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Polish matura exams 2026: final results announced

11.09.2026 12:00
Nearly nine in ten of this year's Polish secondary school graduates passed their matura exams, Poland's Central Examination Board (CKE) said Friday, combining results from the May, June and August sessions.
File photo: Matura.
File photo: Matura.PAP/Marcin Bielecki

The overall pass rate was 87%. Among general high school (liceum) graduates, 90.7% passed, compared with 79.8% of technical school (technikum) graduates.

Among the written compulsory exams, 95.3% passed Polish, 88.9% mathematics, and 95.5% English, the most commonly chosen foreign language.

For oral language exams, the passing rates were 99.1% for oral Polish and 98.8% for oral English.

Among the other modern foreign languages exams, French had the highest written pass rate at 97.9%, followed by Spanish at 96.8%. Russian had the lowest pass rate at 92.3%, while German stood at 93%.

Overall, 322,859 graduates took all compulsory matura exams during both May and June sessions and 33,979 during the August resits.

The passing mark for the compulsory oral and written basic-level exams was 30%. For voluntary advanced-level subjects there was no minimum passing threshold.

Students are required to attempt at least one written advanced-level subject exam, but they can choose up to five.

The passing rate from the May session only was 81.1%, with another 12.3% of students eligible for a resit after failing one subject. Graduates that failed more than one subject can attempt a resit next year.

In September 2025, the final pass rate reported by CKE was 86.1%.

(sp/jh)

Source: PAP