Academic and Sporting Achievements
Your Advantage
From the Very Start
How to Begin
Quick
Admission Path
We recognise your academic and sporting achievements. Your achievements mean smoother admission process and financial support from the very start.
Thanks to them, you may be offered a place in your chosen degree programme and you don’t need to pay your admission fee
Who is it for?
Who can benefit from it?
Winners of:
- science ‘Olympiads’ at the national level in Poland:
list of science ‘Olympiads’ and privileges between 2024–2026 (pdf, 467 kB) - international and Poland national contests and competitions:
list of science ‘Olympiads’ and privileges between 2024–2026 (pdf, 306 kB)
Finalists of:
- science ‘Olympiads’ at the national level in Poland:
- Polish Championship for youth categories in academic sports:
see the list of degree programmes (pdf, 207 kB)
You can take advantage of this benefit only once – in the year of receiving the secondary school-leaving certificate or the following year. The year you actually won the title of winner or finalist does not matter.
Benefits
Specialrecruitment rules
You can secure a place in full-time studies (1st and long-cycle studies) without going through the standard procedure or paying the admission fee.
Rector'sScholarships
You don’t have to wait for your first grades to get the Rector’s Scholarship. If you start your studies immediately after your secondary-school graduation, you can get some extra funding from as early as October
Individual
Study Programme
With your achievements, you can apply for the Individual Study Programme while starting your first year. With the help of a tutor, you can customise your own study schedule and choose the subjects that interest you most.
Study Application Instructions
Step by Step
- 01.
Register or log in to your account and click the following
My Account → Personal Forms → Education → Olympiads and other documents providing exemption from the admission process
- My Account
- Personal Forms
- Education
- Olympiads and other documents providing exemption from the admission process
- 02.
- Upload your certificate
Fill in the information about your academic competition or contest and upload a scan or photo of your certificate.
- 03.
- Choose your studies
Apply for your dream degree programme and tick the freshly uploaded document in the form
- 04.
- Wait for certificate verification
The Education Department will validate your documents. Once these are accepted, the admission fee is waived and the admission committee will award you the maximum number of points.
What if you want to change the degree programme?
If the certificate has already been accepted for your chosen degree programme and you are thinking of changing it, please contact the Education Department. This change is possible as long as registration for the newly selected degree programme is still open.
Contact
Information about Benefits for Candidates with Academic and Sporting Achievements:
Education Department
Katowice, ul. Bankowa 12, room 0.29
tel.: 32 359 16 22, 32 359 18 80, 32 359 18 10
e-mail: rekrutacja@us.edu.pl
Information about Scholarships
Student Social Affairs Office
Katowice, ul. Bankowa 12, room 0.20
tel. 32 359 20 46
e-mail: bstud@us.edu.pl
Legal Regulations
Privileges for Laureates and Finalists of Central-Level Olympiads, as well as Laureates of International and National Competitions, starting from the 2027/2028 Academic Year:
Legal Basis
- Resolution No. 115 of the Senate of the University of Silesia in Katowice: Amending the resolution regarding the detailed rules for the admission of winners and finalists of central-level Olympiads, winners of international and national competitions, as well as finalists of the Polish Championships in youth categories (in sports disciplines included in the competition of the Polish Academic Championships programme) for the academic year 2027/2028 Senate Resolution No. 115/2025
- Resolution No. 116 of the Senate of the University of Silesia in Katowice: Amending the resolution regarding the detailed rules for the admission of winners and finalists of central-level Olympiads, winners of international and national competitions, as well as finalists of the Polish Championships in youth categories (in sports disciplines included in the competition of the Polish Academic Championships programme) for the academic year 2028/2029 Senate Resolution No. 116/2025
- Resolution No. 117 of the Senate of the University of Silesia in Katowice: Regarding the detailed rules for the admission of winners and finalists of central-level Olympiads, winners of international and national competitions, as well as finalists of the Polish Championships in youth categories (in sports disciplines included in the competition of the Polish Academic Championships programme) for the academic year 2029/2030 Senate Resolution No. 117/2025
Privileges for Laureates and Finalists of Central-Level Olympiads, as well as Laureates of International and National Competitions, starting from the 2027/2028 Academic Year:
