Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) is the oldest and renowned economic university in Poland. It was founded in 1906 as a private school under the name of August Zieliński Private Trade Courses for Men. On 30 July 1919 it became a separate legal entity and was granted the status of an institution of higher education. It was renamed Szkoła Główna Handlowa (SGH) in 1933. Following World War II SGH was nationalized and its name changed to Szkoła Główna Planowania i Statystyki (Main School of Planning and Statistics). The school regained its pre-war name after the fall of communism in 1991.

Today, the Warsaw School of Economics offers courses leading to Bachelor's or Master's degrees to both full-time and extramural students. It also offers doctoral and Postgraduate Programmes. Its Finance and Accounting programm is ranked in Top 40 European Masters in Management by Financial Times, 2008 [97045]

Warsaw School of Economics cooperates with around 200 higher education institutions around the world within student and staff exchange areas. It is also a member of CEMS, LLP Erasmus, [97046] Partnership in International Management network (PIM) and [97047] European University Association EUA.

It is located at the northern edge of the Mokotów district of Warsaw.

Public transport: Bus and tram stops as well as the Pole Mokotowskie metro station are nearby.

Organizational structure

Warsaw School of Economics has abandoned a traditional departmental structure segregating students on basis of their major.

Professors as well as research and teaching programmes are grouped in five Collegia and a number of extra-collegial units like the foreign languages teaching centre or the "pedagogical studium" gathering school's psychologists and teaching experts and offering i.e. trainings in teaching skills.

Collegia:

• The Collegium of Economic Analysis (Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych)
• The Collegium of Socio-Economic Policy (Kolegium Społeczno-Ekonomiczne)
• The Collegium of World Economy (Kolegium Gospodarki Światowej)
• The Collegium of Business Administration (Kolegium Nauk o Przedsiębiorstwie)
• The Collegium of Management and Finance (Kolegium Zarządzania i Finansów)

Organization of studies

From 2006/2007 Academic Year SGH Studies are divided into:

• Bachelor's Studies (undergraduate) – 6-semester
• Master's Studies (graduate) – 4-semester
• Doctoral Studies (6-semester)
• System based on ECTS credits

Three-tier study system - Majors offered:

• Administration (MA)
• Economics (BSc and MSc)
• European Studies (BA and MA)
• Finance and Accounting (BA and MA)
• [97048] International Business (MA in English)
• International Economic Relations (BA, MA)
• International Relations (BA, MA)
• Management (BA, MA)
• Quantitative Methods in Economics & Information Systems (BSc, MSc)
• Social Policy (BA and MA)
• Spatial Economics Policy (MA)
• Tourism and Leisure (MA)

Famous people of Warsaw School of Economics

Alumni

The majority of Ministers of Finance in the governments of the III Republic of Poland were SGH alumni, including all from 1988 to 1997

• Leszek Balcerowicz - former chairman of the National Bank of Poland, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland, author of the free market reforms in Poland.
• Marek Borowski - former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland, former Speaker of Sejm.
• Danuta Hübner - European Commissioner for Regional Policy
• Stanisław Kluza - former Minister of Finance of Poland, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission [97049]
• Grzegorz Kołodko - former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland.
• Józef Oleksy - former Polish Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration.
• Dariusz Rosati - former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, member of the European Parliament.
• Marek Rocki - former Rector (1999-2005), since 2005 member of the Senate of Poland
• Michał Rutkowski - economist, co-author of the pension system reform in Poland, director in the World Bank in Washington, DC
• Edward Szczepanik - last Prime Minister [97050] of the Polish government in exile.
• Stefan Starzyński - president of Warsaw from 1934 to the fall of the city in World War II in 1939.
• Wieslaw Rozłucki - Founder and former President of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (1991 - 2006)

Professors

• Leszek Balcerowicz - see above
• Marek Góra - co-author of the pension system reform in Poland
• Danuta Hübner - European Commissioner for Regional Policy
• Michał Kalecki - probably the best polish economist, called: "one of the most distinguished economists of the 20th century"
• Oskar Lange - notable economist, econometrician and Member of Parliament
• Dariusz Rosati - see above
• Stanisław Kluza - see above

See also

• Centrum Wiedzy

External links

• Warsaw School of Economics (English)
• CEMS at Warsaw School of Economics (English)
• LLP Erasmus at Warsaw School of Economics (English)
• About Warsaw School of Economics at the web page of University at Buffalo
• Eduniversal - ranking of best business schools in the world (English)