Support and insurance

Students may apply for different kinds of financial support or scholarships:

• Social scholarship
• Rector's scholarship
• Minister's scholarship
• Scholarship for people with disabilities

For more information: Student Welfare and Support Office UW

Insurance

Health insurance allows free (i.e. financed from public funds) use of public health care, i.e. facilities financed by the National Health Fund (NFZ). A monthly health insurance premium is paid for health insurance.

Having health insurance is MANDATORY for students, but not every student can get it from the university.

Who can apply for health insurance by the uniwersity?

A student who:

• is over 26 years old and is not subject to any other obligation of health insurance, that is:
  • is not employed on the basis of an employment contract or contract of mandate,
  • does not conduct business activity,
  • the student’s spouse is not subject to the health insurance obligation;
• is under 26 years of age and is not subject to health insurance for any other reason, that is:
  • cannot be reported for health insurance by parents, grandparents or a spouse, e.g. they are dead or do not have health insurance themselves

and

• is not employed under an employment contract or conducts business activity (contract of mandate is allowed).

Until the age of 26, the student should first be registered for health insurance by his parents, grandparents or spouse. Application by the university takes place only if it is not possible to apply from another source.

In the case of foreign students, the university may register for health insurance students who have been recognized as persons of Polish origin within the meaning of the repatriation regulations or who have a valid Pole’s Card and are not subject to health insurance on any other basis.

Additional information:

A student coming from outside the EU/EFTA countries may take out voluntary insurance by signing a voluntary insurance contract with the National Health Fund and pay the health insurance premium on their own.

A student who is a citizen of an EU/EFTA Member State may use public health care on the basis of an EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) issued in the country of origin. If such a student is not entitled to health insurance in the country of origin, he or she may be registered for health insurance by the university.

Students with a certificate of severe disability or other treated as equal may be reported as a family member with their parent, regardless of age.

A student who is married may be insured by his spouse as long as the spouse is registered for health insurance.

The insured student may also insure his family members if the family members do not have their own entitlement to health insurance (unemployed wife, husband and / or children). For this purpose, he / she submits a completed and signed application for health insurance for a family member or a ZUS-ZCNA form to the Student Welfare and Support Office. If a student’s family member has obtained their own title to health insurance, the student should submit an application to the Office for Material Aid for deregistration of such family member by the university.

For more information: International Relations Office, Student Welfare and Support Office UW

Special needs students are advised to contact Office for Persons with Disabilities to get assistance they need.

Disabled students looking for information or help may also contact:

Anna Szymańska, MA - Head of the Office for Persons with Disabilities (Biuro ds. Osób Niepełnosprawnych)
anna.szymanska@uw.edu.pl
(+48 22) 55 24 222
55 Dobra Street , 00-312 Warsaw
Room 0.070 – ground floor
00-927 Warszawa
bon@uw.edu.pl

Academic representative for students and staff related matters:

If you feel you have noticed a problem that affects the academic community or your functioning in it, you should turn to the Ombudsman for assistance. For more information, please consult the Ombudsman’s webpage.