Management

Master’s Degree
Duration: 2 years/4 semesters
Paid studies

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Programme description

Second-cycle studies in Management are designed for individuals who wish to develop advanced managerial competencies and prepare for roles requiring decision-making, team leadership, and strategic thinking. The programme focuses on skills essential for functioning in a dynamic and complex organizational environment.

Students learn how to solve complex problems, conduct analyses, formulate conclusions, and use data and information in decision-making processes. The education also includes the development of skills in synthesizing knowledge, preparing professional reports and presentations, and effective communication in a business environment.

An important element of the programme is the development of leadership competencies, including team management, goal setting, organization of activities, and responsibility for their implementation. The programme prepares students to make informed and bold decisions in various areas of organizational functioning.

Why choose this programme?

You combine knowledge with practice. The Management programme enables you to develop skills in analysis, diagnosis, and decision-making based on data, research, and real business experience.

You learn from experts and practitioners. Classes are taught by lecturers actively involved in consulting and project work, which allows you to become familiar with current challenges and the mechanisms of how organizations operate.

You develop strategic competencies. The programme builds the ability to define development directions, assess risk, and anticipate change, preparing you to operate in a dynamic market environment.

You work on real-world challenges. The studies encourage project-based work, knowledge exchange, and collaboration, including with business partners and within an international environment.

Who is this programme for?

For individuals who want to deepen their knowledge of how organizations function and develop competencies in selected areas of management, preparing for professional activity in business and institutional environments.

For candidates ready to make complex decisions based on data, analysis, and contextual understanding, as well as to develop strategic and leadership skills.

For people open to innovation, change, and new organizational models, who wish to work in a project-based, responsible manner within a dynamic market environment.

For graduates of various fields of study and entrepreneurial individuals planning to develop a managerial or expert career, or to run their own business.

What will you learn?

On the Management programme, you will acquire in-depth knowledge of management, using tools from economics, finance, and law to better understand the mechanisms of how organizations operate. You will learn to analyse complex decision-making situations and design effective strategic, operational, and process solutions tailored to dynamic market conditions.

The programme will allow you to become familiar with advanced management models and concepts that support the assessment of economic phenomena and decision-making based on data and analysis. You will also develop skills in planning and developing ventures at both local and international levels, taking into account contemporary business conditions.

An important part of the education is understanding the impact of social, technological, environmental, and political changes on organizational activity, which prepares you to act consciously in a changing and complex environment.

Career paths and opportunities after graduation

• Manager / Team or Department Manager
• Business Consultant
• Business Analyst
• Strategy and Development Specialist
• Project Manager
• Process Management Specialist
• Operations Manager
• Organizational Advisor
• Entrepreneur / Business Owner
• Organizational Development and Innovation Specialist

Contact with the Recruitment Office

Office hours: Monday–Friday 09:00–14:00, room C321 (3rd floor), 1/3 Szturmowa Street, Warsaw; (June–September: Monday–Friday 08:00–15:00)

Tel.:

• +48 22 55 34 100 (available from 9 June to 30 September)
• +48 22 55 34 190

Email:

• rekrutacja@wz.uw.edu.pl – for candidates from Poland
• admissions@wz.uw.edu.pl – for international candidates

Admission schedule for the 2026/2027 academic year

• Registration in the IRK system – 9 June – 9 July
• Application fee payment – 9 June – 10 July
• Submission of results by candidates – 9 June – 14 July
• Entrance examination – 16 July at 14:00
• Announcement of admission results – 22 July
• Submission of documents by qualified candidates – 23, 24, 27 July; in the event of movement on the waiting list, additional dates will be published in IRK.

Application fee

The application fee for registering for one selected programme, level, and mode of study is PLN 85. If a candidate is required to take a written or oral exam or attend an interview, the application fee is PLN 100. For candidates participating in an exam or interview conducted by the admissions committees solely to assess proficiency in Polish or English, the fee is PLN 85.

The amount of the paid application fee must correspond to the number of selected study programmes for which a separate fee has been charged.

Candidates should pay the application fee sufficiently in advance, no later than by the end of the day following the last day of registration for a given programme. It is recommended that payments are made using systems ensuring the fastest possible transfer of funds.

In the candidate’s personal registration account, under the “Payments” tab, there is a deadline (date and time) by which the payment must be made for a selected programme, as well as a deadline (date and time) by which the fee must be credited to the University of Warsaw account. If the fee is not credited within the deadline, it will be taken into account only upon the candidate’s request, provided it was paid no later than by the end of the day following the last day of registration for the programme. The candidate may submit such a request to the admissions committee within three days from the date of publication of results for the given programme.

Candidates make payments in PLN or foreign currencies to an individual bank account generated for each candidate by the IRK system.

IMPORTANT! Information about payment methods and the amount of the application fee will appear in the candidate’s personal registration account under the “Payments” tab after registering for a programme or programmes.

Once the application fee is credited to the University of Warsaw’s bank account, a confirmation will appear in the candidate’s personal registration account. The candidate is required to check or set the correct priority for assigning the payment to the selected programme within the required deadline.

Candidates applying via transfer from another university are exempt from the application fee.

Refund of the application fee

A candidate is entitled—upon request—to a refund of the application fee for one or more programmes in the following cases:

• failure to register in the IRK system for a programme;
• registration for fewer programmes than covered by the paid fee;
• suspension of the application fee by the candidate in the “Payments” tab of their IRK account;
• exclusion from the qualification process due to late payment or late crediting of the fee;
• non-launch of the programme due to insufficient number of candidates.

A refund is also possible in the case of justified and documented absence from the entrance exam.

The refunded amount may be reduced by transaction costs.

Refunds are processed by the Head of the Admissions Office after completion of the recruitment procedure, based on a written request signed by the candidate. The request must be sent by traditional mail to the UW Admissions Office or by email, or via a message sent from the candidate’s IRK account (“My account” → “Help”) with the subject “Application fee refund”. The request must include the candidate’s IRK ID number and the bank account number for the refund. Failure to meet the required subject line, content, or format will result in the request not being considered.

Exemption from the application fee

In particularly justified cases, at least seven days before the end of registration for a given programme, a candidate may submit an application to the Rector for exemption from the application fee, either in person at the Admissions Office or via the electronic submission platform (ePUAP).

The Rector makes the decision on exemption by the last day of registration for the programme, after reviewing the documents attached to the application confirming the circumstances on which the request is based.

Fees for issuing the Electronic Student ID (ELS)

From 1 July 2025, all students holding a PESEL number will have access to the student ID in the mObywatel application (mStudent ID) as a fully valid form of identification. This means that candidates with a PESEL number are no longer required to apply for the ELS or pay the fee; however, they may still obtain the traditional electronic student ID upon request submitted via USOS and subject to payment.

Persons without a PESEL number receive a traditional student ID card. In such cases, one of the required documents is an application for the student ID and proof of payment.

The ELS application, for candidates admitted to studies, is printed from the candidate’s personal IRK account after uploading their photograph. The candidate submits the application for the ELS and proof of payment within the specified deadline together with other documents required from admitted candidates.

The fee for issuing the ELS amounts to PLN 22 and should be paid to the dedicated bank account at Bank Millennium S.A.:

University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
Account number: 56116022020000000076486236
Payment title: fee for issuing student ID

IMPORTANT:

• The ELS fee must not be paid before admission to studies is confirmed.
• The individual bank account generated in the IRK system is not used for payment of the ELS fee.

Admission rules

Entrance exam reading list

You are required to prepare based on the following sources:

• Zalega, T., Microeconomics, University of Warsaw Faculty of Management Publishing House, Warsaw 2016.
• Nowak, A., Zalega T. (eds.), Macroeconomics, Polish Economic Publishing House, Warsaw 2019.
• Klincewicz K. (ed.), Management, Organizations and Organizing – a review of theoretical perspectives, University of Warsaw Faculty of Management Publishing House, Warsaw 2016.
  Available free as a PDF:
  https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/monographs/43/
  Required chapters: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 18, 21, 22, 26, 29
• Kotler, P., Keller K.L., Marketing, Rebis, Poznań 2019.
  Required chapters: 1, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19

Required Documents

Admission procedure for transfer candidates:

1. Registration in the transfer application system.
   IMPORTANT: Registration takes place in the IRK system in the transfer section, not in the general admission section. After clicking the link, register for studies as a transfer student from another university than the University of Warsaw.
2. Uploading the required documents into the IRK system:
   • Certificate confirming completion of at least the first year of studies in 2025/26 at a university other than UW
   • Transcript of records
   • Certificate confirming GPA from the current course of study
   • Document confirming settlement with the previous university
   • Consent for transfer from the candidate’s current university
3. Checking admission results and reading announcements from the Recruitment Committee of the Faculty of Management (WZ UW) available in the candidate’s IRK account.

Transfer admissions schedule for the academic year 2026/2027

• • Registration in the IRK system: June 9, 2026 – September 1, 2026
  • Announcement of results: September 7, 2025
  • Submission of documents by qualified candidates: September 8 – September 11, 2026

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  Students from other universities applying for admission via transfer must meet the following conditions:

  • Have student status at a university accredited by the Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) in the field of first-cycle studies in Management or Finance and Accounting
  • Have completed at least the first year of full-time studies in one of the above fields
  • Have a GPA of no lower than 4.5 from their completed studies

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  The qualification process is based on a ranking list of candidates with the highest GPA from their studies.

  A candidate may be disqualified if the set of courses completed at another university differs significantly from the curriculum required at the University of Warsaw for the second-cycle full-time studies in the given field.

  The final decision regarding admission is made by the Head of the Teaching Unit.