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How to secure NAWA Scholarship in Poland
LECTURER 1» SCHOLAR KAYODE OLALEYE TRANSMISSION CREW» Scholars: Hameed Rasheed,
Justin, Maryam Olowu, Muttolib, Monsur, Paulotimi,
Adewale Olamiposi, Obasekore and Bankole

KAYODE OLALEYE (NAWA scholar in Advanced Nano and Biomaterials,

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland)
Moderator: Scholar Pasanaje Hameed

LECTURE AGENDA
The Polish people are great people with low self-esteem towards the Blacks
1. Benefits of studying in Poland. couple with the fact that they can’t speak English Language and they really
2. How to apply to NAWA want to have you around them. To an extent that students were the ones
scholarship. asking companies representatives “What do you want to offer us?”, which is
almost impossible in our own world.
3. Chance of winning this
The cost of leaving is very cheap compared to other European nations. I mean
scholarship with/without a
you will survive with stipend attached to the scholarship and have savings as
high/low GPA.
well. If you choose a career in academics, Poland is mostly your best shot as
4. Formal evaluation stage. the enablement will come handy and if you want to work in the industries,
5. Merit-based evaluation stage. believe me you are on the right path. Recently, some companies went to
different department in some schools to beg the matsers students to come
BENEFITS OF STUDYING IN work with them, not when they graduate but when they are still studying,
POLAND fascinating!
Food is the least of your worries (to those of us that like to eat good meal), no
Poland is an economically fast- criminal acts, security to life and properties is guaranteed. Night never exists
growing country in the central as everywhere is as bright as bright light itself. Good clubs are available to
Europe bounded in the south by those that like clubbing on weekends and you will enjoy their drinks and also
Slovakia and Ukraine, in the east by the ladies if you have interest.
Lithuania and Belarus and in the
west by Germany and Czech. If you
come to Poland for studies, you can
enjoy the benefits of visiting most
of these countries without a visa.
Most especially all the Schengen
covered areas. Opportunity to work
along your studies is 100%
guaranteed even while you are a
scholarship holder. Polish quality or
standard of education is top-notch
as this could be verified anywhere
especially for Engineering, Sciences
and Agric-related programs.

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HOW TO APPLY high GPA and never be discouraged by your low GPA, but make use of your GPA
I believe any applicant should to see the undiluted points you could earn from the 10 points allocated to GPA.
have read and digested the "call Evidence of membership of professional associations.
for application" for this FORMAL EVALUATION STAGE
scholarship. If not here is the This is the first stage that disqualifies most applicants. This stage checks
direct link for new applicants through your application and see if all documents were properly uploaded and
https://nawa.gov.pl/en/students/ also to see if you're eligible to apply based on the fact that should have
foreign-students/the-ignacy- graduated not earlier than 2017.
lukasiewicz-scholarship- What does it mean? It simply means 2017 and above should be on the
programme/call-for-proposals. certificate and not earlier than that. The progress of your application can be
And you can stay back after seen on your dashboard anytime you log in after submission.
studies as long as you have a job MERIT-BASED EVALUATION STAGE
you're doing. I want to tell you it is This is the most sensitive part of this scholarship and it's all about who has the
very much impossible not to get a best research proposal. Like I have said earlier, try and come up with something
job here. The application page is great. Make sure you do appropriate referencing while writing your proposal
quite simple as you've got few as without this you are liable to face the unseen. Do not copy and paste from
things to attend to, so please take the internet (plagiarism).
your time. This scholarship Please let us try our best in this application as we really want to have much
doesn't attend to the question " Nigerians over here. We are tired of going for shopping and seeing just yourself
who submitted first" it addresses as the only black amongst thousands of people.
the question "Who has a good
research proposal/GPA and NOTE: If you have a parochial interests or bad intension of coming here, kindly
submitted on/before the stop the application now. You know what? Our names all over the world is with
deadline". Take your time to fill blemish, but when it comes to Poland, NAWA to be precise, Nigerians are being
these and write your proposal, but praised and adored. We really want this to continue and hope that someday,
don't take all time doing it. we have our good name back.
Nigerians attend classes and we are doing well with our studies. The deal is any
CHANCE OF WINNING moment they notice something weird about us, what they will do is just to
WITH/WITHOUT A HIGH/LOW remove Nigeria from the list of countries they want to give consideration.
GPA It's a very simple thing for them to do.
This boils down to your wonderful
proposal you can come up with as
this takes 40 solid points out of
50points in total... You can see for
yourself that having a low GPA
might not really count you out of
the scholarship, but having a good
GPA without a good research
proposal might be funny at the
end of the day.
You'll see 2:2, 2:1 and First-class
graduates emerging as the
winners of this scholarship. So,
don't be too carried away by your

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 GENERIC QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Q. Does the application of the scholarship require A. Yes. However, your University letter of proficiency
English proficiency test? will do.

Q. As regards the Research Proposal which is the A. The Master thesis title and the problems and
main thing, is there a specific format to follow, methods.
and also what are the things expected to be in No specific format actually, you just don't want
the additional document to be attached? to write the title only for the thesis title aspect,
but you could also put the concept for example,
Title: Mechanical and corrosion performance of
ABC alloys reinforced with XYZ…
Concept: This research uses ABC method or
approach to checkmate XYZ and see if we could
solve 123 problem...

Q. I have tried to go through the website to look for A. This is what you will do...
available schools and courses but it is confusing. Check the school webpage, change the language
I keep going back and forth without getting the to Polish and see the real Polish name of the
school. By so doing, you can always get to see
information.
from the list.
But peradventure, you still don't get it. Just pick a
school from the schools offering your program
and select. Your application will not be sent to
that school you picked.
NAWA has its reviewers.
You can use this website http://go-poland.pl/ It
shows you the list of school offering your
program in English and some other info.

Q. Heading out and to ask these questions A. You do not need to have a supervisor as this will
For master do I need find supervisor? do no help. It is centrally done by NAWA. No
university sees anyone's application.
Is the application central or University based? If you're married with kids, it's a thing of joy.
What's in it for a married woman with kids? However, the scholarship doesn't cater for that,
but just fit the scholarship holder. Your kids and
Is there any hope for women who paused your husband can always move in with you if
academic for marriage? Certificate is 2015 you're buoyant enough to have them around. If
the certificate is below 2017, it's will not work.
Q. I am confused as to the documents to upload A. All academic documents you need to upload are
first, either transcript or certificate. The way clearly stated
It was written doesn't seem clear, could you
please help out with that?

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Q. Is it compulsory to include additional documents? A. It is not compulsory, but these will definitely
And if yes, can we put few theoretical framework, increase your chances because it obviously gives
relevant literature, and few diagrams and many explanations.
references under the document to be uploaded as
the additional document under the research
proposal?
Q. Can someone with graduation date December A. You can graduate by 2016 and the certificate will
2016 Apply? be dated for 2017 if that's when you did your
convocation... Hence, you can apply.

Q. Are those applying for masters going to submit a

A. Yes
research proposal?

A. You still have few days before the closing time,

Q. Does it have to be international passport? Can we so you could get the passport done in some state.
upload NIN? International passport is the best thing to use as
your passport number will be referenced every
time and even when you come here. I suggest you
use passport, but few hours before it ends and you
still don't have it, kindly upload your national ID
.

Q. Can someone who is just preparing for NYSC A. Yes, you can. but if you qualify, would you like to
stop the NYSC program?
apply?
You have the decision to make.

A. All Nigerians here have passed the Polish

Q. How have you guys been able to cope with the
language course and like 99.9% of us are studying
Polish language because I'm aware that 60 to
in English. So do not fear anything please.
70% of the courses taken there are being taught
with it?
A. You can apply, but you don't want to say you
Q. Does it mean I can't apply for this scholarship if I have MSc because the scholarship is for not yet
already have an MSc? MSc holder. But hope your BSc certificate
graduation date doesn't go against the date they
wanted.

A. Both
Q. How do they grade a particular research
proposal? Is it based on the construction of the
research proposal or the quality of the research?

Q. Is the application both on school and NAWA’s A. Only on NAWA website.

website?

Yusuf Jimoh
For: International4Scholarship Forum
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