Required documents

Candidates submit no paper documents during the admission procedure.

According to the recruitment schedule given next to each study programme, a set of required documents must be submitted through Online Recruitment System (SIR).

Each of the required documents should be scanned into a separate file in PDF format. A document (e.g., a certificate or a diploma) that is more than one page long should be scanned into a single, multi-page PDF file.

Required documents

Certification of documents

Document certification is a process in which an employee of the University confirms the conformity of the attached scanned documents with their original (paper) version. The certification of documents is performed in the Student Service Office - Dean's Office at the beginning of the academic year. You must present the original documents for inspection.

Foreign documents - certificates, diplomas

Legalization is an attestation procedure to establish formal conformity of a document with the law of the issuing country or authenticity of signatures and seals affixed on the document.
Foreign education-related documents – secondary school leaving exams and university diplomas obtained abroad must have an apostille attached or be legalized.  Without proper attestation attached we will not accept such documents during admission.

Apostille is, in short, an attestation that the certificate/diploma you have is authentic, thanks to which it is possible to use it abroad. Apostille which is issued in the form of a seal on the document or a separate document you need to apply in the country issuing the document.
If the country that issued your document is a party to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 which abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign official documents (Journal of Laws of 2005, no. 112, item 938), please check where you need to apply to obtain apostille.

Legalization - if the country that issued your document is not a party to the Hague Convention, then legalization is done by the Polish consulate in this country. You need to contact proper diplomatic institution and learn what the process involves.

Recognition of Certificates - foreign certificates that entitle you to take up studies in the country issuing the document which do not require any formal requirements because they are recognised ipso jure (by operation of law):

1. Issued by a school or educational institution recognized by the state, operating on the territory or in the educational system of a member state of the European Union, a member state of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA)-European Economic Area, a member state of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

This applies to baccalaureate certificates obtained in the following countries:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, United Kingdom.

2. International Baccalaureate (IB) Diplomas and European Baccalaureate (EB) Diplomas

3. Covered by international agreements

If your certificate does not meet the above requirements you need to obtain an administrative decision issued by a competent educational officer („Kurator Oświaty”) which confirms your eligibility to apply to a university.  For more detailed information, please contact the Board of Education in Poznan.

Board of Education in Poznan
Department for Teachers' Affairs and School Networks
Plac Wolności 18, 61-739 Poznań.
Information on the procedure for recognition of a certificate issued abroad is provided by the Department for Teachers' Affairs and School Networks during office hours. An individual may submit documents by making the prior appointment by telephone: 61 670 40 86 or by e-mail: wns@ko.poznan.pl.

Candidates under 18 (minors)

The Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, does not provide supervision of minors during their studies, and, upon enrolment of a child, such supervision shall be provided by the child's parents/legal guardians following the regulations, at their discretion and expense.

A minor is a candidate who at the time of applying and gaining the student status (October 1, 2024) has not attained 18 years of age.

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan does not provide care for minors during the studies and in case of admitting a child to the studies, such care is to be provided by the child's parents/legal guardians at their own discretion.

Such candidates must submit an additional document in the dean’s office to obtain student status – Statement of statutory representative  (henceforth the Statement) – Template 1 (for persons whose statutory representatives reside abroad) or Template 2 (for persons whose statutory representatives reside in Poland).

Based on the Statement – template 1, a minor candidate may affix signature to the following documents: personal questionnaire, agreement of studies-related fees, application for dormitory and lease agreement for dormitory housing and other forms, requests and application connected with the commencement, course and completion of studies.

In the case of Statement – template 2, all the documents listed above are signed by the statutory representative residing in Poland.

If you start studies in more than one programme you need to submit Statements for each programme separately.

Submission of the statement:

• a minor candidate may come to the dean’s office with a parent/guardian who will sign the Statement in person in the presence of the dean’s office staff. The statutory representative must bring the child’s birth certificate or other document confirming his/her legal custody over the candidate as well as identity document with a photo to verify the identity of a parent/legal guardian. If the document is issued in language other than Polish it must be translated into Polish by a sworn translator;
• a parent/legal guardian may come to the dean’s office alone (without the candidate) and sign the Statement. The statutory representative must bring identity document with a photo and the child’s birth certificate or other document confirming his/her legal custody over the candidate. If the documents are issued in language other than Polish they must be translated into Polish by a sworn translator;
• a minor candidate may submit the Statement in person or sent it to the dean’s office. The Statement (depending on which template is selected) should be signed by statutory representatives. Apart from documents required on the basis of the Statement, the candidate’s birth certificate or other document confirming legal custody over the candidate  should also be submitted.  If the documents are issued in language other than Polish they must be translated into Polish by a sworn translator;

The Statement may be filed in the dean’s office through an attorney-in-fact (without the candidate of statutory representative present). Power of attorney (template 3) and a photo ID confirming the attorney’s identity should also be submitted. Apart from documents required on the basis of the Statement, the following documents must be submitted as well: the candidate’s birth certificate or other document confirming legal custody exercised over the candidate by the person granting the power of attorney If the documents are issued in language other than Polish they must be translated into Polish by a sworn translator;
Signatures on the Statement (affixed outside of the dean’s office) and on the Power of attorney must be attested by a notary and in the case of a foreign notary (clerk), the attestation statement must be translated into Polish by a sworn translated and have an apostille.