Nursing (first-cycle Bachelor’s degree), in English

About the course

A three-year (six-semester) first-cycle Bachelor’s degree in Nursing taught in English. Applicants are ranked on their secondary-school Biology result, or on the university’s Biology entrance exam.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The Irish Leaving Certificate is on the university’s list of converted certificates, and applicants are ranked on their Biology result. Published conversion (same points for Higher and Ordinary): H1/O1 = 100 points, H2/O2 = 89, H3/O3 = 79, H4/O4 = 69, H5/O5 = 59, H6/O6 = 49, H7/O7 = 39, H8/O8 = 0. No minimum points threshold is published for Nursing.
• If you did not take Leaving Cert Biology, you can sit the university’s entrance exam instead: an exam in Biology (Polish secondary-school level), held in English remotely over MS Teams, which you may take only once per admission round.
• English at B2 level or higher. Accepted proof includes a language certificate, a secondary school certificate from a school taught in English, or completion of a language course. Confirm with admissions what evidence it will accept from an Irish school.

Working in Ireland afterwards

NMBI recognises EU/EEA nursing qualifications in a separate step before registration, and places each applicant in one of three groups. G1 is the EU automatic recognition pathway (Directive 2005/36/EC, Annex V), where NMBI only checks your paperwork. G2 is the general system, where NMBI also assesses your qualification, and you may have to complete a compensation measure. G3 covers qualifications outside the Directive. Under EU law, automatic recognition normally applies to general care (adult) nursing degrees listed in Annex V. Specialist qualifications such as psychiatric, children’s or intellectual disability nursing usually go through the general system, but NMBI does not publish a list. Its MyNMBI tool tells you which group you are in. English-language requirements also apply.

How to apply

1. Register onlineCreate an account on apply.sum.edu.pl and choose Nursing, first cycle (English). For 2026 entry, registration ran from 1 April to 15 August 2026.
2. Pay and upload documentsPay the application fee (PLN 85, or PLN 100 if you take the entrance exam). Submit your ID, photo, Leaving Certificate (original, notarised copy or apostilled) and proof of English at B2 level. In 2026 the document deadline was 21 August.
3. Ranking or entrance examYou are ranked on your Leaving Cert Biology grade. If you have no Biology, you take the online Biology exam (2026 window: 25 May to 4 September).
4. Accept and enrolIf you are admitted, pay tuition, submit the medical certificate (due 30 September in 2026) and prepare for the October start.

Costs

• PLN 42,200 a year (the university quotes about EUR 9,840), payable in two semester instalments of PLN 21,100. All payments are accepted in PLN only, so the euro cost moves with the exchange rate. The English-language programme is fee-paying for all students, including EU students. Non-refundable application fee of PLN 85, or PLN 100 if you need to sit the university’s entrance exam. Figures are for 2026/27; 2027/28 fees had not been published at the time of checking.

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