Nursing (BSN)

About the course

A full-time bachelor’s degree in nursing over six semesters, taught in English in Rzeszów. It includes 1,100 hours of practical classes and 1,200 hours of professional practice (clinical placements).

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. You upload your school leaving certificate with results (original plus a sworn translation into English or Polish) to the online recruitment system.
• No entrance exam or interview is mentioned on the official pages. Nursing applicants must also submit a health certificate, using the template on the UITM website.
• English: a certificate at B2 level (CEFR) or higher is required for bachelor’s applicants. UITM publishes an exemption for previous education in English only for master’s applicants, so ask admissions whether your Leaving Certificate English is accepted.

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. Check the fee and requirementsEmail UITM admissions (jmacias@wsiz.edu.pl or dkozuch@wsiz.edu.pl) to confirm the 2027/28 EU fee and whether your Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate English are accepted.
2. Prepare documentsGet your Leaving Certificate results, a passport scan, a 35x45mm colour photo taken within the last 6 months, a B2 English certificate and the Nursing health certificate (UITM template).
3. Apply onlineRegister on the UITM online recruitment system and upload your documents. In the 2026 cycle the window was 1 March to 30 September.
4. Accept your offer and startYou receive an offer letter with payment details. After you pay, UITM issues an acceptance letter. Arrive in Rzeszów for the start of the semester in mid-October.

Costs

• The Nursing programme page lists tuition of 4,900 euro a year for the English-taught programme (October 2026 intake). UITM’s fee document for Polish and EU citizens is still the 2025/26 version, and it lists Nursing BSN at 20,000 PLN a year (about 4,700 euro). A separate 2026/27 document for overseas (non-EU) students lists 4,200 euro. Confirm the exact 2027/28 fee for EU citizens with admissions before you apply. No application or registration fee is mentioned on the official pages. UITM is a private university, so all students pay tuition, including EU students. UITM lists a 10% family discount (where a spouse, child, parent or sibling also studies at UITM). Its other discounts apply to master’s students.

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