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'''Warsaw School of Economics (WSE)''' is the oldest [[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 July 30th [[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 |
'''Warsaw School of Economics (WSE)''' is the oldest [[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 July 30th [[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]]. |
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Today, The Warsaw School of Economics offers courses leading to Bachelor's or Master's degrees to both full-time and extra-mural students. It also offers doctoral and Postgraduate Programmes. |
Today, The Warsaw School of Economics offers courses leading to Bachelor's or Master's degrees to both full-time and extra-mural students. It also offers doctoral and Postgraduate Programmes. |
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Warsaw School of Economics is a member of [[Community of European Management Schools and International Companies|CEMS]]. |
Warsaw School of Economics is a member of [[Community of European Management Schools and International Companies|CEMS]] and [[Socrates-Erasmus]]. |
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It is located at the northern edge of the [[Mokotów]] district of [[Warsaw]]. |
It is located at the northern edge of the [[Mokotów]] district of [[Warsaw]]. |
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Latin: Schola Princeps Scientiarum Œconomicarum et Commercii | |
Type | Public |
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Established | October 13, 1906 |
Rector | Professor Adam Budnikowski |
Students | 14000 (May 2007) |
Address | Aleja Niepodległości 162, 02-554 , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | CEMS, Socrates-Erasmus |
Website | www.sgh.waw.pl |
Warsaw School of Economics (WSE) is the oldest 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 July 30th 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 extra-mural students. It also offers doctoral and Postgraduate Programmes.
Warsaw School of Economics is a member of CEMS and Socrates-Erasmus.
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)
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.
- Stanisław Kluza - former Minister of Finance of Poland, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission [1]
- 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
- Edward Szczepanik - last Prime Minister [2] 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 Rozlucki - Founder and former President of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (1991 - 2006)
Professors
- Leszek Balcerowicz - see above
- Marek Góra - author of a pension system reform in Poland
- Oskar Lange - notable economist, econometrician and Member of Parliament
- Józef Oleksy - see above
- Dariusz Rosati - see above
- Stanisław Kluza - see above
External links
- Warsaw School of Economics (English)
- About Warsaw School of Economics at the web page of University at Buffalo