If you have any questions regarding the recognition of a foreign diplomas in Poland, and you haven't find an inoromation on our website, you can contact us by e-mail:

Department for Academic Recognition

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange NAWA

    Polna 40, 00-635 Warsaw

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The Department for Academic Recognition NAWA kindly informs,
that in order to ensure timely processing of
applications for individual recognition statement on a foreign diploma,
the telephone duty will be unavailable from 1 May, 2025 (until further notice).

Please use the information available at NAWA website in section „RECOGNITION” https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition (use the Menu on the right).

• Section FAQ – frequently asked questions https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/recognition-for-academic-purposes/faq-frequently-asked-questions.
• If you seek for recognition of your certificate of secondary education obtained outside Poland - please follow information at the website https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/recognition-for-academic-purposes/applying-for-admission-to-first-long-cycle-studiesand contact the authorized institution.
• Nostrification procedure is beyond the competence of the National Agency for Academic Exchange. The nostrification procedure may be conducted by an institution having a required scientific category in the discipline to which the foreign diploma relates. Details concerning the procedure can be found here: https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/legal-framework-for-recognition.
  • nostrification of higher education diplomas: Nostrification-of-higher-education-diplomas.pdf
  • nostrification of academic degrees: Nostrification-of-academic-degrees.pdf

• The recognition statement on a foreign diploma:
  • general – you can generate automatically in the system KWALIFIKATOR https://kwalifikator.nawa.gov.pl/;
  • individual – you can obtain from NAWA after submitting the application with all required documents via the SYRENA System https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/how-to-obtain-a-recognition-statement.
    • recognition statements are issued within 60 days from receipt of complete documentation. Due to the large amount of applications for recognition statements on foreign diplomas the time of processing requests may be prolonged and exceed this period.
    • the status of the application submitted via the SYRENA System - according to the user manual - can be checked independently in the system. 
      We do not inform about the status of the application by e-mail.

Thank you for understanding.