Application for Electronic Student Card (ELS)

Electronic Student Card (ELS):

works as a University library card (you need to activate it in the library)
allows you to enter labs, computer rooms, university dormitories etc.
entitles you to student discounts in the public transport, trains, theatres, museums etc.*

*always check the regulations of student discounts

How to apply?

1. Upload your photo in the IRK system. Make sure that it is accepted.
The photo should meet the same requirements as a passport photo:

your head must be directly facing the camera with your full face in view
background must be clear or plain white
there should be no shadows, lines or other marks
it has to be in colour
it cannot be a bad quality scan

2. Pay the 22 PLN fee of the issuing of the card. The fee is the same for all UW students.
You can pay at any bank or post office using the following payment details:

Uniwersytet Warszawski
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
IBAN: PL56 1160 2202 0000 0000 7648 6236
Swift code/ BIC: BIGBPLPW
Title: „opłata za wydanie ELS”

3. Generate a confirmation of payment.

If you pay online you can generate a confirmation of paymen on the website of your bank/ via your bank app.(pdf.)
You can also choose a more traditional way and pay at any bank or post office. Then you should send us a picture of the confirmation of payment (.jpg).

The confirmation should bear all the necessary details: who paid, the amount paid, beneficiary, title.

4. Sign the application form for the Electronic Student Card (downloaded from Common Section in USOSweb).

5. Provide the International Relations Office (IRO UW) with

your confirmation of payment (point 3).
signed application (point 4).

Send it to: iro.incoming@adm.uw.edu.pl

6. The cards are printed by another university office, it usually takes up to one week to produce the card. Once the IRO informs you that the card is ready and waits for you in our office, make an appointment to collect it. You will need to show us your health insurance (it can be in digital format) – without it we will not be able to give you the card.