{{Short description|University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland}} {{Infobox university | name = WSB University | native_name = {{langx|pl|Akademia WSB}} | image = Akademia WSB w Dąbrowie Górniczej - 002.jpg | image_size = 320 | latin_name = | former_names = University of Dąbrowa Górnicza | type = Private | established = 1995 | founder = Zbigniew Pikiewicz | affiliations = EUA, Socrates-Erasmus, EFMD, CEEMAN | president = Łukasz Sułkowski | rector = Associate Professor Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz, Ph.D. | faculty = | students = 11,430<ref>{{cite web |title = Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year | language = pl |access-date = 2024-06-30 |publisher = Statistics Poland |url = https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/edukacja/edukacja/szkolnictwo-wyzsze-w-roku-akademickim-20232024,8,10.html}}</ref> <small>(12.2023)</small> | undergrad = | postgrad = | address = | city = Dąbrowa Górnicza, Cieszyn, Gliwice, Jaworzno, Katowice, Kraków, Olkusz, Tychy, Warsaw, Żywiec | state = | country = Poland | campus = Urban | free_label = | free = | colours = | website = {{URL|wsb.edu.pl/en}} | footnotes = | profess = }}
'''WSB University''' ('''Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej''' until 15 April 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zostaliśmy Akademią! - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/uczelnia/uniwersytety-dzieciece/aktualnosci/zostalismy-akademia.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=pl}}</ref>) is an academic higher education institution established in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/en/university/history |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=en}}</ref> The university specialises in economic, social, humanities, technical and health sciences.
WSB University provides education in 10 locations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baza dydaktyczna - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/uczelnia/baza-dydaktyczna |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=pl}}</ref> (in the headquarters in Dąbrowa Górnicza and in the Branch Faculties in Cieszyn, Żywiec, Olkusz, Gliwice, Tychy, Kraków, Katowice, Jaworzno and Warsaw) in 23 fields of study,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Admission Overview - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/en/admissions/admission-process/admission-overview |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WSB University (Akademia WSB), AWSB - Degree programs in Poland - Studies in Poland - degree programs - studies-in-poland.pl |url=https://www.studies-in-poland.pl/s/2333/57926-Studies-in-Poland/90-WSB-University.htm |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.studies-in-poland.pl |language=en}}</ref> including first degree and second degree, uniform master's studies, conducts dual degree studies, implements Executive MBA and Master of Business Administration MBA studies (faculty partner: EY Academy of Business), postgraduate studies (offering more than 100 postgraduate courses),<ref name="uslugirozwojowe.parp.gov.pl">{{Cite web |title=Akademia WSB - Baza Usług Rozwojowych - PARP |url=https://uslugirozwojowe.parp.gov.pl/wyszukiwarka/dostawca-uslug/podglad?id=8729 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=uslugirozwojowe.parp.gov.pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EMBA - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/en/admissions/executive-programs/emba |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=en}}</ref> and they also run a doctoral school as well as doctoral seminars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PhD seminar in management studies (English) - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/en/admissions/doctoral-phd-seminar-in-english/phd-seminar-in-management-studies-english |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=en}}</ref>
WSB University is authorised to confer post-doctoral and doctoral degrees in 4 scientific disciplines:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akademia WSB cyfryzuje usługi razem z PCG Academia i WEBCON |url=https://pcgacademia.pl/news/akademia-wsb-cyfryzuje-uslugi-razem-z-pcg-academia-i-webcon/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=PCG Academia |language=pl-PL}}</ref> management and quality sciences, pedagogy, security sciences and civil engineering, geodesy and transport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uprawnienia - Akademia WSB - e-bip.org.pl |url=https://www.e-bip.org.pl/wsb/21977 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.e-bip.org.pl}}</ref>
One of 30 Polish research Universities funded by the Ministry of Education and Science under the 'Regional Excellence Initiative' programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lista uczelni, które uzyskały finansowanie w ramach programu Regionalna Inicjatywa Doskonałości - Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki - Portal Gov.pl |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja-i-nauka/lista-uczelni-ktore-uzyskaly-finansowanie-w-ramach-programu-regionalna-inicjatywa-doskonalosci |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
WSB University has international accreditations and memberships: CEEMAN IQA<ref>{{Cite web |title=WSB University CEEMAN IQA accredited institution - Akademia WSB |url=https://wsb.edu.pl/en/student/news/wsb-university-ceeman-iqa-accredited-institution.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=wsb.edu.pl |language=en}}</ref> - in the area of management education awarded by the International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies CEEMAN,<ref>{{Cite web |title=CEEMAN IQA Accredited Institutions |url=https://www.ceeman.org/accreditation/ceeman-iqa-accredited-institutions |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.ceeman.org}}</ref> two EUR-ACE label<ref name="uslugirozwojowe.parp.gov.pl"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=WSB University {{!}} European Engineering Education Database |url=https://eurace.enaee.eu/node/22923 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=eurace.enaee.eu}}</ref> accreditations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current accreditations |url=https://www.kaut.agh.edu.pl/en/accreditation/current-accreditations/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.kaut.agh.edu.pl}}</ref> for Bachelor's degree programmes in Computer Science and for Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Transport awarded by the Accreditation Commission for Universities of Technology (KAUT), Excellence in Research (LOGO HR) awarded by the European Commission, which aims to enhance the attractiveness of working conditions and career development of researchers in the European Union,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Już 36 polskich instytucji naukowych z logo HR Excellence in Research |url=https://naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C412656%2Cjuz-36-polskich-instytucji-naukowych-z-logo-hr-excellence-in-research.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Nauka w Polsce |language=pl}}</ref> membership of The European University Association (EUA),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum Akademickie Dwie kolejne polskie uczelnie w EUA - Forum Akademickie |url=https://forumakademickie.pl/szkoly-wyzsze/dwie-kolejne-polskie-uczelnie-w-eua/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |language=pl-PL}}</ref> and membership of the international association European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-31 |title=List of EFMD members - EFMD Global |url=https://www.efmdglobal.org/membership/members/list-of-members/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |language=en-GB}}</ref> which promotes and strengthens excellence in management development.
== Structure == WSB Universities consists of 10 departments in seven cities in the south of Poland:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=WSB University, Akademia WSB - Studies in Poland - Studies in Poland - universities, technical, economic, agricultural, pedagogical, medical, physical, Fine Arts, military, theological, non-public - studies-in-poland.pl |url=https://www.studies-in-poland.pl/s/2333/57926-Studies-in-Poland/90-WSB-University.htm |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.studies-in-poland.pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WSB University in Warsaw |url=https://uni.studylnd.com/universities/wsb-university-in-warsaw/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=StudyLand Universities Finder |language=en-US}}</ref>
* WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, * WSB University in Olkusz, * WSB University in Kraków, * WSB University in Tychy, * WSB University in Żywiec, * WSB University in Cieszyn, * WSB University in Gliwice. * WSB University in Katowice, * WSB University in Jaworzno, * WSB University in Warsaw.
== History == The origin of ''WSB University'' dates back to the first half of the 1990s. When the ''Private College of Business and Foreign Languages'' was founded was the first in the Dąbrowa Górnicza. The university was found in 1995.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=WSB University - Studies in Poland - Studies in Poland - universities, technical, economic, agricultural, pedagogical, medical, physical, Fine Arts, military, theological, non-public - studies-in-poland.pl |url=https://www.studies-in-poland.pl/s/2333/57926-Studies-in-Poland/90-WSB-University.htm |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Studies in Poland |language=en}}</ref>
== Curriculum == The curriculum aims at interdisciplinarity and internationalization. The university encourages students to organize their own schedules.
The university offers bachelors, masters, doctorate and postgraduate programs, including a Bachelors of Engineering.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Nowa Nauka Polska |url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/institution?id=225867&lang=en&_k=hhbgle |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=nauka-polska.pl |language=en}}</ref> The university organizes many symposia to enrich the learning experience.
== Partnerships == The university participates in the European Union and other international and research projects in its Lifelong Learning Programme, ERASMUS and ERASMUS MUNDUS.<ref name=":1" /> This grew into multilateral joint agreements with universities in many Europe and Asia. The university has about 60 bilateral cooperation agreements with overseas universities.
The university co-operates with the business sector, including the biggest Polish employers, whose management staff participate in the creation of study programs and conduct classes.<ref name="p1">{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.wsb.edu.pl/history,m,en,1303,2160 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040751/http://www.wsb.edu.pl/history,m,en,1303,2160 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=20 November 2017 |website=The University of Dąbrowa Górnicza}}</ref>
== Rankings == The university has earned high rankings among Polish higher education institutions and the State Accreditation Committee. According to ''Perspektywy'', ''Rzeczpospolita'', ''Wprost'', ''Polityka'' and ''Home & Market'', the university is one of the best in Poland.<ref name="p2">{{Cite web |title=Prestige of the University |url=http://www.wsb.edu.pl/the-prestige-of-the-university,m,en,1303,2212 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033152/http://www.wsb.edu.pl/the-prestige-of-the-university,m,en,1303,2212 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=20 November 2017 |website=The University of Dąbrowa Górnicza}}</ref> The committee approved the quality of education from faculties such as Management and Marketing (I and II cycle studies), IT (I and II cycle studies) and Sociology and Economics. The academy was awarded a prestigious accreditation of Economic Production and Operations Quality System (EPOQS™) on Management and Marketing faculty.<ref name="p2" />
In the Perspektywy 2022 Ranking of Higher Education Institutions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranking Szkół Wyższych Perspektywy 2022 |url=https://ranking.perspektywy.pl/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=ranking.perspektywy.pl |language=pl}}</ref> - WSB University was ranked 3rd in Poland in the Ranking of Non-Public Higher Education Institutions 2022.
In the Perspektywy 2022 Ranking of Academic Schools - the WSB University was ranked 32nd in Poland among all public and non-public universities authorised to confer the academic degree of doctor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranking Szkół Wyższych Perspektywy 2022 |url=https://ranking.perspektywy.pl/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=ranking.perspektywy.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
In the Ranking of MBA Programmes Perspektywy 2021 - WSB University was ranked 13th, thus reaching the "Golden Fifteen". It was ranked 4th in the 'Quality of Staff' category for its Executive MBA programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranking MBA 2021 |url=https://mba.perspektywy.pl/2021/najlepsze-programy-mba-w-polsce-2021 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=mba.perspektywy.pl}}</ref>
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