KUL among eleven universities in Poland with NAWA accreditation

As a result of the accreditation procedure of the National Agency for Academic Exchange, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin was among the 11 Polish universities that received the authorization to conduct Preparatory Courses and NAWA Summer Courses in the years 2023-26. The training offer is meant for foreigners and scholarship holders of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.

Some competitions offered by the Agency require the preparation of many complex, time-consuming applications. Summer and preparatory courses, for example, to this group belongs. Many research centers in Poland are applying for funds for their organization.

The Vice-President of the NAWA Council, Dr. habil. Janusz Bień, prof. KUL, explains: "This year, at the meetings of the council, for the first time, the consent to the so-called accreditation activities was processed. NAWA took the initiative to grant accreditation for the implementation of courses under the Preparatory Courses and NAWA Summer Courses programs to those universities that have already won competitions and fulfill their tasks in an exemplary manner. This means that accredited universities will not have to submit competition applications for accredited types of courses for the next three years." He adds: "In this way, we will promote centers that are characterized by high quality of education, good organization of courses, and are appreciated by participants."

In the case of KUL, the authorization applies to the organization of the Preparatory Course with a humanistic and social profile, pure and natural sciences, medical and health sciences, as well as the popular NAWA Summer Course. The application for accreditation was prepared at the School of Polish Language and Culture in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology of KUL.

"Starting in October, we will prepare foreigners to study at Polish universities." This statement is coming from the Institute of Biological Sciences of KUL, which will conduct, among other things, specialist lectures in the field of biological and medical sciences, introducing the language of a given field. General language classes and an integration program are prepared by the School of Polish Language and Culture. According to the submitted project, the Preparatory Course, which will start in October this year, will be attended by 48 people divided into 4 groups (2 humanities, technical and medical).

This year's Summer Course of Polish language will be attended by 48 foreigners. The first classes will start on July 3.

NAWA accreditations were also obtained by: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, University of Łódź, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, University of Wrocław, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Siedlce University of Life Sciences and Humanities, Cracow University of Technology. Tadeusz Kościuszko, University of Rzeszów.