study in Gdańsk
Poland on the Baltic — a historic port city with strong engineering and maritime programmes, lower costs, and less administrative friction than the capital.
Gdańsk sits on the Baltic coast and forms, with Gdynia and Sopot, a conurbation of about a million people. It has a long history as a Hanseatic port and a modern economy built around shipbuilding, logistics, engineering and a growing technology sector.
Gdańsk University of Technology is the main draw for international students, with English-taught engineering and computing; the University of Gdańsk covers economics, law and the sciences.
Like Wrocław, it combines lower living costs with faster residence-card processing than the capital — and it adds a coastline, which no other major Polish student city does.
A technical university and a general one, in a Baltic port conurbation.
Gdańsk University of Technology
Engineering, computer science, architecture and ocean engineering, with English-taught programmes.University of Gdańsk
Economics, law, sciences and social sciences, with a strong maritime and oceanographic focus.Gdańsk sits below Warsaw and Kraków on cost while offering serious technical programmes. The Baltic location adds a genuinely different quality of life for the same money.
Against the other cities we cover in Poland, Gdańsk is one of the cheaper. That is our reading of this country’s own spread, not a published index.
Living costs across Poland run roughly €500–900 a month — and in this country the cheaper cities are also the ones that process your residence card fastest.
The practical texture of the place — what a week actually looks like.
Climate
Maritime and milder than inland Poland in winter, but wetter and windier. Baltic summers are pleasant and short.
Getting around
Trams, buses and a commuter rail line linking Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia with student discounts.
Housing
Dormitories and a private market below the capital's, though the coastal towns are pricier in summer.
Working
No hour cap and no separate permit. Logistics, engineering and a growing technology sector.
Language
English in the technology and academic sectors; Polish for most other work and for permanent residence.
The coast
Beaches within the tram network — a genuine and unusual perk among the student cities in this guide.
Living costs across Poland run roughly €500–900 a month, and Gdańsk sits at the lower end of that range.
And the administrative difference: around eight weeks in smaller cities, but eight to ten months in Warsaw and Kraków
The reasoning is the same as for Wrocław. You give up the depth of Warsaw's job market and you gain lower costs, faster paperwork and the Baltic. For an engineering student in particular — where Gdańsk's maritime and technical strengths are real — this is one of the better-value propositions in this whole guide.
Gdańsk is one of 4 cities we cover in Poland. Tap any pin to compare — the city you pick moves your total cost more than almost any other choice you make.