Physiotherapy (long-cycle Master’s degree)

About the course

This is a 10-semester, full-time long-cycle Master’s in Physiotherapy at WSEI’s Faculty of Health Sciences in Lublin. The programme page lists Polish and English as the languages of instruction. It includes 1,560 hours of apprenticeship in hospitals and rehabilitation clinics in Lublin and leads to a Master’s degree in Physiotherapy.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. The programme page asks for a secondary school diploma, and WSEI sends your school documents to NAWA (the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) for evaluation.
• Entrance exam: every applicant takes an online test called the Pretest. WSEI does not publish what it covers, how it is scored or when it takes place.
• English: a B2 English certificate, or a university diploma showing you studied in English. WSEI does not say whether native speakers or Leaving Certificate English count, so ask admissions before you book a test. Physiotherapy applicants also need an original health/fitness certificate and a certificate of no criminal record.

Working in Ireland afterwards

Physiotherapy is not covered by automatic recognition. CORU checks each EU/EEA physiotherapy qualification against its Standards of Proficiency, and you need a letter of recognition before you can apply to join the Physiotherapists Register. If your training does not fully match, CORU can offer a compensation measure: a supervised adaptation period in Ireland or an aptitude test. EU/EEA-qualified physiotherapists with EU rights can also apply through the European Professional Card (EPC) route.

How to apply

1. Register onlineCreate an account on the WSEI recruitment portal, choose Physiotherapy and upload your passport, school documents and English certificate. The winter intake window opens on 1 February.
2. Pay and signPay the non-refundable EUR 200 registration fee by bank transfer, confirm the consents and accept the study terms.
3. NAWA check and PretestEmail your school documents to the admission office (studyenglish@eiu.edu.pl) so it can get them evaluated by NAWA. Take the online Pretest. When you finish, you get a conditional offer letter.
4. Pay tuition and enrolOnce NAWA confirms you are eligible, pay the first year’s tuition (EUR 2,900). WSEI issues your final documents within 2 to 4 working days. Before the academic year starts, bring your legalised original documents, sworn Polish translations, the health certificate and the no-criminal-record certificate to Lublin.

Costs

• EUR 2,900 per year (EUR 1,450 per semester), the same for all five years. This is the figure on WSEI’s fees page for full-time Physiotherapy in Lublin. The page does not say which academic year it applies to, and it does not list a separate fee for EU students. WSEI is a private university, so EU students pay tuition too. You also pay a non-refundable EUR 200 registration fee and a non-refundable one-off enrolment fee, whose amount is not published. From second year you can ask to pay in instalments.

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