1. Name (as it appears in your international passport)
* Family name
* First name
Middle initial(s)
* 2. I wish to apply for one of the following courses (please mark as applicable)
If you wish to apply for more than one programme please number your preferences in order. We have a limited number of places for each programme: if places are no longer available on your first choice, you may be offered a place on your second preference.
* 2a. I wish to apply for one of the following forms of study (please mark as applicable):
12 months (intensive form of study)
24 months (for students who also work full-time)
3. More about you
Postal address to which correspondence may be sent at any time during the year or until (please give date:
Telephone numbers (with country and city codes) where we can contact you
Current number
Work
Permanent number (if different)
Fax number (if any)
Your e-mail address is the most important address. You must enter EXACTLY ONE address. Please check you have typed it correctly because you must confirm your application. We will also use it for most future contact with you in connection with this application.
* E-mail address.
If any of the above information changes, please inform the Centre for Social Studies, preferably by e-mail to css@css.edu.pl )
* Date of Birth(day/month/year)
* Gender Male
* Place of birth
* Your citizenship
International passport number
International passport valid until
(day/month/year)
4. Your Education up to now
Please list all post secondary education already completed or which will be completed in the present academic year
5. English language skills
If you have taken one of the English language tests listed below please indicate the test and score.
6. Letters of recommendation
Please provide two letters of recommendation . Please ask two people who know you and your academic work well to complete the attached forms and return them to you in a sealed envelope with your name written on it. If you work, we will also accept a recommendation letter from your supervisor.
7. Statement of purpose
Please provide a statement no longer than 200 words explaining your personal aims and ambitions.
* 8. Essay
Please provide a short (600-1000 words) outline of your proposed research topic for the MA dissertation, which will be weighted heavily in the admissions decision. The topic is expected to fall within the broad thematic focus of the Centre as described on the website, and should be delimited and set out with the greatest possible clarity.
(Please attach essay file here)
9. Application for Financial Aid
Note:
Financial aid applications must be sent to the Centre for Social Studies by April 16th 2009.
Financial aid is normally offered by the CSS in the form of partial fee-waivers. All financial aid is awarded strictly on the basis of academic merit. Availability of such aid is limited. Applicants should therefore bear in mind that for a given number of full fee waivers the CSS is able to offer eg: twice as many 50% fee waivers, four times as many 25% waivers, etc.
10. Application for stipend (contribution towards living expenses)
Note:
Only non-Polish applicants from Central-Eastern European countries, post-soviet countries and Mongolia (the detailed list available here ) are eligible to apply.
th 2009.
11. Other documents
Please attach to the application the following documents:
Certified copy of transcript
Official translation of transcript (if original is not in English or Polish)
(If you have not completed your first degree) An official letter confirming you are a final year student expected to complete your degree before October 2009
A CV/resumé
English test score certificate (if available)
Two letters of recommendation in sealed envelopes with the recommeder's signature acoress the seal. If it is not possible to provide these letters for inclusion in your application, they may be sent separately.
12. Notes
Financial aid is awarded on the basis of academic merit. No application
other than the above is required.
Successful applicants will on arrival at the Centre for Social Studies be
asked before enrolling to provide a certified copy of their diploma with an
official translation (if original is not in English or Polish.)
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND THE DOCUMENTS LISTED ABOVE TO THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES.
I understand that the information provided on this form will be held on the GSSR's administrative computer system for the purposes of student administration. I consent to the collection and processing of relevant personal data by the School, subject to the provisions of Ustawa o Ochronie Danych Osobowych (Data Protection Act) z dnia 29.08.97 (Dz.U. Nr 133 Poz. 883).