23/11/2022
INTERSTUDENT 2022: We know the best foreign students in Poland!
Karen Nyakato Kyabega from Tanzania - a student of the University of Warsaw (first from the left), Maksym Shcherbyuk from Ukraine - a student of the University of Silesia, Peliyagodage Chathura Dinerth Perera from Sri Lanka -doctoral student from Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences and Yiyu Chen from Chi-student of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków became the winners of the 12th edition of the competition for the best foreign student foreign in Poland INTERSTUDENT 2022. Despite the pandemic, the organizers received a record number of applications, and the selection of winners was difficult.
The INTERSTUDENT competition, organized by the Perspektywy Education Foundation as part of the "Study in Poland" program, carried out jointly with the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (KRASP), has been used for twelve years to select the best foreign students studying at Polish universities. The jury selects the winners from among foreigners studying in Polish or a foreign language at undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies at public and private universities.
- We are looking for young people from all over the world who, through their activities, build bridges between cultures, enriching not only Polish universities, but also their entire environment - says Dr. Bianka Siwińska, president of the Perspektywy Education Foundation. - They are the ambassadors of our universities and of Poland around the world. In times of a pandemic, their presence and activity is especially valuable. I am all the more glad that despite the difficult situation, we received over 80 applications and virtually all candidates were fantastic, and the jury had a great problem with selecting the winners!
During the session on January 10, the Competition Jury composed of: prof. Jerzy Lis, chairman of the Committee for International Cooperation of KRASP, rector of AGH, chairman of the Competition Jury, prof. Jarosław Bosy, rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Jarosław Olszewski, chairman of the National Representation of PhD Students, Mateusz Grochowski, chairman of the Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland, and Dr. Bianka Siwińska, president of the Perspektywy Educational Foundation, after reviewing the applications, decided to award the title of laureates of the INTERSTUDENT 2022 Competition to the following foreign students::
in the bachelor's degree category: Karen Nyakato Kyabega from Tanzania, student of the Undergraduate Program in International Relations at the University of Warsaw,
in the master's degree category: Maksym Shcherbyuk from Ukraine, graduate of law at the University of Silesia in Katowice,
in the PhD studies category: Peliyagodage Chathura Dinerth Perera from Sri Lanka, PhD student at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław.
In addition, the Jury decided to award a Special Prize for extraordinary commitment in social activity. Its laureate was Yiyu Chen from China, a law student at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
The awards in the INTERSTUDENT 2022 competition will be presented during the next conference "Foreign students in Poland 2022" hosted by the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences.
