The Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw

The Faculty runs more than sixty national and international research projects, funded by, among others, the European Union, the National Centre for Research and Development, the National Science Centre, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The projects range from behavioural economics to macroeconomic modelling. Faculty members consistently produce quality research output, much of it is published in prestigious international journals and leading Polish journals.

The economists representing the Faculty of Economic Sciences conduct interdisciplinary research from various areas of economics and finance. From traditional fields such as: international finance and economics, labour economics, law, demography and accounting to multi-disciplinary, innovative research combining psychology, ecology, digitalisation, data science or quantitative finance.

The Faculty offers undergraduate and graduate programmes in Polish as well as four programmes fully conducted in English:

• Undergraduate (BA) programme “Finance, International Investments and Accounting”
• Graduate (MA) programme “Data Science and Business Analytics”
• Graduate (MA) programme “International Economics”
• Graduate (MA) programme “Quantitative Finance”

The Faculty coordinates two doctoral programmes conducted in English by the University of Warsaw:

• “Quantitative Psychology and Economics”
• “Economics and Finance”

Programmes offered by the Faculty of Economic Sciences are based on solid mathematical knowledge and great economic foundations, supported by practical knowledge of advanced econometric and programming e.g. SAS, STATA, R, Python, VBA, C++. Curricula of the programmes offered by the Faculty include innovative, experimental learning methods such as design, simulation and case studies using e-learning platforms and computer laboratories.

Furthermore, programmes offered by the Faculty follow international standards – 2 programmes offered by the Faculty received ACCA accreditation (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

The educational offer of the Faculty of Economic Sciences is appreciated internationally, e.g. according to the Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking 2022 Quantitative Finance is the13th in the world; Data Science and Business Analytics, International Economics as well as Informatics and Econometrics (in Polish) are the 1st in Eastern Europe.

Alumni of the Faculty of Economic Sciences are on top places in the Graduate Tracking System in terms of the gross earnings and the speed at which they find work.

The Faculty of Economic Sciences has nearly 80 international cooperation agreements allowing for short-term mobility Students of International Economics have the opportunity to obtain a double degree with four prestigious foreign universities. Moreover, the internationalization of the Faculty is very high - almost 25% of the Faculty’s students are foreign.

The Faculty of Economic Sciences cooperates with some of the biggest companies in the industry to provide interesting professional development paths e.g.: Digital Economy path under Google's patronage, Data Mining Certificate Programme (conducted in cooperation with SAS Institute Poland) which prepares experts for advanced data analysis and management, Introduction to Anti Money Laundering (conducted in cooperation with Citi bank specialists), Understanding Business (conducted on a mentoring basis with companies’ representatives and case studies).