1. Online registration

Create an account on the recruitment portal: rekrutacja.pjwstk.edu.pl

You will receive an activation link, and after activating your account you will get access to your profile. Fill out the forms and obligatorily upload your photo. Necessarily select field of study, for which you are applying.

2. Provision of documents

Prepare the required documents, save them in.pdf format, upload the relevant files to the recruitment system or immediately deliver the originals to the PJAIT Admission Office. You can also send them by mail (registered mail) or courier.

Required Documents:

1. Application for admission to study - you can download the completed form from your profile in the recruitment system or get it directly from the Recruitment Department. Remember to sign the application!
2. matriculation certificate - the candidate presents the original, a copy or a photocopy certified by a notary public. If the candidate took an exam other than the Polish baccalaureate, he/she is also required to provide a translation of the aforementioned exam, apostille (or legalization) and its nostrification (if required)*.
3. a digital photo of proof format uploaded to their profile in the online recruitment system for the purpose of student ID and application. Candidates who do not upload a photo according to the guidelines are required to provide a printed version of their photo.
4. proof of payment for the interview (PLN 150). Payment to individual account number - visible on your recruitment profile

NOTE: Foreigners who wish to study at a Polish-language college must know Polish at a communicative level. An interview verifies language skills.

* Nostrification of certificates is carried out at the Board of Education. Persons who have diplomas issued by EU, OECD, EFTA countries and countries with which Poland has concluded agreements on mutual recognition of education are exempt from the nostrification procedure.

Apostille/Legalization does not apply to citizens of the European Union, EFTA, Australia, Belarus, Canada, Ukraine, USA and UK.

3. Studies qualification

Admissions are based on the presentation of a "portfolio" of artwork and an interview. 

Interviews for studies are held in the form of stationary in the premises of the University, online interviews are only for Foreigners who are not in Poland.

The candidate must sign up for an interview (through the enrolment portal).

The candidate brings the portfolio with him on the day of the interview.

Foreigners for the online interview send us a portfolio with a detailed description of the work (format, technique of execution, title and date of creation). The portfolio should not exceed 25MB, a minimum of 100DPI and be in one PDF file. Portfolios should be sent to rekrutacja@pja.edu.pl no later than three working days before the interview date. Upon successful evaluation of the portfolio, the candidate will be scheduled for a Skype interview. 

Interview dates for full-time Polish-language studies 

Interviews full-time are held at the University (dates will be announced in April).

Online conversations for foreigners staying outside Poland

The meeting will be held on the Google Meets platform - an email on a Gmail account is required.
Portfolio should be sent 3 business days before the interview date.

Interview dates for full-time English-language studies

Interviews full-time are held at the University (dates will be announced in April)

 Online conversations for foreigners staying outside Poland

The meeting will be held on the Google Meets platform - an email on a Gmail account is required.
Portfolio should be sent 3 business days before the interview date.

Dates for college interviews part-time

Interviews full-time are held at the University ( dates will be announced in April )

To sign up for an interview, the candidate is required to select the appropriate date in the recruitment portal.

1. An introductory interview with the scope:
   1. painting
   2. architecture
   3. theater
   4. video
   5. exhibit
   6. museums
2. Folder of works - a folder of works should be brought directly to the interview.
   1. Drawing - preferred format 100×70 or 70×100.
      1. drawing of the human figure from nature - minimum format 50×70 and 70×50, minimum 5 pieces of drawings
      2. Still life - format minimum 50×70 and 70×50, minimum 5 pieces of drawings
      3. other forms of drawings (any number of works).
   2. Painting
      1. Landscape - painting work done by any technique on paper or cardboard (minimum format 50×70 and 70×50; minimum 5 painting works)
      2. Still life - painting work done by any technique on paper or cardboard (minimum format 50×70 and 70×50; minimum 5 painting works)
      3. other painting forms (any number of works)
   3. Photography
      1. color or black and white - can be presented portrait photography, landscape, any composition, reportage. Photography can be provided in the form of prints (a minimum of10 pieces in A5 format or larger) or presented on a laptop / tablet in digital form.

The study folder part-time is prepared according to the guidelines as above. The number of genres of works (figure, still life, etc.) is arbitrary.

 NOTE: The university conducts portfolio consultations, more information here 

 We would like to remind you that the decision on qualification for studies is made only after meeting all formal requirements, i.e.: completing online registration, providing a set of required documents and successfully passing the interview.

The results of the interviews will be sent to your email within 1 business day after the interview.

Once all the conditions described above have been fulfilled, academy has two weeks to send a decision on eligibility for the study.

4. Contract

Within two weeks from the date of the Commission's decision, you should pay the first installment of tuition and sign a contract with the university.

A contract is a type of agreement that defines PJAIT 's obligations to you and yours to PJAIT. REVIEW

rekrutacja@pja.edu.pl or delivered in duplicate in person or by mail/courier to the Admission Office.

Foreigners who will need a certificate of commencement of studies in order to obtain/renew a visa, residence card are required to pay tuition fees for a minimum of one semester in advance.

If your studies are paid for by your employer, for example, you can sign a contract with the University-Sponsor-Student ankes. At the time of signing the contract, please make this known.

In exceptional situations, payments can be made to the university's general account:

Bank Millennium S.A.
Ul. Stanisława Żaryna 2A
02-593 Warsaw

Domestic transfers:
account number: 41 1160 2202 0000 0003 5249 4962

Foreign transfers:
PL41 1160 2202 0000 0003 5249 4962
SWIFT code: BIGBPLPW

In the title please include: name, tuition/interview, field of study
E.g. Jan Nowak, graphic design

Note: Candidates signing a contract a week before the end of the recruitment period PJAIT does not guarantee the issuance of an ID card and the activation of an account on the University's server before the start of classes.

Once you have been accepted/admitted to PJAIT, you will pay fees related to studying (e.g. tuition fees) to your individual account number, which is available on your student profile available in the virtual dean's office: Students' Office.pja.edu.pl