COMPETITION FOR THE BEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT IN POLAND

zdjęcie studentów

The Magnificent Seven

Kateryna Fadieieva from Ukraine, Gregory Phelan from Ireland, Safya Elsharkawy from Egypt, Hatice Kübra Öz from Turkey, Anastasiia Kononenko from Ukraine, Nasim Mondal from India, Michail Koutentakis from Greece are the winners of Interstudent 2025.  

The competition, organised by the Perspektywy Education Foundation as part of the “Study in Poland” programme (www.studyinpoland.pl), implemented jointly with the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (KRASP), has been supporting the best and most engaged international students studying at Polish universities for the last fifteen years. This year the task was particularly difficult, as we received almost 150 nominations, which is why the list of winners is longer than usual – four Special Awards have been granted.

The jury selects winners from among foreigners studying on BA, MA, and PhD level at public and private universities, in Polish or other language, whose activities enrich the local academic environment and helps to build bridges between cultures.

“We are searching for young people from all over the world, who enrich not just the Polish universities, but also their entire surroundings with their activities,” says Dr. Bianka Siwińska, the Chair of the Perspektywy Education Foundation. “They are the worldwide ambassadors of our universities and of Poland.”

In the 2025 edition the Jury chaired by Prof. Marek Pawełczyk, chairman of the KRASP International Committee, rector of the Silesian University of Technology, after analysing 148 nominations for students from 41 countries, granted the following awards:

Laureats Laureats 2025

Patronage

  • Prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska

    President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP),
    Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan

Jury

  • Prof. Marek Pawełczyk

    President of International Affairs Committee CRASP,
    Rector of the Silesian University of Technology

  • Prof. Piotr Stepnowski

    Rector of the University of Gdańsk

  • Waldemar Siwiński

    President and Founder of the “Perspektywy” Education Foundation

  • Kewin Lewicki

    President of the Students’ Parliament of the Republic of Poland

  • Anna Nieczaj

    Chairman of the Polish Association of Doctoral Candidates (KRD)

Terms and Conditions

Mission

The mission of the INTERSTUDENT competition is to select, reward and promote the best foreign students studying in Poland at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels. The contest is organized annually under the honorary patronage of the President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools of Poland and in partnership with the Students’ Parliament of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Association of Doctoral Candidates (KRD).

Organizer

The INTERSTUDENT Competition is organized by Perspektywy Education Foundation with headquarters at 31 Nowogrodzka Str., Warsaw.

Competitors

The INTERSTUDENT competition is open to all foreign students studying at Polish universities both public and private at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels (in English or Polish as the language of instruction). The competition seeks to distinguish the “university leaders”, who contribute to the integration of Polish and International students the most building bridges between cultures and enriching Polish academic environment. Student’s outstanding cultural, social, environmental or sport activity in the peers’ community, alongside with good academic performance, are the requirements for participation.

Requirements

The basis to enter the INTERSTUDENT competition is a filled in Questionnaire sent to the organizers. Candidates may be nominated by a rector, dean, international officer, student organization or simply by friends of a deserving student. The Questionnaire is available at the competition website. The questionnaires should be sent by e-mail to the Perspektywy Education Foundation to the e-mail address: m.chrostna@perspektywy.pl The deadline for applications is December 12th, 2024.

Selection Rules

The best submissions, one in each of the following categories: Bachelor’s Studies, Master’s Studies, Doctoral Studies will be identified by an eminent Jury of persons of public trust. The Jury’s decision will be considered as final, it may also grant additional awards.

Prizes

The official results of the competition will be announced on January 30, during the annual conference “Foreign students in Poland”, held in Gdansk.

INTERSTUDENT winners will receive diplomas, statuettes and prizes. Additional distinction they get is a wide media coverage of the competition and its results (in both Polish and English) in the educational monthly “Perspektywy” as well as at www.perspektywy.pl, www.studyinpoland.pl, in “Study in Poland” newsletter and through the channels of media partners.

Final remarks

Submitting the filled in Questionnaire Participants of the Competition are assumed to have fully understood and accepted all the regulations.

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