Study in Poland from Morocco
A practical, honest guide for Moroccan students — visas, refusal rates, flights, costs and what life is really like. Backed by sources, not marketing.
North Africa
2022/23 · GUS/NAWA
type D long-stay
€130–250 (one-way est.)
Visas & entry
National long-stay (type D) study visa
- Processing time
- 2–4 weeks
- Where to apply
- Polish Embassy in Rabat (serves Morocco and Mauritania); e-Konsulat, in person
- Proof of funds
- ≈ €2,600+ (statutory ~10,912 PLN + accommodation); consulates often expect ≈ €5,000–7,000/year
Key documents
- acceptance letter
- proof of funds
- health insurance
- accommodation
- passport
Source: gov.pl
Visa refusal — the honest picture
No clean per-country figure is published — here's what is known:
Schengen short-stay PROXY — Morocco filed 591,401 Schengen applications in 2023; exact refusal % not public, but clearly better than Algeria
Important: No per-country Polish breakdown; the D study-visa track is usually more favourable for admitted students.
Source: home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
Getting there
Casablanca (CMN) → Warsaw (WAW)
- Typical price
- €130–250 (one-way est.)
- Flight time
- 4–9 (depends on stop) h
- Airlines
- Ryanair, Wizz Air, Royal Air Maroc, Air Arabia, TAP Portugal
No regular direct CMN–WAW; cheap Ryanair/Wizz with one stop from ~€130 one-way.
Prices vary — estimate from kiwi.com
What it's really like
Honestly mixed-to-tough. Polish attitude surveys consistently rank Arabs among the least-liked groups (~62% express dislike), and Islamophobia is sometimes stoked politically; in one study 48% of Arab respondents reported experiencing racism in Poland. At the same time there's a small Arab community rooted since the 1970s (former students who stayed), and big university cities are more open than the provinces.
Community: Small but present; Moroccans don't appear in top GUS student rankings (estimate: a few hundred), part of a wider Arab-Muslim diaspora rooted since the 1970s.
Tips from students & forums
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Choose big academic cities (Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź) — larger international community and less exposure to prejudice than the provinces.
en.wikipedia.org -
Prepare 3 months of bank statements with a consistent balance — the Rabat consulate requires in-person attendance and financials above the bare minimum.
gov.pl -
Book Ryanair/Wizz early — no direct flights, but via Europe you can get below €150 one-way.
kiwi.com
Good to know
- About 3 million Moroccans live in the diaspora, mostly in France and Spain — Poland is a niche but growing destination.
- Visa applications from Morocco are handled solely by the Rabat embassy (also for Mauritania).
Frequently asked questions
Do Moroccan students need a visa to study in Poland?
Moroccan citizens need a Polish national long-stay (type D) study visa for programmes over 90 days. Typical processing: 2–4 weeks. Polish Embassy in Rabat (serves Morocco and Mauritania); e-Konsulat, in person
How many Moroccan students are in Poland?
About 541 students from Morocco were enrolled in Poland (2022/23, GUS/NAWA data).
How much does it cost to live in Poland as a student?
Roughly €630–1,210 a month for a student living alone in a one-bedroom flat, from Lodz (the cheapest of the 8 cities we track) to Warsaw (the most expensive); a university dormitory or shared flat usually brings that down to about €400–700. Estimate from Numbeo market data accessed 9 July 2026 — for a visa, rely on the sum the authorities specify.
English-taught programmes for Moroccan students
All 951 degrees in the catalogue are open to Moroccan applicants — these picks match what students from Morocco most often look for. Tuition shown per year where the university publishes it.
Medicine & health programmes
Medical degrees taught fully in English — a popular route for Moroccan students.
No English test listed
Programmes whose admissions pages named no English test when we captured them. That is not a university statement that a certificate is unnecessary — confirm the current rule before you apply.
Affordable programmes
The lowest rates published for English-taught studies in the catalogue. Each figure is a university-wide rate its programmes inherit, not this programme's own fee.
Universities behind these picks
Each profile has step-by-step application instructions, admissions contacts and every English-taught programme the university offers.
Where these programmes are taught
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Last reviewed: 2026-08-13. Visa-refusal figures are Schengen short-stay proxies unless stated; Poland does not publish national (type D) study-visa refusal rates per country. Flight prices and monthly budgets are estimates from aggregators and study.gov.pl and change over time. Entries ranked 31+ are added for search coverage of countries Poland does not publish separate student counts for; their studentsInPoland.count is null by design unless a published figure exists (the Perspektywy/GUS "Studenci zagraniczni w Polsce 2023" report covers some).