ENROLLMENT STEPS
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Watch a video about the general IRK application procedure: http://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/en/multimedia/)
See a presentation with a Cognitive Science candidate „road map”: ADMISSIONS.pdf
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Admission rules for candidates with Polish and foreign diplomas
Candidates can apply for studies if they have a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, engineer’s degree or equivalent.
Admission procedure for candidates with foreign diplomas
The admissions criteria are the same as for candidates with Polish diplomas.
Checking the Candidates’ competences to undertake studies conducted in English language
Candidates are obliged to hold an accepted by the UW document confirming English language knowledge at least at B2 level.
A complete list of documents to certify proficiency in English (points 5-8): http://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/Documents-knowledge_of_English_EN.pdf
Deadlines
Phase 1 of registration (through the IRK system): 6th of June, 2023, 00:00 – 6th of July, 2023, 23:59
Date of the exam: 14th of July, 2023; Time: 12:00 – 13:00; Location: Faculty of Psychology, 5/7 Stawki Str. (https://g.page/WPsUW)
Announcement of results (IRK): 20th of July, 2023
Reception of documents (room 1, ground floor):
- I round: 21st, 24th-25nd of July, 2023 (21st: 10 AM – 3 PM; 24th: 1 PM – 5 PM; 25th: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
- II round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during I round): 26th-27th of July, 2023 (26th: 10 AM – 3 PM; 27th: 1 PM – 5 PM)
- III round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during II round): 28th, 31st of July, 2023 (28th: 10 AM – 3 PM; 31st: 1 PM – 5 PM)
- in case of not fulfilling the limit druring previous rounds the Admission Committee will announce next deadlines
Phase 2 of registration (through the IRK system): 19th of August, 2023, 00:00 – 11th of September, 2023, 23:59
Date of the exam: – 19th September, 2023
Announcement of results (IRK): –22 th September, 2023
Reception of documents (room 1, ground floor):
- I round: 25th and 26th September, 2023
- II round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during I round): 27th-30h of September, 2023
- in case of not fulfilling the limit druring previous rounds the Admission Committee will announce next deadlines
Limit of places:
32: 20 in the Phase 1 (June/July) and 12 in the Phase 2 (August/September)
Admissions Committee address
Admissions Committee (Cognitive Science)
Faculty of Psychology
University of Warsaw
Stawki 5/7
00-183 Warsaw, Poland
Tuition fees
- The programme is free for students from Poland, EU, EFTA and Swiss Confederation. For other students the tuition is 3000 EUR for each year.
QUALIFICATION RULES 2023/24
The applicant is qualified on the basis of an entrance written exam in English which measures the basic knowledge of cognitive science and formal logic, as well as the ability of critical reading of scientific papers. It will be a multiple-choice test with one correct answer, based on the following readings:
1. Bermudez, J. L. (2014). Cognitive science: an introduction to the science of the mind.
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
2. Dienes, Z. (2008). Understanding Psychology as a Science: An Introduction to Scientific
and Statistical Inference (chapter 3). Palgrave.
3. Nieder A. (2012). Supramodal numerosity selectivity of neurons in primate prefrontal and
posterior parietal cortices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America, 109(29), 11860–11865
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1204580109
4. Online introductory Python programming course:
http://cogsci.uw.edu.pl/admissions/python-intro/
5. Partee, B. H., ter Meulen, A., & Wall, R. E. (1990). Mathematical methods in linguistics.
Dordrecht: Kluver Academic.
Chpt 1, pp. 3-26
Chpt 2, pp. 27-37
Chpt 3, pp. 39-53
Chpt 6.1-6.4, pp. 97-112
Chpt 7.1-7.2, pp. 135-145
6. Starr, A., Libertus, M. E., & Brannon, E. M. (2013). Number sense in infancy predicts
mathematical abilities in childhood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the United States of America, 110(45), 18116–18120.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1302751110
7. Testolin, A., Dolfi, S., Rochus, M., & Zorzi, M. (2020). Visual sense of number vs. sense
of magnitude in humans and machines. Scientific Reports, 10(1),
[10045]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66838-5
Maximum number of points from the qualification exam: 100. Within the current admission limit applicants will be qualified on the basis of their exam score, which shall not be lower than 60%.
PRACTICAL INFO FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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