Over the last years, Poland has rapidly become a favoured spot for international students, proving to offer not just top higher education, but also great work opportunities for students and graduates and a rich social and cultural life. Poland was actually rated as an ‘excellent’ place for studying abroad according to the StudyPortals International Student Satisfaction Awards in 2016.Poland has over 100 higher educational institutions, public and private universities and several institutions specialised in providing specific degrees in fields like technology, medicine, agriculture, music and more. The main advantages of Polish universities are the wide palette of English-taught programmes and the affordable tuition fees.Within a university, classes are more theoretical, whereas other types of higher education institutions (polytechnics, academies, etc.) have a more practical approach. Another difference is that only universities are allowed to award doctoral degrees. Additionally, particular institutes only offer and award a particular type of degree, meaning a university will not grant a degree of inynier (engineer) which is the domain of a polytechnic, etc.