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Poland

Name of the qualification in original language

Świadectwo dojrzałości ("stara matura")

Translation in English

Maturity certificate (old system)

Transliteration in Latin alphabet

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Awarding body

Secondary school

Total number of years of schooling

minimum 12

General requirements for access to higher education

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EQF level

4

NQF level

4

Grading system

Since the school year 1991/1992 assessment in 6-point scale:



  • 6 – excellent (celujący),

  • 5 – very good (bardzo dobry),

  • 4 – good (dobry),

  • 3 – satisfactory (dostateczny),

  • 2 – acceptable (mierny or dopuszczający),

  • 1– unsatisfactory (niedostateczny).


The lowest passing grade was 2.



Before school year 1991/1992 assessment in 4-point scale:



  • 5 – very good (bardzo dobry),

  • 4 – good (dobry),

  • 3 – satisfactory (dostateczny),

  • 2 – unsatisfactory (niedostateczny).


The lowest passing grade was 3.

Period of issue

Till May 2005 (till January 2008 for graduates of certain types of schools)

Expiry date

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Verification information

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Comments/Additional Information

Subject:

2 obligatory written exams and: 3 obligatory oral exams in general secondary schools (liceum) or 2 obligatory oral exams in technical secondary schools (technikum).

The obligatory written exams were:

  • Polish language,
  • a selective subject.

The obligatory oral exams were:

  • Polish language,
  • a selective subject,
  • modern foreign language (only for general secondary schools).

The selective subjects for written exam were:

  • a foreign language (English/ French/ Spanish/ German/ Portuguese/ Russian/ Italian/ Slovak/ Swedish/ Latin/ Classic Greek),
  • Mathematics,
  • Biology (with Hygiene/Environment Protection),
  • Chemistry,
  • Physics with Astronomy,
  • Geography,
  • History.

The selective subjects for oral exams were:

  • one of the list above or
  • History of Music,
  • History of Art,
  • History of Dance,
  • Information Technology,
  • Civic Education,
  • Pedagogy and History of Upbringing,
  • Philosophy,
  • Psychology. 

Students from schools with a minority language as language of instruction additionally took both written and oral exam of this language.

Update date of the records: 24/02/2021