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This website is dedicated to making it easier for Australians to embark on postgraduate study in Europe.

As well as providing a host of links to relevant websites in Europe and Australia ASiE also undertakes research and consultation with the EU Commission, European governments and a great number of universities and foundations. The aim is to produce and update as much as possible all information concerning grants and scholarships available to Australian students seeking to pursue doctoral studies in Europe.

 
 

Poland

Study in Poland

A Central European country, Poland, is located at the coast of the Baltic Sea, between 49°00' and 54°50' Northern latitude and between 14°07' and 24°08' Eastern longitude.

The North - South stretch of the country reaches the distance of 649 km, and the East - West stretch is 689 km long. The area of the country amounts to 312 685 square km, while the inland sea surface area amounts to 8.7 thousand square km. The two bays (the Szczecin Bay and the Wisla Bay) amount together to 1.2 thousand square km.

In regards to the size, Poland is the 63rd country in the World, and 9th in Europe. The country borders are 3582 km long comprising the following border categories: maritime border: 528 km, land borders, respectively, with: the Russian Federation - 210 km, with the Lithuanian Republic - 103 km, with the Belarus Republic - 416 km, with the Ukraine - 529 km, with the Slovak Republic - 539, with the Czech Republic - 790 km and with Germany - 467 km.

Warsaw is the Polish capital city, (its surface is 494 km2) - with 1,618.5 thousand inhabitants.

Official language in the country is Polish.

Monetry unit: 1 złoty (PLN) = 100 groszy.

With the number of inhabitants reaching about 38 654 000 people, Poland is the 26th most numerous country in the world and eighth in the population ranking of the Europe (with about 5.4 per cent of the European population). The population density - 124 persons per square kilometre. Birth rate for 1000 inhabitants - 2,5; average life expectancy - men - 68.8 years; women - 77.5 years. (data from the official Shorter Statistical Yearbook 2000).

Ethnic composition: Polish – 98.7%, Ukrainian 0.6% other 0.7%.

Religion: Roman Catholic- 95%, Russian Orthodox 1.5%, Protestant (mostly Evangelical) 1%.
 
Poland has very large and varied higher education system. There are a total of  116 state higher educational institutions and 210 non-state higher educational institutions. By European standards Poland is a comparatively affordable country in which to study though the fees for foreign students are almost as high those charged by Australia to foreigners and thus higher than in some other European countries. Generally they are between €2000 and €3000 per year.

 

 

 

 
 
 
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