International students who wish to study in Poland will be entitled to study on more advantageous rules. The change is possible due to the new law regulation adopted on August 7, 2015 amending the conditions under which international students may pursue their studies and research. Students will not be required any longer to pay upfront tuition fees for the whole period of studies. As a result of the new regulation tuition fees at Polish higher education establishments are likely to decrease as...

Scholarships in the Erasmus+ programme will be free from tax - announced the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The regulation, signed last week on Tuesday by the Minister of Finance, eliminates taxation for all grantees - including university staff. Until now, awarded Erasmus+ scholarships had to be consistent with the amount of allowances set by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. If the scholarship amount was higher than that provided for allowance, the excess was subject to...

We need to improve the level of research and quality of education, better adjust education to the needs of society, improve the funding of universities and internationalise them - assessed Minister of Science Lena Kolarska-Bobińska during the debate on the future of universities and science. The meeting "What our universities and Polish science should become", held last Wednesday at the Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw, was attended by more than 300 people, including scientists, university...