The closest and most popular international airports are Warsaw Chopin Airport and Warsaw Modlin Airport, both located approximately 200 km from Białystok.
Direct bus connections to Białystok are available from the airport area.
PLUS BUS
(website available in Polish only)
💰 Average ticket price: 50–120 PLN
📌 Prices may vary depending on the booking date and demand.
FLIXBUS
💰 Average ticket price: 50–120 PLN
📌 Prices may vary depending on the booking date and demand.
Schedules of public city trains and buses are available at:
Warsaw Chopin Airport Transport Information
From the airport, students can easily reach the city centre by:
The most convenient option is to travel to the railway station:
Warszawa Centralna
The journey from the airport to the city centre usually takes around 20–30 minutes.
Direct trains to Białystok depart from Warszawa Centralna ( Warsaw Central Railway Station) railway station.
The train journey usually takes around 2–2.5 hours, depending on the connection.
We recommend checking the timetable in advance and purchasing tickets online via:
PKP Intercity
⏱️ Travel time to Białystok: approximately 1h 50min – 2h 30min
💰 Average ticket price:
*Student discounts are available only with a valid Polish Student ID Card.
⚠️ Direct connections from Warsaw Modlin Airport to Białystok are more limited than from Warsaw Chopin Airport.
After arriving at Warsaw Modlin Airport, students can use the airport shuttle bus and train connection to reach Warsaw city center.
⏱️ Travel time: approximately 45–60 minutes
💰 Average price: 25–35 PLN
Transport information and schedules are available here:
Warsaw Modlin Airport Transport Information
From Warszawa Centralna, students can continue their journey to Białystok by train or long-distance bus.
⏱️ Travel time: approximately 1h 50min – 2h 30min
💰 Average ticket price:
*Student discounts are available only with a valid Polish Student ID Card.
PLUS BUS
💰 Average ticket price: 50–120 PLN
FLIXBUS
💰 Average ticket price: 50–120 PLN
For the first trip, taking a taxi is usually the fastest and easiest option.
💰 Average price from the bus or train station:
25–50 PLN
(depending on the day, time, and taxi company)
Bus stops are located in front of the main entrance of the railway station.
📍 Get on at:
Kolejowa / Dworzec PKP
🎫 Ticket prices:
*Student tickets are available only with a valid student ID card.
More information about public transport in Białystok:
Mentors will do their best to support and help students during their arrival and first days in Białystok.
📧 Contact:
uwb@esn.pl
Students should feel free to contact the mentors whenever they need assistance 😊
Accommodation
International students have the possibility to get an accommodation in the student’s dormitory. If student wishes to apply for a place in a dormitory, he/she must indicate this in the IRK system and this information will appear in the Application Form.
A place in a dormitory is not guaranteed.
Student’s House 1
Żeromskiego 1 street, 15 - 349 Białystok
phone: +48 85 745 78 97, e-mail: ds1@uwb.edu.pl
- offering double rooms (with shower, toilet, wash-stand and fridge)
- kitchens on every floor,
- TV room with wifi,
- laundry room,
- Internet access (paid additionally).
Location
Dormitory is located approximately 3km from the city centre of Białystok, with a very good bus connection, both to the city centre and to the Faculties and Institutes of the University. Nearby, there are also biker stations available. First 30 min of bike use are free of charge.
Rent
The monthly rent is approximately 140 EUR for place in a double room. One month deposit is required.
Internet access at UwB
Eduroam is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. It is available in almost all of the universities buildings.
How to get in? Click here!
Limitless Internet access
Lots of students also buy a phone SIM cards, offering a limitless Internet connection and are using it later as a Wi-Fi Routers. Best place to buy one are mobile network shops. The passport or ID card is required to register a SIM card.
Cafeteria
There are lots of places at the faculties to have a coffee or some food. Cafeterias offer mostly both: cold and hot snacks such us breakfast sets, donuts, toasts, lunch menu, soups, salads, desserts, all kind of beverages.
Gym
Physical Education and Sports Centre is an interdepartmental institution. Its main aim is to organize sport activities. The building itself offers not only a gym space, but also sport grounds to play futsal, volleyball or basketball. It also offers ping-pong tables. Together with the University Sport Association (AZS), it also offers additional sports classes for the students interested in basketball, volleyball, football, judo, swimming, table tennis, athletics, powerlifting, body building, indoor rowing, and aerobic as well as summer and winter sports camps.
Location
Świerkowa 20A street, 15-328 Białystok
(next to the Rectorate building)
Opening hours: 8am till 6pm
Advice: since students are having their Physical Education classes here, before visiting the place have, please check the current occupancy schedule (website available in Polish only).
Libraries
The main library is located on the Campus. Each faculty also has its own.
Departmental libraries can be found on each faculty.
UwB library offers also digital book collections. In order to use e-resources, students have to register https://bg.uwb.edu.pl (website available in Polish only).
Calendar for Academic Year 2026/2027
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WINTER SEMESTER
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01.10.2026 – 25.02.2027 |
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classes |
01.10.2026 – 22.12.2026 |
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inauguration – day off |
09.10.2026 |
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day off |
02.11.2026 |
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winter holidays |
23.12.2026 – 08.01.2027 |
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classes |
09.01.2027 – 04.02.2027 |
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exam session |
05.02.2027 – 18.02.2027 |
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retake session |
19.02.2027 - 25.02.2027 |
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SUMMER SEMESTER
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26.02.2027 – 30.09.2027
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classes |
26.02.2027 – 24.03.2027 |
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spring holidays |
25.03.2027 – 30.03.2027 |
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classes |
31.03.2027 – 21.06.2027 |
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day off |
28.05.2027 |
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exam session |
22.06.2027 – 05.07.2027 |
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retake session |
06.07.2027 – 12.07.2027 |
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summer holidays |
13.07.2027 – 30.09.2027 |
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January 1: |
New Year |
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March/April: |
Easter Holiday (depending on the calendar) |
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May 1: |
Labour Day |
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May 3: |
Constitution Day |
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Thursday in June: |
Corpus Christi (depending on the calendar) |
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August 15: |
Ascension of the Holy Mary |
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November 1: |
All Saints Day |
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November 11: |
Independence Day |
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December 24 – 26: |
Christmas Holiday |
Description of the institutional grading system
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POLISH GRADE: |
LOCAL DEFINITION |
ECTS GRADE: |
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5 |
Bardzo dobry |
A |
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4+ |
Dobry plus |
B |
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4 |
Dobry |
C |
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3+ |
Dostateczny plus |
D |
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3 |
Dostateczny |
E |
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2 |
Niedostateczny |
F, FX |
ECTS grading scale:
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ECTS Grade |
% of successful students normally achieving the grade |
Definition |
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A |
10 |
EXCELLENT - outstanding performance with only minor errors |
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B |
25 |
VERY GOOD - above the average standard but with some errors |
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C |
30 |
GOOD - generally sound work with a number of notable errors |
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D |
25 |
SATISFACTORY - fair but with significant shortcomings |
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E |
10 |
SUFFICIENT - performance meets the minimum criteria |
FX |
- |
FAIL - some more work required before the credit can be awarded |
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F |
- |
FAIL - considerable further work is required |
Public transportation
Białystok is a city which is well connected, with many bus routes all over the city and around. The students can buy the individual tickets in BKM offices, in buses, supermarkets, kiosks.
Individual tickets (prices given in PLN):
Monthly tickets (prices given in PLN):
- Monthly/30 days – approx. 130,00 normal / 65,00 student*
An electronic BKM card is required to buy a monthly ticket. It is available in a BKM office at Lipowa 16 street or Składowa 11 street. To purchase the BKM card, the student needs to have their passport and a student ID card. The mentor assigned to each international student can help with that.
*student tickets are available only with valid student ID card
To find out more (bus timetables, bus stops, routes etc.) download an app or check BKM's website: https://komunikacja.bialystok.pl/(website available in Polish only)
Bikers and scooters
BiKeR
There is a Białystok Municipal Bike Transportation called BiKeR. It provides an alternative form of transport, allowing its users to move fast around the city. It supplements the municipal transport in Białystok. There are approx. 60 stations located in different parts of the city, offering approx. 625 bikes. First 30 min of using are free of charge.
To find out more about this possibility (register, log in, download an app, check where the bikers stations are etc.), please visit its official website https://bikerbialystok.pl/en/
Blinkee
One of alternative way of transportation in Białystok are scooters, allowing its users to move around the city fast. It can be found, booked and unlocked on the map, via phone app. It costs approx. 0.65 PLN per minute of using and 0.10 PLN per minute of parking (if necessary).
To find out more about this possibility (register, log in, download an app, check where the scooters are etc.), please visit its official website https://blinkee.city/
Cost of living in Białystok
Currency
The cost of living in Białystok is slightly lower than in other big cities in Poland. The monthly cost of living per student is approximately 1400-1800 PLN (290-380 EUR)
1 EUR = approx. 4.80 PLN
1 PLN = approx. 1.8 RMB
Average cost of monthly living
460 PLN (95 EUR) Accommodation in the student's dormitory
700-1000 PLN (145-210 EUR) Food costs
2,50 PLN (0.53 EUR) Single bus ticket
65 PLN (14,30 EUR) Monthly bus ticket for students
400 PLN (83 EUR) Leisure (books, cinema, restaurant)
Eg. Coffee/Cup 13 PLN/3 EUR, Salad/Bowl 25 PLN/5.2 EUR, Donut 5 PLN/1.00 EUR, Beverage/Bottle 4 PLN/0.8 EUR, Cake/Piece 15 PLN/3.10 EUR
The students need to be aware of:
Alcohol
Drinking alcohol in public places is prohibited. Fine 100-500 PLN.
Cigarettes
Smoking is not allowed in forbidden areas such us, bus stops, train stations or most of the restaurant and the fine is up to 500 PLN.
Dropping cigarette on the street is forbidden and the fine is 50-500 PLN.
Personal Data Protection
Information duty resulting from Art. 13 par. 1 and par. 2 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation):
Data controller of candidates’ personal data is the University of Bialystok, 20B Swierkowa Street, 15-328 Bialystok.
Data controller has designated the Data Protection Officer responsible for the proper processing of personal data who can be contacted via email: iod@uwb.edu.pl.
Personal data will be processed for the purpose of:
- staff and students exchange under agreements concerning interinstitutional cooperation at the University of Bialystok,
- contact,
- study recruitment procedure at the University of Bialystok including non-degree students,
- documenting the course of study,
- statutory, archival and statistical purposes,
- vindicating the claims in situations envisaged by the provisions of law.
A legal basis to process candidates’ personal data is:
Art. 6 par. 1 item a of General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. – explicit, unambiguous and voluntary consent of a candidate to process his personal data for the needs of the recruitment procedure;
Art. 6 par. 1 item b of General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. - processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
Art. 6 par. 1 item c of General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. - processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
Art. 6 par. 1 item f of General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. - processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller.
Providing personal data as well as surplus data is voluntary but necessary to be hosted at the University of Bialystok.
Data may be disclosed to your home institution or other external entities such as: recruitment agencies, other agencies involved in the mobility process (for example: visa application agencies), embassies, consulates, police departments, border guard departments, student organizations, student associations, university and student science groups, dormitory administration, Centre for Foreign Language Teaching administration, School of Polish Language and Culture administration etc., and in cases envisaged by the provisions of law. Above entities may not belong to European Economic Area.
Data will be stored for the period necessary for the purposes of recruitment, processing, and for the period required by exchange regulations or by other agreements concerning interinstitutional cooperation regulations between the University of Bialystok and the Student’s Home Institution and by the provisions of law.
You have the right to access, rectify or erasure your personal data as well as restrict of data processing and portability and objection to data processing. You have the right to revoke your consent.
Whenever data processing infringes the provisions of the law in force, you have the right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority.
Personal data submitted will neither be processed automatically nor profiled in any way.
