University of Warsaw: Free Tuition?

I don't know anything about this, but there seem to be free undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Warsaw:

http://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/tuition_fees_2020.pdf
https://irk.uw.edu.pl/en-gb/home/PELNE2020/
http://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/en/application-and-tuition-fees/

 

I think you have to be there. Add living expenses and it's not quite such a bargain. Several references were made in the fee schedule to part time / evening study. None (that I saw) to distance.

 

Yeah, German universities offer free tuition too. But you'll have to live in Germany and pay some high living expenses.

Unfortunately, there'll be no free universities in USA and UK lol

 

Wonder if this and similar offers could apply for Polish citizens living in the US. I technically have dual citizenship even though I was born in the US and have lived here my entire life.

 

For this deal - it wouldn't help, money-wise, because although tuition would be free, you'd have to cover living expenses in Poland. If a school has distance -ed deals for Polish or EU citizens, then I suppose they'd have to give you the break - if you prove your citizenship, then you're a Polish citizen living abroad and - presumably - entitled to the deal. Unless the school makes up some regulation on the spot ... not much you could do in that case - and they likely know it. Worth a try if you see a good offer.

I'm still a Brit on paper though I've legally lived in Canada for 68 of my 77 years. UK distance education is pretty much the same cost for UK citizens as it is for everyone else. So, no savings for me there. A while ago I was thinking maybe I could qualify for a good deal for EU citizens somewhere - but along comes BREXIT.

 

This can be interesting for young people with Polish roots. There's a status short of citizenship for Polish people living abroad - I wonder if it entitles one for tuition breaks. Of course, Warsaw is a world-top-400 University.

 

From memory, living costs in Poland are close to Hungary, and with most Hungarians living on less than 10 000USD a year, I think a year or two of savings would more than cover most Westerners for their living costs in Poland.

Student visas aren't super hard to come by either - everywhere east of the former iron curtain is struggling with brain drain, so as long as people promise to leave after, foreigners staying here during tertiary studies is a boon to the economy.

 

True - that's probably why they're stuck in cushy jobs in the Government Sector. They'd never survive in an "enterprise zone!"

 

It's the other way around. The policymakers can well see the dollars signs - it's the voters that want them to leave.

 

Right. Maybe it's something for him to think about, while munching cheeseburgers in bed.