General description of the Institution

The roots of the Academy of Business in Dabrowa Gornicza date back to the first half of the 1990s. Then the Private College of Business and Foreign Languages was established and it was the first in Zagłębie region. It offered to its students foreign language courses and economic studies in the post-secondary school. It attracted young people, so the founders of College decided to establish the Academy of Business in Dabrowa Górnicza.

The Academy of Business was established on the basis of the Higher Education Act of 12.09.1990 and with a decision of Minister of Education of 04.08.1995 it was entered into the register of non-public universities, number 65 (decision no DNS 3-0145-199/3/AM/95).

In June 1998 the first students graduated from the Academy. Together with the Academy authorities and teaching staff they created the character of the Academy, setting its present dimension and creating it as a part of Zagłębie and Silesian province.

In 2001 the Academy of Business obtained the rights to conduct master studies on the faculty of Management and Marketing, and in April 2003 the first graduates obtained their master diplomas. The Academy aims at extending its didactic offer. Currently it also offers studies on the faculties of sociology, IT, economics and international relations.

The Academy of Business has over 4500 students, including post-graduate students. Housing conditions, didactic base, laboratories to learn foreign languages and computer science, and first of all teaching staff of the Academy allow to maintain a high level of education quality.

We do our best to make our students familiar with modern interdisciplinary knowledge. We work on individual development of our students so that they could adapt their way of acting, thinking and understanding to a social role they take.

The Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza co-operates with other universities such as: the University of Economics in Katowice, the University of Economics in Kraków, International School of Political Sciences of the University of Silesia, Business Language College of the University of Silesia, Silesian Technical University, the Silesian Academy of Commerce in Katowice, the Academy of Management and Social Sciences in Tychy, the Academy of Administration and Management in Zawiercie. It also co-operates with scientific-research centres and economic associations such as: the Polish Science Academy Institute of Theoretical and Applied Computer Science, the Polish Science Academy Centre of Enterpreneurship and Management Research, the Science Association of Organization and Management, the Polish Computer Science Association; government and non-government, department, and public administration institutions, and the socio-economic institutions such as: the Ministry of Finance, Economy, Labour and Social Policy, the Ministry of the Treasury, the Polish Agency of Enterprise Development, the Silesian Speaker Office, the Municipal Office in Dabrowa Górnicza, the Regional Agency of Employment Promotion, the Local Development Agency, Business Centre Club, International Business Leaders Forum, British Council, Goethe Institut, Polish-German Co-operation House in Gliwice and the British Consulate in Katowice.

The Academy of Business co-operates with 18 foreign universities:

Fachhochschule Eberswalde
Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
Heute Ecole IESN
Budapest Polytechnic
Kodolanyj Janos Uniwersity College
Hameen Polytechnic
The Danish Business Academy
Business School Ostrava
Jan Amos Komensky
Instituto Politecnico de Santarem
Anadolu University
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Universidad Del Pais Vasco
Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem-Univeristy of Szged
Nesna University College
Roskilde Business College
VSB- Technicka Univerzia Ostrava
Usak University

and also international organizations (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, WBT Weiterbildungs-Testsysteme GmbH and others).

The Academy is a certified examination centre of London Chamber of Commerce and it conducts courses and exams in Business English, entitling to issue LCCI certificates. The Academy is also ICC/TELC Examination Center (International Certificate Conference). The Academy conducts TELC and Goethe-Institut Inter Nations exams, leading to receiving TELC (the European Language Certificate), GBS, ZD, and ZDfB certificates.

The Academy of Business participates in AATP (Authorised Academic Training Program) of Microsoft Company, and it conducts authorized trainings on the latest computer technologies and products, leading to issuing Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certificate and degree. In the scope of co-operation with the Polish Computer Science Association the Academy certifies skills of using contemporary IT tools with European Computer Driving License certificate.

The Academy of Business in Dabrowa Gornicza owns a large building where all lectures and classes take place. It is located right in the town centre in 1c Cieplaka Street. This localization enables students to get bus, tram and train connection with other cities. Our concern to provide the best standard of infrastructure has been awarded as the best building of the year 2005.

ACADEMY AUTHORITIES
Rector Zdzisława Dacko- Pikiewicz, Prof. WSB, PhD
Chancellor Barbara Pikiewicz, M.A.
Deputy Rector for Student Affairs Kazimiera Wodz, Prof.
Dean Katarzyna Szczepanska-Woszczyna, PhD
Deputy Dean Sabina Ratajczak, MSc
Deputy Dean Maciej Rostanski, MSc

Contact

Web Address: www.wsb.edu.pl 

Students’ offices

The students are served in following offices:
Admission office – receiving applications documents, giving information about the education in the Academy, enrolement procedure
Dean’s office – student matters connected with studies (credits, exams, students’ affairs)
Careers office – information about labour market, dealing with traineeship offers
International relations office – information about student exchange and training in Poland and abroad, bilateral agreement.

Academic calendar

The academic year is divided into two semesters as follows:
- Winter semester: October - February
- Summer semester: February - June
15 weeks are taught each semester. Exams take place in January and June. There are no lectures during the last 10 days of the year, in the first half of February and during the Easter break. Summer holidays last from the beginning of July until the end of September.

Admission/ registration procedure

Students who would like to study in Dąbrowa Górnicza do not have to take an entrance examination. They only have to write a foreign language placement test in order to start learning foreign languages: Business English or Business German at a given level:

• beginners
• intermediate
• advanced

The Secondary School Certificate is the permit to study at the Academy of Business. Everybody who has that document and a wish to study starts on 1^st October, the academic year beginning. For more information about fee please contact:

MSc Agata Czerwieńska

e-mail: aczerwienska@wsb.edu.pl

tel. +48-/32/-295-93-16

Documents required:

• The original of the secondary school certificate
• Letter of application
• Personal enquiry sheet
• Medical examination certificate
• 5 photos
• Copy of student’s identity document
• Bank account register bill

SCHOLARSHIPS in the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza

In the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza the best students and candidates are promoted and granted. The Academy Authorities have established Special Scholarship System.