ECTS Student Information Booklet 2010-2011 - School of Business
ECTS Student Information Booklet 2010-2011 - School of Business
ECTS Student Information Booklet 2010-2011 - School of Business
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Organisational Structure<br />
Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie | Warsaw <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Economics<br />
The Rector, Vice Rectors (for Teaching and <strong>Student</strong> Affairs, for International Cooperation, for Science and<br />
for Development) and the Senate, which is a principal legislative body <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong>, constitute the supreme<br />
authorities <strong>of</strong> SGH.<br />
The old structure <strong>of</strong> faculties understood as the ‘federation <strong>of</strong> schools’ had been replaced by the concept <strong>of</strong> a<br />
matrix structure. The Dean’s Offices <strong>of</strong> Undergraduate and Graduate Studies are responsible for implementing<br />
teaching programmes. Foreign languages’ teaching is provided by the Centre for Foreign Languages. Optional<br />
classes in physical education are <strong>of</strong>fered by the SGH Sports Centre.<br />
Chairs and research institutes are associated into units called Collegia. The Collegia group together faculty<br />
members with shared research interests and <strong>of</strong>fer curricula composed <strong>of</strong> specialist subjects. The programmes<br />
are addressed to full-time, part-time, postgraduate and doctoral students. The Collegia are headed by Deans.<br />
Each Collegium has its individual Scientific Council composed <strong>of</strong> all pr<strong>of</strong>essors and associate pr<strong>of</strong>essors as<br />
well as representatives <strong>of</strong> the remaining faculty members.<br />
The following Collegia operate within SGH: Collegium <strong>of</strong> Economic Analysis, Collegium <strong>of</strong> Socio-Economics,<br />
Collegium <strong>of</strong> World Economy, Collegium <strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Administration, Collegium <strong>of</strong> Management and Finance.<br />
Types <strong>of</strong> Studies<br />
SGH <strong>of</strong>fers four types <strong>of</strong> studies:<br />
Full-time studies<br />
These studies (except study programmes in English) are tuition-free for Polish and EU students. On average,<br />
every academic year over 1,000 persons are enrolled in the full-time programme. Since the 2006/2007 academic<br />
year, SGH has been running a three-tier system <strong>of</strong> studies (following the Bologna Agreement rules and<br />
Higher Education Act): 3-year Bachelor’s (undergraduate) studies, 2-year Master’s studies (graduate), and<br />
3-year Doctoral studies. <strong>Student</strong>s <strong>of</strong> undergraduate studies admitted to SGH are to choose their major field <strong>of</strong><br />
study (with an optional minor). Graduate students are enrolled directly in the field <strong>of</strong> studies decalred as their<br />
major.<br />
Part-time studies<br />
This is a tuition-fee based three-cycle programme that runs in parallel with full-time studies. Part-time<br />
courses are held on Saturdays and Sundays or in the evening during the week and require a lot <strong>of</strong> individual<br />
work and self-discipline.<br />
Postgraduate studies<br />
These studies are addressed to graduate students who wish to upgrade and enhance their pr<strong>of</strong>essional qualifi-<br />
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