.
Monitor   
15 Aug 2014
Work / Moving to Lodz - will my 2500 PLN salary be enough? [52]

As above: It's only 1000zl more than minimum wage.

No, because min. salary is 1237pln, so 2700 is 1463 zł more. It's more than double min. wage.

.add a phone bill of 250zl

Aren't there 80zł unlimited flat? Your bill is way more most of people pay.
Monitor   
13 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

Maybe it's not the best idea, because Polish teachers would always hurt English in some way, as they don't speak it on native level. But I think that promoting English books would be useful.
Monitor   
13 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

It's because Poland has very little foreign students. By percentage of all students Czech Republic has 10 x more foraigners. Courses in English were introduced in many universities only recently for Erasmus students and now to tempt foreigners, as demographic causes less local candidates every year. I don't think that Politechnika Białostocka has Computer Science in English, because they're not advertised on study in poland and go-poland (except if I've missed them). If they're not there then how foreigners should know about a course.

--- edit
ok they're there, so you have chance :)
but "
Application deadline:
Tuesday, 15 July, 2014"

Anyway your girlfriend can call. They souldn't reject student paying them cash.
Monitor   
13 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

No it's an average one, or one of worse universities, but still better than most of private schools and these Szkoła Wyższa. I think that it will be hard to have your grades accepted officially, except if you have ECTS points in Turkey and you will translate papers with all your marks to English/Polish. But sometimes professors unofficially let you skip their course if you passed the same in other university.

And you have noticed correctly. Universities usually have more math and theory while Politechnika / Technical University have more practical and engineering subjects, little less plain math.
Monitor   
13 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

My girlfriend talked on phone with some woman from Adam Mickiewicz University and she said to her that it's only for Erasmus students.

On the bottom of their website is written:

NOTE
This B.A. programme is taught on demand provided that a group of at least 20 students is recruited.

So it seems that they're only trying to start this course in English and first they check how many applicants can have. Probably this year was too little, hence such an answer your girlfriend got.

I hope, Warsaw won't be my last and only option.

Then check Białystok University too: uwb.edu.pl/kandydaci.php?p=2240

(applicants: then click "Recruitment rules for international students" "Studies in a foreign language" "First degree studies" on the left)

but about Białystok University it can be that student there must know both English and Russian. My first thought was that it's possible to choose, but probably I am wrong.
Monitor   
12 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

I wrote you how much University of Białystok charges. Look above. I think it is good order from best to worse.
Monitor   
12 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

It's good university and city, but why not Wrocław - it's top 3 city and university and the price is the same? And as I pointed out Poles can study for free in Wrocław Technical university in English what is not the case in most of other universities.
Monitor   
12 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

If you're not interested in best universities, then choose at least good. It should be on this list:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Poland

These 3 which you linked are called "Szkoła Wyższa". It's the type of school which cannot be called University in Poland. Usually created in last 20 years. It's 2nd choice school, where people go if cannot get into one of University mentioned in the Wikipedia article. Moreover most of them will disappear in next 15 years because of demographics (less young people every year)

There is other website with list of English courses:
go-poland.pl/studyfinder?field_area_tid=16&field_level_tid=21&field_language_tid=18

I see that University of Białystok charges

- I year tuition fees 2.500 (EUR)
- II year tuition fees 2.300 (EUR)
- III year tuition fees 2.300 (EUR)

if you are searching for lower tuition. Białystok is also cheap city, but it means lower chances for any job during studies too. I don't know if there are any Poles in this course.

uwb.edu.pl/kandydaci.php?p=2236

More options:

University of £ódź: 2500eur per year

iso.uni.lodz.pl/study-in-english/studies-in-english
iso.uni.lodz.pl/study-in-english/tuition-fees

£ódź is better for jobs than Białystok, 3rd biggest city and in the middle of Poland. But they write that program can be opened if only 15 people apply... It would be strange to study in so small group.
Monitor   
12 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

Do universities help me about this? Can they redirect me somewhere that I can earn some money?

No because as an out of EU student you have basically no right to work legally in Poland, except of summer, but there are so many companies in Warsaw, that you could find some small one which could employ you online illegally if you can do stuff. In best universities nearly half of IT students have some part time job since 2 - 3year.
Monitor   
12 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

By the way, that links that you wrote, becomes blank page when I click on it.

You mean this?

Badly made website, choose field of study "Mathematics, Informatics" in top left and type of degree "Bachelor" to see the list of Informatics courses in English:

Cracow University of Economics

BSc Applied Informatics

Cracow University of Technology

BSc in Computer Science

Gdansk University

BSc in Economical Mathematics

BSc in Mathematics

Lodz University of Technology

BSc in Information Technology

BSc in Computer Science

Opole University of Technology

BSc in Informatics

University of Lodz

BSc in Computer Science

Vistula University
(formerly University of Economics and Computer Science in Warsaw)

BSc in Computer Science & Computer Engineering

Wroclaw University of Technology

BSc in Computer Science

What do you think about probability of getting scholarship in Poland as a foreign student? I have scholarship in here which makes tuition fee %50 less. Something like this in Poland, would be most helpful thing.

I think that usually top 4 students don't have to pay tuition and probably foreigners don't have access to scholarships which usually top 10% of students get, but I am not 100% sure of that.
Monitor   
12 Aug 2014
Study / How good is Politechnika Warszawska? [33]

Well, why? My university isn't one of the best universities in Turkey but nearly all professors speak English good and can explain everything clearly. The university also has some foreign professors who can speak English good.

Most of older generation here know Russian, not English. But it's not a problem in IT, as most of stuff should be younger and know English. I am not complaining about quality of teaching. This should be similar in English and Polish spoken specialties.

What is different is the quality of students. In Poland universities usually make goals that some percentage (or not more than) should fail exams. In this way professors adjust difficulty of exams. When you study in top school with top students, then exams are harder, while when you study in English, students are not top, because they're mostly children of rich parents from the east or south part of the world, not necessarily top students. You won't study with other Poles most likely, because public education is free in Poland when thought in Polish. When tutoring language is English, then school can request payment, so Poles don't go studying there. So if you go studying there you will not gain any valuable contacts in Poland, because most of students will leave the country back home after graduation. You will not be studying on the same level as Polish students, because professors will be requiring less from you. That's not necessarily bad, but you will not be able to say that you are one of the elite who graduated top schools.

Solution would be any good, not necessarily top school, which has English language IT course free for Poles. There are only few such, but I think I've heard that Wrocław has something like that, but I was not investigating. Polsko-Japońska Wyższa Szkoła Technik Komputerowych could be good too if there are many Poles on English programs.

I am simply discouraging studying in Poland with foreigners only.

pw.edu.pl/Kandydaci/Studia-w-jezyku-angielskim

Politechnika Warszawska charges EU students 2500zł/semester

rekrutacja.pwr.edu.pl/rekrutacja-lato-2014/rekrutacja-krok-po-kroku/oplaty-rekrutacyjne/oplata-rekrutacyjna/

I don't see information that studies in English costs EU citizens any money, so probably it's true, that in Politechnika Worcławska all English courses are free to Poles.

That's why Wrocław seems to be the best option.

Lodz University of Technology has "BSc in Computer Science" and:

"EU citizens and permanent residents of the Republic of Poland study free of charge; non-EU citizens - 4000 EUR per year "

It's not top, but good university at least for Polish courses. £ódź is in the center of Poland and has cheap accommodation.

More options:

It seems that quite many universities offer English courses free of charge for EU citizens now. It must have changed in last years.

Also here is confirmation that EU people can study for free in Wrocław: