WSB Merito Universities (, formerly ) are group of state-recognized private (non-public) universities in

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. WSB Universities are the largest group of

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s in Poland and have been conducting educational activities in ten Polish cities. In 2013 – 82% and in 2014, 85% of students of WSB Universities were studying and at the same time working, gaining work experience and professional competence. Founded in 1994 by Tertiary Education Development Center "TEB Akademia" (en. TEB

Academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

).Szkoły Wyższe
- TEB Akademia On 10 August 1994, WSB launched its first

field of study An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, a ...

– "finance and banking". The WSB Universities offer

higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

and research facilities. WSB offer includes first-cycle studies (

Bachelor's A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ( ...

and

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

), second-cycle studies (

Master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

and

with post-graduate programmes), long-cycle Master's studies (5 years), post-graduate programmes,

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

and

Executive MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

, as well as

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and training sessions. Further, the university is an Educational Testing Service (ETS), thus enabling to take exams and obtain

TOEIC The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native speakers. It is intentionally designed to measure the everyday English skills of people working in an ...

language certificates.

Structure

WSB Universities consists of 10 faculties (departments) in ten cities in Poland: * WSB University in Bydgoszcz (Faculty of Finance and Management in Bydgoszcz)
(pl. ''Wydział Finansów i Zarządzania w Bydgoszczy'' –

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: dr Karolina Marchelwska-Patyk) * WSB University in Chorzów (Off-campus department in Chorzów)
(pl. ''Wydział Zamiejscowy w Chorzowie'' – dean: dr Krzysztof Koj) * WSB University in Gdańsk (Faculty of Finance and Management in Gdańsk)
(pl. ''Wydział Finansów i Zarządzania'' – dean: prof. nadzw. dr inż. Irena Bach-Dąbrowska) * WSB University in Gdynia (Faculty of Economics and Management in Gdynia)
(pl. ''Wydział Ekonomii i Zarządzania w Gdyni'' – dean: prof. Artur Roland Kozłowski) * WSB University in Opole (Faculty of Economics in Opole)
(pl. ''Wydział Ekonomiczny w Opolu'' – dean: dr Katarzyna Mizera) * WSB University in Poznań (Faculty of Finance and Banking in Poznań)
(pl. ''Wydział Finansów i Bankowości w Poznaniu'' – dean: dr Roman Łosiński) * WSB University in Szczecin (Faculty of Economics in Szczecin)
(pl. ''Wydział Ekonomiczny w Szczecinie'' – dean: dr Andrzej Kokiel) * WSB University in Toruń (Faculty of Finance and Management in Toruń)
(pl. ''Wydział Finansów i Zarządzania w Toruniu'' – dean: dr Monika Wyrzykowska-Antkiewicz)Władze uczelni
- WSB Toruń * WSB University in Warsaw (Faculty in Warsaw)
(pl. ''Wydział w Warszawie'') – dean: dr Agnieszka Nieznańska-Cwynar) * WSB University in Wrocław (Faculty of Finance and Management in Wrocław)
(pl. ''Wydział Finansów i Zarządzania we Wrocławiu'') – dean: dr hab. Radosław Kamiński) These departments are grouped into five teaching units: * WSB Poznań, which also includes WSB Chorzów i WSB Szczecin
( rector: prof. zw. dr hab. Józef Orczyk)Władze uczelni
- WSB PoznańWładze uczelni
- WSB ChorzówWładze uczelni
- WSB Szczecin * WSB Wrocław, which also includes WSB Opole
(rector: prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Mercik)Władze uczelni
- WSB WrocławWładze uczelni
- WSB Opole * WSB Toruń, which also includes WSB Bydgoszcz
(rector: prof. zw. dr hab. Marek Jacek Stankiewicz)Władze uczelni
- WSB Bydgoszcz * WSB Gdańsk, which also includes WSB Gdynia
(rector: prof. nadzw. dr hab. Jan Wiśniewski)Władze uczelni
- WSB GdańskWładze uczelni
- WSB Gdynia * WSB Warsaw
(rector: dr hab. Ryszard Sowiński)Władze uczelni
- WSB Warsaw

Fields of study (education)

* First cycle (undergraduate/Bachelor's) studies: ** Administration (Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Poznań, Warszawa) ** Administration and Internal Security (Opole) **

Cosmetology Cosmetology (from Greek , ''kosmētikos'', "beautifying"; and , ''-logia'') is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty include hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/ pedicures, non-permanent hair removal suc ...

(Gdańsk) ** Data Engineering (Gdańsk) **

Design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...

in Business (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) ** Dietetics (Gdańsk) **

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

(Warszawa) **

Film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

and Creative Media (Gdynia) **

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

and

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) **

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

(Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Szczecin, Warszawa, Wrocław) **

in Business (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

Internal Security Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other Self-governance, self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. This task and rol ...

(Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Toruń, Wrocław, Warszawa) **

International Relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

(Gdańsk) **

International Trade International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories because there is a need or want of goods or services. (See: World economy.) In most countries, such trade represents a significan ...

(Poznań) **

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

in Business (Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Opole, Poznań, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) **

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) **

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

and

Sales Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale. A period during which goods are sold for a reduced price may also be referred ...

(Chorzów/Katowice, Szczecin) ** Media and Business Communication (Opole) **

Multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as Text (literary theory), writing, Sound, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single presentation. T ...

and

Computer Graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. ...

(Gdańsk) **

National Security National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and Defence (military), defence of a sovereign state, including its Citizenship, citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of ...

(Chorzów/Katowice) **

Pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Opole, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa) **

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

in Business (Bydgoszcz, Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa) **

Public Administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...

(Chorzów/Katowice) **

Security Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion). Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, or any other entity or ...

in Business and Administration (Szczecin) **

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

(Bydgoszcz) **

and

Recreation Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for happiness, enjoyment, amusement, ...

(Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) * First-cycle studies in English: **

Business English Business English is a part of English for specific purposes and can be considered a specialism within English language learning and teaching or a variant of international English. Many non-native English speakers study the subject with the goal of ...

(Chorzów/Katowice) **

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

(Poznań) ** Engineering Management (Bydgoszcz, Poznań) **

(Poznań) ** IT in Business (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

(Bydgoszcz, Poznań, Toruń) **

Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

(Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Wrocław) **

and Recreaction (Toruń) * First-cycle studies (Engineering): **

(Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poznań, Szczecin, Warszawa, Wrocław) **

in Business (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

Logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) ** Engineering Management (Bydgoszcz, Chorzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Wrocław) * Long-cycle Master's studies (5 years): **

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and Early School

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

(Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Toruń) **

(Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław) **

(Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Toruń) * Second cycle studies (Master's): ** Administration (Warszawa) **

(Warszawa) ** Finance and Accounting (Bydgoszcz, Choirzów/Katowice, Gdańsk, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) ** Finance-Law Major (Bydgoszcz) **

(Gdańsk, Poznań) **

in Business (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

(Gdańsk) **

: Engineer-Master studies (Bydgoszcz) **

(Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa, Wrocław) **

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów / Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Warszawa, Wrocław) ** Engineering Management (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

for Engineers (Chorzów / Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznań, Szczecin) ** Management-Law Major (Toruń) **

(Chorzów / Katowice) ** Online Management (Chorzów / Katowice, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin) **

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów / Katowice, Gdańsk, Opole, Szczecin, Toruń, Warszawa) **

in Business (Poznań) **

(Toruń) **

and

(Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław) * Second-cycle studies in English: ** Business Management (Poznań) **

in Business (Toruń) **

(Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

(Bydgoszcz) **

and

(Toruń) **

– the English-language path (Szczecin) * Second-cycle studies with post-graduate programmes: ** Administration (Warsaw) **

in Business (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) **

(Warszawa) **

and

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów / Katowice, Gdańsk, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń, Wrocław) ** Finance-Law Major (Bydgoszcz) **

(Gdańsk) **

(Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Szczecin, Wrocław) **

(Bydgoszcz, Chorzów / Katowice, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, Wrocław) **

Engineering (Bydgoszcz, Toruń) ** Managerial and Legal Major (Toruń) **

(Chorzów / Katowice) ** Online Management (Chorzów / Katowice, Poznań, Szczecin) **

(Bydgoszcz, Opole, Toruń) **

(Toruń) * postgraduate programmes – over 650 postgraduate fields of study * MBA study programmes – studies for managerial staff: ** Bydgoszcz: Master of Business Administration ** Chorzów: Master of Business Administration, two majors to choose from: Management in International Business and Project Management ** Gdańsk: Master of Business Administration, MBA Leadership ** Opole: Master of Business Administration ** Poznań: Executive MBA, Master of Business Administration ** Szczecin: Master of Business Administration ** Toruń: Master of Business Administration ** Wrocław: Franklin University MBA, Master of Business Administration, Executive MBA – Project Management, Executive MBA – Business Trends * Third-cycle studies (doctoral studies): ** The Faculty of Finance and Banking of WSB University in Poznań – right to confer a Ph.D. in economic sciences, in the discipline of economics. ** The Faculty of Finance and Management of WSB University in Gdańsk – right to confer a Ph.D. in economic sciences, in the discipline of management sciences. ** The Faculty of Finance and Management of WSB University in Wrocław – right to confer a Ph.D. in economic sciences, in the discipline of economics. * Additionally, WSB Universities offer specialties and majors subsidised from the European Union funds: ** First-cycle subsidised studies at WSB Bydgoszcz, WSB Szczecin, WSB Toruń, WSB Warszawa ** Second-cycle subsidised studies at WSB Bydgoszcz, WSB Poznań, WSB Toruń, WSB Warszawa In 2009, the university began offering its MBA at the

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in Ohio, United States.

Rankings

In 2019, Perspektywy published a yearly prepared ranking of non-public universities in Poland. The results of WSB Universities were as follows: * WSB Poznań – 14th place * WSB Gdańsk – 23rd place * WSB Wrocław – 26th place * WSB Toruń – 30th place. In information about the results of recruitment for the academic year 2019/2020 published by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, WSB Universities featured high in the list of the most frequently selected universities at first-cycle as well as long-cycle Master-level studies in Poland. WSB University in Poznań took the first position as the most frequently non-public local university. In addition, WSB Universities in Gdańsk, Toruń and Wrocław were indicated as the most popular in their regions. WSB University in Warszawa ended up among ten most-chosen non-public universities for part-time studies. In ranking of ''Private Masters Degree Universities 2015'' published by Perspektywy and

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, WSB in Poznań ranked 15th, WSB in Wrocław ranked 18th, WSB in Gdańsk ranked 26th, WSB in Toruń in 30th place. In ranking of ''Top

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

(MBA) programs in Poland in 2016'', WSB in Poznań with the Aalto Executive MBA program ranked 8th, WSB in Wrocław with the

MBA program (FUMBA) ranked 9th, WSB in Gdańsk ranked 14th, WSB in Toruń ranked 20th place.Najlepsze programy MBA w Polsce 2016
- perspektywy.pl WSB Universities was listed in various rankings by

Wprost ''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.Ranking Szkół Wyższych 2015
-

Wprost ''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University (; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. Due to its history, the university is traditionally considered among Poland's most reputable institution ...

. Among 10 private universities most esteemed by employers, WSB in Poznań ranked in 3rd place. Among universities offering the fields of economics, finance, accounting and also management and marketing, WSB in Poznań ranked 8th in Poland.

Structure

Fields of study (education)

Rankings

See also