USA, Canada / General differences between Poland and the USA? [184]


I think that FUZZYWICKETS meant good American beers.

Work / Working/studying for MD in Poland - papers, salary, living costs, rent mounts [9]

anyway. I think that it's trolling. Seriously, tab problem...

Work / Working/studying for MD in Poland - papers, salary, living costs, rent mounts [9]


It must be very easy to get into medical studies in Syria when student of medicine cannot convert money. Also there is no Eur in Poland, so I will tell you and moment later this numbers will not be true any more.

Why do you start most of words from capital letter.

Also to work as Doctor in Poland you need to know Polish fluently.


Not before, but after.


At least here after medical studies you don't get license, but diploma. To get license you have to do specialization which last from 3 up to 10 years. Only after that doctor gets license for work as a doctor. Without it you can work in medical companies, but not as a doctor.

Ok, have it: 1.00 EUR = 4.338 PLN

Also recognizing foreign med diploma here usually means choosing Polish Uni which will look at it and either says that you qualify and have to do pass courses which you didn't have in Syria, but are necessary in Poland. Or will say that you don't qualify and then you cannot try recognizing your diploma in Poland again. (that's why choosing university for that is kind of lottery)

Recognized in Poland diploma gives right to work as a doctor in Poland only, while diploma made in Poland gives a right to work as a doctor in EU also.

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]

There is difference between attitude towards Russia and Germany and towards Russians and Germans. Russians look more similar and speak more similar language than Germans, and shared Communism with Poles. They even earn similar money. That's why Poles can feel more understood by Russians.

Work / Working/studying for MD in Poland - papers, salary, living costs, rent mounts [9]

Here you have some salaries:

forsal.pl/grafika/442701,46097,zarobki_lekarzy_w_polsce_sa_najlepsze_od_lat.html

So from 5000pln to 14000pln/month gross. Net is around 1/3 less
Rent for 2 room apartment from 600pln in small town to over 2000pln in biggest cities (also depends how close to center)
Food from 500pln per month for cooking at home
Transportation 100 - 200pln / month

But to work in Poland as doctor you need to have your Syrian papers recognized what is not so easy. And then you have to do few years of practice when salaries are much lower than this 5000pln and it's not even easy to get place to do this practice.

Travel / Via train or bus: Berlin, Germany <> Gorzow, Poland [10]

Great that you specially registered here to share with us this news

Work / Salary and cost of living information - Krakow [257]

bhasi77 = AKR0710 ?

polishforums.com/work-study-43/pln-salary-enough-spend-decent-life-krakow-little-saving-51348

https://polishforums.com/work/poland-shifting-pln-tax-good-enough-66896/
?

Or are you copying other peoples topics :D

Law / Which bank in Poland offers the best interest for savings in Euro? [13]


Even in Cyprus this insurance worked. Bank which has shares on stock market is still private.

Travel / Syrian driver's license to be valid in Poland? [8]

It's similar question to the one asked here:
https://polishforums.com/law/poland-acknowledge-malaysian-japanese-66200/

Syria is not on the list of Vienna Convention, so you cannot use Syrian driving license even temporarily. You should make international driving license or go to country which recognize Syrian driving license and has signed Vienna Convention (maybe Turkey). There you could pay for issuing local driving license based on your Syrian and with it come to Poland.

I don't know if you can ask in Poland for issuing new driving license based on your Syrian. I know that it's possible when someone has Ukrainian driving license, but we have special agreement with Ukraine.

Work / Working/studying for MD in Poland - papers, salary, living costs, rent mounts [9]

Is it a joke? In Syria is a war. Nobody studies there.

News / Poland - land of uni students? [11]

I've read somewhere that around 50% of people age 25 - 35 have graduate diploma in Poland.
huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/22/countries-with-the-most-c_n_655393.html#s117642&title=Israel_436_

It's similar situation to the USA. And in the end universities are to filter better from worse students. It is possible both here and in USA by watching which university somebody graduated.

So nothing special. It's the time of mass education in whole world and in the future will be even more mass, when online teaching will become more popular. At least small private schools in Poland allow direct contact of student with teacher, while many best universities have hundreds of students during lectures, so it's harder to ask question.

And the most important is what student represents by himself, not school. And when 50% of population studies, then naturally some schools must have lower level.

Different question is if it's good direction. Both USA and Poland have high unemployment. On the other hand Germany with lower number of uni grads and higher emphasis on learning by work has the lowest unemployment in Europe.

Law / Which bank in Poland offers the best interest for savings in Euro? [13]


If not private bank then what, national? Any bank from this list: money.pl/banki/lokaty/euro/ has government insurance.

Travel / (Sleeping cars) wagony sypialne on overnight trains in Poland [4]

Because of curiosity I've checked myself and I think it's possible: intercity.pl/en/

- Check "sleeper"
- find and choose connection
- Type of seat "sleeper"
- Compartment: double
Only problem is option "The male/female sex:" - it's impossible to choose "whole comp." and male or female must be selected. I don't think it's any problem.

Law / Which bank in Poland offers the best interest for savings in Euro? [13]

There are websites comparing banks:

money.pl/banki/lokaty/euro/
oprocentowanielokat.pl
bankier.pl/lokaty/porownanie-lokat/

Fast looking at this links shows 1.7% max

Work / Shifting to Poland - 6000PLN after tax good enough for Krakow? [12]

Income Tax:

Income tax is progressive - the more you earn, the higher your rate. In 2013 the tax rates for individuals are 18% and 32%.

Bracket - Annual income - Rate
1 up to 3091 PLN 0%
2 3091-85.528 PLN 18%
3 over 85.528 PLNn 32%

Value Added Tax:
- Standard: 23%
- Some Food: 8%
- Some special products: 5%

Much more information is available in this book of Polish Ministry of Finance:

finanse.mf.gov.pl/documents/766655/936176/20111026_tax_system_of_Poland.pdf

And if you just want more knowledge about the country, then look browse this website:

en.poland.gov.pl/Tax,system,8645.html

Work / Shifting to Poland - 6000PLN after tax good enough for Krakow? [12]

Don't repeat your question in various topics. It's above average salary. It's double average salary for Poland. Compare it with salaries described here:

https://polishforums.com/work/poland-average-salaries-teachers-66314/

Look at this: compare_cities.jsp?country1= India&country2=Poland&city1=Delhi&city2=Krakow

Study / Portugese erasmus student moving To Poznan. Job, rent, language? [9]

I thought that poker is gambling, so one cannot say that he makes something per hour. But if you can, then stay with Poker you will get much more than when working in Poland. In Poland minimum salary is 1.45eur/h net. Median 2.9eur/h net. Without the language you will be lucky finding the job paying minimum, except if you want to do hard job, like help on farm in construction, cleaning. But I don't know how realistic is to find such job here without the language. You should check outsourcing companies in Poznań, sometimes they need Portuguese or Spanish for their call centers. There you could earn more than average. Unfortunately this languages are not the most wanted.

But if you want to study in the same time, then most of options are out. Tutoring Spanish and Portuguese could be an option for you. Prices start from not taxed 5eur/h. To be successful in that you need to advertise a lot.

Work / Relocating to Poland, looking for a IT job in Krakow/ Katowice / Wroclaw. [13]

not in every profession it's easy to find a job.

Law / Getting married in Poland (documentation, church) [42]

forummigracyjne.org/files/286/ulotka%20slub%20w%20polsce_en-ok.pdf

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree#Poland

Edit wikipedia if you disagree :)
And you still haven't showed me where is this 2.5 years weekend licencjat.

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]


What's wrong with that?


As I mentioned before Licencjat is an Bachelor's degree. Read here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]


You're right :)


That's true abut most of European countries and despite of that they have 2 years master.


You've just explained difference between American undergraduate and Polish licencjat. But it's not important in context of question about doing Master studies after bachelor studies. Except if Polish licencjat is not enough to do master in the USA?


Of course it's possible, especially doing Master in Poland after bachelor in SWPS. It's just not world known university to easily get accepted into good western university for master.

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]

When you speak about Poland and write BA then obviously you mean bachelor's degree which describes all undergraduate courses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]


but the author wrote BA, not UK BA.


Great, then it's fulfilling minimum, but not normal requirements. I guess that they wanted every Master to last 2 years, but because UK hasn't agreed on that and they didn't want to exclude UK, so they made this MINIMUM and NORMAL level. Further they write there:


So why it's unclear if it's 72 ECTS as you wrote...

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]

Here one should compare what children are taught in each age. And not simply give number 4 years old and 7. In polish kindergarten children age 4,5,6 are taught like in British school. Now they're changing it. Want to move 6 years old children to school. But in my time children age 7 starting school were able to read and write.

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]


Student's in UK enter university in the age of 18. Students in Poland in the age of 19. So what you call college here is "szkoła średnia". Isn't that true? I am not so familiar with British system don't they prepare for entrance exam in college ? If so, then why call it stage of an university? Preparation is not an university.


It's also an name, title. Meaning is simply that somebody has studied for less than 5 years. Except if you can tell obvious differences and similarities between Licencjat and Bachalor between British and Polish universities.


That's the point. The number of hours is not the most important factor.


It's one of many systems. For example in Greece until around 2009 you could retake exam 2 times every years until you got bored. Some students were studying for 10 years because of that.


And you learn understanding what you read:




I agree with that most of graduates of extra mural courses are worse than their full time studies counterparts, but I think main reason is the fact that on average they're not so smart - usually people who could not get accepted to full time studies go studying on weekends. And because teachers are not requiring enough, because they're extra source of money.

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]


Show me the link to university's website with this program. Maybe you missed sixth semester, because it's usually when students write licentiate's project and have minimum number of classes. Anyway majority if not all weekend studies in public universities last 3.5 years.



/wiki/Bologna_process#U nited_Kingdom


What's wrong with studies during weekend, when minimum number of hours is provided. If it's easier to get accepted into Polish university, then it's because there is more available places per capita. But that's also matter of school. Some are easier, some harder.

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]

Not 2.5, but 3 years is minimum and weekend studies last usually 3.5 years. The number of hours is the same as for example for evening studies in Germany. On the other hand UK Master doesn't obey Bologna rules and last less time that agreed minimum. So don't conclude, that Polish studies are any worse because of that. Also Engineering studies in Poland last 3.5 years and when done during weekends then 4 years. It doesn't mean that they're better than British because of that.

Study / SWPS university Warsaw - questions [43]

The name is different. Licencjat is equivalent to the bachelor's degree in Anglo-Saxon countries. And it's purpose is to be able to do Master in other university, also in other EU country.


That's why I suggest Warsaw University. And there are so many universities in UK, that author would be accepted to one of them for sure. In the end they're also making money on students.

Study / Vistula University in Poland. Any experience? Any student? [57]

Exactly. Let them come here and leave little money. Keep this private schools from bankrupting (as they have less polish students in last years). And diploma is real, studies are also real. The problem is that Poland is less advanced economy and industry and services don't need so many graduates and pay less than in the west. That's why graduating from Polish university is less attractive than from German. Because people learn the most useful stuff not during studies but in their first job.