Legnica University of Management (Polish: "Wyższa Szkoła Menedżerska w Legnicy") is a university in Legnica, Poland, specialising in subjects related to management.
The university was established in 1997,[1] and has promoted over 1,600 graduates. The range of courses offered by the university has expanded since its establishment in 1997; the newest ones to open are Transport and Computer Science (2001) and Sociology and Architecture and City Planning (2004). Legnica University of Management is the largest higher education institution in the region. As of January 2016, the university has 1,927 students, including 568 post-graduate students and 1,135 undergraduates.[1]
Degrees offered at the university include undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, and can be studied full-time or part-time. Undergraduate courses run by the university include: Architecture and Town Planning; Computer Science; Economics; Management and Marketing; pedagogy; sociology; and transport. Post-graduate options include Management and Marketing, and Law. The University is waiting for ministry approval to offer a course in Philology, and has also applied to the Ministry of Education for permission to provide PhD courses in economics. There are plans to establish another new course in Management and Production Engineering.
The university employs specialists from within Poland and from abroad. At the moment there are 155 academics co-operating with Legnica University of Management - 16 professors, 22 habilitated doctors, and 67 doctors. The school owns its own buildings, equipped with computer and specialist laboratories and a library.
The recruitment process is based on secondary school leaving exam results and an interview, and in the case of Architecture and Town Planning, also on results of a drawing exams and knowledge of art and architecture.
Legnica University of Management participates in many national and international activities and partnerships:
To develop its international partnerships, Legnica University of Management plans to: introduce the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS); introduce language courses into non-language learning degrees; participate in European projects related to student and staff mobility, via the Erasmus programme and the establishment of an International Relations Office; promote open and distance learning as a new method of teaching.