The loss of the student status within the Polish higher education system is associated with the occurrence of certain legally significant facts, which include, inter alia, issuing by an authorized university body a decision to remove from the list of students. The Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on Higher Education and Science names enumerative grounds for relegating a student from a university. Thus, during administrative proceedings, the university authorities are obliged to interpret independently
the not always obvious material and legal premises affecting the future of the student. Therefore, the author aims to present the issues related to the interpretation
and application of the statutory grounds for removing from the list of students, detailing the division into obligatory and optional grounds for dismissal from the university.