> Markdown version of https://apply.edu.pl/guides/application-platforms/ — the HTML page is canonical. 1. [Home](/) 2. [Guides](/guides/) 3. Application platforms: IRK, DreamApply & own portals # Application platforms: IRK, DreamApply & own portals How Polish universities collect applications online: IRK, DreamApply and own portals explained, with the universities that use each system. Last reviewed: 2026-08-03 **In short:** Poland has **no single national application system** — each university decides where it collects applications, and the ones we researched mostly use IRK/IRKa, DreamApply or a portal of their own. You register separately for each university, and pay that university's application fee where it charges one. The platform a university uses tells you roughly what the application flow will look like. Polish universities collect applications online, but there is no single national system. Most institutions use one of a few common platforms, or run their own portal. Knowing which platform a university uses tells you roughly what the application flow will look like. Across the **127** universities whose captured admissions pages name an application system, the platforms below are what we found. The lists are generated from that data — the same classifier that builds the [portal hubs](/apply/) — and link straight to each university. ## Browse universities by portal Each portal has its own page listing every university that uses it, with the direct portal link, the application deadline, the application fee where it is published and the admissions email. - [Apply via IRK](/apply/irk/) 48 universities - [Apply via DreamApply](/apply/dreamapply/) 3 universities - [Apply via University portal](/apply/university-portal/) 75 universities - [All application portals](/apply/) overview ## IRK 48 universities IRK (Internetowa Rejestracja Kandydatów / Internet Recruitment of Candidates) is the standard online recruitment system used by many Polish public universities. You create one account, register for chosen programmes and upload documents. - [University of Warsaw](/university/uniwersytet-warszawski/) Warszawa - [Wroclaw University of Science and Technology](/university/politechnika-wroclawska/) Wrocław - [Jagiellonian University](/university/uniwersytet-jagiellonski-w-krakowie/) Kraków - [University of Gdansk](/university/uniwersytet-gdanski/) Gdańsk - [Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin](/university/uniwersytet-marii-curie-sklodowskiej-w-lublinie/) Lublin - [Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun](/university/uniwersytet-mikolaja-kopernika-w-toruniu/) Toruń - [University of Lodz](/university/uniwersytet-lodzki/) Łódź - [Warsaw University of Life Sciences](/university/szkola-glowna-gospodarstwa-wiejskiego-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan](/university/akademia-muzyczna-im-ignacego-jana-paderewskiego-w-poznaniu/) Poznań - [Krakow University of Economics](/university/uniwersytet-ekonomiczny-w-krakowie/) Kraków - [University of Opole](/university/uniwersytet-opolski/) Opole - [University of Silesia in Katowice](/university/uniwersytet-slaski-w-katowicach/) Katowice - [University of Szczecin](/university/uniwersytet-szczecinski/) Szczecin - [Wroclaw University of Economics and Business](/university/uniwersytet-ekonomiczny-we-wroclawiu/) Wrocław - [Czestochowa University of Technology](/university/politechnika-czestochowska/) Częstochowa - [Poznan University of Economics and Business](/university/uniwersytet-ekonomiczny-w-poznaniu/) Poznań - [Silesian University of Technology](/university/politechnika-slaska/) Gliwice - [University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn](/university/uniwersytet-warminsko-mazurski-w-olsztynie/) Olsztyn - [University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow](/university/wyzsza-szkola-informatyki-i-zarzadzania-z-siedziba-w-rzeszowie/) Rzeszów - [Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw](/university/uniwersytet-muzyczny-fryderyka-chopina-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [Kielce University of Technology](/university/politechnika-swietokrzyska/) Kielce - [University of Economics in Katowice](/university/uniwersytet-ekonomiczny-w-katowicach/) Katowice - [University of Agriculture in Krakow](/university/uniwersytet-rolniczy-im-hugona-kollataja-w-krakowie/) Kraków - [Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw](/university/uniwersytet-kardynala-stefana-wyszynskiego-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [Gdynia Maritime University](/university/uniwersytet-morski-w-gdyni/) Gdynia - [State University of Applied Sciences in Krosno](/university/panstwowa-akademia-nauk-stosowanych-w-krosnie/) Krosno - [West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin](/university/zachodniopomorski-uniwersytet-technologiczny-w-szczecinie/) Szczecin - [Wroclaw Medical University](/university/uniwersytet-medyczny-im-piastow-slaskich-we-wroclawiu/) Wrocław - [Alcide De Gasperi University of Applied Sciences in Jozefow](/university/akademia-nauk-stosowanych-wsge-im-a-de-gasperi-w-jozefowie/) Józefów - [Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz](/university/akademia-muzyczna-im-feliksa-nowowiejskiego-w-bydgoszczy/) Bydgoszcz …and 18 more. ## DreamApply 3 universities DreamApply is an international admissions platform used by several Polish universities specifically for foreign candidates. It is designed around English-taught programmes and handles documents, fees and messaging in one place. - [Vistula University](/university/akademia-finansow-i-biznesu-vistula/) Warszawa - [Vistula School of Hospitality](/university/szkola-glowna-turystyki-i-hotelarstwa-vistula/) Warszawa - [Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin](/university/pomorski-uniwersytet-medyczny-w-szczecinie/) Szczecin ## University portal 75 universities The university's own application portal. Follow the steps on the university's admissions page exactly. - [Lodz University of Technology](/university/politechnika-lodzka/) Łódź - [Warsaw University of Technology](/university/politechnika-warszawska/) Warszawa - [University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw](/university/uniwersytet-vizja/) Warszawa - [Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan](/university/uniwersytet-im-adama-mickiewicza-w-poznaniu/) Poznań - [Gdansk University of Technology](/university/politechnika-gdanska/) Gdańsk - [Poznan University of Technology](/university/politechnika-poznanska/) Poznań - [University of Wroclaw](/university/uniwersytet-wroclawski/) Wrocław - [University of Zielona Gora](/university/uniwersytet-zielonogorski-w-zielonej-gorze/) Zielona Góra - [Bialystok University of Technology](/university/politechnika-bialostocka/) Białystok - [Poznan University of Life Sciences](/university/uniwersytet-przyrodniczy-w-poznaniu/) Poznań - [Lazarski University](/university/uczelnia-lazarskiego-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [Cracow University of Technology](/university/politechnika-krakowska-im-tadeusza-kosciuszki/) Kraków - [John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin](/university/katolicki-uniwersytet-lubelski-jana-pawla-ii/) Lublin - [SGH Warsaw School of Economics](/university/szkola-glowna-handlowa-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [SWPS University](/university/uniwersytet-swps/) Warszawa - [Technical and Artistic University of Applied Sciences in Warsaw](/university/akademia-techniczno-artystyczna-nauk-stosowanych-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce](/university/uniwersytet-jana-kochanowskiego-w-kielcach/) Kielce - [Warsaw University of Economics](/university/warszawska-uczelnia-ekonomiczna/) Warszawa - [Kozminski University](/university/akademia-leona-kozminskiego-w-warszawie/) Warszawa - [WSEI University in Lublin](/university/lubelska-akademia-wsei/) Lublin - [Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University](/university/uniwersytet-andrzeja-frycza-modrzewskiego-w-krakowie/) Kraków - [Collegium Civitas](/university/uniwersytet-civitas/) Warszawa - [Opole University of Technology](/university/politechnika-opolska/) Opole - [University of Economy in Bydgoszcz](/university/wyzsza-szkola-gospodarki-w-bydgoszczy/) Bydgoszcz - [University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz](/university/akademia-humanistyczno-ekonomiczna-w-lodzi/) Łódź - [Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences](/university/uniwersytet-przyrodniczy-we-wroclawiu/) Wrocław - [Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz](/university/akademia-muzyczna-im-grazyny-i-kiejstuta-bacewiczow-w-lodzi/) Łódź - [University of Entrepreneurship and Administration in Lublin](/university/wyzsza-szkola-przedsiebiorczosci-i-administracji-w-lublinie/) Lublin - [WSAiB University in Gdynia](/university/wyzsza-szkola-administracji-i-biznesu-im-eugeniusza-kwiatkowskiego-w-gdyni/) Gdynia - [DSW University of Lower Silesia](/university/uniwersytet-dsw-ideis/) Wrocław …and 45 more. ## Direct / email 1 university No shared online platform — apply directly via email or a manual process described by the admissions office. - [School of Computer Science and Telecommunications in Kielce](/university/wyzsza-szkola-technik-komputerowych-i-telekomunikacji-w-kielcach/) Kielce ## Other / not yet researched For **10** universities the official pages we captured do not name an application system, and **3** have no admission research in the catalogue yet — we have not read their admissions pages, which is not the same as finding no portal there. Check the individual university page for the exact route. ## Which one will I use? You don't choose the platform — the university does. Open the [programme](/programs/) or [university](/universities/) page you're interested in: each university page lists its admission platform, deadlines and a direct link to the official admissions site. For a single list of every university's portal and admissions email, see the [admissions contacts directory](/contacts/). Whichever platform you use, only submit documents and payments through the **official university links**. Be cautious of third-party "agents" charging fees for free public applications. **Please verify before you rely on this.** This guide is general orientation for international applicants and is not legal or official advice. Rules, fees, deadlines and requirements change and vary by university and nationality. Always confirm details with the relevant university and official government sources before acting. ## Other guides - [How to apply](/guides/how-to-apply/) - [Tuition & costs](/guides/tuition-and-costs/) - [Visa & residence](/guides/visa-and-residence/) Ready to look at programmes? [Browse programmes](/programs/)