Registration for Preparatory Courses for the 2025/2026 Academic Year Has Started |
Course Description
The English language course runs for the entire academic year (from October to June) and comprises 600 hours of English language instruction plus 240 hours of specialized subjects. Classes are held every day from Monday to Friday.
The course concludes with a certified language exam at the B2 level, which qualifies students for enrollment in studies in Poland. Participants are divided into groups according to their English language proficiency, as assessed at the beginning of the course.
Throughout the course, participants develop all language skills: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing (in various forms), and speaking. The curriculum also covers all grammatical and lexical topics at the B2 level. Classes in specialized subjects allow students to learn the English terminology specific to each field.
In each semester, course participants have the option to choose 120 hours of specialized subjects. There is no obligation to select a specialized subject; however, once chosen, attendance is mandatory.
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I semester | English language 300h |
Polish language 1 30h |
Mathematics 1 30h |
Physics 1 30h |
Computer Science 1 30h |
II semester | English language 300h |
Polish language 2 30h |
Mathematics 2 30h |
Physics 2 30h |
Computer Science 2 30h |
It is possible to change the previously selected subjects during the first week of the course.
The course concludes with a written and oral exam in English and written exams in all selected specialized subjects.
Upon passing the exam, each student receives a Certificate confirming proficiency in English at the B2 level, covering all language skills, issued by the Foreign Language Studies of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. In addition, the student receives a supplement containing the grades from the specialized subjects exams.
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- ONLINE REGISTRATION
Register via the electronic IRC system: www.registration.pwr.edu.pl. If you do not have an IRC account, please create a new IRC account. Apply for the “Annual English Language Course.” Fill in all the requested details, including passport compatible personal details, address and contact details. Upload an official photo 300*375px to the IRC system. and a scan of a signed parental statement, printed from IRC (if required).
- QUALIFICATION FEE
Pay the qualification fee to the account provided in the IRC system and attach a receipt to the IRC system. If you need an invoice for the fee, please email: admission@pwr.edu.pl.
- ONLINE TEST AND SKYPE INTERVIEW
After making the payment and attaching the confirmation to the system you will have the opportunity to take a grammar test and a Skype interview with the course’s coordinator (using the buttons START PLACEMENT TEST and SCHEDULE SKYPE INTERVIEW)
- COURSE FEE
Once you have obtained a positive result from the placement test and skype interview, pay the tuition fee and attach the confirmation of payment to the IRC.
- ACCOMMODATION
If you need confirmation of your accommodation, please make sure that you have made a reservation in the IRC system. Confirmation is subject to full payment of the course’s tuition fee.
- ACCEPTANCE LETTER
Once the course’s tuition fee has been received in your university account, a university staff member will generate and attach an acceptance letter to the IRC system. You will then download this document from the IRC system and review the contents. The original document can also be collected in person, by proxy or sent by post.
1-Year (2-semester), October 2025 |
26th May 2025 | The first day of online registration in the IRC system |
14th July 2025 | The deadline for registration and paying the qualification fee* |
28th July 2025 | The deadline for paying the tuition fee |
10th September 2025 | The deadline for submitting the original of the Contract for provision of the educational services |
30th September 2025 | The deadline for arriving to Wrocław and registering for the course |
* The deadline may be subject to change once the limit of available spots is reached
- formal photo (only digital format 300*375 px.)
- passport / ID (only for inspection)
- scan of the declaration of allowing the under-age Candidate to go to Poland for the purpose of study made by Candidate’s parents/administrators, if applicable.
- Qualification fee*: 700 PLN
- Fee: 15 400 PLN
Bank account’s details:
Account number in PLN (zł): PL 37 1090 2402 0000 0006 1000 0434
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Bank’s name: Santander Bank Polska S.A
Bank’s address: 50-384 Wrocław, plac Grunwaldzki 12-14
Receiver: Wroclaw University science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
With note: Qualification/Tuition fee for 1 – year English language course, full name of candidate
*Qualification fee is paid once and is non-refundable.
Academic exam. It tests listening and reading skills, speaking, knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. The exam registration fee is included in the price of the course. Throughout the academic year the students will be provided with an opportunity to go on 1-2 day trips to discover the most beautiful places in the region. The students will also be able to take part in talks and lectures about history of Wrocław and Poland, cultural events, technical English and more.
ENGLISH COURSE SYLLABUS 1ST TERM
Speaking
- communicating in social situations
- communicating in professional and intercultural environment
- telephoning: making enquiries, making arrangements, complaining
- focusing on functions: agreeing and disagreeing, giving opinions, interrupting and dealing with interruptions, asking for clarification
- discussing a wide range of personal and study/work- -related topics: culture and cross-cultural relations, university and business-related environment, training and development, describing innovative products and services, business travel, buying and selling
- focusing on pronunciation: word and sentence stress, sound linking
Listening
- understanding real life situations
- following instructions
- listening for general meaning, details, pronunciation, stress and intonation reading » understanding written instructions
- understanding story sequence
- understanding authentic writing
Writing
- organising writing
- using a range of styles
- writing formal and informal letters and emails
- writing CVs and letters of application
Grammar
- revision of tenses
- conditionals
- question forms
- comparatives
- dependent prepositions
- relative clauses
- indirect speech
Vocabulary
- building a personal lexicon based on topical vocabulary
- business vocabulary
- formal and informal vocabulary
ENGLISH COURSE SYLLABUS 2ND TERM
Academic Speaking
- communicating in seminars and tutorials
- delivering an oral presentation
- focusing on functions: expressing and justifying opinions, explaining, suggesting, speculating, analysing, summarising, narrating
- recognising a range of styles
- speaking without hesitating
Academic Listening
- understanding lectures and tutorials
- following presentations
- note taking Academic Reading
- understanding specialist and non-specialist academic writing
- identifying text types
- scanning and skimming
Academic Writing
- organising writing
- expressing fact and opinion
- describing and comparing graphs and tables
- describing processes
- writing a report
- writing a summary
- writing an argumentative essay
- using quotations
- paraphrasing
- recognising levels of formality
Grammar for Academic Purposes
- understanding choice of tense
- impersonal style and passive constructions
- modal verbs
- forming complex noun phrases
- changing emphasis in a sentence
- expressing causality and purpose
Vocabulary for Academic Purposes
- language for classifying
- word formation
- confusable words
- technical and semi-technical vocabulary
- researching specialist vocabulary