Study in Poland from Bangladesh

Visas & entry

National long-stay (type D) study visa

Processing time

3–8 (longer in the Jun–Aug peak) weeks

Where to apply

Widely reported: the application and biometrics are submitted at the VFS Global centre in Dhaka (Gulshan-2), with the decision taken by the Polish Embassy in New Delhi, which holds consular jurisdiction for Bangladesh. Confirm the current arrangement with the mission before booking, as routing has changed in the past.

Proof of funds

≈ €160/month (701 PLN) for living costs plus tuition, accommodation and return travel; first-year totals of €5,000–10,000 are commonly cited

Key documents

• acceptance letter from the Polish university
• 3-month bank statements
• travel medical insurance (min €30,000)
• proof of accommodation
• diploma recognition for Polish admission
• return travel booking

Source: gov.pl

Getting there

Dhaka (DAC) → Warsaw (WAW)

Typical price

€≈ 380 one-way / 800–950 round trip (est.)

Flight time

12–18 (1 stop) h

Airlines

Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways, LOT, Biman Bangladesh

No direct service; typically one stop via IST, DXB or DOH.

Prices vary — estimate from kiwi.com

Cost of living

≈ €450–1,000/mo: dorm 60–150, shared-flat room 80–300, food 100–150; ~€860/mo all-in is a common average (Warsaw highest). Estimate.

Full tuition & costs guide →

What it's really like

Bangladesh sits outside Poland's published top-30 source countries, but it is explicitly named among the nationalities hit hardest by Poland's 2024 student-visa clampdown, and its overall Schengen refusal rate — 54.9% in 2024, up from 43.3% — is among the highest anywhere. The practical consequence is that admission is the easy half: the visa is where Bangladeshi applications most often fail. Applications are filed in Dhaka but decided in New Delhi, which adds transit time to an already tight timetable.

Community: No published figure; Bangladesh is outside Poland's top-30 source nationalities. Expect university-level international societies rather than an established Bangladeshi student network, with the larger South Asian presence in Poland being Indian.

Tips from students & forums

1. Treat the visa, not the offer, as the bottleneck: Poland refused a materially higher share of student visas from 2024 onward and Bangladesh was among the worst-affected nationalities.

   notesfrompoland.com ↗

2. Keep funds visible for at least three months before applying and make sure statements are under a month old at submission — insufficient documented funds is a leading refusal reason.

   migrant.poznan.uw.gov.pl ↗

3. Allow for the Dhaka-to-New-Delhi routing when you count backwards from your enrolment date; the file does not stay in Bangladesh.

   gov.pl ↗

Good to know

• Bangladesh's Schengen refusal rate reached 54.9% in 2024, up from 43.3% in 2023 — among the highest globally.
• Bangladesh was among the nationalities recording the most Polish student-visa refusals after the 2024 clampdown.
• Poland does not publish a separate count of Bangladeshi students, placing the cohort outside its top 30 source countries.

English-taught programmes for Bangladeshi students

All 963 degrees in the catalogue are open to Bangladeshi applicants — these picks match what students from Bangladesh most often look for. Tuition shown per year where the university publishes it.

Browse the full catalogue by field of study, city, university or use the programme finder.

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