To be at the forefront of the dynamic business world, the leaders of today should effectively combine theory and practice while managing teams and projects.
Wiolettta Pacholarz, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
Management and Leadership
Level: Undergraduate (Bachelor's Degree) |
Duration: 3 years
Mode: Full-time | Classes: Monday to Friday
Language of instruction: English
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Our approach to teaching
Why our program is unique
Are you thinking about starting a business? Would you like to learn project management skills or perhaps you want to become a good manager and effective leader?
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Practical management skills
During the course of study, you will learn the latest management methods and you will acquire skills indispensable for any manager. Our program includes carefully selected subjects without any unnecessary components. We believe in active learning through experience and experimentation. Students learn through workshops, group projects, discussions, debates and simulations.
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Problem diagnosis, creative thinking
Modern organizations require that their managers provide creative approaches to management, effectively identify constantly changing needs of the digital world, are able to diagnose problems, and implement innovative programs. We show our students how to lead such projects. During classes, together with industry experts, we analyze various business scenarios and develop optimal solutions.
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Experts in organizational psychology
The economy, business, and management are not always ruled by rational and quantifiable factors. Organizations consist of people, not only employees, but also clients and customers. Therefore, our program includes elements of psychology, which will allow you to understand peoples’ motivations and will give you tools for building good relationships, identifying needs and conflict resolution.
J2CC Certificate
for our Management Program
Our Management program has been awarded the “Journey to Changemaker Certificate” by Ashoka, in recognition of developing students’ sense of agency and self-confidence. Following Ashoka’s motto “idea - belief - action”, thanks to the skills gained during the program, students become positive changemakers in their communities.
Double diploma
in cooperation with KEDGE Business School in France
You have an opportunity to complete the third year of studies at KEDGE Business School in France and gain a double diploma.KEDGE Business School is a leading business schools in Europe, accredited by three preeminent organizations specializing in the assessment of business schools worldwide, namely EQUIS, AMBA – Association of MBAs, and AACSB. KEGDE is ranked as the 9th best business school in France, 34th in Europe, 46th in the world in the Financial Times Business School Ranking.
What will you learn?
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Self-management
Personal development for leaders
To effectively manage others, one must know how to manage oneself. During the course of study, you will discover your strengths and you will understand mechanisms of your own behavior. You will learn how to set and achieve goals and how to face challenges. We will help you to discover your potential and will advise you how you can develop it further. -
Cooperation
Team work, networking
You will learn how to build a team, motivate employees, resolve conflicts, and how to start and maintain relationships with clients and business partners. You will gain skills of effective communication, basic negotiations, and learn the rules of business cooperation. -
How to start a company
Organizational management, developing a business plan
We will show you how to start your own company. You will learn what a start-up is, how to get financing to implement an interesting idea, and how to develop a good business plan. You will become familiar with the latest management models, basics of managerial economy, and financial accounting. -
Brand management
Branding and marketing strategies
You will learn how to create a company image and develop effective marketing strategies. You will find out how to develop marketing ideas and manage the marketing process with the use of the latest tools. -
How digital business works
New technologies and business processes
You will be introduced to key technologies and learn how to scale a business, a skill necessary for managing a company and evidence based business planning (big data). You will learn what a platform business model is and how to grow your sales effectively, using online selling channels. -
Evidence-based management
Business analytics and operational management
Organizational management requires an ability to assess clients’ needs and business capabilities of the company. You will learn how to acquire, analyze and report business data with the use of the latest computational tools. You will gain business statistics skills.
Renowned guest speakers
Unique opportunity to meet leaders of Polish successful businesses
We firmly believe that practitioners who have been successful in business can immensely contribute to the education of young managers. Therefore, we collaborate with selected leaders of renowned organizations, who, from time to time, appear as guest lecturers in our classrooms and share their ideas, knowledge, and best practices. The leaders that we collaborate with include:
Piotr
Voelkel
Businessman, founder of VOX Capital Group, co-founder of Concordia Design, founder of the VOX-ARTIS Foundation for the Promotion of Polish Contemporary Art, President of the Greater Poland Society of Zachęta National Gallery of Art
Jerzy
Hausner
Economist, former Deputy Prime Minister at the Ministry of Economy, Labor and Social Policy, member of the Monetary Policy Council, co-author of the Firma-Idea concept of enterprise management
Dominika
Bettman
CEO of Siemens Sp. z. o.o., President of the Responsible Business Forum, actively involved in business social responsibility projects and women empowerment initiatives
Piotr
Czarnecki
Business leader with 30 years of management experience, entrepreneur, CEO at Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A., certified EMCC mentor
Przemysław
Powalacz
President of Geberit Polska, member of several management boards, volunteer in community projects, and mentor in the fields of leadership, strategy, and management
Tomasz
Malicki
President of Gino Rossi S.A., manager with years of experience in development, change management and business integration
Piotr
Dziwok
President of Shell Polska Sp. z o.o., Director General of the Contracting and Procurement Operations
Jacek
Rozwadowski
President and Managing Director of ENEL-MED Medical Center
Jens
Ocksen
CEO of Volkswagen Poznań
Janusz
Górski
Former long-standing President of Spedpol and DB Schenker Poland, former CEO of the North-Eastern Europe cluster at DB Schenker
Magdalena
Dziewguć
Head of Google for Work CEE, member of the Board of Trustees of SWPS University, manager with years of experience in the new technologies sector
Krzysztof
Szułdrzyński
Managing Partner of System & Process Assurance for Central and Eastern Europe at PwC Co-founder of the Board of Directors’ Forum (FRN), member of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Advisory Board for good practices
Przemysław
Schmidt
Investment banker and legal counsel, member of the Board of Directors at GetFresh Sp. z o.o., President of the Arbitration Court of the Polish Confederation Lewiatan
Jacek
Siwiński
President of VELUX Poland
Marcin
Barański
Director General and member of the Management Board of Vox Capital Group
Paweł
Łukasiak
President of Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland. Expert in the field of social responsibility and business social engagement
Joanna
Średnicka
CEO of Pracownia Gier Szkoleniowych
Mirosław
Wolski
CEO of Schattdecor Sp. z o.o.
Michał
Boni
Member of the European Parliament, the first Minister of Public Administration and Digital Affairs in Central and Eastern Europe (2011-2013), author of Poland 2030 – Development Challenges report
Zofia
Dzik
Innovator, investor, C-level manager, pioneer of the direct market in CEE, founder of the Institute Humanities Foundation, creator of Model Spójnego Przywództwa™, member of a number of supervisory boards
Agnieszka
Gajewska
Head of Investment Projects and Infrastructure in CEE, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Projects in cooperation with business partners
You will graduate with a portfolio of group projects, developed under the guidance of business and academic mentors. The projects are not just theoretical case studies, but real projects commissioned by our business and organizational partners.
Social Project
Semester 3
Students are presented with a significant social problem. They conduct microanalysis of the situation and make a diagnosis. They offer solutions and observe how the proposed solutions are received by the affected community. Students learn effective team work.
Organizational development project
Semester 4
Following the requirements defined by one of the program’s business partners, students analyze development options of a selected organization. They assess opportunities, threats and risks related to the proposed solution, and evaluate costs and benefits of a potential real life implementation of the project.
Organizational improvement project
Semester 5
Students become familiar with an organization and diagnose problems related to a process in a selected area. They analyze good practices developed by other organizations around the world, and then propose improvements aligned with the specifics and capabilities of the client.
Graduation
Project Portfolio
Choose a study path
Follow your interests
After completing the first year of studies, you will chose one of the following specializations:
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Start-ups
If you dream of launching a start-up, this specialization is for you. You will learn to:
- Evaluate and verify new business ideas
- Evaluate investment projects
- Gain new clients and design value propositions
- Obtain funding
- Create and develop innovative ideas in your own start-ups
- Develop business strategy and improve your own management kills.
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Project management
If you want to be a successful project manager, this specialization is for you. You will learn to:
- Apply traditional and agile project management methods to manage all kinds of projects
- Use project management systems, project planning and progress monitoring tools to keep your projects on track
- Apply creative problem solving and flexible thinking methods in situations that require you to align the strategy to the changing business environment
- Effectively communicate and collaborate with your teammates, stakeholders, and other interested parties.
Program Partners
We regularly consult our study program with managers working for large companies with sizable human and financial capital. Students have an opportunity to work on actual business projects, in collaboration with experts, thanks to the internship component of the program. We collaborate with the following companies
Faculty
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Success stories
Watch our students share their experience of studying Management at SWPS University and find out how the program helped them to achieve their personal goals and propel them on the way to successful careers.
Application
Step by Step
Steps that you will encounter in the Application Form for:
- Fill in the
Application Form - Upload required documents
and wait for verification - Conclude an electronic agreement
on the payment terms for studies - Pay the tuition fee
- Download your Acceptance Letter
from the Application Form - Upon your arrival in Poland,
submit original documents to the Admissions Office
International candidates
- Fill in the
Application Form - Upload required documents
and wait for verification - Conclude an electronic agreement
on the payment terms for studies - Deliver required documents
to the Admissions Office - Download Admission Decision
from the Application Portal
Polish candidates
Admission
Requirements
- Secondary school/high-school diploma, including transcrip (translator-signed translation of the diploma into English or Polish is required if the diploma was issued in a language other than Polish, English, Russian, and Ukrainian).
- Medical insurance policy or a declaration of enrollment in Poland's National Health Fund.
- English proficiency certificate:
- CEFR B2 or mandatory participation in an interview assessing English proficiency.
- For holders of the Polish secondary school diploma (matura): basic level – minimum 90%, extended level – minimum 60%.
- Holders of the so-called "polska stara matura" should provide a CEFR B2 certificate.
Documents
Admission Rules and Regulations
- Detailed rules and regulations on the admissions procedure for studies conducted in English in SWPS University 2025/2026
- Conditions, procedure, commencement and completion of enrolment for studies 2025/2026
- Methods of converting the results of the matura exam into qualification points 2025/2026
Study Agreement
Documents Confirming your Education and Language Proficiency
Scholarship Rules and Regulations
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Tuition
Application fee
Application fee in the amount of PLN 85.00 should be paid via PayU while submitting university application through the Application Portal
The application fee is non-refundable unless: the program of study that you applied to has been cancelled (except when you decide to enroll in a different program of study at SWPS University).
See if you are eligible for an application fee discount Lower your tuition fee2025-2026 Tuition Fee
| Number of installments | Amount |
|---|---|
| 10 installments | EUR 635 / each |
| 2 installments | EUR 3,120 / each |
| 1 installment | EUR 6,000 |
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