There is a limited number of specialization courses and elective subjects available in English. Erasmus exchange students must be registered via their home institutions prior to submission of application documents.
The Erasmus programme starts since the beginning of the summer semester in February. Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza each year offers different kind of courses.
The updated list of courses taught in a particular academic year can be found on our web sites.

International Business Studies are designed especially for foreign students who are interested in international career. Lectures and workshops are taught only in English. Students are divided into small groups to provide the best interaction between lecturers and students. The International Business programme provides students both with specific international and general business skills, proficiency in a foreign language and understanding of political and economic contexts in which global business operate. The programme draws on economic, behavioral, and administrative disciplines to focus on the firm. The curriculum enables students to master concepts and research skills directly relevant to business problems.

Required subjects on International Business:
1.Microeconomic
2.Bases of the Macroeconomics
3.Mathematical Logic
4.Mathematics
5.Statistics
6.Management Bases
7.Organization Studies
8.Finances
9.Law Bases
10.Economic Law

General subjects on International Business:
1.Business English with Business Correspondence
2.Second Foreign Language
3.Information Technology and the Office Service
4.The Interpersonal Communication and the Office Service
5.Protection of the Intellectual Property
6.Negotiation
7.Physical Education
8.Technique of the Scientific Work

Types of courses and degrees to obtain:
I cycle degree

Bachelor Program

Bachelor's studies are a three-year undergraduate programme divided into six semesters. The first year of studies is dominated by courses providing general knowledge in economics, mathematics, computer studies, sociology etc. The second year of studies covers the subjects which emphasise developing knowledge and practical skills. A four-week student training is obligatory for all students after the first year. The third year is mostly devoted to subjects connected with a chosen specialization and writing a final thesis depicting a student's work effort in acquiring the knowledge of a chosen specialisation.


Engineer Program

Engineer studies are a three and a half-year programme (7 semesters). They are undergraduate professional studies and they end with the defence of diploma (engineer) thesis. In the first phase of the studies students gain knowledge of basic sciences. The second phase includes subjects connected with a field of study. Professional subjects prepare the graduates-to-be to doing projects independently and to the defence of engineer thesis.

II cycle degree

Master Program

The two-year graduate Master Program is divided into four semesters. Courses featured in this program are split into two categories: core (the first two semesters) and specialization courses. The third semester is the time to choose specialization within the faculty. Each student has to prepare individual MSc thesis and discuss it in front of the examination board.
Knowledge of two foreign languages and the ability to use the learned tools efficiently in practice are additional advantages which help to find a job easier.

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Visa

Foreign students must apply for a Student Visa in the Polish Embassy or Consulate in their home country before arriving to Poland. Any student in need of assistance is asked to contact the International Office.
Visa requirements for Non-EU/EEA citizens
The students of a non-EU/EEA country can enter the territory of Poland on the basis of a valid travel document (passport) and a visa (if required). A student of a non-EU country has to obtain a visa (short-term visa up to 3 months or long-term visa up to 1 year) from the Consulate of Poland in his/her country of residence.
Prolongation of a visa in Poland is only possible in cases of force majeure or situations impossible to foresee while applying for the visa in consulate. The visa can be prolonged only once. Students coming for a period of study longer than 3 months are therefore obliged to apply for a visa in a consulate for the whole planned period of stay in Poland.
You need the following documents to apply for Polish visa:

• Passport
• Visa application form
• Current passport photographs
• Official statement from Polish university accepting you as a student
• Official statement from your home university declaring the grant received

More practical information about: Polish visa, arriving to Poland, legalizing your stay, medical care and insurance, recognition of diplomas, driving license, addresses of diplomatic missions of EU and EEA in Poland you will find on the website: http://www.msz.gov.pl

For information about deadlines and fees please write e-mail: international@wsb.edu.pl

Health care is free and financed by the state, yet, after the reform of health care system in Poland it got included into the national health care system.

You should come to Poland with the form E-128. After the arrival it is necessary to contact a local division of the National Health Fund (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia - NFZ) in the city of residence in Poland. In the NFZ you have to present your insurance document, on the basis of which a document will be issued confirming your right to the medical assistance in Poland (Potwierdzenie prawa do swiadczen zdrowotnych na terenie Polski). This document contains also a list of medical services available for its holder.

More information about National Health Fund on website www.nfz.gov.pl. Apart from academic and public medical care system there is also a well-developed private sector.

Our programs are designed according to international standards. ECTS is available to all students that participate in international exchanges. Thanks to the implementation of ECTS and agreements with our foreign partners, students have experienced no difficulty in converting the credits they earned during their studies abroad.

Education System in Poland

Here are some little differences which may puzzle or surprise foreigners in Poland.
Some of these are still common:

• Having to be quiet in your flat after 10 p.m. but being allowed to start loud work again at 6 a.m. .
• Flowers for every occasion (but always an odd number!).
• Polish celebration of a name day.
• Christmas dinner is eaten on Christmas Eve with carp often eaten in jelly.
• Despite the fact that a handshake is the typical greeting in Poland, some men might kiss hands of women. Women (and sometimes men) who are close friends will kiss each other on both cheeks.
• Time of eating meals differs considerably from that in other European countries. Thus, breakfast is eaten early in the morning, then at about 4 p.m. there is usually two-course dinner (soup and the main course), finally supper is consumed at about 7-8 p.m. (it often consists of sandwiches or yoghurts).There is no lunch break at work.

As it takes time to understand the different behaviour in a new culture and know how to react, here are a few comments for newcomers:

• Poland is a very religious country and on a Sunday you will see huge numbers going to church, young as well as old.
• The month before Christmas is a holy time (advent) not a time for parties. Similarly, the time of Lent before Easter.
• You should cross a street at zebra crossings but watch out as cars sometimes do not seem to have to stop!
• Lectures at the university may start sometimes 15 minutes later (so-called 'academic quarter' acceptable among university students and teachers)
• Students usually wear formal clothes (often a white blouse/shirt and dark skirt/trousers) during university exams.

At the beginning the area of the city was covered by Oak Forrest. In XIX century there were a lot of mines in the city. First, the city was called Old Dąbrowa. After the year 1916 it became Dąbrowa Górnicza(Oak Mine). Recently many private companies, also those with the foreign capital, have been founded here. In the past Dąbrowa Górnicza was associated mostly with heavy industry. Nowadays the city puts pressure on the variety of attractions, places that give opportunities to relax and tour, not to mention being more accessible for investors.

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