Be prepared for the exchange!
Academic planner
We encourage you to make yourself at home and have a look at an Academic Planner prepared by the Polish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme. It is an application that will certainly help you during your stay in Poland. The planner suggests ways of spending your free time, recommends sites worth visiting and tells you how to deal with problems you might encounter. Get familiar with the history of Poland, its traditions and culture. Experience our Polish hospitality, make lasting friendships and pick up some language as well!
Please have a look at the attachement below.
Emergency application
The application EMERGENCY.edu has been developed by our students and for students. The app is free and contains the most important information related to safety matters: contacts to hospitals, the police, maps, contact for psychological help and the most important legal issues. The application works in 5 languages, even offline.
You can download the app from App store or Google Play store.
Study Abroad Student Handbook
We recommend reading Study Abroad Student Handbook prepared by the Center for Global Education which is "is an international research and resource center that provides support for international learning at colleges and universities, providing support for faculty, staff, students and parents with information and resources about a variety of issues including integrated international learning, health, safety, diversity, and the impact of study abroad on student retention and success." (http://globaled.us/). The handbook can be found here and it provides information about:
- motivation for studying abroad,
- financing study abroad,
- application process,
- pre-departure planning,
- foreign laws,
- communication while abroad,
- packing,
- expectations,
- health & safety,
- culture shock,
- coming home and reverse culture shock.
It also includes questions and checklists which may be helpful when planning the journey and stay abroad.