Wrocław University of Economics
The Wroclaw University of Economics and Business is one of ten public universities located in Wrocław, Poland. Originally established in 1947 as a private business school, it was nationalized in 1954 under the name Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczna. In October 1974 it was named after the Polish economist Oskar Lange, although his name does not occur in the official English name of the university. Changing the name to the Wrocław University of Economics in 2008 removed Oskar Lange from the name of the university.
The main campus with three out of four departments is located on Ulica Komandorska near the center of Wrocław, whereas one faculty resides in a separate campus in Jelenia Góra.
The university comprises the following schools :
- School of Economic Sciences
- School of Engineering and Economics
- School of Management, Computer Science and Finance
- School of Economics, Management and Tourism
Rectors
- Kamil Stefko
- Stefan Górniak
- Antoni Wrzosek
- Krzysztof Jeżowski
- Wincenty Styś
- Adam Chełmoński
- Józef Fiema
- Józef Popkiewicz
- Józef Kaleta
- Wiesław Pluta
- Józef Kaleta
- Andrzej Baborski
- Marian Noga
- Bogusław Fiedor
- Andrzej Gospodarowicz
- Andrzej Kaleta
Researchers and alumni
- Leszek Czarnecki – Polish billionaire
- Grzegorz Marek Michalski – economist
- Mateusz Morawiecki – Prime Minister of Poland
- Marian Noga – Monetary Policy Council
- Jerzy Szmajdziński – Minister of National Defence