GENERAL INFORMATION

The closest and most popular international airports are Warsaw Chopin Airport and Warsaw Modlin Airport, both located approximately 200 km from Bialystok.

How to get to Bialystok from Warsaw Chopin Airport

 Bus Transport Connection is available at the airport area

• PLUS BUS https://plusbus.pl/?In=EN prices are changeable, depends mostly on the reservation date. Average price 40-80 PLN.
• ŻAK EXPRESS https://zakexpress.pl/en/ prices are changeable, depends mostly on the reservation date. Average price 40-80 PLN.
• FLIXBUS https://global.flixbus.com/ prices are changeable, depends mostly on the reservation date. Average price 49-70 PLN.

Public Train Connection

• Schedules of Public City Trains and Buses are available at https://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/index.html Using this way of transportation student can easily get to the Warsaw Central Railway Station
• INTERCITY TRAIN https://www.intercity.pl/en/ average price for normal ticket is 40 PLN and for student ticket 20 PLN (student can buy it in case they have a valid polish student ID Card)

How to get to Bialystok from Warsaw Modlin Airport

 Bus Transport Connection is available at the airport area

• PLUS BUS https://plusbus.pl/?In=EN prices are changeable, depends mostly on the reservation date. Average price 50-80 PLN.
• ŻAK EXPRESS https://zakexpress.pl/en/ prices are changeable, depends mostly on the reservation date. Average price 50-90 PLN.
• FLIXBUS https://global.flixbus.com/ prices are changeable, depends mostly on the reservation date. Average price 50-80 PLN.

 Public Train Connection

• Schedule of Public City Trains are available here https://en.modlinairport.pl/ Using this way of transportation student can easily get to the Warsaw Central Railway Station
• INTERCITY TRAIN https://www.intercity.pl/en/ average price for normal ticket is 40 PLN and for student ticket 20 PLN (student can buy it in case they have a valid polish student ID Card)

How to get to the dormitories while in Bialystok

• TAXI for the first time seems to be the fastest and easiest option to get to the dormitories. The average price from bus or train station is 20-40 PLN (depending on the hour and day).
• PUBLIC BUS Bus stops are on the street in front of the train station main entrance. Bus number 2 or 11 go directly to the dormitories. Get the bus at Kolejowa/Dworzec PKP stop. From bus number 2 get off at Zeromskiego/Transportowa stop and from bus number 11 Pogodna/Zeromskiego stop. Individual tickets (prices given in PLN): 4 normal / 2 student*

 (*student tickets are available only with valid student ID Card)

Please remember that Mentor will do their best to support and help. Student should feel free to contact them.

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.