We are happy to announce, that the School of Polish Language and Culture KUL received funding from The Polish National Agency For Academic Exchange for the summer courses of Polish language and culture within NAWA Summer Courses program in 2025! Following that we start our recruitment for an on-site course taking place at the main university campus carried out from 7 July to 3 August 2025. We open continuous call for applications until the limit of places is exhausted.
Accepted participants will be informed by e-mail if they are accepted or placed on a waiting list.
The courses are intended for students and scientists of foreign universities who are foreigners or have dual citizenship (Polish and citizenship of another country), for whom Polish is not the first language, who do not study in Poland, are not employed and do not live in Poland, and speak Polish or English at the level of at least B1.
The course program includes intensive classes in Polish as a foreign language; trips to Warsaw, Sandomierz and sightseeing of Lublin with a tour guide; workshops of Polish traditional dance; concert of folk music; visits in institutions assisting foreigners; lectures on Polish history and culture, and integrative events such as country presentations, city game, or Polish pronunciation contest.
Participation in the course (including accommodation and meals) and all related activities is free of charge for accepted participants. The scholarship does not cover travel costs to/from Poland, which are covered by the participants. To participate in the course, it is required to have a valid health insurance for the duration of your stay including possible costs of transport to the country of residence.
Candidates will undergo both formal and substantive assessment and based on that will be accepted to the program. Moreover, preferred candidates are those, who did not use this type of scholarship before (eg. programs of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Education), and especially those who did not have NAWA scholarship before.
Our recruitment criteria corrresponds to the official announcement published by The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, we pay special attention to:
1) Indicating the country of origin - it allows to reward the applications received from the list of preferred countries by NAWA and to ensure diversity of course participants, when it comes to the country of origin, university etc.
2) Indicating relations with Poland and Poles - participation in events of Polish diaspora, associations, Polish clubs, etc.
3) Studying in the field of Polish philology, Slavic Studies or Central and Eastern European issues.
4) Scientific achievements connected with Polish culture, politics, history.
Application Form: KUL - The School of Polish Language and Culture - Application form - NAWA Summer Courses
It is obligatory to complete all fields of the application form, please put particular focus on:
- all personal data including the number of the document, based on which you plan to enter the territory of the Republic of Poland;
Incorrectly submitted application forms that do not include relevant information will not be accepted from a formal point of view and will not be answered.
A detailed description of the NAWA summer course for students and scientists is available on the Agency's website: What-does-NAWA-summer-courses-include.pdf
