Wyższa Szkoła Menedżerska w Legnicy

The school was established in 1997 and so far promoted 1530 graduates. Since 1997 the courses concerning Management and Marketing have been conducted and according to previous principle of constant development, the school is still developing and preparing new courses. The newest ones are: open in 2001 - Transport and Computer Science and in 2004 - Sociology and Architecture and City Planning (there weren't enough students to start the course in February and the next recruitment will be conducted in June and July).

Wyzsza Szkola Menedzerska in Legnica is the biggest higher education institution in the region.

The University is providing under- and post- graduate courses within the following areas:
* Architecture and Town-Planning (undergraduate)
* Computer Science (undergraduate)
* Economy (undergraduate)
* Management and Marketing (under- and postgraduate)
* Pedagogy (undergraduate)
* Sociology (undergraduate)
* Transport (undergraduate)
* Law (prepared master degree course to be started in October)
* Philology (waiting for the Ministry's approval).

The Universtity is also going to apply for allowance to provide PhD course in economy to the Ministry of Education in September. There are also plans to establish a new course: Management and Enineering of Production.

When choosing any of the courses, students obtain general knowledge and during last terms of studying, can also deepen their interests within many provided specialities.

Within the Marketing and Management master degree course students can obtain more specific knowledge concerning:
* Enterprise Management
* Marketing
* Management within Persons and Property Security Sector
* Financial Management and Accountancy* Quality and Environment Management.

Within undergraduate courses students can also choose one of many provided specialities. Management and Marketing course covers areas of:
* Engineering of Production Management
* Engineering of Transport Management
* Engineering of Environment Protection
* Engineering of Information Systems' Management
* Quality Management

Students participating under graduate Computer Science course can obtain more specific knowledge about:

* Corporation Computer Networks
* Computer Systems within Management
* Engineering of Computer Security

Those who choose Transport undergraduate course can participate in following specialities:
* Logistics and Transport Technology
* Vehicles and Transport Mechanisms Exploitation

While studying Economy (undergraduate level) students can specialise in:
* Accountancy and Taxes
* European Economy
* Management of Local and Regina Development

Pedagogic undergraduate course covers the following areas:
* Tutelary and Educational Pedagogic
* Education Counselling
* Integrated Pre- and Primary Education

While participating Sociology undergraduate course students can obtain specific knowledge about:
* Public Safety
* Social Service Security
* Sociology of Market Behaviour

Legnica University of Management is entitled to reward students with bachelor and master degree. Courses can be chosen from part time and full time ones. At the moment there are about 3000 students participating in courses provided.

Aiming on providing high level of conducted courses the University is introducing modern didactic forms and employ specialists from Polish well known educational institutions and from abroad. At the moment there are 155 academics co-operating with the University - 16 professors, 22 habilitated doctors, 67 doctors.The school is possessing own buildings and to ensure development and high quality of education, all classes are fully equipped, there are also computer and specialistic laboratories and a library.

Recrutation process is based on the results of secondary school finishing exam (matura) and interview, and in case of Architecture and Town Planning also on results of exams on: drawing and knowledge of art and architecture.At the moment Legnica University of Management is participating in many national and international activities. The university managed to obtain partners from many foreign countries.

The University is participating in Tempus programme Master of Business Administration & Information Technology that is based on cooperation with 8 partners from Ukraine, Germany, Spain, France has been developed. The project was aimed on preparation of teaching programmes to educate specialists (master degree) in the area of organisation management.Another academic unit that is cooperating with Legnica University of Management is University of Lvev (Lwow). The cooperation is aimed on joint research, exchange of students and tutors.There has been a strong and fruitful cooperation with Littoral Cote d'Opale University in Dunkierka/France (since 2002) that is consist of tutors, students exchange, united research efforts, using documentation within tuition process, joint learning programmes, help within management and development of libraries. In June 2004 the first graduation of 33 Polish students paticipating in the courses within "Maitrise de Superieure de Techniques en Management de l'Enterprise" programme took place.The University is cooperating with University of Pensilvania in the area of multicultural theory of leadership as well as other 61 academic units from all over the world. Since 2001 Legnica University of Management is cooperating with academic units in Ukraine. The long term cooperation is aimed on:

* Students exchange
* Tutors exchange
* Small business development
* Organisation of science conferences and seminars
* Joint applying for grants

The students of the Legnica University of Management, according to sign documents, were participating in the summer language courses of Ukrainian language.

Among the major short/medium and long term priorities Legnica University of Management plans to:

* Enlarge European dimension in every of four faculties of the University, realisation of its aims within curricula and their structure - the one of the steps of that action would be introduction of the ECTS system and introduction of language courses in non-language learning degrees
* Participate in European projects considering students and staff mobility. One of the first actions was applying and receiving the Erasmus Charter. The next one would be establishment of the International relations Office
* Establish and enrich cooperation with present and new partners
* Enlarge the number of visiting staff
* Promote the Open and Distance Learning as a new method of teaching (the University is already equipped to conduct ODL courses)
* Popularisation of European programmes among the students and staff, local organisations, encourage to participate in international initiatives, informing about possibilities to obtain European financial support

The University has been putting a special accent on all actions aimed on rising the level of quality of knowledge obtained by its students. The starting and conducting international projects is one of the ways to reach that goal.