Admission requiremants

Fill out the recruitment form

Compile the necessary documents

The candidate is required to submit documents:

1 current color photograph, attached electronically to the enrollment form, in accordance with the requirements used for issuing identity cards (without headgear on a light background).

Attaching a photo to the form is a necessary condition for sending and submitting documents. The attached photo will be reviewed and approved by the Recruitment Office staff.

A photocopy of the Maturity Certificate and the original for inspection..

Important! A copy of the Maturity Certificate is not a photocopy – it will be treated as the original document.
Candidates who did not pass the biology matriculation exam are required to take remedial classes in preparation for studies, organized by the Silesian Medical University in Katowice. No additional fees will be charged for participation in the classes.

A medical certificate issued by a physician authorized to conduct preventive examinations, confirming the lack of contraindications to undertake studies in the field of Cosmetology – download the certificate form.

The referral will be sent in the form of a scan only upon the request of the Candidate sent to the following address: rekrutacja@swsm.pl, after completing the recruitment form.
Candidates are required to provide a medical certificate no later than two weeks after submitting the documents.

A photocopy of a document confirming vaccination against hepatitis B (pages with personal data and vaccination record) and the original for inspection.

Information about vaccination is recorded in the child’s health booklet and/or with the family doctor. People born in 1996 and later – should be included in the program of mandatory vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B. People born in 1986 and later – should be included in the program of vaccination of youth at the age of 14.
If a candidate has not been vaccinated against hepatitis B, he or she is obliged to get vaccinated and provide confirmation during the first semester of study.

A photocopy of the decision/booklet for sanitary and epidemiological purposes (page with personal data and current entry) and the original for inspection.

If the Candidate does not have the aforementioned decision, he/she is obliged to provide it during the first semester of study.

A photocopy of the disability certificate (if applicable) and the original for inspection.

A confirmation of payment of the administrative recruitment fee (confirmation is not required during the promotion period).

Candidate’s statement

Do you need other information?

Contact our Recruitment Department.

Submit documents in person

Deliver the documents and complete the formalities directly at the Recruitment Office.

We invite you to the Recruitment Office, which is located on the high ground floor in the Dean’s Office (room 237) during office hours.

Bring your ID card with you to confirm your identity.

Submit documents by traditional mail

Follow the rules below:

Complete photocopies of the documents required below, and in your recruitment profile download and additionally sign: Personal questionnaire, Declaration of commencement of studies, Payment schedule and Regulations of the applicable promotion and Candidate’s declarations.

Send the documentation by traditional mail to the following address: Śląskiej Wyższa Szkoła Medycznej w Katowicach, ul. Mickiewicza 29, 40-085 Katowice.

Remember that when providing us with photocopies of your documents, you are obliged to present their originals for inspection along with your ID card, no later than when collecting your ID card.

Additional information

Before starting the recruitment formalities, please read the documents:

Declaration of commencement of studies at the Silesian Medical University in Katowice

Chancellor’s Order on fees applicable to enrolment in studies

Fee regulations at the Silesian Medical University in Katowice

Candidates sign the declaration of commencement of studies, payment schedule and regulations of the applicable promotion directly at the Recruitment Office.

Foreigners

Foreigners who apply for admission to the undergraduate program are required to provide also:

A copy of the Polish Card and the original for verification (if applicable);

A copy of the high school graduation certificate or a document equivalent to the Polish graduation certificate (matura), translated by a sworn translator entered on the list of sworn translators of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland and bearing an apostille, and the original for verification;

A certificate confirming knowledge of the Polish language at a language proficiency level of at least B2 issued by the State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language, authorised by the Minister responsible for higher education and science to organise examinations in Polish as a foreign language at a specified level of language proficiency (a Polish or foreign higher education institution offering studies in Polish philology or a Polish/foreign entity that has been offering language courses or classes in the field of teaching Polish or Polish as a foreign language or other didactic classes in Polish for at least three years).

A copy of the insurance policy in case of illness or accident covering the period of education in Poland and the original for verification.

All documents issued in a foreign language will be accepted together with a translation into Polish, prepared by a sworn translator entered on the list of sworn translators of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland.

Candidates who provide complete required documentation and complete the formalities related to enrollment in the chosen course are accepted for studies.

Filling out only the form in the electronic recruitment system of SWSM in Katowice or submitting incomplete documentation does not guarantee a place in the group.

Medical checkup at the Globiana Medical Center, ul. Zabrska 17, 40-083 Katowice

The tests will not be reimbursed by the university.

Telephone registration is possible between 8:00 and 18:00, tel. 32 253 27 00

Referral for tests can be obtained by e-mail after filling out the recruitment form.