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Recognition of foreign diplomas and certificates

DOCUMENTS RECOGNISED BY OPERATION OF LAW IN POLAND (AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION)

Certificates recognised by operation of law are not subject to the procedure of recognition by the Education Superintendent. The owners of such documents have right to submitt it directly to the University. Applies to:

• Certificates, diplomas or other educational documents that confirm the completion of secondary education in the European Union, European Economic Area (EEA) or OECD member states as well as the right to apply for higher education programs in the country of issue shall be recognized in Poland by law (i.e. automatically).

This rule concerns the following countries:

AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, CHILE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GREECE, SPAIN, IRELAND, ICELAND, ISRAEL, JAPAN, CANADA, KOREA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA MEXICO, NETHERLANDS (GERMANY), GERMANY, NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, TURKEY, USA, HUNGARY, GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY.

• IB (International Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva,
• EB (European Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the European Schools in accordance with the Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools,
• Certificates, diplomas and other documents issued abroad by schools or educational institutions in accordance with the principles laid down in bilateral agreements on mutual diploma recognition – documents issued in: Belarus, Ukraine, China (gaozhong)

RECOGNITION PROCEDURE BY POLISH EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT

Secondary school leaving certificate which are not recognized in Poland by operation of law or under an international agreement undergo obligatory the recognition procedure. Recognition procedure  is done by the Polish Education Superintendent in a way of administrative decision.

Recognition of a certificate or the level of education is done by the Education Superintendent appropriate for the place of residence of the Applicant, and if there is no such place, for the official seat of the institution where the Applicant is going to submit the certificate.

Education Superintendent appropriate for the Warsaw University of Life Sciences
is The Education Office in Warsaw.
Recognition procedure is described at: http://www.kuratorium.waw.pl/en

Before you apply for certificate recognition, make sure it is legalized or has the seal of apostille -> READ MORE

Legalization/Apostille

In cases of high school leaving certificates recognized under the administrative decision of the Polish Education Superintendent, legalization is required.

Legalization is carried out by:

1) Polish consul in the country where certificate was issued or in the country in which educational system a school operates;

2) educational authorities in the country where a certificate was issued or in the country in which educational system a school operates;

3) an embassy or consulate of the country where certificate was issued or in the country in which educational system a school operates located in Poland or in other EU, EFTA or OECD country;

If a certificate was issued by a country – party to the Hague Convention of 5th October 1961 abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, an certificate must be submited along with the Apostille attached to it. Check if the country in which the certificate was issued is a party to the Hague Convention:

https://www.hcch.net/en/states/hcch-members

Translation of documents

Education documents issued in a language other than Polish are submitted together with their translations into Polish. Translations should be made or certified by:

1) a person entered by the Polish Minister of Justice on the list of sworn translators – the list of sworn translators is available on the website of the Ministry of Justice, or

2) a person registered as a sworn translator in a Member State of the European Union, a Member State of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – party to the agreement on the European Economic Area or a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), or

3) the consul of the Republic of Poland, competent for the country on whose territory or in which education system the certificate was issued, or

4) an embassy or consulate of the country which issued the certificate or in which educational system the school operates located on the territory of Poland, or

5) a person registered as a sworn translator in the Republic of Belarus or Ukraine – applies to education documents issued in the education system of these countries.

Translation into Polish does not apply to the following documents issued in English: EB diploma, IB diploma, higher education diplomas.

IB (International Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva

EB (European Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the European Schools in accordance with the Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools.

Certificates issued in Ukraine

Certificates issued in Russia, Kazakhstan, Sweden

Certificates issued in Belarus

Certificates issued in Lithuania

Certificates issued in Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia

Certificates issued in USA/United Kingdom

Certificates issued in Ireland

Certificates issued in France

Certificates issued in Greece

Certificates issued in Spain

Certificates from other countries or with other grade scale

If the above list does not include the country in which the certificate was issued or there is another scale of grades on the certificate, the recruitment committee will convert the results into SGGW points individually.
Candidates present the certificate of the recruitment commission to convert the obtained results from the certificate to WULS-SGGW points and introduce them to the candidate’s account in the recruitment system.

The certificate together with a sworn translation into Polish should be submitted before the registration is closed (within the deadlines specified in the Recruitment schedule) at the Student Affairs Office, ul. Nowoursynowska 166, room 8 or a scan should be attached to Candidate’s profile in the Candidate Service System in the tab “Attach documents”.

DOCUMENTS CERTIFYING KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH
The Candidates are obliged to provide one of the following documents certifying their knowledge of English at B2 level or higher according to the global scale of the „Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR)”.

A documents fulfilling the criteria are, among others:

1. International Baccalaureate Diploma.
2. European Baccalaureate Diploma.
3. Certificates confirming knowledge of the foreign language at B2 level:

Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) – ALTE Level 3 (B2) and higher:

• First Certificate in English (FCE);
• Certificate in Advanced English (CAE);
• Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE);
• Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage – at least Pass;
• Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher
• Certificate in English for International Business and Trade (CEIBT);

Educational Testing Service (ETS):

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) – at least 72 points in an Internet-Based Test (IBT);
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) – at least 180 points in a Computer-Based Test (CBT);
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) – at least 510 points in a Paper-Based Test (PBT);
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) – at least 543 points in a Institutional Testing Programme (ITP);
• Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) – at least 785 points;

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, British Council, IDP IELTS Australia:

• International English Language Testing System IELTS – above 6 points;

Cambridge Assessment English:

• Cambridge B2 First (witch minimum grade C)
• Cambridge B2 Business Vantage (witch minimum grade C)
• Cambridge C1 Advanced
• Cambridge C2 Proficiency

City & Guilds, City & Guilds Pitman Qualifications, Pitman Qualifications Institute:

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) – First Class Pass at Intermediate Level minimum;
• International English for Speakers of Other Languages (IESOL) – a minimum level of „Communicator”;
• City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International (reading, writing and listening) a minimum  level of Communicator (B2) 500/1765/2;
• Spoken English Test (SET) for Business – minimum Stage B „Communicator”;
• English for Business Communications (EBC) – Level 2 minimum, Level 3 minimum;
• English for Office Skills (EOS) – Level 2 minimum;

Edexcel, Pearson Language Tests, Pearson Language Assessments:

• London Tests of English, minimum Level 3 (Edexcel Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International);
• London Tests of English, minimum Level 4 (Edexcel Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International);
• London Tests of English, minimum Level 5 (Edexcel Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International);

Education Development International (EDI), London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations Board:

• London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations (LCCI) – English for Business Level 2, English for Business Level 3, English for Business Level 4;
• London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations (LCCI) – Foundation Certificate for teachers of Business English (FTBE);
• London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations (LCCI) – English for Tourism Level 2 “Pass with Credit”, Level 2 “Pass with Distinction”;

Telc GmbH, WBT Weiterbildungs-Testsysteme GmbH:

• B2 Certificate in English – advantage;
• B2 Certificate in English for Business Purposes – advantage;
• Certificate in English for Technical Purposes (B2);
• Telc English B2, Telc English B2 Business, Telc English B2 Technical, Telc English C1;

4. A higher education diploma confirming graduation from a degree programme carried out in English only, in a higher education institution abroad or in Poland.
5. Passed exam of English language at the level B2, if it was implemented as a subject in the first cycle studies at SGGW.