FIRST STEP – ONLINE RECRUITMENT ON IRK
2nd of June – 30th of June 2025
CREATING AN ACCOUNT AND FULFILLING NECESSARY DATA
To sign up, choose “Create an account” (top right side). Read and accept the clause, enter your email and create a password.
WARNING! Write your actual e-mail – after signing up, you will receive an activation link to this e-mail. Click the link to create an account (log in with given email and created password).
After logging in to the main page of your account, open the 'Personal forms' tab (above the photo space). Select the recruitment you are interested in by clicking on 'Select recruitment' (on the right) and you will be redirected to the forms you need to complete:
Basic personal data
Fulfill your personal data (surname, name), date, place and country of birth, citizenship. Information must match the data from your passport.
International candidate
Choose and post the documents you possess.
Address and contact information
Add your phone number (both foreign and polish - we will contact you only for important purposes) and temporary address. You should also fulfill correspondence address (in this case you need to provide polish address if you possess).
Photo
You are obligated to upload a picture (in accordance with the requirements for ID or passport). Detailed guidelines can be found in the ‘Picture’ tab.
Uploaded photo will be used for Student’s ID.
Every picture has to be accepted by the Administrator. The Administrator will see it in the system after you sign up for a major programme.
Education
Fulfill data about your secondary education: type of high school, name of high school, city and country of high school.
Then in tab ‘Documents’ choose ‘Add a document’ and fulfill information about school leaving certificate.
After saving the data, on the right side will appear a ‘Edit exam results’ tab – here you put all of the results from school leaving certificate (calculated for you by Unit for Teaching Administration).
Candidates who have finished secondary education this year, fulfill necessary educational data (type of document, document year and country of issue) and in ,,Edit exam results’’ tab mark with V passed subjects without entering their scores. After receiving Secondary School Certificate, but not later than 10th of July 2025, Candidates are obligated to immediately fulfill the results of examination in the tab, along with document number and issuing date, type, name and place of the institution which issued such certificate. Those who fail to provide such data will not be taken under consideration during the recruitment process.
ATTENTION!
Foreigners applying for admission to first-cycle studies or long-cycle studies on the basis of a document issued abroad - which is not a document confirming eligibility to apply for admission to studies, as referred to in Article 326a (1) of the Law on Higher Education and Science - will be required to participate in a qualification test of basic mathematical knowledge.
Detailed information on the qualification is available at study.uek.krakow.pl.
Additional personal information
Fulfill the data of your passport with which you will identify yourself when submitting documents.
MAJOR PROGRAMME CHOOSING
After fulfilling required information, choose the major programmes. For full-time studies you can choose a maximum of three major programmes, but you can be admitted only to one. To do so, choose the tab ‘Offer’ (top right side). You will be transferred to the page with all programmes offered in the recruitment process. Choose a programme by clicking on it and then sign in by choosing ‘Sign in’ tab. Prioritize chosen major programmes from the most to the least preferred one.
Chosen programmes will appear on you account in the ‘Enrollment applications’ tab along with the results of the process and documents necessary for admission to download. Look for the ‘Set priorities’ button, with which you can change the priorities up to the 10th of July 2025.
APPLICATION FEE
Application fee for each major programme is 85 PLN. If you have chosen more than one major programme the system will add up and give you the total – for two major programmes 170 PLN, for three major programmes 255 PLN.
Make money transfer to an individual account number which can be found in the ‘Payments’ tab. State your name and surname as the transfer title.
Additional payment details:
Name and address: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, ul. Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków
Bank details: Alior Bank S.A., ul. Łopuszańska 38D, 02-232 Warszawa
SWIFT: ALBPPLPW, IBAN: PL, Currency: PLN.
If the payment was made during the recruitment dates and will not appear on your IRK account within 3 working days, contact the Unit for Teaching Administration: studiainfo@uek.krakow.pl
LANGUAGE EXAM
Polish language exam - 1st of July 2025 (implies to a specific groups of candidates, detailed information is posted on the University's website).
English language exam - 2nd of July 2025 (implies to a specific groups of candidates, detailed information is posted on the University's website).
ENTRY EXAM
Qualification test of basic mathematical knowledge - 8th and 9th of July 2025 (implies to a specific grups of candidates, detailed information is posted on the University's website).
RESULTS - 17th of July 2025
The results of the recruitment process will be published on your IRK account in ‘Enrollment applications’ tab:
Qualified – you have been qualified for admission to studies. After submitting necessary documents, in the 'Decision' tab the statement will change to ‘Admitted’.
Not qualified – you have not been qualified for admission.
In ‘News’ tab (top right side) ,within the results date, you will find all necessary information (regarding document submission) for qualified candidates and information for not qualified candidates. Read the information carefully before submitting documents.
If you have been qualified and would like to study at the Krakow University of Economics, you must provide a set of required documents:
- Secondary school-leaving certificate with the transcript of grades - photocopy and original for view,
- Results of Multitest/NMT exam (Ukrainian Candidates only) - photocopy and original for view,
- Decision about recognition (nostryfikacja) of secondary-school certificate, issued by the Board of Education in Poland or NAWA's director information - photocopy and original for view,
- Legalization/apostille and translation into polish language - photocopies and original for view,
- Statutory declaration confirming that the secondary-school certificate entitles the holder to apply for admission to university studies in the country of issue (not applicable to certificates issued in Ukraine). Declaration is not required if the proper information can be found on the graduation certificate of secondary education - photocopy and original for view,
- Proof of English language proficiency (does not concern candidates taking the language exam at the KUE) - photocopy and original for view,
- Printout of personal questionnaire - from Online Candidate Admission platform (Enrollment applications - Documents and further steps),
- Printout for the Candidate's file - can be found on the University's website,
- Photocopy of passport (page with photo) - original for view,
- Parent’s or legal custodian’s statement (only persons under age of 18) expressing their approval for a legal commitment to the Krakow University of Economics - from Online Candidate Admission Platform (Enrollment applications - Documents and further steps),
- Citizenship statement - from Online Candidate Admission Platform (Enrollment applications - Documents and further steps),
- Visa / residence card / UE citizen’s registration of stay - photocopy and original for view,
- Health insurance - photocopy and original for view.
Remember to bring your passport to confirm your identity!
When you arrive at the University on the appointed date, you will receive a special folder. Fulfill the last page, put the prepared set of documents in it and go to the appropriate room to submit the documents. If you cannot deliver the documents in person, choose the Representative to deliver them for you. The Representative must deliver a set of your documents, a copy of your passport, his/her passport (both only for view) and a ‘Power of attorney’ form printed from your IRK account.
After submitting the documents, you will receive a student enrollment and access to the university's USOS account and email.
In case of any questions regarding the recruitment process contact Unit for Teaching Administration: studiainfo@uek.krakow.pl
GOOD LUCK!