Criminal Justice

The Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wroclaw, which has been one of the highest-rated places in Poland educating lawyers for many years, is honored to welcome you to our Bachelor program – Criminal Justice.

Studies in the field of Criminal Justice enable the acquisition and making use of comprehensive knowledge in the field of substantive criminal law, law of criminal procedural, criminology, forensic science and related sciences in the sphere of counteracting and preventing crime in social and economic life.

Our Criminal Justice program provides an excellent opportunity to prepare you for working in public and private institutions tasked with ensuring public security and order (among others: police authorities, auxiliary judicial authorities, penitentiary and correctional institutions, government and self-government administration bodies, private institutions dealing with the protection of persons and property). The program puts a special focus on the international aspects of criminal justice which allows graduates to find employment in international organizations or European Union institutions.

The program is designed for maximum flexibility and is open to all international and Polish students.

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Entrance exams

1. Rules for applicants whose education certificates come from systems outside EU, OECD, EFTA, or without International Baccalaureate (IB)/European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma, or specific documents from China (高中毕业证书 / Gaozhong Biye Zhengshu) and Ukraine (СВІДОЦТВО / АТТЕСТАТ) recognized on the base of bilateral agreements - starting from 1.07.2025, according to new rules of admission.

Type of exam: Written exam in the form of an essay on one of the following topics.

Topics for essay:

• Sources of crime and ways to combat it
• Human rights and criminal justice
• Cybercrime

Formal requirements: 

• Length: 5,000–7,000 characters (excluding spaces)
• Language: English
• Required elements: Title, introduction, topic analysis, conclusion and findings, sources

Evaluation criteria:

• Structure and organization of the text (0–5 points)
• Style and linguistic correctness (0–5 points)
• Substantive content (0–5 points)
• Originality of conclusions and argumentation (0–5 points)

The essay will be assessed on a scale of 0–20 points. A minimum of 10 points is required to pass. Admission will be granted to candidates with the highest scores within the established limit of available places.

We encourage to start preparing essay in advance.

2. In 2025 admission special admission rules apply to candidates holding documents from the EU, OECD, EFTA countries, as well as IB or EB diplomas, and to specific cases from China (高中毕业证书 / Gaozhong Biye Zhengshu) and Ukraine (СВІДОЦТВО / АТТЕСТАТ).

These candidates are not required to take a standard entrance exam. Instead, their qualifications are evaluated based on their previous education - according to old rules of admission.