Steps of legal preparation of BSc diploma (first-cycle or undergraduate university

diploma) obtained outside Poland, required for admission to M.Sc. study at

Warsaw University of Technology

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I am a WUT
candidate and
have B.Sc..
diploma obtained
outside Poland
Has the diploma been
issued by Austria,
Bielarus, Czech
Republic, Germany,
France, Lithuania,
Slovakia or Ukraine?

Does the diploma or its

supplement include the
eligibility statement saying
that document allows to
continue education on
appropriate (M.Sc.) level in
the country of issue?

YES

Is the country issuing

the diploma a member
of the Hague
Convention?
www.apostilleinfo.com

YES

NO

NO

I apply to diploma issuing

University or to the Polish
consulate or to educational
authorities in the country of
issue or to the diplomatic
mission acredited in Poland
to get eligibility certification

Is the
B.Sc.
diploma
certified?

YES

NO

NO
YES

I apply for apostille to the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
or equivalent office in the
country of diploma issue.
www.apostilleinfo.com

I apply to the Polish

consulate in the
country of issue to get
document authorisation
(legalisation)

I apply to the
apropriate Faculty
Council for diploma
recognition/
nostrification

Legalized diploma

Recognition/
nostrification
process

Diploma with
apostille
Diploma with
recognition
document
Is the diploma
issued in
English?
NO

Diploma with
translation

Diploma translation by
a Polish sworn
translator

YES

I submit diploma and all

necessary documents to
the Faculty Admission

Commission