Candidate / Exchange student

About 3 weeks before your departure, an officer of the BNiOP International Mobility Team will issue a clearance slip for you. It will be sent to your e-mail idstudent@student.uni.opole.pl. Please add your private e-mail address there (so as you could check later if everything worked out). In order to be able to settle with the University of Opole and get final documents after your mobility has terminated, you shall:

1. Return all books to the library/libraries of the UO. Also, make sure you are not in arrears with any fees.
2. Prepare your room to check out. Please check whether you have made all payments. If you settle accounts with the above units, your clearance slip will be accepted.

The end of the semester is the time to pass it, or extending your stay to the next semester in the case of year-round mobilities.

1. After completing all the courses, please report to the BNiOP International Mobility Team.
2. A few days later you can pick up your transcript of records in English.
3. Just before leaving Opole, please come to the BNiOP International Mobility Team and confirm the date of your departure. You will then receive the document “Confirmation of stay”.
4. Are you staying at the UO for the next semester? Please extend your stay in the dormitory! I want to continue living in the dormitory

/If on the day of your departure, still you cannot see in the USOSweb system all your credits (although you know you have already passed all courses), UO officers will send you the transcript of records later, after preparing and getting the document signed/

After completing the mobility, based on the received documentation, you will be able to recognise your stay at the UO at your home university.

1. If for some reason you are unable to pick up the final documentation before your departure, the officer responsible for incoming students will send you the documentation by post or e-mail.
2. Please fill in an online survey after the mobility, evaluating the UO well! ☺
3. Come back to us for another mobility or traineeship.

• Remember to comply with the study regulations of The University of Opole!
• Familiarize yourself with the organization of the academic year and keep an eye on the dates of examination sessions
• If you have a problem with obtaining grades and entries in the USOS (check it regularly) – apply to your dean’s office for an extension of the session. The decision in this matter is made by the Dean. Application forms are available on the websites of faculties and institutes.
• If at the end of the semester you fail to obtain all positive grades – submit an application for conditional entry to the dean’s office. Conditional enrollment is possible only if you have failed no more than two [2] subjects that are required to pass the semester, excluding subjects whose continuation has been planned in subsequent semesters
• You can be directed to repeat failed subjects and conditional entry – within one subject – no more than twice [2].
• If you have not passed the semester within the specified period, then the Dean of your faculty will make a decision on this matter – remember, however, that he will only do so at your written request.

Remember, in each of these situations, you must submit an application to the dean’s office as soon as possible so as not to be removed from the list of students!

Conditional entry involves a fee. How much will it cost?

• Each subject has ECTS points (what this means – read below)
• The amount of the fee depends on the number of points missing to complete the semester. Each semester consists of min. 30 ECTS points. You have to pay PLN 70 for each missing point to complete the semester.

* Remember to register for foreign languages, electives, PE and variable courses at the beginning of a given semester via the USOS system.

Physical education (PE) classes must be passed by students of full-time first-cycle studies and uniform master’s studies.

1. Physical education must be completed in the 2nd and 3rd semester of studies (30 hours in each semester).
2. If you fail the obligatory PE classes, you will have to repeat the subject conditionally and incur the costs (pursuant to the order of the Rector of the UO No. 13/2000 -100 PLN per semester).
3. Students sign up for PE classes via online reegistration.
4. Registration for PE classes takes place at the beginning of each semester. The exact date is given at least a month before its start on the website of the Study of Physical Education and Sport (SWFiS) UO.
5. You can sign up for only one class selected from the SWFiS offer per semester.

6. In justified cases, a student may be added to PE classes after registration or participate in two types of PE classes in one semester, but in order to do that the student must have the dean’s consent.
7. Do you want to pass PE by transcribing the grade from the previously obtained credit in another field of study at the UO or at another university? You still have to register online for these classes. The teacher may then transcribe the credit, provided that you have completed two semesters of PE in the amount of 2x 30h / semester.
8. Students with sick leaves or certificates of disability sign up for specially created PE groups (Pro-Health Education or Mind Games). They are available in the course offer as part of online registration. Sick leaves are verified by the teacher.
9. Passing PE without the need to participate in classes can be obtained by:

• • members of the National Team
  • active players of the 1st and 2nd leagues
  • members of the AZS section who systematically participate in the trainings of the University Club.

Students who want to take advantage of this opportunity must also register online for PE and provide relevant certificates or documents.

10. The teacher, during the first classes of the semester, will provide the detailed conditions for obtaining credits (method and dates of making up for absences).
11. Students who want to take part additionaly in physical education classes, must have the consent of the teacher and purchase a membership card of the AZS University Club.

ATTENTION!

Using an e-mail account in the student.uni.opole.pl domain or using it to connect to the eduroam network equals to accepting the terms of the SKUO regulations.

It is possible to recover it the password to the access (email) account in case of its loss.

To do this, use the FORGOT PASSWORD option available on the website http://login.uni.opole.pl

What do ECTS credits mean? (European Credit Transfer System)

• On the basis of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), individual subjects are assigned a certain number of credit points, regardless of the grade obtained. To pass a semester, you must earn 30 ECTS credits. ECTS points are a measure of the average workload of a learner necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes.
• ECTS points are assigned to the classes credited by the student included in the study plan and curriculum. To obtain a diploma of completion of first-cycle studies, a student must obtain at least 180 ECTS points, to complete second-cycle studies – at least 90 ECTS points, and long-cycle studies – at least 300 ECTS points in the 5-year study system and 360 ECTS points in the 6-year studies.
• For a student who transfers, together with ECTS points, classes completed at a university other than the home university, including a foreign one, these classes are included in the achievements expressed in ECTS points at the home university.
• ECTS has been adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Since 2007, all Polish higher education institutions have been obliged to use the ECTS system – both for the transfer and accumulation of credit points within their study programmes. Thanks to this, ECTS credits enable, for example, the recognition of semesters completed by foreign students at Polish universities.

More information on the adaptation to the Bologna Process and ECTS credits can be found at:
http://www.ehea.info/ (European Higher Education Area) and http://www.bologna2009benelux.org (European Higher Education Area).

IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED UNEQUAL TREATMENT OR/AN DISCRIMINATION
REMEMBER! – YOU ARE NOT ALONE
YOU CAN GET SUPPORT AND HELP

Please remember that in Poland you need a referral from a primary care doctor in order to register to a medical specialist (oculist, allergist, dermatologist, laryngologist, cardiologist, gastroenterologist, urologist, nephrologist, neurologist).

You don’t need to have a referral to a doctor: psychiatrist, gynaecologist, oncologist, obstetrician, venerologist, dentist.

Where are specialized medical clinics cooperating with the National Health Fund (NFZ) operating in Opole? You will learn this:

• by calling 800 190 590 between 8 am. and 4 pm.
• on the website of the National Health Fund in Opole in the website tab Specialist Clinics – Where to receive treatment (nfz.gov.pl).

Detailed information on financing the treatment of foreigners in Poland can be found here:

Insurance in Poland – EHIC | Hello Uni Opole!

If you are sick, feeling bad or you need medical help, you can use the help of

Student Health Centre situated on the groundfloor of Spójnik dormitory on  campus

If you are sick, feeling bad or you need medical help, you can use the help:

In order to activate the library account in the UO library-information system, it is enough to send an e-mail to the address of any selected UO library. The email should include: name and surname, field of study, student ID number and an attached scan of the completed and signed declaration (download here)

The original of the declaration must be delivered to the Library during the first visit.

Each of the UO faculties has its own library that you can use.

In the first semester of your studies, you will have a one library preparation class. These classes are obligatory for all students starting full-time and part-time studies of the first, second and third cycle.

Link to the website:

https://bg.uni.opole.pl/przysposobienie-biblioteczne/

Do you want to spend time actively after class?

Do you want to take care of your phisical condition?

Use the various options offered by the University of Opole and the City of Opole.

Ice rink, aerobics, gym, swimming pool, football, volleyball, yoga, zumba…

Be active!

How to use the sports offer?

Pay for the AZS ID card https://azsopole.pl/legitymacja-azs/

Choose a convenient time for you, put on comfortable clothes and enjoy!

Here you will find more useful information:

AZS UO

MOSIR Opole