The Faculty of
Management
The Faculty offers three very attractive bachelor
degree courses for students:
·
Management,
·
Finance and
Accounting,
·
Computer Science
and Econometrics.
Specialisation areas related to these degree courses are consistent
with core programme requirements. They are also consistent with the programmes
of European and American colleges, which provide students with professional
skills, enabling them to hold managerial posts in institutions and in domestic
and foreign companies. The graduates of the faculty become key employees of
banks, financial institutions, consulting firms and companies in a variety of
sectors. They are also well-prepared for running independent business activity.
There are presently over 2,000 full-time students and over 2,000 part-time (extramural) students at the
Faculty. According to Bologna process both the full-time programme
and the part-time programme (extramural) last 10 semesters and consist of 2
stages.
The first stage, the professional course, lasts 6
semesters and the graduates are awarded the
Bachelor’s degree. The second stage, the complementary Master’s
programme, takes additional 4 semesters and the graduates are awarded the Master’s degree.
Post-graduate programmes include: Accounting and Finance, School of Management,
Health Care Management, Human Resources Management, Ecological Auditing, as
well as Banking, the latter being conducted in co-operation with Gdańsk
Banking Academy
and the Academy
of Banking in Frankfurt. The programmes are of the great interest to
the graduates of various universities. The Faculty holds the right to award
scientific degrees: doctor’s and associate
professor.
Teaching and research staff of the faculty consists of
36 professors, 68 tutors and senior lecturers and 67 senior assistants and
assistants.
The staff of the faculty
conducts research on Marketing, Organisational Restructuring, Capital and
Investment Markets, Finance and Entrepreneurship, Accounting, Human Resources
Management, Enterprise Information Systems Design, Activities of Small and
Medium Enterprises, Statistic and Econometric Modelling and Forecasting, Market
Processes and Consumer Market Research, resulting in numerous textbooks and
publications in leading national and foreign scientific and professional
journals. Academic teachers of the Faculty hold posts in local authorities, act
as government advisors, members of management boards and supervisory boards of
companies and financial institutions. For two years the faculty has been co-operating with prestigious foreign academic centres such as:
the London School of Economics, the University
of Leicester, Chicago
Loyola University,
University of Stirling,
Kingston University
(London). The
collaboration with the University
of Leicester and London Business
School resulted in
creation of the Statistic Information Centre that monitors economic changes in
the Central and Eastern European countries. Under the recently expanded
co-operation programme with American Civic
Education Project, students have the opportunity of gaining additional
knowledge and learning about American practices in public sector management.
Foreign student exchange has been gaining momentum under the European Union
programs Erasmus and Socrates. There are 9 scientific associations at the
Faculty in which the students develop their interests, extend their knowledge
and improve their practical professional skills.
The Faculty is equipped with several computer labs
with Internet access and a variety of application software. Additional
terminals are located in the Faculty entrance hall. Faculty teaching rooms are
furnished with modern audiovisual equipment. In addition to the Main Library of
the University of
Gdansk, the Faculty of
Management has two faculty reading-rooms open to employees and students.
The Faculty consists of 10departments and 1 institute.
