Forms of financial aid

The rector's scholarship may be awarded to a student who has achieved outstanding academic results, has scientific or artistic achievements, or sports achievements in competition at least at the national level. A necessary condition is full registration for the semester for which the application is submitted (exceptions are defined in the Benefits Regulations).

The scholarship may be awarded to:

• a first-year first-cycle student (admitted in the year of passing the matura exam), if they are a laureate of an international olympiad, a laureate or finalist of a central-level olympiad, or a current medalist of at least the sports competition for the title of Polish Champion,
• a first-semester second-cycle student, based on results and achievements from first-cycle studies,
• a student from the 3rd semester of first-cycle studies and from the 2nd semester of second-cycle studies, based on achievements and the grade average from the previous semester.

Applications are submitted only within the designated deadlines. You generate the application in USOSweb (1st year) or webdziekanat (higher years), and deliver the printout with attachments to the Benefits Service Section. Deadlines for the 2026/27 academic year:

• Winter semester:
  10 to 16 October 2026, first-semester second-cycle students,
  28 September to 4 October 2026, other students.
• Summer semester:
  13 to 19 March 2027, first-semester second-cycle students,
  1 to 7 March 2027, other students.

First-year first-cycle students (olympiad laureates and medalists) apply at the beginning of each semester.

Scholarships are awarded within ranking groups, created according to field of study, mode of study and organisational unit. First-semester second-cycle students form a separate group. The scholarship is awarded to no more than 9% of students in a given field of study who obtained the highest number of points, not less than 75 ranking points. The remaining 1% is a reserve for the appeal procedure. In each ranking group, at least one person receives the scholarship. First-year olympiad laureates and medalists are not counted towards this limit.
The procedure is competitive, so all documents and information must be provided in the first stage. Late applications are not considered.

Points are awarded for the scholarship grade average and for scientific, artistic and sports achievements, which are assigned specific point values (from 31 to 500 points) in Annex No. 1 to the Benefits Regulations. Each achievement must be confirmed by a document issued by a competent authority and marked with a number matching its position in the application.
An achievement is scored once per application and once per entire course of studies (with exceptions described in the catalogue). A single application may include a maximum of 2 achievements from the 31-point pool.

It is the weighted average of all course grades from the last semester, obtained by the end of that semester, weighted by ECTS points. If the semester transcript contains only pass/fail („zal”) courses, the average from the semester preceding the last semester is used. To receive points for the average, the student must show full registration after the semester from which the average is taken.
For first-semester second-cycle students, the scholarship average is the first-cycle grade average determined in accordance with the Study Regulations of the university they graduated from. If a weighted average cannot be calculated (no ECTS points), the arithmetic average for that period is used, excluding pass/fail courses. Students who are not PŁ graduates attach a certificate or diploma supplement confirming this average.

The rector's scholarship amounts to 1000 PLN per month. The rate is the same for all scholarship holders, including first-year first-cycle students who are olympiad laureates or sports medalists.

The condition is full registration for the semester, but the regulations provide for three exceptions:

• conditional registration of a student who has shown at least one achievement worth 500 points. In this case, the grade average is not included in the point total, only the points for 500-point achievements,
• conditional registration resulting from curriculum differences after a change of field of study or for other reasons beyond the student's control, with a recommendation from the vice-dean for student affairs,
• studies outside PŁ (Learning Agreement, Training Agreement, MOSTECH), where, with annual settlement, the condition for receiving the scholarship for the second semester is maintaining student status.

The scholarship is paid from the month in which the application was received, once the decision becomes final, with the possibility of back payment for previous months (e.g. application submitted in October, payment in November also covers October). Make sure your bank account number is filled in in the system.

Yes. The grade average from the last semester and full registration in the field of study you are transferring from are taken into account. The type of current registration in the new field of study is not considered. If the change took place after the scholarships for the semester were awarded, it can only be granted if the quota has not been exhausted in the given ranking group. If, in the semester preceding the payment, you could not obtain full registration due to curriculum differences (confirmed by the vice-dean), the scholarship may be awarded based on the average after that semester.

During Studies outside PŁ you may apply each semester, based on points for the grade average and achievements from the semester immediately preceding departure. In the first semester after your return, you show the same average and the achievements from the period of Studies outside PŁ. You take part in the same ranking as other students and submit applications within the standard deadlines. On the paper application, indicate that you are on exchange or have just returned.