Matura Computer Science

It is a school-leaving examination result that Polish universities use in recruitment, particularly for computer science, engineering and other technical programmes. Some candidates take it to meet a subject requirement, others to strengthen their admission score. Each university sets its own conversion rules, so check the recruitment rules of the specific faculty you are applying to.

Those details are set by CKE for each examination session and can change. Rather than relying on second-hand figures, read the current examination information and the subject-specific announcement published by CKE, which state the duration, the number of tasks and the scoring rules for the session you are sitting.

The threshold is determined by the official examination authority and is not fixed by this page. Consult CKE's current published rules for the session. Note that for some university programmes the relevant number is not the pass mark but the percentage score converted by the faculty's recruitment formula.

Yes, in the practical part you typically declare and use a language you are comfortable with, such as Python, C++, Java or another language permitted by the current rules. Choose one you can write without hesitation, because you lose time fighting syntax. Confirm the permitted list in the current CKE materials before the exam.

It rewards genuine problem-solving rather than recall. Candidates who can decompose a problem, write correct code under time pressure and check their own answers tend to do well. The practical section is where many marks are won or lost, so practising implementation and debugging is more valuable than reading theory alone.

Retake and improvement arrangements are governed by the official regulations and differ by session and candidate status. Check CKE's current announcements for the rules on appeals, results review and re-sitting. Plan your preparation as if you will sit once, and treat a retake as a contingency rather than a strategy.

Start with programming fundamentals and simple algorithms, because they underpin the practical tasks. Then add data structures, number systems and data representation, followed by SQL and database design. Networks, hardware, software engineering and legal-ethical topics are largely conceptual and can be revised in shorter, regular blocks alongside coding practice.

Typical causes: misreading the task and answering a slightly different question, failing to show intermediate reasoning where marks are awarded for method, not checking edge cases such as empty input or single-element data, and running out of time in the practical part because they started coding before planning. Reading the whole paper first and budgeting time helps.

The Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna (CKE) publishes the examination requirements, information bulletins and past papers on its official website. Treat those documents as the authoritative source for scope, format and rules, and use independent practice material such as this page only as a supplement to them.