While individual universities hold their own inaugural ceremonies on different days, October 1st remains the symbolic start date for the new term across the country.
This year, students will be enrolled at 135 public and 210 non-public universities. However, according to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 53 non-public universities are in the process of liquidation.
At the University of Warsaw, psychology remains the most popular course, with 2,742 students starting their master's degrees. Other top choices include management (2,683 students) and economics, finance, accounting, and econometrics (2,411 students). The university has also introduced new courses such as internal security, alternative education with socio-cultural animation, and animal protection.
Similarly, psychology and law were the most popular programs at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. However, the most competitive fields were Japanese studies, with 12.61 applicants per spot, and dental studies, with 11.61 applicants per spot. The university has added two new undergraduate programs: artificial intelligence and East European Studies: Languages and Discourses.
In Poznań, Adam Mickiewicz University saw the highest demand for psychology (over 2,000 applicants), law (almost 1,500 applicants), and English philology (over 1,100 applicants). Meanwhile, at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, medical studies, psychology, and law topped the list, with veterinary science, physiotherapy, and nursing also popular choices.
At the University of Łódź, psychology, forensic biology, and marketing were the most in-demand programs, while Warsaw University of Technology reported high interest in civil engineering (1,199 applications), computer science (1,159 applications), and cybersecurity (1,144 applications).
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Source: IAR, PAP