1. Before coming to POLAND The following presentation is available for download on the website

2. VISA
INFORMATION

3. Visa or Residency Permit Card
Why do we strongly reccommend to apply for the student visa ?
complex and time-consuming procedure of applying for the residency card
you have to very early morning at immigration office to hold your spot in line
huge lines at the immigration offce (need to wait for few hours)
Costs (at least 200 USD)
requirement od your personal attendance at the immigration office at least twice
students themselves are obliged to observe the deadlines of documents submission and collect all required documents.
required documents (bank statements, health insurance, sworn translations)
Students’ personal attendance - required when submitting documents and collecting Residency Card.
applying for the accommodation certificate also requires personal attendance

4. YOUR CHOICE IS EASY
GET YOUR
STUDENT VISA

5. Katowice Airport (KTW)
Students enrolled to Silesian Medical University recommend to arrive at the Katowice Airport
The airport is situated 22 miles north of Katowice city center.
It takes about 40 minutes to get to the Student Campus.

6. ACCOMODATION – Dorms
Dormitory buildings located at 26 Medykow Street (7-floor building), and at 24 Medykow Street (8-floor building) offer the following housing conditions:
single room (size 21 sq. m.) priced at 890 PLN per month
(regular standard bathrooms)
single room (size 21 sq. m.) priced at 740 PLN per month
(lower standard bathrooms)
Dormitory buildings located at 12A Medykow Street 
(9-floor building / 36 rooms for foreign students) 
offer the following housing conditions:
single room (size 10,22 sq. m.) priced at 800 PLN per month
single room (size 15,56 sq. m.) priced at 1000 PLN per month
Wired Internet is accessible in all rooms.

7. Student’s Campus 3 min by walk to get to the Dean’s Office or School
Dorm’s
3 min by walk to get to the Dean’s Office or School

8. Dorms office
In order to get the confirmation on accommodation please feel free to contact the Student Dormitory Office at  
Prospective students who would like to apply for accommodation at the Student Dormitory are requested to submit the application at the Dean’s Office before September 7, 2016.
Before accommodation is made each student will be charged the deposit fee equal to 2 months’ rent payable to the university bank account.
Rent fee, payable to the University bank account, should be paid in advance for winter semester (payment deadline – October 1st) and for summer semester (payment deadline – February 1st). 

9. USEFUL INFORMATION

10. GENERAL INFORMATION
SHOPPING - you can get anything you need in Poland.There are many shopping malls(IKEA,REAL,SILESIA CITY CENTER, GALERIA KATOWICKA) .You can take some oriental spices with you.
TRANSPORT
- Buses (it takes approximatelly 25 min to get to the center of Katowice)
- Taxi ( around 25 zl ($6 ) to get to the city center)
- Trains, Trams (around 4 zl ($1) for a single ticket to get to the city center)
ENTERTAINMENT
There are many interesting places in Katowice like clubs, pubs,restaurants (indian,chinese,japanese, thai), theatres, museums, galeries, bowling alleys, gyms, water world, ice rink, horse riding clubs etc.

11. Currency Polish currency is „złoty” 1 złoty = 100 groszy
Exchange money offices called ”Kantor” are in all Polish towns and at the Airports.
Their exchange rates are better than in Bank.
Euros has not been circulated in Poland yet, so there is no sense to bring this currency with you.
Average exchange rates:
1 USD = 3,95 PLN
1CAD = 2,98 PLN
1 EUR = 4,35 PLN

12. Polish money

13. Voltage differences
Voltage in the world differs for some countries 230 volt or 110 volts. Plug shapes, plug holes and plug sizes are also different.
In USA and Canada run on 110 volt 60 Hz and in Poland run on 230 volt 50 Hz.
This difference in the voltage can be solved by using an appropriate voltage converter.
Plug adapters only change the plug shape and not the electricity. They are simply designed as solutions to the electric wall outlet configuration problem.

14. Cell Phones - Mandatory registration of prepaid SIM card
SIM cards can be bought at many places: shops, kiosk, newsagents, gas stations or the stores of the network operators.
New regulations have come into effect in Poland on 25 July 2016 requiring the registration of  personal details at the sale of prepaid mobile SIMs.
Customers must show an original ID document in order to activate a new card. Any existing cards must also register personal details by 1 February 2017.

15. Cell Phones - SIMLOCK Unlock your phone before coming to Poland
Locked phones are common if you’re from the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, and less so in Europe and Asia, where paying the full price for unlocked devices is typical.
An unlocked phone is a phone that you can use anywhere in the world. You can replace the SIM card as you travel the world and put local SIM cards in as you go.
If you’re not sure if your phone is unlocked, ask your service provider.

16. Internet connection
A connection to the internet is available in every room.
Before your internet connection is set up you have to provide your notebook’s or mobile device’s MAC address
The MAC address is a unique value associated with anetwork adapter.
Please fill out the forms to set up your connection before you come to Poland.
Make sure you have provided Ethernet / LAN MAC address not the wireless one.
In case you need wifi connection you have to buy wireless router (not modem).

17. Internet connection
If you do nott know how to find your LAN / Ethernet MAC address just google „ how to find LAN / Ethernet MAC ”
Some devices do not have LAN/ Ethernet (wired) option.
In this case you need to either buy USB Ethernet Adapter or get wireless router.

18. INFORMATION
FOR
PARENTS

19. Calling to POLAND International Access Code from USA and Canada 011
Country code 48
Katowice area code 32
To land line dial:
To mobile phone dial:
Area
code
Access Code
Country code
Number

20. Contact Information
HMI OFFICE
ul. Medyków 26/12
Katowice
POLAND
Phone/Fax:
Website:

21. WWW.HOPE.COM.PL OUR WEBSITE To find more information please visit:
The presentation is available for download on the website.