Полска во Северна Македонија

The Banach NAWA program is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Agency for Academic Exchange implemented as part of the Polish development cooperation program, supporting the socio-economic development of developing countries by raising the level of knowledge and education of their citizens. It is one of the Agency's flagship programs, and this year's edition is different from previous.

 

Banach NAWA offers students from a selected list of countries a scholarship for second-cycle studies in Polish or English at Polish universities supervised by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. In public universities, the Program allows to study for free. Studies in Polish may be preceded by a one-year NAWA preparatory course implemented on scholarship terms.

 

The scholarship amounts to PLN 1,800 per month and is paid for a maximum of 12 months in the academic year, starting from the first month of classes at the studies and at the NAWA preparatory course.

 

The NAWA preparatory course preceding studies in Poland lasts for one year, and its aim is to deepen knowledge of the Polish language and knowledge of subjects related to the planned field of study. Applicants qualified to participate in the program complete courses at a specific preparatory centre picked by NAWA. Assignment to such centres is determined by the field of planned studies and the availability of places.

 

The Banach NAWA program is addressed to citizens of the following countries: Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Montenegro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Philippines, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Colombia, Kosovo, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia.

 

A candidate who meets all the following conditions may apply for participation in the Program:

• is a citizen of one of the countries listed above,
• does not have Polish citizenship and has not submitted an application for Polish citizenship,
• plans to start second-cycle studies or a preparatory course in the winter semester of the academic year 2024/25 (from October 2024),
• at the time of submitting the application to the Program, is a student of the last semester of first-cycle studies in one of the countries listed above or has obtained a first-cycle diploma in one of these countries no earlier than in 2022,
• has not previously obtained a diploma of completion of second-cycle studies or uniform master's studies
• has not previously received a scholarship from the NAWA Director (NAWA scholarship) under the Program,
• has documented knowledge of: 

Polish at the level of:

- min. A2 if planning to take a one-year preparatory course preceding second-cycle studies in Polish;
- min. B2 if planning to start second-cycle studies in Polish;
or

English at the level of min. B2 if you plan to start your second-cycle studies in English.