Study in Poland from Vietnam
A practical, honest guide for Vietnamese students — visas, refusal rates, flights, costs and what life is really like. Backed by sources, not marketing.
Southeast Asia
2022/23 · GUS/NAWA
type D long-stay
€450–950 one-way (1 stop)
Visas & entry
National long-stay (type D) study visa
- Processing time
- 2–4 weeks
- Where to apply
- Embassy of Poland in Hanoi (consular section), in your consular district
- Proof of funds
- ≈ €2,500+ liquid for a 365-day visa; typically €5,000–10,000/year incl. tuition; original 3-month statements
Key documents
- acceptance letter
- 3-month bank statements
- health insurance (≥ €30,000; Bao Minh / Bao Viet accepted)
- accommodation
Source: gov.pl
Visa refusal — the honest picture
No clean per-country figure is published — here's what is known:
No published Vietnam-specific Polish student-visa refusal rate; Vietnam was NOT among the hardest-hit in Poland's 2024 clampdown (worst: Iraq, Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh)
Important: Qualitative, not a measured rate; Vietnam's deep diaspora keeps it lower-profile.
Source: notesfrompoland.com
Getting there
Hanoi (HAN) → Warsaw (WAW)
- Typical price
- €450–950 one-way (1 stop)
- Flight time
- 14 (1 stop via IST/DOH) h
- Airlines
- Turkish, Qatar, Emirates, Etihad
No nonstop; all routes ≥1 stop. Ho Chi Minh fares from ~$520 one-way.
Prices vary — estimate from skyscanner.com
What it's really like
Vietnamese are Poland's largest non-European immigrant community (~40,000–60,000) and the EU's 4th-largest Vietnamese diaspora, rooted since 1950s socialist-era student exchanges. Incoming students arrive into an established, largely well-integrated community — second-generation Vietnamese-Poles are common, especially in Warsaw. Experience is generally smoother than for newer Asian arrivals, though interviews reveal a real identity tension: many still don't feel fully Polish and face othering despite fluency and long residence.
Community: ~458 Vietnamese students within a diaspora of ~40,000–60,000 — by far the most embedded Asian community in Poland, concentrated in Warsaw.
Tips from students & forums
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Use embassy-accepted Vietnamese insurers (Bao Minh, Bao Viet) for your ≥ €30,000 Schengen cover to avoid rejected documents.
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Tap the existing Warsaw Vietnamese community for accommodation and orientation — the largest and most established Asian network in Poland.
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Apply at the Hanoi consular section in your district and submit original (not copy) 3-month bank statements.
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Good to know
- Vietnamese are Poland's largest non-European immigrant group (~40,000–60,000) and the EU's 4th-largest Vietnamese community.
- The community traces to 1950s–60s socialist-era student scholarships — one of Poland's oldest Asian migrations.
Frequently asked questions
Do Vietnamese students need a visa to study in Poland?
Vietnamese citizens need a Polish national long-stay (type D) study visa for programmes over 90 days. Typical processing: 2–4 weeks. Embassy of Poland in Hanoi (consular section), in your consular district
How many Vietnamese students are in Poland?
About 458 students from Vietnam 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 Vietnamese students
All 951 degrees in the catalogue are open to Vietnamese applicants — these picks match what students from Vietnam 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 Vietnamese 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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Ready to find your programme?
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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).