Inland Navigation Program

Q: 2. Complete the online application form

Complete the online application form in our admission application system. APPLY NOW But before you start to fill it in, you need to prepare: high quality scans of your documents (attachments) referred to in step 1 documents that are several pages long should be scanned as one file. One file can be a maximum of 20 MB. your photo in JPG or PNG format (photo as required for an official ID card, max. size 5 MB, min. size 236px x 295px). DOCUMENTS: Attach the application documents in your candidate account in the application system: click on ‘My registrations’ and then on the ATTACHMENTS icon. Here, attach scans of your documents in the appropriate places. In the Attachments section, there are also documents that require your handwritten signature (eg. your admission request). You must first download such documents, print them out, sign them and then scan and upload them in the appropriate places in this section. GRADES: You must then complete your grades in the admission system. Click on “My applications” and then on the “Add grades” icon. APPLICATION FEE: The application fee is PLN 85, i.e. about EUR 20. It is best to pay it online in your candidate account in the application system (in the section: APPLICATION FEE). If you however decide to make a traditional bank transfer, please use the details below: Account owner / recipient: Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie (Maritime University of Szczecin) Address - first line: ul. Wały Chrobrego 1-2 Address - second line: 70-500 Szczecin, Polska (Poland) Name of the bank: Bank Pekao SA VII O/Szczecin Bank account number: 91 1240 3927 1111 0011 0575 2658 IBAN: PL91124039271111001105752658 SWIFT: PKOPPLPW Transfer reference: „Application fee Your name and surname”

Q: 4. Deliver documents to our university

Once your application is granted the status: "Qualified for admission", the final step of the admission application is to deliver your original application documents to the Maritime University of Szczecin. You will be given precise information from us about the date by which the documents should arrive at our University. In addition to submitting the originals of all documents previously attached as scans, you will be required to provide 2 pieces of your photograph and produce your passport. If you choose to send us your documents by post/courier please use the following address: Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie (Maritime University of Szczecin) Department for Admissions and International Affairs ul. Wały Chrobrego 1-2 70-500 Szczecin POLSKA (Poland) Questions? we are available at: international@pm.szczecin.pl

Q: Studies free of charge or at a lower tuition fee rate

For whom? foreigners who have been granted a permanent residence permit in Poland; oreigners who have been granted a refugee status in Poland; foreigners who have been granted a temporary protection in Poland; foreigners who are migrating workers and nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway or Lichtenstein or family members of such workers and who reside in Poland; foreigners who have been granted a European Community long-term residence permit; foreigners who have been granted a temporary residence permit in Poland with regard to situations laid down in Art. 127 (a temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession requiring high qualifications), Art. 159.1 (a temporary stay permit to reunite with one’s family) or Art. 186.1.3 or 186.1.4 (a European Community long-term residence permit issued by another EU member state or being a member of such resident) of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Aliens (Journal of Laws 2013 item 1650); foreigners who have been granted a subsidiary protection in Poland; foreigners who are nationals of an EU member state, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway or Lichtenstein and holders of a permanent stay permit; foreigners holding a certificate of Polish language proficiency at level C1 issued by https://certyfikatpolski.pl foreigners who are holders of the Polish Card (Karta Polaka) or who have been issued a decision confirming their Polish origin; foreigners residing in Poland who are spouses, ascendants (i.e. parents/grandparents) or descendants (i.e. children/ grandchildren) of a Polish citizen.

Q: Studies at a full rate of tuition fees

All other foreigners not listed in point A. If you are Polish, click here

GENERAL INFO

Inland Navigation Program

Faculty: Faculty of Navigation
Type of studies: Undergraduate
Language: Polish
Duration: 3.5 years, 7 semesters
Mode: Full-time studies
Degree: Engineer

Recruitment dates: May – July

Inland Navigation Program

If you’re looking for a career in sustainable transport, choose Inland Shipping – a unique and future-oriented programme that combines technical expertise, environmental responsibility and practical maritime skills. At the Maritime University of Szczecin, you’ll gain the qualifications needed to work on inland vessels, manage waterway transport and contribute to the development of environmentally friendly logistics.

This programme offers a strong foundation in engineering, navigation, and transport systems, with an emphasis on inland waterway infrastructure and the operation of inland vessels. Students benefit from extensive practical training, including simulator-based exercises and hands-on experience on board training vessels.

Duration of studies:

3.5 years (7 semesters), including internships on both deep-sea vessels and inland units

Graduate profile:

As a graduate, you’ll be equipped to work in a range of positions within inland shipping and related transport sectors. Your skills will be valued in companies involved in the operation and maintenance of inland vessels, waterway infrastructure management, logistics and transport planning, or maritime administration. The programme also opens up the possibility of obtaining additional qualifications to work in international maritime environments.

Why is it worth it?

Inland shipping is one of the most environmentally sustainable modes of transport – and its importance in Europe is growing. By choosing this programme, you’ll position yourself in a sector that plays a crucial role in green logistics and European transport policy. At the Maritime University of Szczecin, you’ll learn from experienced professionals, train in state-of-the-art simulators and have access to internships that prepare you directly for a dynamic job market.

Employment opportunities:

Officers and captains in international and domestic navigation.

Employees in the offshore sector, including wind farm operations.

Specialists in logistics and forwarding companies.

Inspectors in ship classification and technical advisors.

Studying at the Maritime University also offers a chance for career growth in innovative maritime technologies and renewable energy sectors.

Entry requirements

There are no entry examination in Maritime University of Szczecin.

Meeting the following basic criteria is obligatory for all applicants:

Must hold a previous education certificate giving him/her a right to apply for admission to a selected cycle of higher education:

Upper secondary school leaving certificate giving its holder a right to apply for admission to undergraduate higher education programmes in the country in which he or she completed secondary school or which may give the holder such right in Poland on the basis of an administrative decision or an international agreement.
undergraduate diploma granting access to graduate higher education programmes in the country in which its holder completed his/her education.

Must submit all necessary application documents (the list of them is available on this webpage: generator.marine-edu.com, including:

Document confirming the fluency in English at B2 level (for programmes delivered in English) or a document confirming the fluency in Polish at B1 level (for programmes delivered in Polish).
In case of candidates applying to sea-going degree programmes, a Medical Certificate for Service at Sea/ Medical Fitness Certificate for Seafarers compliant with STCW and MLC 2006.

Must pay the admission fee (PLN 85)

Legal basis for admissions of international candidates: MUS Rector’s Order No 6/2024 on detailed conditions, procedure and date of commencement and termination of international admissions in the academic year 2023/2024 (document in Polish language).

If you have any question, check our FAQ – it may have already been answered there.

Learn Polish!

Candidates who are granted preliminary admission to our university can particiapate in our one-month summer course of the Polish language (140 hours). The course is dedicated only to candidates to our University whose Polish language proficiency is at least at A1 level. It is an intensive course which supports individual learning towards a B1 exam. Intensive classes are scheduled 5 days a week for an average of 6 hours per day.

Summer course of the Polish language

BASIC INFORMATION:

classes: 140 hours (1 hour lesson = 45 minutes)
time: 20 August – 24 September 2024
format: classroom course in Szczecin
price: PLN 1800
level: mandatory entry level at least A1, expected output level A2/B1

DETAILS:

The course is dedicated only to persons admitted to the Maritime University of Szczecin as first year students. It is an excellent opportunity to meet new fellow students.

The course consists of 140 hours of classes over the period of one month. According to the Polish education system, each class hour lasts for 45 minutes. Classes are held from Monday to Friday, 6 hours a day on average.

The curriculum includes Polish grammar and vocabulary, classes dedicated to developing spoken and written communication skills as well as listening and reading. The course also includes vocabulary related to marine profession, transport, logistics, and exact sciences, such as maths and physics. Classes are taught by qualified and experienced teachers.

PRICE

The total cost of the course is PLN 1800. The price includes costs of teaching materials. It does not include accomodation costs.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is possible for course participants in our Student Campus (dormitories KORAB and PASAT) at about 20PLN per day.

HOW TO REGISTER?

Candidates with prelimiary admission who would like to take a Polish language course should complete the following steps:

By 31 July 2024 fill in the application form at: https://mec.pm.szczecin.pl/pl/kursy-jezykowe/jezyk-polski/kurs-jezyka-polskiego-i-rok/
Pay the required amount to the account you will receive in an email from our university. The course fee is has to be paid before the start of the course.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

The proposed course is meant as supplementary aid to students’ autonomous language learning and does not prepare the participants to a B1 exam (it only brings them to A2/B1 level). Therefore, we encourage all participants to study Polish language independently – to invest in a good dictionary, watch Polish movies, or listen to Polish music.

EXAM

The exam is obligatory for all international students who are not able to submit any of the documents we accept as proofs of Polish language proficiency (e.g. a state certificate confirming their proficiency in the Polish language or graduation diploma from a school with Polish languge of instruction).

The exam will be held on 26 (written part) and 27 (oral part) September 2024. The retake exam will be carried out between 14-18 October 2024.

Application step by step

1. Collect the required documents

DOCUMENTS UNDERGRADUATE

DOCUMENTS GRADUATE

2. Complete the online application form

Complete the online application form in our admission application system.

APPLY NOW

But before you start to fill it in, you need to prepare:

high quality scans of your documents (attachments) referred to in step 1
documents that are several pages long should be scanned as one file. One file can be a maximum of 20 MB.
your photo in JPG or PNG format (photo as required for an official ID card, max. size 5 MB, min. size 236px x 295px).

DOCUMENTS: Attach the application documents in your candidate account in the application system: click on ‘My registrations’ and then on the ATTACHMENTS icon.
Here, attach scans of your documents in the appropriate places.
In the Attachments section, there are also documents that require your handwritten signature (eg. your admission request). You must first download such documents, print them out, sign them and then scan and upload them in the appropriate places in this section.

GRADES: You must then complete your grades in the admission system. Click on “My applications” and then on the “Add grades” icon.

APPLICATION FEE: The application fee is PLN 85, i.e. about EUR 20. It is best to pay it online in your candidate account in the application system (in the section: APPLICATION FEE). If you however decide to make a traditional bank transfer, please use the details below:

Account owner / recipient: Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie (Maritime University of Szczecin)
Address – first line: ul. Wały Chrobrego 1-2
Address – second line: 70-500 Szczecin, Polska (Poland)
Name of the bank: Bank Pekao SA VII O/Szczecin
Bank account number: 91 1240 3927 1111 0011 0575 2658
IBAN: PL91124039271111001105752658
SWIFT: PKOPPLPW

Transfer reference: „Application fee Your name and surname”

3. Entry examination and recognition of your credentials

If you are applying for admission to a Bachelor’s degree programme and you completed your secondary education in a country other than a member state of the European Union, OECD, EFTA, Ukraine, China your admission will only be possible if you meet all of the following conditions:

1. all the required application documents have been submitted
2. a document certifying your proficiency of the language of instruction at B2 level: Polish or English has been submitted
3. entry examination to our university has been passed successfully
4. your secondary education qualification has been formally recognised by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange in Warsaw (more information HERE)

4. Deliver documents to our university

Once your application is granted the status: “Qualified for admission“, the final step of the admission application is to deliver your original application documents to the Maritime University of Szczecin. You will be given precise information from us about the date by which the documents should arrive at our University.
In addition to submitting the originals of all documents previously attached as scans, you will be required to provide 2 pieces of your photograph and produce your passport.
If you choose to send us your documents by post/courier please use the following address:

Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie (Maritime University of Szczecin)
Department for Admissions and International Affairs
ul. Wały Chrobrego 1-2
70-500 Szczecin
POLSKA (Poland)

Questions? we are available at: international@pm.szczecin.pl

Language requirements

To study in the Maritime University of Szczecin you are required to know Polish or English language at B2 level (for programmes with Polish or English language as the language of instruction respectively).

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS:

list of documents accepted as evidence of ENGLISH language proficiency at B2 level is available >>> here <<<

list of documents accepted as evidence of POLISH language proficiency at B2 level is available >>> here <<<

Disclaimer: the above lists are based on the draft Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of 9 May 2025 on the types of documents certifying proficiency in the language of instruction. The Regulation is expected to be passed by the end of June 2025. Until then, the Maritime University of Szczecin is not in a position to provide definite information on which language documents can be taken into account in the 2025/2026 admissions process and cannot be held accountable for any changes thereof.

Fees and tuitions

Annual fees:

All tuition and study payments at the Maritime University of Szczecin should be paid in PLN. The below PDF files contain all detailed information about tuition fees (per year) for degree programmes offered in Polish and English language at the Maritime University of Szczecin (MUS).

Undergraduate Tuition fees

Studying in English language

Currently, Maritime University of Szczecin delivers only few degree courses in English language (they are highlighted in the above PDF file). Please, pay attention to the fact that the price for EU citizens and holders of the Polish Card is greatly reduced as they are treated equally with Polish citizens. Foreigners from outside the European Union who are not holders of the Polish Card have to pay the full tuition fee.

Additional costs for students of the seagoing programs

Students of Navigation, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Inland Shipping have to pay extra for International Medical Certificate for service at Sea: approx. PLN 400 (approx. EUR 90) which is valid for 1 or 2 years depending on the doctor’s decision, and for the Seaman’s registration book: EUR 50 which is a one-time fee. These fees are paid in external institutions, i.e. a medical clinic and the Maritime Office in Szczecin.

Studying in Polish language

Basically, foreign students studying in Poland in Polish language need to pay for their education. However, there are exceptions that exempt from tuition fees the following groups of foreigners studying full-time programmes

The citizens of the European Union (EU)
Holders of the Polish Card (PL: Karta Polaka)
Foreigners who passed the State Certificate Examination in Polish as a Foreign Language at minimum C1 level – examinations held by the State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language.

If you do not belong to one of these groups, you will have to pay for studying at MUS. However, the tuition fees charged by the Maritime University are not high. MUS is a state university which means that, similarly to non-profit organisations, its offer is not strictly commercial.

The annual fees charged by our University depend on the programme (sea-going programmes are more expensive than other, non-sea-going degree courses), the level of study (the undergraduate level is usually more expensive than graduate level as it takes 7 to 8 semesters, whereas graduate level takes only 3 to 4 semesters) and the mode of study (you always have to pay for the part-time programmes but the annual tuition fee depends on your status).

Admission options – check your status

Studies free of charge or at a lower tuition fee rate

For whom?

foreigners who have been granted a permanent residence permit in Poland;
oreigners who have been granted a refugee status in Poland;
foreigners who have been granted a temporary protection in Poland;
foreigners who are migrating workers and nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway or Lichtenstein or family members of such workers and who reside in Poland;
foreigners who have been granted a European Community long-term residence permit;
foreigners who have been granted a temporary residence permit in Poland with regard to situations laid down in Art. 127 (a temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession requiring high qualifications), Art. 159.1 (a temporary stay permit to reunite with one’s family) or Art. 186.1.3 or 186.1.4 (a European Community long-term residence permit issued by another EU member state or being a member of such resident) of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Aliens (Journal of Laws 2013 item 1650);
foreigners who have been granted a subsidiary protection in Poland;
foreigners who are nationals of an EU member state, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway or Lichtenstein and holders of a permanent stay permit;
foreigners holding a certificate of Polish language proficiency at level C1 issued by https://certyfikatpolski.pl
foreigners who are holders of the Polish Card (Karta Polaka) or who have been issued a decision confirming their Polish origin;
foreigners residing in Poland who are spouses, ascendants (i.e. parents/grandparents) or descendants (i.e. children/ grandchildren) of a Polish citizen.