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PolandPoland My First Choice (NAWA)
Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)
A Polish government scholarship programme for second-cycle (Master's) studies at Polish universities holding an A or A+ category rating in the relevant field, offering a monthly stipend and tuition exemption at public universities. Restricted to citizens of a named list of about 44 developed countries/territories with which Poland does not have a separate developing-country scholarship track.
Deadline
Closed, usually reopens around May
What you get
PLN 2,000/month
Covers
- Tuition
- Living costs (not recorded)
- Travel (not recorded)
- Health insurance (not recorded)
- Visa fee (not recorded)
Awards offered
Not recorded
Who can apply
- Study level funded
- Master's
- Subjects
- No subject restriction recorded
- Language
- Not recorded yet, check the official page
- Sri Lankan applicants
- Restricted to citizens of a list of roughly 44 developed countries/territories: Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Austria, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Iceland, Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, Singapore, Croatia, Japan, Slovakia, Chile, Canada, Slovenia, Cyprus, South Korea, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Uruguay, Estonia, Luxembourg, USA, Finland, Latvia, Hungary, France, Malta, Italy, Greece, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, plus Chinese citizens resident in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Sri Lanka is not on this list; NAWA's separate program for developing countries (Stefan Banach Programme) is the relevant track for Sri Lankan applicants, not Poland My First Choice.
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Official pageSources
- NAWA - Poland My First Choice Programme (official)read 1 September 2026
- NAWA - Poland My First Choice call for applications (eligible countries)read 1 September 2026
Checked 1 September 2026, next review due 1 March 2027