Study Abroad Programme in Polish Studies

  Poland

Krakow

Durations of Program: 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Dates: September - December, February - June

Description: Jagiellonian University gives you an unique possibility to study and experience Polish language and culture in one of the most beautiful and interesting city in Central Europe.

Both one-semester and full-year options are available.

All of offered courses are taught in English by distinguished experts from leading institutions in Poland and are run in five modules: Literature (LIT), Culture (CUL), History (HIST), Jewish Studies (JST) and Polish Language (LAN). To complete a semester, students are obliged to choose at least three courses, for which they receive approximately 30 credit points (according to the European Credit Transfer System).

Students will encounter IPS as a venue in which to discuss the most important issues of contemporary culture with close reference to the past and present of the Polish cultural heritage.

Highlights: Learn through experience while seeing the country and region with our organised study trips to destinations such as Warsaw, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum, the Polish mountain regions, Lithuania, Hungary, Ukraine, and Russia!

Come and experience the metaphysical and time-honoured city of Kraków while studying at the most prestigious university in Poland!

Cost in US$: $ 5000 / semester

* Four selected courses, including private tutorials and course materials (the cost of each additional course is US $600).
* Full access to the IPS computer lab with broadband Internet and multimedia technology, all university libraries, and all other standard university facilities.
* IPS student services including dedicated support staff, integration team, internship assistance, orientation, culture shock workshops, all cultural and tourist events in Krakow organized by IPS.
* Transfer from point of arrival to Krakow.
* The costs of accommodation and transportation for one (1) IPS study trip.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Poland Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Department of International Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow's Mission Statement: Aiming towards the goal of augmenting and stimulating the intellectual and academic environment in Krakow, IPS looks toward the creation of an international and multicultural community of scholars and students dedicated to humanistic and artistic concerns and research. It is in this way that IPS intends to expand and enlarge the prominent scholarly center found in Krakow and the Jagiellonian University and to group those interested in establishing a fertile thinking circle at the heart of the central European melting pot of cultures. It is to this that IPS has established its educational activities. They will also encounter IPS as a venue in which to discuss the most important issues of contemporary culture with close reference to the past and present of the Polish cultural heritage.