Buddy Program Recruitment for Winter Semester 2026/2027 is OPEN!
Whether you are a local student in Poznań or an exchange student coming for the upcoming semester, the ESN Buddy Program is your gateway to an unforgettable international experience.
Find your section below and get involved!
FOR INCOMING ERASMUS STUDENTS
Heading to Poznań for the Winter Semester 2026/2027? Get your Buddy!
Arriving in a new country can be overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Our Buddy Program pairs you with a local student from PUT, ASP, or AWF who is ready to help you adjust to life in Poland.
How your Buddy helps you?
🤝 Immediate Support: Have a local friend to answer all your questions from day one.
✈️ Warm Welcome: Pick-up from the airport or train station and help getting to your accommodation.
📄 Smooth Start: Assistance with university paperwork, buying transport passes, and getting settled.
🥐 Local Insights: Discover hidden gems, student discounts, and the best places to hang out in Poznań.
FOR LOCAL STUDENTS (PUT, ASP & AWF Poznań)
Want to experience an international vibe without leaving Poznań? Become a Mentor!
As a Mentor, you’ll be the first friendly face welcoming an incoming Erasmus student to our city. You will help them settle in, find their way around campus, and discover the best spots in Poznań.
Why join?
🥳 Events & Integration: Join exclusive ESN parties, trips, and integration meetings.
🌍 Global Connections: Make lifelong friendships from all over the world.
🗣️ Language Practice: Boost your English (or learn a new language!) in everyday situations.
💳 ESNcard: Get your official ESNcard to unlock thousands of student discounts across Europe, including Ryanair , FlixBus, local spots, and entry to ESN events!
ESN Poznań warmly welcomes all the lost and wandering people who have found themselves in these distant reaches of the galaxy.
Join the light side of the force today
Students helping students
ESN Poznań is a group of Poznań University of Technology students that volunteer to help international students during their exchange and integrate them by various activities, so their time in Poznań will be spent most effectively, memorably and happily.
Support during exchange
Support of exchange students is the main purpose of Erasmus Student Network. We do it by moderating general communication channels, conducting ESN Buddy Program, creating Survival Guides and answering to questions that students might have. Check most Frequently Asked Questions to be more prepared for your arrival to Poznań.
Integration of students
ESN means also fun! Our volunteers live on various integration projects aimed at exchange students. Cultural evenings, sport tournaments, trips, workshops, museums, parties and much more!
If you have idea for an event you and your friends will enjoy – let us know! Our favourite events are those that bring you most fun.
Aid of mobility processes
Polish students might be interested in that part. ESN is unit not only for internationals who arrive, but also for locals that wish to departure. We’ll help how we can with processes of recruitment and preparation for Erasmus exchange.
We help International Relations Office with information campaigns, share experience of ex-Erasmus participants and answer your questions.
So… you are on your way to Poznań?
Follow those steps:
Choose your ESN
ESN Poznań is organization connected to Poznań University of Technology. In city of Poznań two more ESNs operate.
- If you are coming for Adam Mickiewicz University or University of Economics and Business contact the ESN connected to your university.
- If university you’ll have your exchange on doesn’t have its own ESN, contact us on Instagram and we’ll tell you what to do.
Poznań University of Technology
Adam Mickiewicz University
University of Economics and Business
Stay in touch
Our main tools for communication are Instagram and Facebook. You can freely contact us there.
If you are coming for an Erasmus exchange to PUT, you will get ESN welcome email from International Relations Office. Make sure you don’t miss it!
Get a Buddy
Buddy Program consist of two roles: Mentor (local student) and Mentee (incoming student). Mentor will help during arrival, introduce to the city and answer questions regarding life in Poland.
Are you interested in becoming Mentee or Mentor?
Do you have questions regarding ESN Buddy Program?
Contact us via email: mentor.poznan@esn.pl
Get an ESNcard
ESNcard is a discount card that grants you many great offers. We have partners on Europe-scale, Poland-scale and Poznań-scale. Learn more:
Do you have questions regarding ESNcard project?
Contact us via email: card.poznan@esn.pl
Do you run a business and want to become ESNcard partner?
Contact us via email: president.poznan@esn.pl
And enjoy the ride!
