Dear International students,
On behalf of the academic society and my own, I welcome you warmly to the University of Applied Sciences in Bielsko-Biała. I am glad that you decided to spend part of your studies just with us. The University is located in the beautiful city of Bielsko-Biała, surrounded by mountains, lakes and forests. A university with a long history that is an important point of the city and region.
The university is a dynamically developing academic center with a strong and ever-growing international orientation and community.
Our main goal is to provide our international students with a stimulating learning environment, and to offer them a robust education that will contribute to the practical and theoretical aspects of their professional lives. Modern teaching facilities supported by virtual reality constitute significant support in the teaching process. And they are at your disposal.
Thank you for choosing the Bielsko-Biała University of Applied Sciences as your host institution. I believe that your stay will be an unforgettable experience, full of inspiration, which will not only allow you to gain knowledge and experience, but also make new friends.
dr hab. eng. Jacek Binda, Prof ANSBB
Rector
Bielsko-Biała University of Applied Sciences
How to apply
1Completing your application
you will receive the confirmation if you are eligible for a cost free exchange program or a fee paying one. Regardless of the results you must be nominated by your home university.
Please see Programmes for more information on which to choose.
In case of any doubt concerned with the programme, please contact our Erasmus Office.
For a list of modules please see: Courses. Remember, ECTS credits gained at WSFiP will be transfered and count towards your degree.
Please note: Courses are subject to prerequisites and availability. So, take this into account, Time table clashes may sometimes occur.
- Current transcript records.
- Academic reference.
- If English is not your first language, please provide evidence of your proficiency in English/Polish with an overall IELTS score or TOEFL.
- Copy of the photo-id page of your passport.
- 4 passport sized photographs.
Send application form along with supporting documents to:
Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law
Tanskiego 5
43-382 Bielsko-Biala
Poland
tel +48(33) 8297212 or fax: tel +48(33) 8297221
2Once your application has been submitted by International Office in consultation with Dean of the Faculty
- You will receive an initial acceptance by email.
- Your application will be directed to departments for their approval of your module choices.
- Successful applications will receive an official offer letter, including details of your approved module choices.
- After receiving an unconditional offer, confirm acceptance of your place by emailing Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript.
- 24 hours after confirmation from the Study Abroad of receiving your acceptance you can start booking your accommodation with the help of the Study Abroad Office.
- Read your joining instructions carefully and return all the relevant forms.
- If you are applying for a Tier 4 Visa, request a CAS letter from our office by emailing Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript.
Tuition Fees/other costs
Tuition Fees for academic year 2020/21
Decree No. 2/2020 Director General of the Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law on the fees applicable undergraduate students, and graduate engineering starting from the academic year 2020/2021 (valid from 20-05-2020 r.). These fees, should be paid using the account of the University: Bank Pekao SA 28 1240 4142 1111 0000 4823 0360
Exchange students participating in the Erasmus program do not pay any tuition fees to Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law.
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Other Costs
- Accommodation:
The price of accommodation depends on the type you choose. On average, the fee for student dormitory ranges from 400 to 600 PLN/month. - Bus Pass:
Approx. 50 PLN /month (with ID student card) - Study Tours:
These are optional. In case of interest please contact International Office for details. - Telephone and internet access:
For full details about individual halls and their facilities contact: International Office at Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law
Allow for extra expenses such as: books, travel, weekday lunches, clothes, laundry, recreation and entertainment, vacation accommodation, insurance etc. The total cost of living in Bielsko-Biala is difficult to define as it depends on how much money you want to spend. However, the average cost of living is approximately 1500 PLN/month covering accommodation, heating, food and personal expenses.
Courses (Modules) for Study Abroad and Exchange
THE CATALOGUE OF SUBJECTS IN BIELSKO-BIALA SHOOL OF FINANCE AND LAW
OFFERED TO ERASMUS PLUS STUDENTS
SUMMER SEMESTER 2023/2024
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1. Economic Analysis ECTS: 6
is a method of examining economic phenomena by dividing them into elements and examining the relationships between them. It is an important tool for managing and learning about processes in the economy. The analysis may concern various aspects of the company's operations. It is used directly in the management process, where it serves as a link between planning and control. Economic analysis is management instrument, system of research methods, the process of coordinating and integrating the company's substantive and regulatory activities. The subject covers two types of issues:
- Financial analysis - dealing mainly with economic values in monetary terms. It includes the financial condition of the enterprise determined at a specific moment - a day and the financial results of the enterprise determined cumulatively for a certain period - a month, a quarter, a year.
- Technical and economic analysis, which focuses on the assessment of individual sections of the company's business activity.
Subject consists of such instruments as: Initial and developed balance sheet analysis, Profit and Loss Account, Cash Flow, Analysis of the financial condition of the company, and others.
2. International Economic Relations ECTS: 3
The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge about international economic relations, in particular the process of their evolution, causes and consequences. international division of labor, entities of the world economy, international flow of production factors and currency systems, tools of foreign economic policy and others.
The International Economic Relations field focuses on the economic interaction
among countries and the policies that affect their economic outcomes. This subject
also analyzes the role of individual groups of entities important in the global economy
(multinationals, international organizations and others), and the processes of
globalization and international economic integration.
3. Security Philosophy ECTS: 3
The subject answers whether the works of ancient philosophers influenced subsequent epochs and modern concepts of security.
The lecture concerns explaining the opacity of the word “security” which is the result
of a complex etymological history and many different definitions of what the security
term means. Philosophical engagement with the concept of the security promises to
make clear the structure, content, hidden value commitments, and incoherence of the
concept in different disciplines of the science. From an explanatory perspective,
precise definitions of security give scholars a standard to assess the presence or
absence of security and forge explanatory linkages between security and other
concepts (such as power or domination). The subject seeks to reignite philosophical
interest in security.
4. Non-governmental forms of security Winter Semestr ECTS: 4
The purpose of the subject is to analyze non-governmental organizations and present their role in the state security system. Podczas wykładów zostanie przedstawiona odpowiedź na pytanie: How do non-governmental organizations affect the functioning and security of the state? Non-governmental organizations, through their activities, influence the level of state security and its smooth functioning.
The subject takes a closer look at what a non-governmental organization is and its importance in the state security system in the third sector of its security. The subject presents an analysis of the activities of non-governmental organizations, in the context of the state security system.
The subject describes the legal forms of NGO activity.
5. History of Internal Security ECTS: 3
The subject analyzes the evolution of the internal security, the internal security in the historical perspective.
The subject analyzes the origins of the academic study of national security issues.
The lecture is concentrated on the internal security as the phenomenon and the lack of destabilisation and conflicts. The security term is connected with the concept of war and peace. The subject begins by dating the origins of the study of national security issues and the National Security as an ambiguous symbol.
The subject analizes the „golden age” of national security studies as well as the ‘internationalization’ of national security studies. The ‘transnationalization’ of the national security studies after the ending of the Cold War are discussed during the lectures and the study of security in the post-Cold War and post September 11 eras.
6. General history of law and state ECTS: 4
The general history of the state and of law is no easy subject. It takes in many issues, quite a few of which continue to be subjects of research and of scholarly controversies.
The subject considers the history of the state and of law in the most important European countries from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. It analyses the most important changes and their consequences within the legal and state systems of individual countries, but also more broadly on the level of Europe and the world.
7. Crisis Management ECTS: 2
a crisis situation as a situation adversely affecting the level of safety and security of people is analyzed in this subject. A crisis is an event which has the potential to fundamentally change an organization, therefore the analysis of the crisis situation is essential for the knowledge of the crisis management subject. There are some stages of the crisis management which are studied during this lecture.
Crisis management is connected with choosing the strategy designed to help an
organization deal with a sudden negative event, while maintaining business continuity.
Crisis management involves implementing procedures to mitigate and prevent a crisis.
A crisis can occur as a result of an unpredictable event or an unforeseeable
consequence of some event that had been considered as a potential risk. In either case,
crises almost invariably require that decisions be made quickly to limit damage to the
organization. The nature of the potential damage varies based on the nature of the
crisis. Crisis management involves strategic planning and methods of preventing and
mitigating a crisis. All the above issues are included in the scope of lectures on Crisis
Management.
8. Constitutional law ECTS: 4
consists of rules, doctrines, and practices connected with the
constitutional framework of the functioning of the state. The constitutions of the states
are the basis of constitutional law, though sometimes such law originates from sources
outside the state. The nature of constitutional law depends on the constitution. A
constitution is a body of rules governing the affairs of any state. On the other side, a
church community, a social club, or a trade union may operate under the terms of a
formal written document labeled a constitution. Not all of the rules of the organization
are in the constitution. There are many other rules (e.g., custom law) also exist. By
definition the rules spelled out in the constitution are considered to be basic, and if
there is something against the constitution, it should not be acceptable. Implicit in the
concept of a constitution is the idea of a “higher law” that takes precedence over all
other laws. Every political community, and thus every state, has a constitution as a
fundamental body of rules. By this conception of the term, the only conceivable
alternative to a constitution is a condition of anarchy. Nevertheless, the form a
constitution may take varies considerably. Constitutions may be written or unwritten,
codified or uncodified, and complex or simple.
All of these elements are analyze in this subject.
9. Psychology principles ECTS: 3
this subject emphasizes that psychology is a science based on proven concepts and the research of behavioral, psychological, and neuroscience experiments. On the other side, the principles of psychology are a set of mechanisms applied to individuals to understand features of psychology. These principles visually assess an individual’s psychological state and cognitive abilities (thinking and learning). It is believed that the use of psychological principles in learning and behavior solves the problems associated with relationships within groups and individual human behavior.
10. Enviromental Law ECTS: 5
is the law that protects the environment. It consists of the
collection of regulations, agreements and common law that governs how humans
interact with their environment. Environmental law is an up-and-coming area of law in
an age of concern over the carbon ‘footprint’ humans are leaving on the planet. The
lecture covers diverse areas such as climate control, sources of energy, pollution and
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Most opportunities of the involving the the law into the environmental matters are in
the corporate area of advising large organisations and multinationals. Beyond the
corporate world, there are very limited opportunities to regulate the environmental law
in the area of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which is also in the interest of
this subject.
11. Negotiation in business ECTS: 2
The term negotiation refers to a strategic discussion intended to resolve an issue in a way that both parties find acceptable. Negotiations means the consensus based on the solution in which one or both parties will usually need to make some concessions. Negotiation can take place between buyers and sellers, employers and prospective employees, governments, and other parties. This subject presents how negotiation works and how to achieve the success in the negotiation, different strategies and negotiation techniques, types of the negotiations in business, as well as the background for the international negotiation process. This subject also analyzes the role and characteristics of a negotiator, and the types of negotiators.
12. Global Logistics ECTS: 2
This lecture consists of some aspects of global supply chain management, its resilliance and disruption, as well as some global trends in Logistics. It is connected with the global logistic actors, which play the most important role in the global economy and the international management, such as: suppliers, multinationals and global logistic operators, like: 1PL to 5PL. Global Logistics is different depends on the sector, like: in the pharmaceutical vs. The fashion industry and some other industries.
13. Ecologistics and Reverse Logistics ECTS: 2
both of these terms in one lecture are in the
relationship, because the reverse logistics is connected with the recycling or
remanufacturing, which mean the environment protection. But the reverse logistics
also means the returns, In conventional logistics the product is moved from point A to
point B, in reverse logistics, it's returned from point B to point A. Reverse logistics is
related to the circular economy, because it reuses products and materials amd extends
their life cycle, which causes the reduction of the consumption of natural resources.
Ecologistics or Green Logistics means the logistics which is environmentally friendly.
14. Distribution Logistics ECTS: 4
plays a crucial role in delivering goods from manufacturers or suppliers directly to retailers, distribution centers, and customers. Logistics and distribution logistics are related concepts but differ in scope. Distribution logistics lecture concentrates on the distribution phase of the supply chain and its management. The comparision between distribution process and distribution channels and distribution logistics are also important. The main objectives of distribution logistics which are described in this lecture, are: the time and cost optimisation, which mean the cost and time reduction in the transportation and the storage, the optimisation of information flow. Distribution logistics means also managing and operating warehouses or distribution centres for storing, consolidating and some other.
15. Intermodal Transportation ECTS: 3
it involves multiple modes of transportation during a single transfer. intermodal transportation is a part of the logistics system. During this subject, the disparities between the intermodal and multimodal transportation are explained. Multimodal transport is characterized by the transport of goods using two or more different transport modes. Main characteristics of multimodal transportation are transhipment terminals that allow efficient cargo handling between short-distance and long-distance traffic as well as application of standardized and reusable loading units. Combined freight transport can be organized in different ways. Some advantages and disadvantages of intermodal transportation are important in this lecture.
16. Production Logistics ECTS: 4
Production logistics is also known as “internal logistics” or “intralogistics” or “manufacturing logistics”. Production logistics is located between procurement and distribution logistics. Production logistics comprises the planning, management, and control of internal logistics processes in the production plant and connected with the production technology. It also consists of storage, transport and the flow of materials within the company. Production logistics also means the management and control of goods inventories and movements within manufacturing sites and the optimization of these flows. If there are several production sites, production logistics also covers inter-company logistics within the entire company.
Academic credit system
- Credits are assigned to all courses included in the curriculum except Health and Safety rules and communication with the market
- Credits assigned to course rather than individual forms of activities, and granted only when all classes are included within the scope of the course in a given semester
- Credits are assigned in parts only when the course is longer than one semester
- Number of credits assigned to courses of each semester is 30
- The pass mark for the semester is to get 30 credits, so get at least satisfactory in all classes in the curriculum. When student doesn’t collect 30 credits, is registered for the next semester with credit debt
- In case of students exchange, university prepares the transcript of his departure and the return. Credits are awarded after the completion of course, but the home institution does not fit them into the index. Credits for items classified as foreign replace the credits that the student would receive normally at the home university.
Accommodation
Information about accommodation and orientation ERASMUS
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Student Network Orientation of incoming students |
Ewa Grygierczyk-Ciupak e-mail: Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript. |
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Accommodation at Students’ dormitories |
Accommodation for all ERASMUS incoming students can be arranged at Students dormitories and hostels upon request to International and Public Relations Office |
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Cost of accommodation at Students’ dormitories and hostels |
Student dormitory: 99 -135 EUR per month The price depends on the number of students sharing one room. More information about standard of accommodation incoming students receive can be obtained sending e-mail: Ten adres pocztowy jest chroniony przed spamowaniem. Aby go zobaczyć, konieczne jest włączenie w przeglądarce obsługi JavaScript. |
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Meals in the University canteen |
Academic canteen operates seven days a week. The average cost of a monthly food in canteen is about 80 €. |
Semester Dates
Dates of the Academic Year 2023/2024
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Winter semester – Teaching period |
02 October - 21 December 2023 |
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Winter semester - Winter break |
22 December 2023 – 02 January 2024 |
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Winter semester – Teaching period |
03 January – 26 January 2024 |
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Winter semester – Examination period |
29 January – 11 February 2024 |
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Winter semester – Resit Examination period |
19 February – 19 March 2024 |
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Break between semesters |
12 February – 18 February 2024 |
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Summer semester – Teaching classes |
19 February – 28 March 2024 |
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Summer semester – Summer break/spring holidays |
29 March – 02 April 2024 |
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Summer semester – Teaching period |
03 April – 16 June 2024 |
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Summer semester – Examination period |
17 June – 30 June 2024 |
Summer semester – Resit Examination period |
01 September – 25 September 2024 |
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Break between semesters |
1 July - 30 September 2024 |
After you leave Bielsko Biała
Remember to have your courses passed and have duly signed document confirming it. You will need this confirmation after coming back to your university.
Completion of the study program does not mean the end of contact with the Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law. We would love you to stay in touch with us and contact us with any questions. You can also come back to us studying the following term or as a project partner. We are open to further cooperation.
