Academy of Business - Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej

Academy of Business
in Dąbrowa Górnicza
www.wsb.edu.pl
MANAGEMENT
ECONOMY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
SOCIOLOGY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PEDAGOGIC
LOGISTICS
ADMINISTRATION
INDEX
I WELCOME TO THE ACADEMY OF BUSINESS IN DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA
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II GET TO KNOW POLAND
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1. Places worth visitnig
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2. Dąbrowa Górnicza – the city with its personality
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III STUDY IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE
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1. Infrastructure and Facilities
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2. Study in polish language
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3. Study in english
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4. Erasmus programme
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5. Organization of the academic year
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6. International Certificates
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7. Admission/ registration procedure
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8. Contact
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IV PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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1. Living in Poland
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2. Mini guide
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V POLISH DICTIONARY
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I WELCOME TO THE ACADEMY OF BUSINESS
IN DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA
Dear Student,
Thank You for considering the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza as the idea for the development
of your further educational career. We believe that our Academy is able fully to face up to your expectations.
The Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza began its activity in 1995. The Academy fast reacting
on continuously leading changing needs of the education market. The Academy of Business in Dąbrowa
Górnicza offers a modern study enviroment. Studying at our Academy gives You an opportunity to use
research and teaching laboratories about the very high standard. Apart from theoretical classes you have
an opportunity to take advantage the acquired wisdom in practice.
Studies at the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza it is also getting to know of the culture and the
Polish community as well as the way of living students in Poland. The hospitality and the responsibility
of students from Poland will let you fast to feel You here as at home with simultaneous feeling the independence and the responsibility for oneself and future decisions.
In the past years the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza participated in a few international
projects. Year by year this number is increasing and we are making every effort in order to provide our
students with compatible programs with their interests.
We feel confident that your choice is the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza. Take up the study
on one of our faculties will be a very good decision which will open the door for your professional career.
At present the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza is educating 6000 students and this number from
year to year is rising. We look forward to welcoming You as one of them.
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1. Places worth visitnig
Poland is situated in the eastern part of Central Europe. It shares land borders with Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia (Kaliningrad District). The northern
border, as long as 440 kilometres, is the Baltic Sea
coast line.
Poland is subdivided into sixteen administrative regions known as voivodeships. If compared to other
European countries, Poland is homogenous as regards nationality. It is estimated that no more than
3% of total population is made up of national minorities.
Climate - the average annual temperature in Poland ranges from 5-7°C in the hilly Pomeranian
and Masurian lake districts and in the uplands to
8-10°C. Winter is usually cold and snowy, summer
brings warm days, when the temperature exceeds
25°C, spring and early autumn is very pleasant
with moderate temperatures and lovely colours- so
called ‘Gold Polish Autumn’.
More about Poland:
www.poland.gov.pl
www.poland.pl
www.poland-tourism.pl
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Area
312 thousand km²
Number of inhabitants
39 mln people
The longest river
Wisła 1047 km
The highest mountain
Rysy 2499 m over the
sea level
The biggest lake
The Śniardwy Lake
The biggest island
Wolin
Population density
119 person/km²
The birth rate
0,1%
Population division
64% city, 36% village
Average life expectancy
73 years
Currency
1złoty= 100groszy
Gross domestic product
3900$ /person
Official language
Polish
Main religion
Christian
The state head
President
Inflation
1,5%
Unemployment rate
19,2%
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1. Places worth visitnig
We have a few natural regions - the mountains
(Carpathian and Sudeten Mountains) in the south,
the plains in the middle, the lake district (Mazury) in the north-east and the Baltic Sea coast
in the north. Every region and city offers unique
places to visit. The list below gives an idea of
how varied they are:
Warsaw - visiting our capital city you should not
miss a chance to visit the Old Town with its unforgettable Marketplace and the Royal Castle
(both completely destroyed during the World
War II and carefully reconstructed afterwards).
Łazienki Park, a big romantic 18th century park
close to the city centre and summer residence of
the last Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski,
the Palace on the Water, the amphitheatre, and
the Monument to Chopin where the piano concerts are held in summer
Cracow - former capital of Poland (11-17th century) and one of the most beautiful cities. You
can visit the Wawel Cathedral and Castle with
the legendary dragon, the Jagiellonian University, St.Mary’s Church in the Market Square (the
largest mediaeval square in Europe) and the Jewish Kazimierz district.
Wieliczka - a medieval (and still working) salt
mine with underground galleries, halls with works
of art sculpted in salt and lakes. The biggest underground chapel has room for 500 people.
Zakopane, Karpacz, Krynica, Szczyrk or Wisła
are famous places to go skiing in the winter and
for walking, climbing and hiking in the summer.
Tatra Mountains - the only mountains of the Alpine type in this part of Europe. The whole Tatry
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range is a part of the National Forest. Climbing
Kasprowy Wierch Giewont, Rysy (the highest
pick of the Polish Tatra Mountain- 2499m), trips
to Czarny Staw or Morskie Oko (lakes) are very
popular.
Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland - with the
Eagles Nest’s Trail, region of calcareous rocks
with picturesque ruins of medieval castles.
Mazury - the land of a thousand lakes within old
forests. If you like sailing this is the place for
you. In Poland we have over 900 lakes with a surface area of more than 1 hectare each.
Wroclaw - the capital of Lower Silesia, is one of
the oldest and most beautiful cities in Poland.
Situated at the foot of the Sudety Moutains, upon
the Odra River and cut through by its numerous
tributaries and canals, it is an exceptional city of
12 islands and 112 bridges.
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2. Dąbrowa Górnicza – the city with its personality.
At the beginning the area of the city was covered by Oak Forrest. In XIX century there were a lot of mines in the city. First,
the city was called Old Dąbrowa. After the year 1916 it became
Dąbrowa Górnicza(Oak Mine). Recently many private companies, also those with the foreign capital, have been founded
here. In the past Dąbrowa Górnicza was associated mostly with
heavy industry. Nowadays the city puts pressure on the variety
of attractions, places that give opportunities to relax and tour,
not to mention being more accessible for investors.
Attractions in Dąbrowa Górnicza and Region:
• Nemo -water park available throughout the year
www.nemo-wodnyswiat.pl
• Silesian zoological garden www.zoo.silesia.pl
• Planetarium and astronomical observatory
www.planetarium.chorzow.net.pl
• Paintballcentre www.paintball-pogoria.xt.pl
• Quady www.silesiaquad.pl
• Rafting www.nurzgor.pl
• Cultural events - cinemas, theatres, concert halls,
museums, etc.
• Entertainment and sport places- fitnessclubs,
bowlingclubs, discos,
• Pogoria -beach and bathing area (opportunities for water
sports: canoeing, diving, sailing, windsurfing)
• Horse studs - opportunities for horse riding and other
forms of horse tourism
• Cycling path-18 km
Virtual walk around Dąbrowa Górnicza
www.dabrowa-gornicza.info
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Start with the virtual walk in the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
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Brief of History:
The roots of the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza date back to the first half of the1990s.Then the
Private College of Business and Foreign Languages was established and it was the first in Zagłębie Region.
The Academy of Business has over 6000 students. Infrastructure, didactic base, laboratories to learn foreign
languages and computer, and first of all teaching staff of the Academy allow to maintain a high level of
education quality.
We do our best to make our students familiar with modern interdisciplinary knowledge. We work on individual development of our students so that they could adapt their way of acting, thinking and understanding to a social role they take. Infrastructure and services of Academy are geared to meet the needs of the
disabled.
The mission of the Academy of Business is developing and spreading economic, social and informatics issues. By creating academic traditions in region and city and by guaranteeing high level of study in European
dimension. Trying to face requirements of contemporary labour market, the Academy educates students
who will be able to cope the challenges of modern world, manage information and have initiative.
The Academy of Business is an important cultural centre that organizes symposiums and discussions and
invites variety of guest who analyse and explain problems, bring closer knowledge and help in cross-cultural
communication.
As the Academy of Business has taken part in Erasmus Programme since 2000, the main assumption is to
enlarge partnership with other universities and put pressure on inviting students to the Academy. This cooperation covers intense academic research, conferences and seminars, teacher and student exchange
within international agreements, most of which are implemented with the EU support.
Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza is the member of The Alliance of Universities for Democracy
(AUDEM)
Authorities of the Academy emphasise the quality of education, what has an effect in receiving:
• prestigious accreditation by The State Accreditation Committee
• accreditation of Foundation for the Promotion and Accreditation of Economic Education (FPAKE)
• positive opinion of State Committee for Scientific Research and II category in Social, Economic and Law
Sciences
• Gold Honorary Award for contribution to Silesian voivodeship
The achievements of our Academy also put the institution to take the high position in higher education
rankings, organised by the following prestigious weekly newsmagazines like: ‘Wprost’, ‘Polityka’ or magazine ‘Home Market’.
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1. Infrastructure and Facilities
The Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza possesses a modern and functional infrastructure. Disable students have the possibility to use special facilities like: elevators, adapted toilets, driveways for
wheelchairs. Students have at their disposal:
• multimedia library
The library of the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza is a modern, esthetic place with professional service. For students and didactic staff there is great collection of books, which consists of 200
000 volumes and about 100 titles of newspapers, comprises all the most important issues from Economy,
Marketing, Management, Law, IT and foreign languages. At the disposal there is also ProQuest base that
contains 1400 articles in foreign languages.
• well-equipped computer laboratories
Systematically enlarging it’s contents, we pay attention to gathering information using non-traditional
media. We offer a wide range of multimedia computer programs that enhance the process of learning.
Our Internet reading room has 50 computers with Internet access, which lets students find information
about the latest publications. Students are able to search for and print the information they need. Students can use dozen of so modern computer laboratories (among others Laboratory of Safety of Computer
Systems, Laboratory of Wireless Computer Net, Laboratory of Computer graphic arts and Multimedias,
Laboratory of Data Bases, Laboratory of Operating Systems), equipped with over 200 computers and specialist equipment, such as: eye biometric scanner, industrial robot, etc.
• audiovisual rooms
In the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza all students have access to the Internet. We have great
base of halls adjusted to the special needs of tutors and students with the biggest Auditorium Maximum
which can provide place for 450 students.
• sports facilities: gym, fitness and swimming pool
Each October Academic Sport Association enroll many new members. There is great chance for them to
try themselves in 17 sport disciplines and attend many sport activities for example: integration campuses. Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza is ranked as the most sporty non-public institution in
Silesian Region.
• the best building of the year 2005
The Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza owns a large building where all lectures and classes take
place. It is located right in the town centre in 1c Cieplaka Street. This localization enables students to
get bus, tram and train connection with other cities. Infrastructure and services of the Academy are also
geared to meet the needs of the disabled.
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2. Study in polish language
An offer of the Academy of Business gives possibilities to match a faculty
and a type of studies to students’ individual expectations. The Academy offers
two types of studies:
• Full-time – the beginning of the academic year in October,
• Extramural – the registration for the first semester in October and February
Types of courses and degrees to obtain:
I cycle degree
Bachelor Program
Bachelor’s studies are a three-year undergraduate programme divided into six semesters. The first year
of studies is dominated by courses providing general knowledge in economics, mathematics, computer
studies, sociology etc. The second year of studies covers the subjects which emphasise developing knowledge and practical skills. A four-week student training is obligatory for all students after the second year.
The third year is mostly devoted to subjects connected with a chosen specialization and writing a final
thesis depicting a student’s work effort in acquiring the knowledge of a chosen specialisation.
Engineer Program
Engineer studies are a three and a half-year programme (7 semesters). They are undergraduate professional studies and they end with the defence of diploma (engineer) thesis. In the first phase of the studies
students gain knowledge of basic sciences. The second phase includes subjects connected with a field
of study. Professional subjects prepare the graduates-to-be to doing projects independently and to the
defence of engineer thesis.
II cycle degree
Master Program
The two-year graduate Master Program is divided into four semesters. Courses featured in this program
are split into two categories: core (the first two semesters) and specialization courses. The third semester is the time to choose specialization within the faculty. Each student has to prepare individual MSc
thesis and discuss it in front of the examination board.
Knowledge of two foreign languages and the ability to use the learned tools efficiently in practice are
additional advantages which help to find a job easier.
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TWO-STAGE STUDY SYSTEM
2. Study in polish language
3-YEARS
I cycle degree
Ba (BACHELOR)
Full-time studies and
Extramural studies
3.5- Years
I cycle degree
Bsc (Engineer)
Full-time studies and
Extramural studies
2-YEARS
II cycle degree
MASTER STUDIES
MA, MSc DEGREES
Full-time studies and
Extramural studies
Faculties
• Management
• Economics
• International Relations
• Sociology
• IT
• Pedagogic
• Logistics
• Administration
Duration of the studies and obtained diplomas: Full-time studies
Management
Economics
Sociology
IT
International
Relations
Pedagogic
Logistics
Administration
I cycle degree
Ba (Bachelor)
6 sem.
6 sem.
6 sem.
-
6 sem.
6 sem.
-
6 sem.
I cycle degree
BSc (Engineer)
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-
-
7 sem.
-
-
7 sem.
-
4 sem.
-
-
4 sem.
-
-
-
-
Type of studies
II cycle degree
MA,MSc (Master)
Duration of the studies and obtained diplomas: Extra-mural studies
Management
Economics
Sociology
IT
International
Relations
Pedagogic
Logistics
Administration
I cycle degree
Ba (Bachelor)
6 sem.
6 sem.
6 sem.
-
6 sem.
6 sem.
-
6 sem.
I cycle degree
BSc (Engineer)
7 sem.
-
-
7 sem.
-
-
7 sem.
-
II cycle degree
MA,MSc (Master)
4 sem.
-
-
4 sem.
-
-
-
-
Type of studies
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2. Study in polish language
MANAGEMENT
The main objective of the studies is to educate students in the field of organisation and management and
to prepare the managing staff and specialists of large productive companies as well as small business.
The educational programme consists of the following elements: economy, methods of organisation and
management, finances, accountancy, using marketing tools in company management. Students of this
faculty get to know the rules of negotiating, methods and techniques of a manager job, tools of market
and marketing research.
The studies prepare future graduates to run their own companies. During the studies the stress is put
on practical abilities in the field of e-business and on acquainting knowledge of computer nets, internet
applications, data bases, electronic transactions, internet communication. The range and methods of
education are adjusted to creative knowledge development and satisfying the demand for management
and specialistic staff with specified profile.
MANAGEMENT
Faculty
Specialization
Bachelor:
• IT systems of Management
• Finance Management
• Accountancy
• Marketing Communication and PR
• Public Administration
• Company Management
• International Marketing
and Computer Graphics
• Business Psychology
• International Business
Engineer:
• Logistic and Transport
• Engineer of the Quality
Master:
• International Relations of Logistic
• Psychology of Management
• International Trade
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor
of Science
4 sem.
Master
Master
of Science
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor
of Science
7 sem.
Engineer
Engineer
(BSc)
4 sem.
Master
Master
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ECONOMY
Students of Economy get to know the basis of contemporary micro and macroeconomics, they learn how
to use the tools of economic analysis and are able to make professional economic decisions.
The program of economics covers the following fields: economics, economic and financial analysis, finances, financial accountancy, management accountancy, economic law, philosophy, labour psychology,
economic politics and foreign languages.
Students find their jobs in institutions of economic administration in Poland and abroad. They are usually
employed as experts, advisors and consultants.
ECONOMY
Faculty
Specialization
• Accountancy
• The Banking and Insurance of the Financial
Market
• Economy of Real Estate
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor
of Science
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SOCIOLOGY
The programme of sociological studies has been worked out in order to transfer knowledge about the
contemporary world and to equip a graduate with practical abilities of managing people, negotiating,
and organising systems of public, political and mass communication.
The educational programme consists of the following elements: sociology, social communication, knowledge about culture, psychology, social research, challenges and threads of contemporary world as well
as IT and foreign languages. Students also get to know humanistic, economic and marketing knowledge.
They take active part in trainings of interpersonal abilities and in workshops of auto-presentations and
negotiations.
Graduates have the possibility of finding employment in personal advisory, advertisement and public
relations departments or agencies and in regional or national administrative institutions.
SOCIOLOGY
Faculty
Specialization
• Sociology of European Integration
• Sociology of Media Communication
and Journalisms
• Sociology of Advertisement
and Global Communication
• Human Resource Management
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor
of Arts
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The aim of the studies is to educate specialists, who are able to run a company in the epoch of computerisation and electronic nets and who possess abilities necessary in commercial and public activities. In
the first step of educating a future graduate receives complete education of basic exact sciences. In the
second step a student acquires knowledge and abilities of projecting, constructing, exploiting computer
nets, software and artificial intelligence. The third step of education covers specialisation subjects,
which have to prepare future engineers to be able to project and use computer systems of management.
The theoretical and practical knowledge, gained during the studies, let the graduates become specialists
of IT. They can find employment in institutions where new information systems are built and developed.
Both specializations (Engineer’s and Master’s degree) are projected to educate students who can work
as: computer systems designer, data bases administrator, computer programmer, webmaster, security
expert, system analyst, IT engineer, computer, graphic artist.
IT
Faculty
Specialization
Engineer:
• Computer Networks
• Graphics and Multimedia
• Systems
• Online and Intranet Applications
• Engineering, Analysis and the Audit of Computer
Systems
Master:
• Analysis and the Optimization of Computer
Systems
• Applying the Computer science in the Industry
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
7 sem.
Engineer
Engineer
(BSc)
4 sem.
Master
Master
of Science
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Possessing basis of international law, students acquire skills and abilities of managing a company operating on international markets. They gain knowledge of finances, international calculations and know the
theory and practice in making decisions by international institutions. Students get to know economic
tools and customs compulsory in European Union.
The program of International Relationships covers the following fields: social and cultural anthropology,
general culture, economics, EU law, contemporary political systems, international economic relationships, international finances, management of international institutions, foreign languages.
Students find their jobs in institutions of national administration and international turnover, in Polish and
foreign companies developing international co-operation, in research and expert organizations, mass
media and in diplomacy.
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
Faculty
Specialization
•
•
•
•
International Trade,
American Studies,
Diplomacy and International Negotiations
International Tourism
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor of
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2. Study in polish language
PEDAGOGIC
The Pedagogic studies are the youngest faculty in the Academy of Business. It was created to face the
market requirements in order to equip student with practical abilities in teaching and taking care of kids,
youths and adults .
By graduating pedagogic a student is professionally prepared to work in many institutions that support
human development.
By integrating early school and pre-school education and IT, the Academy of Business not only gives
content-related and practical preparation for teachers of pupils in Primary Schools but also they can
achieve pedagogical requirements for teaching information technology and IT in Primary school.
PEDAGOGIC
Faculty
Specialization
•
•
•
•
Integrated Early School and Pre-school Education
Resocialization
Pedagogic–Social Work
Integrated Early School and Oligophrenopedagogics
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor of Arts
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LOGISTICS
Fast changing reality of economy requires employing experts in the scope of contemporary logistic management. Therefore the logistics will prepare direction of student for the work in the, business or service production company. Captured abilities will permit to analysis of logistic cases and purchasing right
manager skills.
The Logistics studies are a chance of identifying getting the ability and of evaluating logistic processes.
Students are getting the knowledge among others from the scope of basic elements of logistic processes
and shaping systems and the control of processes of the physical flow of goods with the information accompanying them. In practice it permits our graduates in the thinking with categories: system, services
of the customer, effectiveness, informed value and the benefit.
LOGISTICS
Faculty
Specialization
• Logistics in transport processes
• Computer technologies in the logistics
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
7 sem.
Engineer
Engineer (BSc)
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ADMINISTRATION
Faculty of Administration will be a purpose of studies developing the graduate able to solve crucial legal
and administrative problems tied with functioning in the framework of the new conception of the public
civil service in Poland. To form it must with moulding eligibility of both the principle of the law and order,
the public service and the probity of the will at feeling future graduates of organs of the civil service.
Studies have developing oriented conducts behind the task to the adequate respect of legal businesses
of citizens and the public business, and also to form the legible image of the responsibility of administrative methods. The program of studies is enable to prepare for professional activity in government
and self-government administration, administration of the public safety, international organizations,
extragovernmental organizations, administration and legal branches of enterprises and different individuals. Graduates will also be prepared for taking up work in the little and medium enterprise and for
carrying the own business activity on.
ADMINISTRATION
Faculty
Specialization
• Self-government Administration
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Duration
Course Degree
Diploma
6 sem.
Bachelor
Bachelor
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3. Study in english
International Business Studies are designed especially for foreign students who are interested in international career. Lectures and workshops are taught only in English. Students are divided into small groups
to provide the best interaction between lecturers and students. The International Business programme
provides students both with specific international and general business skills, proficiency in a foreign
language and understanding of political and economic contexts in which global business operate. The
programme draws on economic, behavioral, and administrative disciplines to focus on the firm. The curriculum enables students to master concepts and research skills directly relevant to business problems.
Required subjects on International Business:
1. Microeconomic
2. Bases of the Macroeconomics
3. Mathematical Logic
4. Mathematics
5. Statistics
6. Management Bases
7. Organization Studies
8. Finances
9. Law Bases
10. Economic Law
General subjects on International Business are connected with Business English, IT technologies and Communication skills.
Faculties subjects are:
1. Basic of marketing and e- marketing
2. Marketing research
3. Marketing Management
4. Accountancy
5. Human Resource Management
6. Quality Management
7. IT in Management
8. Project Management
9. Production Management
10. Logistics
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4. Erasmus programme
There is a limited number of specialization courses and elective subjects available in English. Erasmus
exchange students must be registered via their home institutions prior to submission of application documents.
The Erasmus programme starts since the beginning of the summer semester in February. Academy of
Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza each year offers different kind of courses for example: Marketing in services, Cultural differences in International Business, Communication in Business, International Marketing,
International Relations.
The updated list of courses taught in a particular academic year can be found on our web sites.
International agreements
Country
Name of University/ Academy
Faculties
Belgium
Heute Ecole IESN
Management Economy
Belgium
Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
Marketing
Czech Republic
Business School Ostrava
Management
Czech Republic
Jan Amos Komensky
Pedagogic Sociology Management
Denmark
The Danish Business Academy
Management
Finland
Hameen Polytechnic
IT
German
Fachhochschule Eberswalde
Management
Hungary
Budapest Polytechnic
Management
Hungary
Kodolanyj Janos Uniwersity College
Economy Pedagogic Sociology
Hungary
Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem
-Univeristy of Szged
Economy
Portugal
Instituto Politecnico de Santarem
IT
Spain
Universidad Del Pais Vasco
Economy
Turkey
Anadolu University
Economy Pedagogic Sociology
Turkey
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Economy
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5. Organization of the academic year
ECTS - our programs are designed according to international standards. ECTS is available to all students
that participate in international exchanges. Thanks to the implementation of ECTS and agreements with
our foreign partners, students have experienced no difficulty in converting the credits they earned during
their studies abroad.
Polish Language and Culture Courses
Polish Language for Foreigners and Polish Culture courses are available to international students. The
aim of the Polish Language course is to provide participants with enough knowledge to communicate at
a basic level. By choosing studies in Polish, the Academy can provide Polish courses.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
The academic year is divided into two semesters(15 weeks are taught each semester):
• Winter semester: October - January (1.X - 15.II)
• Summer semester: February - June (16.II - 20.VI)
Exams take place in January and June.
Holidays: there are no lectures during the last 10 days of the year, in the first half of February and during
the Easter break.
Summer holidays last from the beginning of July until the end of September.
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6. International Certificates
The Academy of Business issues international certificates in foreign languages and information technology.
Foreign Languages
The Academy enables the students studying the most popular foreign languages - English, German, Italian, Spanish and many others. After graduating language courses students receive ESJO Certificate.
• TELC Certificate (English, German Exams) – The Certificate is acknowledged on the international arena and recognized as a necessary document required for employment. More information - www.telc.net
• LCCI Certificate (Business English Exams) - The LCCI certificate is
evaluated in the entire world and it is recognized as the international
passport facilitating getting a good job in Poland and abroad. More
information: www.lcci.org.pl
• TOEIC Bridge Certificate. The TOEIC Bridge certificate is a reliable and
accurate method of assessing your English knowledge at the very beginning of language education, in the scope of understanding, reading.
• TOEIC Certificate (Test of English for International Communication) It is
the exam focused on testing your fluency of using English in an office,
during meetings, negotiations or business trips. The examination assesses your knowledge of the English in the business environment.
• TOEFL Certificate (Test of English as a Foreign Language). It is the most
frequently taken exam confirming your knowledge of the English in the
academic context.
• TFI Certificate - Test de Français International. It is an equivalent of
the TOEIC examination in the French language, which is based on the
same point scale of assessing the language competence and it has a
similar structure as the English exam. The examination has been prepared in order to measure the level of the French business knowledge.
• WiDaF Certificate - Deutsch als Fremdsprache in der Wirtschaft. It is an
examination assigned for testing the knowledge of the business German
in the labor environment.
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6. International Certificates
Information Technology
Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza is center certificated by Microsoft
IT Academy Platinum and has authorization to lead the courses:
• MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) the basic title confirming high level
of Microsoft technology competences.
• MCSA ( Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)–the certificate that
confirms high level of administration skills of Microsoft systems
• MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer)-the proof of the highest level
of designing and accustoming business infrastructure based on Microsoft
Windows ® 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server System ™
Within the activity of Microsoft IT Academy Platinum there is examination
centre Pearson VUE that enables our students to enter the international
exams within technology of Microsoft, SUN Microsystems, RedHat Linux
and Cisco.
• Cisco CCNA Certificate (Cisco Certified Networking Associate) is acknowledged all over the world. The certificate confirms your technological
knowledge and abilities to install, set up and administer the LAN and WAN
networks, as well as the knowledge of IP, RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, Ethernet,
Frame Relay protocols
• Certificate SUN Microsystems – SAI thanks to which students can get acquainted with SUN Solaris systems and receive administration certificates.
• ECDL Certificate - European Computer Driving License. The computer
driving license certifies your ability to realize basic tasks via a microcomputer, such as: text editing, using the spreadsheet or a computer network.
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7. Admission/ registration procedure
Step 1: Choose Academy of Business in
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Why Academy of Business?!
High quality of education
Prestigious accreditations (The State
Accreditation Committee, Foundation
for the Promotion and Accreditation of
Economic Education)
High position in higher education rankings (‘Wprost’, ‘Polityka’, ‘Home Market’)
in English, students are expected to be
proficient enough in English to participate
in lectures as well as read, write and take
exams in the English language. Applicants
whose native language is not English should
prepare documents to show their English
skills.
2.3. Documents required
All EU-students within Erasmus Programme
must submit the following documents:
Application form
Certificates
Copy of valid passport or Identity Card
Multimedia library
3 recent passport size photographs plus 1
in electronic version
Modern computer center providing free
Internet and e-mail access to all students
Leadership in the field of curriculum
development of students (courses, seminars, symposiums, researches)
Step 2: Prepare to Apply
2.1 Find your programme
Find programmes of study in Polish or in
English. If you cannot find your programme,
use the website that can help you to
identify research expertise at Academy of
Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
2.2 Requirements
The official forms E111 of E128 to prove
affiliation to a Health Insurance Fund or
Company in your country of origin
Exchange students from partner universities in order to attend classes at Academy
of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza as an exchange student must be nominated by your
home university. Contact your university’s
International or Exchange Office to find out
more about the application procedure, application deadlines and selection process.
All non-EU-students must submit the following documents:
The Academy of Business has set minimum
criteria that all applicants must meet to be
admitted. To be admitted to the Program
Application form
Copy of valid passport or Identity Card
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7. Admission/ registration procedure
Step 3: Apply to Academy of Business
3 recent passport size photographs plus 1 in
electronic version
Matriculation certificate (świadectwo
dojrzałości) or an official duplicate issued by the
high school or nostrification of the matriculation
certificate, if it was obtained abroad
Medical examination certificate with no contraindication for studying
Applying to Academy of Business has never been
easier.
Complete set of candidate enrollment documentation. First send it by e-mail on the following
address: [email protected] and then send
it on the address:
Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu Dąbrowie Górniczej
The official forms E111 of E128 to prove affiliation to a Health Insurance Fund or Company
in your country of origin (if not register with a
Polish health insurance)
Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza
International Relations Office
Ul. Cieplaka 1 C,
An official recognition of a foreign diploma or
scholarly degree of the matriculation certificate,
if it was obtained abroad. Candidates with foreign
matriculation certificate should contact appropriate foreign institutions to get assistance on which
documents are needed to recognise the document. For more information, please visit the Bureau for Academic Recognition and International
Exchange website - www.buwiwm.edu.pl
2.4 Having examined the enrollment documentation, the Academy sends the Offer Letter to the
candidates who meet the required criteria.
41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza
Poland
Step 4: Visa
Foreign students must apply for a Student Visa
in the Polish Embassy or Consulate in their home
country before arriving to Poland. Any student in
need of assistance is asked to contact the International Office.
Visa requirements for Non-EU/EEA citizens
2.5 Candidates effect payment of registration and
tuition fees to the bank account of the Academy,
immediately after having received the Offer Letter from the Academy.
2.6 Having received the payment of enrollment
and tuition fees, the Academy issues the Letter of
Acceptance.
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The students of a non-EU/EEA country can enter
the territory of Poland on the basis of a valid travel document (passport) and a visa (if required). A
student of a non-EU country has to obtain a visa
(short-term visa up to 3 months or long-term visa
up to 1 year) from the Consulate of Poland in his/
her country of residence.
Prolongation of a visa in Poland is only possible in
cases of force majeure or situations impossible to
foresee while applying for the visa in consulate.
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7. Admission/ registration procedure
The visa can be prolonged only once. Students
coming for a period of study longer than 3 months
are therefore obliged to apply for a visa in a
consulate for the whole planned period of stay in
Poland.
You need the following documents to apply for
Polish visa:
Passport
Visa application form
Current passport photographs
Official statement from Polish university accepting you as a student
Official statement from your home university
declaring the grant received
More practical information about: Polish visa, arriving to Poland, legalizing your stay, medical care
and insurance, recognition of diplomas, driving
license, addresses of diplomatic missions of EU
and EEA in Poland you will find on the website:
http://www.msz.gov.pl
Step 5: Deadlines and fees
Deadlines for applying and registration and tuition
fees you will find on English website:
6.2. Orientation/Registration
Important information including the Academy
calendar, course descriptions and quarterly schedule of classes, tuition, residency and registration
advice may be found at our web site.
Students health care
Health care is free and financed by the state, yet,
after the reform of health care system in Poland it
got included into the national health care system.
You should come to Poland with the form E-128.
After the arrival it is necessary to contact a local
division of the National Health Fund (Narodowy
Fundusz Zdrowia - NFZ) in the city of residence in
Poland. In the NFZ you have to present your insurance document, on the basis of which a document
will be issued confirming your right to the medical assistance in Poland (Potwierdzenie prawa do
swiadczen zdrowotnych na terenie Polski). This
document contains also a list of medical services
available for its holder.
More information about National Health Fund on
web- site www.nfz.gov.pl Apart from academic
and public medical care system there is also a
well-developed private sector.
www.wsb.edu.pl
Step 6: After You Are Admitted
6.1. Getting Settled
Graduate students have a range of housing options.
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8. Contact
Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej
Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza
ul. Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza
Polska/Poland
Tel: +48 32 262 28 05; +48 32 295 93 16
Fax +48 32 295 93 44
Web Address: www.wsb.edu.pl;
www.wsb.edu.pl/erasmus
E-mail: [email protected]
Students’ offices
The students are served in following offices:
Admission Office – receiving applications documents, giving information about the education in
the Academy, enrolment procedure
Dean’s Office – student matters connected with
studies (credits, exams, students’ affairs)
Careers Office – information about labour market,
dealing with traineeship offers
International Relations Office – information about
student exchange and training in Poland and
abroad
International Relations Office
Tel: +48 32 295 93 16
Fax: +48 32 295 93 44
E-mail: [email protected]
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IV PRACTICAL INFORMATION
1. Living in Poland
Living cost in Poland
Approximately € 100 per month for food if you are
cooking by yourself. Eating out is more expensive.
You will also need some money for books and writing
materials. Personal spending: about € 50 per month
including leisure activities such as cinema (ticket
price € 5). Depending on your life-style and habits
you have different needs.
Current average rate of currencies You can find on
web site of Polish National Bank: www.nbp.pl
Currency exchange: If you wish to exchange euro (or
other currency) into PLN you have at you disposal
exchange desks at border crossings, airports, railway stations, hotels and special exchange counters
called KANTOR.
There are many banks in Poland. They are usually
open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6p.m. You
can open an account in Poland (usually only passport
is needed) or get money directly from the account
in your home country through a cash machine. If you
decided to open a bank account in Poland and you
do not speak Polish, we would advise you to ask a
Polish colleague to accompany you.
In the Academy’s building there is a cafeteria Amigo
where one can buy beverages, sandwiches, sweets
and some hot meals. The price of lunch is approximately 10 PLN.
Where to sleep?
Taking into account the longer stay in Poland, you
better apply for granting a student dormitory (about
100 euro / month per person) - http://student.
us.edu.pl/akademiki-us-sosnowiec or rent a private
room. In finding an accommodation, a worker of the
Academy will be found helpful. If you want to find
your accommodation yourself, check online service
centres: www.gratka.pl, www.nieruchomosci-online.pl
Connection and transport:
How to travel?
Considering an excellent location of Dąbrowa Górnicza, you can commute easily among the most
interesting places in the region and country. The
driveway to Katowice takes about 30 minutes, to
Cracow, less than 1 hour, to Warsaw, 2.5 hours and
to the Polish Baltic Sea famous city - Gdańsk, about
8 hours.
In the region, buses and trams are the best means of
transport. The detailed timetables and a price list of
bus and tram tickets are accessible on www.kzkgop.
pl www.pks.pl website
If you want to take longer trips, the best mean of
transport is a train. The fastest railway is the intercity connection servicing both domestic and international connections. Timetables and price lists are
available on a www.intercity.pl website. However,
the Polish National Railways offer cheaper connections called “pospieszny” (fast train) - price lists and
timetables are available on a www.pkp.pl website.
It is possible to get a timetable via sms. In order to
get the information about the 5 approaching connections e.g. from Gdańsk to Cracow after 10.15
a.m., you need to send an sms meaning: Gdansk do
Krakow Głowny 1015. (without the Polish signs) on
71757.
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1. Living in Poland
Direct railway connection to:
• Warszawa, capital city (distance 270 km);
• Katowice, (distance 20 km);
• Łódź, (distance 180 km);
• Częstochowa, (distance 69 km);
• Gdańsk, (distance 618 km);
• Wrocław (distance 190 km)
till 22.00 at weekdays and till 20.00 at weekend.
Where to eat?
Students of the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa
Górnicza are entitled to a price ticket discount in a
regional and domestic transport, on the basis of the
student identification card, issued by the Academy.
Approximately € 20 per month is a monthly payment for local transport (bus, tramways). Taxi journeys are more expensive: about € 20 per drive from
Dąbrowa Górnicza to Katowice.
In the international communication, the fastest and
usually the cheapest mean of transport is a plane. It
is possible to get to the Pyrzowice Katowice airport
in about 30 minutes by bus from Dąbrowa Górnicza
and to the Cracow Balice airport in about 1 hour.
The detailed price list and a flight schedule are accessible on a websites of cheap carriers: www.wizzair.com, www.easyjet.com, www.ryanair.com.
Airport in the vicinity:
• Katowice - Pyrzowice Airport (distance 24 km);
• Kraków - Balice Airport (distance 70 km);
Shopping
In Dabrowa Gornicza and region there is a great base
of stores, shops and shopping malls. The opening
hours may vary but most shops are open from 10.00
till 18.00. Supermarkets are usually open from 10.00
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Studying at the Academy of Business in Dąbrowa
Górnicza, you can attend the AMIGO 2001 student
club and the canteen, which prepares meals 7 days
a week (breakfasts, dinners and suppers). There are
also numerous restaurants to choose (www.sphinx.
pl, www.dagrasso.pl, www.pizzeria-vinci.pl, www.
telepizza.pl, www.pizzeriasantorini.pl, www.pizzaambrozja.pl).
Where to entertain?
In the “Pogoria” shopping centre (5 minutes on foot
from the Academy) you can do your shopping (www.
ch-pogoria.pl), use an offer of hairdressing and
cosmetic salons, watch a good film in the HELIOS
cinema (www.heliosnet.pl) and also have a meal
in restaurants (www.kfc.pl, www.mcdonald.pl,
www.pizzadominium.pl).
The Palace of the Culture in Dąbrowa Górnicza is the animator of regional cultural activities (www.palac.art.pl). There are organized
numerous concerts, theatre performances of artists of both national and foreign stages. There
also functions the “Sztygarka” City Museum
(www.muzeum-dabrowa.pl) and the City Library
(www.biblioteka-dg.pl)
Basic costs and
www.thevisitor.pl
tourist
information
offices:
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1. Living in Poland
Polish specialities and eating habits
There are the things one must try before leaving Poland:
Polish cuisine has elements taken from the cooking traditions of many national groups that lived in the
country side by side for centuries, notably the Jews, Ukrainians, Belarussians and Lithuanians. There are
also some Russian, German, Czech and Austrian influences as well as dishes from more distant regions: Italy,
France and the Middle East.
We have traditional dishes, such as schabowy (a pork chop), bigos (cabbage served with vegetables and
meat traditional stew typical of Polish and Lithuanian cuisine that many consider the Polish national dish),
gołąbki (chopped pork and rice wrapped up in a cabbage leaf, then cooked in a tomato sauce) or pierogi
(pockets with mushrooms, meat or fruit) on the other hand, we eat more salads and vegetables.
For breakfast we usually have cereals, tea, coffee or milk, yoghurt, or toast, sometimes sandwiches or
eggs. Many people have lunch in the early afternoon. Dinner, served in the late afternoon, is the main meal.
Salads, potatoes, rice or pasta with meat are served. A piece of cake or fruit is a good dessert as well as
traditional Polish desserts like doughnuts (Polish: pączki) or Polish gingerbread (Polish: pierniki) from Toruń.
Eating out - Cities have a wide range of restaurants, bars, pubs, and fast foods places. Some restaurants
specialize in national cuisine - Polish, Italian, French, Chinese and so on. Vegetarians will find good restaurants as well. Cafes, apart from tea and coffee, offer cakes and other sweet desserts.
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2. Mini guide
a) WARSAW
How to get?
Where to sleep?
The fastest way to get there is by train from Katowice to the Central Warsaw railway station. Details
about train connections are accessible on www.
intercity.pl website and www.pkp.pl. You need 3 h
to get there.
Taking into account a good location in the city centre and low prices, dormitories and hostels are the
best accommodation places. In July and August
there are thousands of accommodation places for
tourists in dormitories and hotels. This number
decreases considerably during the academic year.
More demanding tourists may consider the rich offer of hotels and luxury apartments.
Important: it is possible to purchase the “The Tourist Card” giving the possibility of using the city
transport free of charge (trams, buses and underground) in Warsaw. The card also entitles you to
visit museums, galleries free of charge or with a
reduced price, as well as, you can receive high discounts in shops, hotels or hostels.
What to see?
Pałac Kultury i Nauki (plac Defilad 1) – Panorama
Warszawy z 30 piętra,
strona www: www.pkin.pl
The Palace of Culture and Science (Parade Square 1)
- Warsaw’s Panorama from the altitude of 30 floors
Website: www.pkin.pl
The Royal Castle (Castle Square 7) – Nowadays it is a
Museum, in bygone days, the residence of kings and
the seat of the Republic of both Nations Sejm
website: www.zamek-krolewski.com.pl
As well as:
The Zygmunt Waza III Monument (Castle Square)
Warsaw Mermaid (the Old Town Market)- The Monument- The symbol of Warsaw.
Barbican (Nowomiejska St.)
Belvedere (Belwederska St. 54-56).
Royal Łazienki Park
Wilanów website: www.wilanow-palac.art.pl
Museum of the Warsaw Insurrection website:
www.1944.pl
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More details on websites: www.warsawtour.pl,
www.warsaw-life.com
b) KRAKÓW – WIELICZKA – OŚWIĘCIM
How to get?
The best way to get there is by train from Sosnowiec to the main railway station in Cracow. Details
about train connections are available on a www.
intercity.pl website and www.pkp.pl. You need 1,5h
to get there.
IV PRACTICAL INFORMATION
2. Mini guide
What to see ?
1. KRAKÓW
Wawel – The Royal Castle in Cracow
website: www.wawel.kraków.pl
The Mariacki Church - one of the best-known Cracow’s monuments
website: www.mariacki.pl
kow.pl/rezerwacja service centre is enabling you
to get the quick information about vacancies.
Where to party?: www.knajpy.krakow.pl, www.imprezy.krakow.pl
More details: www.cracow-life.com, www.krakow.
pl, www.crazyguides.com
2. WIELICZKA
Gallery of the Polish Art of 19th century in Sukiennice – the historic building of Sukiennice together with the Gallery is situated in a central part
of the Cracow Main Market in The Old Town.
website: www.muzeum.krakow.pl
Wieliczka – the salt mine entered into the register
of the World Cultural and Nature Heritage - UNESCO
website: www.kopalnia.pl
Balloon flight above Cracow (St. Stanisław I Rd.)
– Cracow’s panorama from the altitude of about
150 m
website: www.hiflyer.pl
Oświęcim – The National KL Auschwitz Museum
– the museum of Nazi extermination camps in
Oświęcim and Brzezinka.
website: www.auschwitz.org.pl
As well as:
Barbakan / Barbican
Biblioteka Jagiellońska / The Jagiellonian Library
Muzem Czartoryskich / The Czartoryski’s Museum
strona www: www.muzeum-czartoryskich.krakow.pl
Dzielnica Żydowska – Kazimierz / The Jewish District - Kazimierz
strona www: www.kazimierz.zaprasza.net, www.
mojkazimierz.pl
c) it is also worth visiting:
Where to sleep?
3. OŚWIĘCIM
BIESZCZADY www.bieszczady.pl
CZĘSTOCHOWA www.jasnagora.pl
GDAŃSK, GDYNIA, SOPOT – „Morze Bałtyckie” –
www.trojmiasto.pl
GÓRY STOŁOWE www.radkow.it
MAZURY www.mazury.info
WROCŁAW www.wroclaw-life.com
ZAKOPANE „Winter Capital of Poland” www.zakopane.pl
Alike in Warsaw, dormitories and hostels are the
best accommodation places. The online www.kra34
V POLISH DICTIONARY
DANE PERSONALNE
- Nazwisko
- Imię
- Data urodzenia
- Kraj
- Adres
- Paszport
PERSONAL DATA
- Surname
- First name
- Date of birth
- Country
- Residence; Address
- Passport
POZDROWIENIA
- Cześć
- Dzień dobry
- Dowidzenia
- Dziękuję
- Gdzie jest…?
- Ile to kosztuje?
- Jak się masz
- Mam na imię…
- Miło mi poznać
- Mówisz po angielsku?
- Nie
- Nie wiem
- Nie mówię po Polsku
- Proszę
- Przepraszam
- Tak
GREETINGS
- Hello- informal greeting
- Good day (suitable for use all day)
- Good bye
- Thank You
- Where is…?
- How much does it cost?
- How are You?
- My name is…
- Nice to meet You
- Do You speak English?
- No
- I don’t know
- I don’t speak Polish
- You’re welcome
- I’m sorry, Excuse me
- Yes
NAPISY
- Kantor
- Kino
- Lotnisko
- Policja
- Poczta
- Przyjazdy/ Odjazdy
- Pan
- Rozkład jazdy
- Szpital
- Teatr
- Uwaga
- Wstęp wolny
- Wejście
- Wyjście
NOTICES
- Bureau de Change
- Cinema
- Airport
- Police
- Post Office
- Arrivals/ Departures
- Gentlemen
- Timetable
- Hospital
- Theatre
- Watch out
- Admission Free
- Entrance
- Exit
DNI TYGODNIA
- Poniedziałek
- Wtorek
- Środa
- Czwartek
- Piątek
- Sobota
- Niedziela
WEEK- DAYS
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
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Contact:
Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej
Tel: +48 32 262 28 05; +48 32 295 93 16
Academy of Business in Dąbrowa Górnicza
Fax +48 32 295 93 44
ul. Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza
Web Address: www.wsb.edu.pl;
Polska/Poland
www.wsb.edu.pl/erasmus
E-mail: [email protected]
www.wsb.edu.pl
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.