Admission process

Step by step

• Step 1: Prepare the necessary documents and register online

  Create your personal account here: rekrutacja.cdv.pl. Enter your contact details and choose the faculty. Then fill in the application form in English (except for passport data).

  To fill in the application form you will need:

  • passport;
  • high school certificate – school leaving certificate (if you do not have a high school certificate yet, tick the box “I do not have a high school certificate yet”);
  • a photo in electronic form (photo requirements are the same as for documents). This photo will be on your student ID.

  Attention! All data must be carefully filled in from the passport (it depends on whether you get a visa). All other fields (e.g. address, school name) must be filled in English.

   

• Step 2: Sign the documents

  If you are under 18 years old (minor), after registration, the system will automatically generate the necessary admission documents:

  • personal data form;
  • application to the Rector;
  • student’s oath;
  • agreement;
  • appendix to the agreement on terms of payment for the studies;
  • statement of a parent.

  Print out and sign the above documents from the application form (section “documents”). Two copies of the agreement and appendix must be signed on each page together with your parents (first name, last name in Latin letters as in the passport and signature). Statement of a parent must be filled in and signed by the parents, and your signature must appear at the end of the document.

  Applicants from outside Poland must, within 7 days:

  • scan and attach the signed documents in their personal account.

  Applicants residing in Poland must, within 7 days:

  • bring the documents in person to the Coordinator for foreign applicants in office R.006 (on the ground floor in Rotunda, look for the Admissions Office sign) on weekdays from 9:00 to 15:00 or send it by post to Collegium Da Vinci, ul. Kutrzeby 10, 61-719 Poznań, office R.006 (Admissions Office).

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  If you are over 18 years old (major) you will be able to sign the documents online in a secure manner. Once your documents are signed, you will receive the agreement in pdf format to your email address.

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  Read the sample documents:

  Agreement template Regulations of fees Studies regulations
• Step 3: Pay the registration fee

  Until April 25th, the registration fee is 0 PLN. In order to take advantage of this offer, you need to register before April 25th, attach a full set of documents in your personal account and fulfil all additional requirements (e.g. passing a language exam).

  After April 25th, you can pay the registration fee in your personal account using the PayU service.

   

• Step 4: Confirm your English language proficiency

  At Collegium Da Vinci, one of the requirements for admission is to prove your language proficiency by passing an entrance exam. The minimum required language level for admission is B1 (Intermediate level).

  If you do not have a internationally recognized certificate, you have not graduated from school where English was the language of instruction, you can pass the exam.

  After positive verification of your application, you will be able to confirm the date and choose the time of the exam in your personal application form and receive an invitation to the exam. You will receive the exam results within 3 days.

  The exam is online and includes:

  • an oral interview lasting around 20 minutes (on the Google Meet platform with the camera switched on)

   

• Step 5: Submit your high school certificate

  Once you have your certificate in hand, scan and attach the documents in your personal account. This document must be in line with Polish regulations on the recognition of foreign school certificates. Coordinator will explain you how to legalise your education documents.

  Legalization

  • apostille stamp for certificates issued in the countries form the list.
  • full legalization including a stamp of the Polish Embassy, for the rest of the countries.

  Please consult the Coordinator to know the details.

  Translation

  Please remember to translate your high school certificate if it is in any other languages than Polish, Ukrainian, English or Russian. Your educational documents must be translated into Polish by a sworn translator.

  Eligibility letter

  In some cases, Coordinator may ask you to provide an eligibility statement. This statement is a formal proof that your currently provided education documentation, allows you to continue higher education in the educational system in which it was issued.

  It can be issued by the Ministry of Education or Educational Board of the country which issued your certificate.

  Recognition

  Some high school certificates need to be recognized by the local Educational Board in Poznan. The process of recognition may take several months, so please hurry up to submit the documents for recognition and get a positive decision, which is required for your admission. Find more details here.

  For example, if you:

  a) you graduated from school in Ukraine, you only need to send a scan of your school-leaving certificate and attachments with grades;

  b) you graduated from school in Belarus, you need to make an apostille for your school-leaving certificate, submit CT/CE results and a positive decision of recognition;

  c) you graduated from school in Turkey, you need to make apostille of your high school certificate and transcript of records, translate it by the sworn translator and get eligibility statement.

  d) you graduated from school in Kazahstan, you need to make apostille of your high school certificate, get eligibility statement and a positive decision of recognition.

  Important:

  If you are residing in Poland:

  • If you receive your high school certificate this year, please submit it to the Admissions Office R006 until July 15th.
  • If you already have your high school certificate from previous years, this must be done within 7 days of signing the agreement. The original copy of your high school certificate must be submitted to Admissions Office R006.

  If you are outside Poland:

  • If you receive your high school certificate this year, please scan and upload to your admissions account until July 15th.
  • If you already have your high school certificate from previous years, send a scan of the certificate within 7 days from the date of signing the agreement.

  Together with the high school certificate, do not forget to print out and bring the personal application form downloaded from your admissions account.

• Step 6: Kuratorium Oświaty (Board of Education)

  Confirmation of educational documents for students from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbeijan, etc. Students from Ukraine and Turkey are exempted from this process.

  Once you have your high school certificate apostilled/legalized and translated by a sworn translator, start the process of your high school certificate recognition. Recognition process takes place at the Kuratorium Oświaty (Education Board) in Poznan. Please be ready, that you may also be requested to provide an eligibility letter, a detailed description of the educational system, system of grades, etc.

  Address:
  Kuratorium Oświaty in Poznan
  ul. Plac Wolności 18, 61-739, Poznań
  tel. (61) 670 40 86, +48 780 386 015
  e-mail: kancelaria@ko.poznan.pl

• Step 7: Welcome to CDV!

  As soon as you fulfil all the above conditions, your status as an applicant will be changed to “accepted”.

  This means that you are accepted to the university and on October 1st you will become a student of the Collegium Da Vinci.

  You will receive your student status and student card at the beginning of the academic year. All information regarding your study plan and fees will be available on the Wirtualna Uczelnia (Virtual University) student portal, which you will be able to access in mid-September.

  Upon arrival in Poland, it is mandatory to bring original documents:

  • students who have signed the documents online should bring only their academic documents;
  • students who signed the documents in paper form should bring a set of signed documents and education documents.

   

• It's important to remember!

  Insurance.

  We recommend taking out insurance in Poland, which will give you access to public healthcare. To do this, you need to contact NFZ.

  Minor students.

  Students who are under 18 are highly recommended to have a legal guardian. It is important for hospital visits, bank representation etc. Although it is not required for admissions process, we kindly suggest you to take care of this issue before your arrival to Poland.

  Dormitory.

  CDV provides accommodation in the Student Depot dormitory, which is located 400 metres from the university building. You can find out about the room rental conditions and prices by clicking here: Student Depot Polonez.

  Welcome Point.

  Collegium Da Vinci takes care of your fast adoptation process. Whenever you need our support or suggestion, please feel free to ask your Welcome Point Coordinator for help.