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Studying in Poland after 9th grade (for international students)


AlexPilk  2 | 2  
30 May 2014 /  #1
Hello, everyone! I'm thinking about going to a college in Poland after 9th grade. I'm from Kiev, Ukraine and there are people here offering free education in Poland after finishing middle school (9th grade).

Here is one of the options: zs2 . pulawy . pl /

I'm trying to find some other schools, so I would be happy to hear some advice about education after 9th grade or maybe someone could recommend a nice place to study (I prefer anything related to programming and electronics).

P.S.
Can I go to any of these schools "nauka . gov . pl / en / higher-education-institutions / higher-schools-of-professional-education . html" after 9th grade and what about free education?

And what does ZESPÓ£ SZKÓ£ mean? Is it something different from Higher Schools of Professional Education?
Thanks a lot!
Monitor  13 | 1810  
30 May 2014 /  #2
Free education is for EU citizens. I think that if some school is free for Ukrainians, then it's an exception. To study in Poland, for example in those institution from your link, Matura exam is required. High schools in Poland are divided into Liceum Ogólnokształcące, Technikum and Szkoła Zawodowa. Only graduates of Szkoła Zawodowa don't attend Matura exam automatically.

As for zs2.pulawy.pl, it is organization combining 2 schools: Technikum and Szkoła Zawodowa. So as long as you choose Technikum there, and pass Matura successfully, you will be able to study in Poland.

"And what does ZESPÓ£ SZKÓ£ mean" - it means that it's few schools under one name.
OP AlexPilk  2 | 2  
31 May 2014 /  #3
Thank you! But Matura exam is required when you graduate from high school to later go to a university. So I won't be able to go to any of the schools in that list after 9th grade? I need to graduate from a high school first (I just thought that "higher schools of professional education" are actually high schools :) )?
Monitor  13 | 1810  
2 Jun 2014 /  #4
No. "higher schools of professional education" are universities. In Polish direct translation:
"szkoła wyższa" = higher school = university
"szkoła średnia" = middle/average school = high school
that's the reason of misunderstanding.

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