International Exchange
The Tischner European University is exchanging students and staff with many universities abroad. The geographical area covered and the number of our partner institutions is growing every year. Today we collaborate with 34 institutions from 17 countries, including USA.
Since 2004 Tischner European University has been a proud holder of an Erasmus University Charter, entitling it to participation in the EU-founded Erasmus programme, which supports Higher Education Institutions and since 2007 constitutes an element of the Lifelong Learning Program developed on the European level. Every year we successfully apply for Erasmus grants, which give significant administrative and financial support to those students who wish to study for a semester or complete an internship abroad. Every year we also host students from our partner institutions, or individuals coming as "visiting students".
Besides spending one or two semester abroad on Erasmus programme, TEU students have possibility to participate in many short-term programmes, which is a great chance to meet new friends, taste other cultures and take part in serious, multinational debates. International students willing to learn more about Poland and Central Europe in a short period of time, come to TEU for a few weeks to participate in summer schools, or to take part in projects organized by student associations, some co-funded by the EU programme "Youth in Action".
Exchanges, study trips and intensive programs involving local and international students, are complemented by lectures offered by professors from abroad, open meetings with distinguished guests and conferences gathering speakers from all over the world.
Jose Maria Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain; Rocco Butigilione, Italian Minister of European Politics; Prof. Clyde Wilcox from the Georgetown University (USA); Prof. Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya from the Banaras Hindu University in India; Gyaliong Tsetrin, former political prisoner from Tibet - these are just a few of those who have visited us up till now.
Travel to Krakow
By plane
Pope John Paul II International Airport Krakow – Balice
ul. kpt. Medweckiego 1, 32-083 Balice
tel.: +48 (0) 12 639 30 00, fax: +48 (0) 12 411 79 77
e-mail: www.lotnisko-balice.pl
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
ul. Żwirki i Wigury 1, 00-906 Warszawa
tel.: +48 (22) 650 42 20
e-mail: http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/pl/pasazer
● Direct air connections to major cities in Europe
Connections with the city centre (time required: approximately 35 min):
Bus 208, bus stop in the city centre – Dworzec Główny (Main Railway Station).
Bus 192, bus stops in the city centre – Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński), Teatr Bagatela, Basztowa LOT, Dworzec Główny.
Access to the airport:
- Direct train connection between the Balice airport and main railway station. The train station at Balice Airport is located 200 m from the terminal. First departure from the railway station at 4.50 am and from the airport at 5.14 am. Train runs approximately every 40 minutes.The train runs till late evening hours.
One-way ticket price bought in automated cashiers: 7,00 PLN
- Bus service. Two regular bus lines: 208 and 292 and one night line: 902.
Price of a single ticket bought from the bus driver: 3.50 PLN Normal / 1.75 PLN Reduced
- Taxi. To get a cab, call: +48 12 19191, +48 800 19 19 19
It is also possible to fly via Warsaw, and connect via an internal flight or an Inter City or Express train to Krakow.
By train
● International train connections with: Germany's Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt/O and Leipzig, Austria's Vienna, the Czech Republic's Prague, Hungary's Budapest, Rumania's Bucharest, Slovakia's Bratislava and Kosice, Ukraine's Kiev, Lvov and Odessa.
Connections with all larger cities in Poland (travel from Warsaw by InterCity train – approximately 2h 40min).
PKP (Polish Rail) Main Railway Station in Krakow
Pl. Kolejowy 1
tel.: +48 (0) 12 422 31 34
PKP Information telephones: +48 (0) 12 94 36, +48 (0) 12 422 41 82, +48 (0) 12 624 54 39, +48 (0) 22 511 60 03
Train timetable
Intercity: www.intercity.com.pl
Other: www.pkp.pl
By bus
Krakow has regular bus connections with many European cities, so you should check this with your local tourist office. There are particularly numerous connections with Germany.
By car
The state of Polish roads is the target of jokes not just for foreign visitors but also in Poland. However, the highway from Germany to Krakow is available and you can already travel almost from the Goerlitz/Zgorzelec border to Krakow along most of the A-4 route without much trouble. The journey by car from Berlin or Dresden takes about 5-6h.
Access from the east or south is more of an adventure, because the highways are frequently under construction or, more often than not, only in the planning stage. Travel by national routes should not cause great problems. However, drivers accustomed to Western-European standards are advised to be patient.
National routes:
no 4 – from Wroclaw to Rzeszow
no 7 – from Gdansk to Chyzne
no 44 – from Gliwice
no 79 – from Warszawa to Bytom
no 94 – from Legnica
highway A4 from Goerlitz/Zgorzelec