Internationalization

Rafał Rębilas, PhD - Vice Rector for International Cooperation

WSB University not only sets the standards of education on the Polish market, but has also consolidated its position on foreign markets, becoming a strong institutional partner in the field of education and research. This is confirmed by the high University’s 1th place in the internationalization ranking. This is reflected in the international profile that has been built over the years. The possibility of carrying out part of the studies abroad, foreign internships, programs allowing to obtain two diplomas simultaneously - Polish and foreign ones, participation in many international projects, are just some of many opportunities we offer our students. What is equally important, we systematically expand the offer of programs conducted in foreign languages, which we are currently implementing over a dozen.

Today, WSB University is one of the Polish universities most frequently chosen by foreign candidates and a place where Polish students have the opportunity to experience cultures unheard of in other academic centers. Nearly 2,700 foreign students from more than 70 countries around the world study at our branches, studying in English, Ukrainian, Russian and Polish.

Cooperation with several hundred higher education institutions around the world means many international educational and non-educational projects carried out each year. We learn from the best in the world, but we also set internationalization trends and help foreign universities by sharing our good practices, for example as part of Interreg, Erasmus + Strategic Partnerships and Capacity Building projects or programs of the National Agency for Academic Exchange. We focus on modern specialist knowledge and the most important competences in the dynamically changing labor market, but the overall development of our students is important to us. This allows our Polish and foreign graduates to achieve professional successes.

In the prestigious Ranking of Universities - Perspektywy 2024, WSB University took the 3rd place in Poland (three years in a row) and is the only non-public university outside of Warsaw to be ranked so high. In the Ranking of Academic Schools 2024 - among all public and non-public HEIs in Poland authorised to award doctoral degrees - WSB University was ranked 24th (moving up 5 positions since the previous year). In the Internationalisation criterion, WSB University was ranked 1st among all public and non-public universities in Poland.

WSB University leads in Poland in the following fields of study:

Security majors - No. 2 among public and non-public universities in Poland,
Logistics - No. 2 among public and non-public universities in Poland,
Management - No. 5 among public and non-public higher education institutions in Poland and No. 1 among non-public higher education institutions in the Śląskie Voivodeship,
Pedagogy - No. 1 among non-public higher education institutions in Poland,
Transport - No. 1 among non-public higher education institutions in Poland,
Physiotherapy - No. 1 among non-public higher education institutions in Poland,
Medical salvage - No. 1 among non-public higher education institutions in Śląskie voivodship.

Additionally, WSB University is ranked among the 'Golden Fifteen' in the Perspektywy 2024 Ranking of MBA Programs in the following fields:

Executive MBA - 4th place,
Master of Business Administration (EY partner) - 6th place,
MBA in Healthcare - 12th place.

It is a great distinction for WSB University and the success of all its Employees, Students and Graduates.

Ranking of Academic Universities includes 27 indicators grouped into seven criteria: Prestige, Alumni on the labor market, Scientific potential, Scientific effectiveness, Scientific potential, Innovation and Internationalization. This makes it one of the most extensive and transparent educational rankings.