List of questions for the entrance exam

IMPORTANT NOTICE For Foreign Applicants Seeking Admission to First-Cycle Studies!

In accordance with the Act of April 4, 2025, amending certain acts to eliminate irregularities in the visa system of the Republic of Poland, foreign nationals applying for admission to first-cycle studies who hold an educational document obtained in countries which are not member states of EU*, EFTA*, or OECD*, and which is not an International Baccalaureate (IB) or European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma, and is also not a document specified in a mutual recognition of education agreement**, are required to take an entrance examination. This examination will assess the knowledge necessary to undertake studies in a specific field, level, and profile.

The entrance examination will be conducted verbally and will cover a subject chosen by the candidate: History or Civics. A list of topics for the entrance examination:

HISTORY

  1. Revolutions of the 18th Century – Political, social, and economic aspects.
  2. The Napoleonic Era – France's struggle for dominance in Europe and its significance for France and Europe.
  3. Europe and the World after the Congress of Vienna (1815) – Functioning of the Vienna system amid the industrial revolution.
  4. Nation-Building and Colonialism – Unification of Italy and Germany, causes and effects of the American Civil War, and European colonial expansion.
  5. Economic and Social Changes at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries – New ideological trends.
  6. World War I – Causes, course, and consequences.
  7. Revolutions in Russia (1917) – Causes and outcomes of the February and October Revolutions.
  8. International Order between the Wars – The League of Nations and the effects of the great economic crisis.
  9. Rise of Totalitarianisms – Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism in the interwar period.
  10. Causes and Course of World War II – Including ideological, political, and economic factors.
  11. Stages of World War II and the Holocaust – Including the extermination of Jews and attitudes toward the Holocaust.
  12. Post-War Global Order – The Cold War, the UN, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact.
  13. Decolonization and European Integration – Along with emerging global conflicts.
  14. Cultural and Social Changes after World War II – Including the moral revolution and its impacts.
  15. The Fall of Communism – Collapse of the USSR and socio-political changes in Central and Eastern Europe (1989–1991).

CIVICS

  1. Contemporary international disputes and conflicts.
  2. Contemporary integration organizations.
  3. Institutions and goals of the European Union.
  4. Person in the family, group, society.
  5. Terrorism and its causes.
  6. Globalization and global problems.
  7. Human rights and their international protection.
  8. Various concepts of the nation (political and ethnic-cultural); Factors of nation-building and facilitating the preservation of national identity.
  9. Authority as a social phenomenon; types of authority; legitimization of state authority.
  10. Political thoughts (liberalism, conservatism, democratic socialism, fascism, nazism, communism).
  11. Civil society.
  12. Contemporary systems of government.
  13. Cultural diversity and differences.
  14. Contemporary social problems.
  15. Media in the contemporary world.

Based on the above questions, candidates will be asked three questions during the exam.

*Member states of OECD, EFTA, and EU: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

**Countries with which Poland has signed an agreement on mutual recognition of education: China, Ukraine.