Please note: documents must be delivered by post or courier service.
Do not send documents before the Recruitment Committee’s decision about your admission to studies.

Recipient’s address:

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu
ul. Komandorska 118/120
53-345 Wrocław
POLAND
KOMISJA – REKRUTACJA CUDZOZIEMCÓW

Please note: Failure to provide all documents equals a negative enrolment decision – candidate will not start studies.

Please note: documents must be delivered by post or courier service.
Do not send documents before the Recruitment Committee’s decision about your admission to studies.

Recipient’s address:

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu
ul. Komandorska 118/120
53-345 Wrocław
POLAND
KOMISJA – REKRUTACJA CUDZOZIEMCÓW

Please note: Failure to provide all documents equals a negative enrolment decision – candidate will not start studies.

The list of documents required from foreign candidates
The documents listed below should be prepared in electronic form to be enclosed in the enrolment system in PDF files. After being accepted candidate delivers originals in paper form (including photocopies).

Personal documents

1. Passport – the page with photo (or ID card in the case of European Union citizens).
2. One photo – on paper (passport/ID format – 3.5 x 4.5 cm) and in electronic form attached to the enrolment system (necessary to issue a student ID card).  
3. Two signed declarations (available for download below) confirming:
   • having necessary funds for the duration of stay in Poland
     Declaration about funds – Download
   • having health insurance in Poland
     Declaration about health insurance – Download

Education documents

1. Bachelor diploma giving access to master studies at any university in the country where the diploma was issued filed along with legalization issued by Polish Embassy or with apostille.
   Legalization is required from candidates whose country is not on the list concerning apostille (according to The 5 October 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents).
   https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41
   https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/polands-missions-abroad
   
   Please Note: Legalization and apostille are required even if a given country signed an agreement lifting the necessity of an official recognition of foreign certificates and diplomas from a given country.
2. Sworn translation into Polish of the mentioned above original diploma together with legalization/apostille. Translation cannot be made from scans, photocopies, etc., but from originals. Documents must be translated after obtaining legalization/apostille.
   We accept translations into Polish made (or confirmed) by:
   • sworn translator from the list of Polish Ministry of Justice:
     https://arch-bip.ms.gov.pl/pl/rejestry-i-ewidencje/tlumacze-przysiegli/lista-tlumaczy-przysieglych/search.html  or
   • a person registered as a sworn translator in a EU, OECD or EEA member state, or
   • the Consul of the Republic of Poland having jurisdiction with respect to the state in the territory of which or in the education system of which the given certificate was issued, or exceptionally
   • a diplomatic representative or consular office of the state in the territory of which, or in the education system of which, the  given certificate was issued, accredited in the Republic of Poland.
3. The supplement, i.e. transcript of student’s grades, filed along with legalization/apostille, which includes information on credited or not credited subjects and on the grades he received during the didactic process, language of instruction and access to further studies,
   https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41
    https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/polands-missions-abroad
4. Sworn translation into Polish of the supplement/transcript together with legalization/apostille (point 3), made by the person or institution described in point 2.
   Translation cannot be made from scans, photocopies, etc., but from originals. Documents must be translated after obtaining legalization/apostille.
5.  Written information about the diploma issued by NAWA confirming eligibility to apply for admission to second-cycle studies. Such a statement is mandatory for diplomas issued in countries outside the EU, EFTA or OECD member states and not covered by international agreements on the recognition of education. A request for an indywidual diploma statement should be submitted to NAWA: https://nawa.gov.pl/en/recognition/how-to-obtain-a-recognition-statement
   Note: The Admissions Committee may ask the candidate to provide additional certification confirming the right to pursue second-cycle studies issued by the university that issued the diploma or by an office equivalent to the Ministry of Education and Science.
6. Sworn translation into Polish of the document described in point 5. made by the person or institution described in point 2.
7. Certificate of language proficiency at a minimum level of B2.
   English language – the list of recognized certificates

DOCUMNTS REGARDING FEES

• Confirmation of payment of the enrollment fee 85 PLN to the individual account indicated in the system.
• Confirmation of payment of tuition fee for the first semester of studies (condition to be fulfilled by candidates undertaking paid studies).

Please note:

• All original documents that the candidate will finally submit to the University and which have been issued in a language other than Polish requires sworn translation into Polish.  Documents must be translated after obtaining legalization/apostille. Translations  cannot be made from scans, photocopies, etc., but from originals.
• In the case of documents issued in English, only at the stage of electronic recruitment in the system, translation into Polish is not required. After receiving a decision on admission, sworn translations from English into Polish must be provided to the university. Documents must be translated after obtaining legalization/apostille. Translations cannot be made from scans, photocopies etc., but from originals.
• In case of documents issued in a language other than Polish or English, it is necessary to attach a translation into Polish or English in the recruitment system. At the stage of electronic recruitment, translations into Polish made by a translator other than those listed above are acceptable. After receiving a decision on admission, sworn translations from English into Polish must be provided to the university. Documents must be translated after obtaining legalization/apostille. Translations cannot be made from scans, photocopies etc., but from originals.
• The candidate is required to attach the above-mentioned documents in the recruitment system as PDF files in a quality that allows their evaluation. Scans that do not meet the requirements will not be considered.

Documents needed in further stages of enrollment process (the presentation possible after admission to the University)

1. Personal data form, Enrollment application, Vows, Declaration.
   Four additional documents  should  be downloaded and printed from the Enrollment applications tab → Documents and further steps section,  then signed and delivered with the complete set of documents to the University according to the schedule.
2. Photocopy of insurance policy of an accidents and health insurance policy for the period of education in Poland or the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a document confirming the insurance agreement with the National Health Fund (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia – NFZ). The photocopy of the document should be delivered to the Enrolment Office (or the Student’s Office – after the start of classes – with the original for inspection).
3. Document confirming legal stay in Poland (visa, residence card) – photocopy, original available for inspection. Candidate is obliged to provide the document to the Enrolment Office (or the Student’s Office – after the start of classes). 

Failure to deliver the original documents to the University by the specified deadline will result in revocation of the admission decision.

Finance

Education in Accounting
Characteristics of financial statements – balance sheet, profit and loss account, additional information, cash flow statement, and statement of changes in equity. Elements of management accounting. Elements of cost accounting.

Education in Finance
Creation, functions and types of money. Role of finance in creation, exchange and division of social product – property and cash processes, finance of the real sphere, autonomous finance sphere, and financial flow accounts, tables of financial flows. Financial policy and its functions – content and stabilization of financial policy, allocation and redistribution functions. Public finance – structure of the sector, public income and expenses, budget and its instruments for influencing the economy, finance of local government, budget deficit and public debt. Banking system – tasks, functions, entities. Stock exchange and its significance in the economy.

Education in Financial Mathematics
Interest rates – definition, types. Rate of return. Time value of money – future and present value. Simple, annual and more frequent than annual and continuous compounding. Discounting. Annuities, perpetuities. Loans – amortization table, actual interest rate of a loan.

Education in Financial Analysis
Assessment of financial condition based on ratio analysis –ratios of: liquidity, activity (turnover), debt ratios, debt coverage ratios, solvency, profitability ratios. Ratio decomposition system, DuPont pyramid. Profitability threshold. Evaluation of capital structure and cost. Evaluation of a business entity based on added value.

Education in Financial Accounting
Concepts and principles of financial accounting. Harmonization and standardization of accounting – international standards and models. Principles of current valuation and balance sheet valuation of assets and liabilities – revaluation, write-downs. Financial commitments, balance sheet reserves, and off-balance sheet reserves. Equity. Revenue and costs. Types of financial results. Consolidated financial reporting.

Education in Financial Markets
Segments of financial markets – money and capital market, interbank and non-bank market, spot market, forward market, primary and secondary market. Derivative and credit market – banks as deposit and credit market entities, interbank deposits market. Short-term debt notes market – T-bills, money bills, commercial securities. Long-term debt notes market – issuers, types and mechanism of issuing long-term debt notes. Share market – definition and types of shares, Stock Market. Derivatives market – spot exchange transactions versus forward dealings, stock exchange and off-the-exchange derivative instruments, functions of derivative instruments. Currency market – foreign currencies versus foreign securities, foreign exchange position versus liquidity position, foreign currency transactions.
 
Education in Public Finance
Characteristics of public finance – definition, functions, elements of theory of public choice, public goods and services, public enterprises. System and structure of public finance – public sector balance, budget vs. state treasury, budget vs. quasi-budget funds, and budget vs. off-budget economy entities. Public expenses vs. social policy – social security, social insurance, social benefits, social services, and issues related to investment in human, role of third sector in financing socially useful tasks. Public income – public property income, public levies, elements of tax structure, tax classifications. Tax rules – fiscal, economic, social and technical.

Education in Company Finance
Sources of capital in an enterprise – profit distribution, issued securities, primary and secondary market. Risk in financial decisions vs. achieved income – rate of return anticipated by investors vs. cost of capital in an enterprise, cost of foreign capital and equity, model of valuation of capital assets, beta coefficient, weighted average cost of capital. Working capital management strategies – net working capital, operating cycle and cash conversion cycle, cash management, receivables management, short-term financing sources of an enterprise. Structure of capital vs. goodwill – theories of capital structure, tax benefits vs. risk, bankruptcy costs, theory of hierarchy of sources of financing. Investment decisions – assessing future operating cash flows, net present value, internal rate of return. Risk in enterprise activity: operating and financial, as well as currency risk in foreign transactions.

Education in Banking
Banking system – central institutions and types of banks and institutional and legal grounds for operation thereof. Central bank – organization, goals, instruments of monetary policy. Bank supervision – organization, goals, supervision regulations. Systems of deposit guarantee – organization, goals, and rules for guarantee. Banking products and services offer – divided into segments and types of instruments. Interest and currency rate risk –definition, classification, methods of analysis and limitations. Credit risk – definition, division into individual and portfolio risk, methods of appraising credit worthiness and management.

Education in Insurance
Definition and features of insurance. Insurance classification – commercial vs social, life vs non-life, direct vs reinsurance. Functions and importance of insurance in economy. Principles of operation of insurance companies. Insurance products and insurance contract.

International Business

International Business
1. International trade theory
2. Multinational corporations and globalization.
3. Internationalization theory.
4. Foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions

Fundamentals of quantitative methods
1. Linear algebra (operations with matrices, some examples of special matrices, determinant of the matrix).
2. Functions of one variable (basic informations about functions, functions in economy, derivative of the function).
3. Functions of one variables (increasing function, decreasing function, relative maxima and minima – extreme of the function).
4. Fundamental elements of statistics (population, variable, sample).
5. Numerical measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median).

International settlements
1. Risks in international trade transactions and export credit insurance.
2. Documents required for trade payments.
3. Classification and characteristics of payment methods.
4. Trade finance: factoring and forfaiting.
5. Securing international transactions – bank guarantees and standby credits.

International business management
1. Impact of the international environment on the organization and management of the company.
2. Identifying and planning changes due to internationalization.
3. Understanding the importance of multiculturalism in the implementation of managerial and decision-making.

Microeconomics
1. Goods
2. Forms of Markets
3. Demand, Elasticity of Demand
4. Supply, Elasticity of Supply
5. Market Equilibrium and its Changes
6. Theory of the Firm. Production Function
7. Optimal Technology
8. Cost Function, Cost Curves
9. Profit Maximization
10. Perfect Competition
11. Monopoly. Price Discrimination.
12. Monopolistic Competition
13. Oligopoly
14. Theory of the Consumer
15. Public Goods, Externalities

International economic transaction
1. Transaction cycle in international trade.
2. Contract in international trade – forms, the law governing the contract, ways/place/moment of concluding, conditions of validity, clauses.
3. Enquiry and offer in international trade.
4. International commercial terms.
5. Risk and insurances in international trade.
6. Freight forwarding in international trade.
7. Documentation in international trade.
8. Customs law of the European Union.
9. Tax regulations in the European Union

Macroeconomics
1. Measuring the economy (SNA definitions)
2. Modern macroeconomic theories.
3. Price stability
4. The Keynesian-cross model
5. Goods and services market equilibrium: the IS curve
6. Financial market equilibrium: the LM curve
7. General Equilibrium in the IS – LM Model. The role of fiscal and monetary policies
8. The aggregate demand (AD) curve. The demand shocks.
9. The aggregate supply (AS) curve in the short and long run. The supply shocks.
10. Economic fluctuations in the AD-AS model.
11. Basic concepts in the open economy. Balance of payments.
12. Monetary and fiscal policies under the fixed exchange rate regime.
13. Monetary and fiscal policies under the floating exchange rate regime.
14. Labour market

International marketing
1. International marketing versus global marketing
2. Standardization versus adaptation
3. International marketing environment
4. Marketing research on international markets
5. The cultural environment in international marketing
6. Product on international markets
7. Promotion on international markets
8. Pricing
9. Distribution

European integration
1. Origins and history of European integration process
2. Theories and concepts of European integration (political and economic)
3. Institutional structure and decision making processes in the EU
4. Development of the European Communities and European Union; stages of economic integration
5. Regional Policy of the European Union.

Law
1. Types of provisions present in legal acts.
2. Interpretations of law, collision rules and legal reasoning.
3. Sources of law.
4. Branches of law: public and private law; substantive and procedural law.
5. Principles of civil law.
6. Subjective rights.
7. Extinctive prescription.

Civil and commercial law
1. Subjects of civil law.
2. Legal act and preconditions of their nullity, power of attorney.
3. Concluding contracts.
4. Civil obligations – creation, termination and responsibility.
5. Contracts of sale and cession.
6. Contracts of lease and leasing.
7. Contracts of providing services.
8. Partnerships.
9. Companies.
10. Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters.
11. Law applicable to contractual obligation.

Accounting
1. Accounting Information and Financial Statement.
2. Accounting Cycle and Business transactions.
3. Accrual Accounting.
4. Cash, Receivable, and Sales.
5. Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold.
6. Long-term Assets.
7. Current Liabilities.
8. Long-term Liabilities.
9. Stockholder’s Equity.
10. Statement of Cash Flow.

Business Management

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on the exam.
At the end of this document, You can find exemplary questions.
1. Explain what a manager is
2. Define the term management
3. Differentiate between efficiency and effectiveness
4. Describe the four basic management activities
5. Classify the three levels of managers and identify the primary responsibility of each level
6. Summarize the essential roles performed by managers
7. Describe the general skills necessary for becoming a successful manager
8. Explain the changes in management over time
9. Describe the implications for managers of a changing world environment
10. Explain the importance of viewing management from a global perspective
11. Define communication and explain why it is important to managers
12. Describe the communication process
13. List techniques for overcoming communication barriers
14. Describe the steps in analyzing and resolving conflict
15. Explain why a manager might stimulate conflict
16. Describe the steps in the decision-making process
17. Identify the assumptions of the rational decision-making model
18. Explain the limits to rationality
19. Define certainty, risk, and uncertainty as they relate to decision making
20. Describe the actions of the bounded-rational decision maker Identify the two types of
decision problems and the two types of decisions that are used to solve them
21. Define heuristics and explain how they affect the decision-making process
22. Identify four decision-making styles
23. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of group decisions
24. Explain three techniques for improving group decision makingDefine planning
25. Explain the potential benefits of planning
26. Identify the potential drawbacks of planning
27. Distinguish between strategic and tactical plans
28. Identify and define the six elements of organization structure
29. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of work specialization
30. Contrast authority and power
31. Identify the five different ways by which management can departmentalize
32. Contrast mechanistic and organic organizations
33. Summarize the effect on organization structures of strategy, size, technology, and
environment
34. Contrast the divisional and functional structures
35. Explain the strengths of the matrix structure
36. Describe the boundaryless organization and what elements have contributed to its
development
37. Describe what the term organization culture means
38. Define control
39. Describe three approaches to control
40. Explain why control is important
41. Describe the control process
42. Distinguish among the three types of control
43. Describe the qualities of an effective control system
44. Identify contingency factors in the control process
45. Explain how controls can become dysfunctional
46. Describe how national differences influence the control process
47. Describe the motivation process
48. Define needs
49. Explain the hierarchy or needs theory
50. Differentiate Theory X and Theory Y
51. Describe the motivational implications of equity theory
52. Explain the key relationships in expectancy theory
53. Describe how managers can design individual jobs to maximize employee performance
54. Describe the effect of workforce diversity on motivational practices
55. Describe how entrepreneurs motivate their employees
56. Define leader and explain the difference between mangers and leaders
57. Discuss the qualities that characterize charismatic leaders
58. Describe the skills that visionary leaders exhibit
59. Explain the four specific roles of effective team leaders
60. Explain the growing popularity of work teams in organizations
61. Describe the five stages of team development
62. Contrast work groups with work teams
63. Identify four common types of work teams
64. List the characteristics of high-performing work teams
65. Explain how managers can keep teams from becoming stagnant
66. Describe the role of teams in continuous process improvement programs
67. Describe what change variables are within a manager’s control
68. Identify external and internal forces of change
69. Explain how managers can serve as change agents
70. Explain why people are likely to resist change
71. Describe techniques for reducing resistance to change
72. Identify what is meant by the term organizational development
73. Differentiate between creativity and innovation
74. Explain how organizations can stimulate innovation
75. Explain scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost
76. Define comparative advantage, specialization, and trade
77. Understand the Nature and Functions of Product Markets (Market equilibrium,
Determinants of supply and demand, price and quantity controls, Elasticity)
78. Explain perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition

Exemplary questions:
Which plan of the organization contains top management’s decisions about the organization’s mission, goals, strategy, and structure?
A) Corporate-level plan
B) Divisional-level plan
C) Functional-level plan
D) Business-level plan
E) Departmental-level plan

Achieving improved quality, efficiency and responsiveness to customers often requires a profound change in the way managers perform which functions of management?
A) Planning
B) Leading
C) Controlling
D) Organizing
E) All of the above are correct

Economics is the study of
A) how to invest in the stock market.
B) how society uses limited resources.
C) the role of money in markets.
D) how government officials decide which goods and services are produced.

A government policy that tries to minimize inflation and unemployment can best be described as trying to achieve economic
A) growth.
B) stability.
C) profitability.
D) equity.

The following market structure is an example of an imperfect market:
A) monopoly.
B) oligopoly.
C) monopolistic competition.
D) All of the above are correct

TUITION FEES FOR FOREIGNERS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027

Enrolment fee: 85 PLN for each chosen program. Enrolment fee is not refundable.

Please note: enrolment fee should be paid to the individual bank account indicated in the enrolment system (IRK). Please do not pay tuition fee to this account.

Foreign students, excluding persons referred to in art. 324, section 2 of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2024 item 1571, as amended), undertake full-time and part-time studies, conducted both in Polish and English, with full payment, i.e.:

Foreign students – only citizens of a Member State of the European Union, the Swiss Confederation, or a Member State European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) and members of their families who live on the territory of the Republic of Poland pay the tuition fees like Polish citizens, i.e.:

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