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The course at a driving school
Theory, driving and the internal exam. How long it takes, what you'll practise and what you can expect from the school.
Step by step
- Theory: at least 30 hours, that is 26 h of lectures and 4 h of first aid. A theory hour is 45 minutes. You have to attend at least 80% of the lectures.
- Driving: at least 30 hours of 60 minutes. For the first 8 hours at most 2 h a day, then at most 3 h. That's at least 12 days behind the wheel.
- Manoeuvring area: checking the car, driving forwards and backwards along a lane, moving off on a hill. Town: junctions, roundabouts, angled, perpendicular and parallel parking, turning around.
- Out of town: at least 4 hours outside the city, including roads with a limit above 70 km/h.
- Finally the internal exam: theory on a computer, then the manoeuvring area and town, like at the WORD. After you pass, the school records the completion of the course in your PKK.
Ask the school office about the timetable and the school's rules — the minimum hours come from the regulations.
Worth knowing
You can pass theory before the course. A passed theory test at the WORD exempts you from the lectures and the internal theory exam. Then you only do driving and first aid at the school.
Source: Act on Vehicle Drivers, art. 23 par. 3, art. 23a, art. 26 par. 2; gov.pl, "How to get a driving licence"
Only a school with an additional certificate, a so-called "super OSK", may run lectures online.
Source: Act on Vehicle Drivers, art. 23 par. 3, art. 31
Your rights: you can ask for the instructor's ID; when changing schools you take your lesson record card; you can take the WORD test in your school's car, at your request, at your expense and with its consent.
Source: Act on Vehicle Drivers, art. 25 par. 2, art. 53 par. 4a, art. 53a; Regulation on training, § 14–15
The minimum hours come from the regulations, but 30 hours of driving isn't enough for everyone. An extra hour costs about PLN 150 on average in 2026.
Source: Regulation on training, § 9–10; rankomat.pl (21.08.2026)
Content checked on 5/10/2026. Rules and fees change — find what is current at the office, the WORD or on gov.pl.