Recruitment

The Department of Ukrainian Studies cordially invites you to study a full-time Bachelor’s or Master’s degree course in East Slavonic Studies with a specialisation in Ukrainian culture, including English language training. Enrolment for BA and MA courses begins in June!

BA degree

These courses allow you to gain a detailed knowledge of history, literature, culture, and the contemporary Ukrainian language, while receive a working knowledge of Ukrainian (C1) and English (B2+). Students have the opportunity to learn general language and language for special purposes (business and economics, mass media, tourism and law). They also gain a general knowledge of humanities together with a terminological and methodological knowledge of the specific research in the field of linguistics as well as literary and cultural studies.

Graduates are equipped with the skills and competence to continue their education at an MA degree level. Moreover, graduates can undertake work in cultural institutions, European institutions that cooperate with Ukraine, NGOs, media companies, educational institutions, etc.

During their degree, students can benefit from numerous international exchange programmes (Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus), as well as do internships and traineeships in Ukraine. They can also complete practical language courses in languages other than those listed above. The Department provides students with the opportunity to become members of student associations, theatre groups, and various community organisations for volunteers.

To qualify for the Bachelor Degree, a candidate must earn more than 30 points at recruitment (there are exact rules for counting points for different types of matriculation certificates). You do not have to have received the results of your A-level/school-leaving final exams to apply!

For more, see: https://irk.oferta.uw.edu.pl/pl/offer/PELNE2019/programme/S1-URA/?from=f…

MA Degree

Our aim is to train professionals in the field of Ukrainian studies, with an in-depth and specialised knowledge of the cultural background, language, literature, and the
specificities of modern Ukraine. Students are expected to master the Ukrainian language at the level of C2, with English spoken at the level of C1.

Students also gain in-depth expertise in the fields of linguistics, literary studies, cultural studies, and Ukrainian studies, as developed outside Ukraine. During the course, students have the opportunity to enhance their skills by translating stylistically diverse texts in Ukrainian and English. Moreover, our courses in culture and literature are conducted in these languages.

The knowledge and skills gained during the course allow graduates to work as translators and journalists; they can work in diplomacy, the tourism industry, and private companies operating in Poland and Ukraine as well as for governments and non-governmental institutions, media and publishing houses.

Candidates with a bachelor's degree, master's degree, engineering, or an equivalent degree in any field of study, may apply. Candidates are obliged to prove their knowledge of Ukrainian and English. Candidates without a degree in philology or Ukrainian Studies are interviewed to confirm their knowledge of the Ukrainian language. This requirement does not apply to candidates who have taken the Ukrainian Language exam.

Foreigners who have been admitted in accordance with the regulations that relate to foreigners (non-Polish citizens) are required to pay tuition fees in the amount of EUR 1,000 per semester, plus EUR 200 in the first year.

For more, see: https://irk.oferta.uw.edu.pl/pl/offer/PELNE2019/programme/S2-URA/?from=f…