Scholarship to Start – IV edition [ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026]

02 04 2026

On 1 April, the 4th edition of the University of Warsaw’s “Start Scholarship” programme was launched. The program offers three types of scholarships, tailored to your achievements:

• „Scholarship to Start for Olympians” – addresed to students in the first year of first-cycle studies or long second cycle who are winners of subject contests and who, in the recruitment procedure for studies, obtained the maximum number of points on the basis of their title of winner of a subject contests.
• „Scholarship to Start for Athletes” – addresed to students in the first year of first-cycle, second-cycle or long second cycle and first year doctoral candidate at the doctoral school, who are outstanding athletes. Eligible for the scholarship is a person who has placed in a scoring position at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships or Polish Championships (but no further than the 10th), and in the case of students – who have the right to receive the Rector’s scholarship in the academic year in which they apply for the “Scholarship to Start”.
• „Scholarship to Start for Doctoral Students” – intended for first-year doctoral candidates at a doctoral school who have achieved a point score in the admission procedure that is in the top 20% of those admitted as of October 1 of the academic year in which the doctoral candidate applies for the scholarship, separately for:
  a) Interdisciplinary Doctoral School
  b) Warsaw Doctoral School of Mathematics and Computer Science
  c) and in other cases: separately for each doctoral school by educational discipline

To apply for the “Start Scholarship”, you need to download and complete the application form, and then submit it to the Office for Student Financial Aid together with the required attachments confirming your achievements.

Detailed information about the application rules is available at:

Stypendium na Start – IV edycja [ROK AKADEMICKI 2025/2026] [AKTUALIZACJA 31.03.2026]

Applications for the scholarship can be submitted from 1 to 24 April this year.

If you have any questions, please contact bpm@uw.edu.pl or call +48 22 55 20 783.