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The pace of economic and socio-cultural changes that occur in our world requires from us a continuous acquisition of knowledge and new skills.

To fulfil your ambitions, dreams and aspirations we have taken up the challenge of creating a modern educational institution which will help you to become truly competitive while keeping up with the market. Our unique program offer continually adjusted to your needs and changing market conditions as well as our professional teaching staff which consists of excellent lecturers and specialists – practitioners create added value of the School.

Based on the intensive co-operation with local and foreign institutions, we are continuously raising the standards of our courses to prepare the students for their professional work in the best possible way. We have always acted in the belief that the success of our students is our success. Choosing the Cracow School of Business you are building your career on solid foundations.

Wishing you continued growth and success I would like to invite you to see our program offer for more details.

Assoc. Prof. Piotr Buła, Ph.D.
Director of Cracow School of Business CUE

	Executive MBA	International MBA	MBA CSB + Master

Program philosophy	MBA studies that meet international standards of Executive Education, based on over twenty years’ experience, carried out within a consortium of three European universities. The program is based on the Western approach to management and leadership in business.	International MBA studies, based on the unique concept of integrated management, created and developed by the partner of the Program – St. Gallen Business School, as a response to the challenges of today's international environment.	The program is a unique combination of academic studies at the Master level conducted according to the program of American partner, and the practical business approach typical for the MBA studies.
Acquired competences (learning outcomes)	Within 5 key areas of education, the Program develops strategic competences for company management: – recognition of new trends and challenges in business, – behaving in conditions of uncertainty and change, – implementing innovations, – creating organization's architecture in the context of digitalization and automatization.	The program, based on 6 modules, develops the competences necessary for operational management in an international company: – intercultural cooperation, – interpretation of economic phenomena, –building of international competitiveness, – harmonizing the company's functions, – team management, project management, change management.	Students, within selected specializations, acquire essential competences in the area of: – effective communication in an international business environment, – applying the latest management methods and tools, – analysis and interpretation of economic information.
Program recipients	Higher managerial staff, including directors of departments, who want to acquire General Management competences, as well as current or future management board members.	Managers who want to pursue themselves in an international environment or who plan a career abroad.	Persons aspiring to take managerial positions, as well as owners of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Program language	50% English 50% Polish	100% English	100% English
Admissions criteria	– higher education (at least Bachelor) – recommended at least 5 years* of managerial experience (or high-class specialist) – GMAT – interview – psychological test	– higher education (at least Bachelor) – recommended at least 3 years* of managerial experience (or high-class specialist) – GMAT – interview – psychological test	– higher education (at least Bachelor) – min. 2 years of professional experience (possible possessing one year of experience with the consent of the Recruitment Commission)* – GMAT – interview – psychological test
Admissions criteria	* Each application is considered individually.
Program lecturers	The lecturers are high-class specialists with extensive experience from Poland, France, Portugal, Sweden and US as well as business practitioners from Poland and abroad, performing the highest management functions.	More than 60% of lecturers are foreigners from Switzerland, Germany, France and US. All lecturers are business practitioners and the best specialists in their fields.	Carefully selected lecturers, mainly from Poland and US, with extensive academic and business experience.
Program organization	500 hours of classes are conducted during 20-weekend meetings and 2 out of campus sessions.	460 hours of classes are conducted during 18-weekend meetings and 2 out of campus sessions.	400 hours of classes are conducted during 20-weekend meetings and the out of campus session, chamber group.
Program organization	Classes are conducted in the form of workshops using a group and an individual work, modern case studies and simulation games, which support networking and exchange of experiences between program participants.
Place	– Cracow + out of campus sessions: domestic and foreign (France), – the opportunity of participating in the international seminar in Lisbon	– Cracow + out of campus sessions: domestic and foreign (Switzerland), – the opportunity of participating in the international seminars in Shanghai, Bostonand London	– Cracow + out of campus session, – the opportunity of participating in the Summer Semester in Clark University in US.
Diploma	– a joint MBA diploma granted by Cracow School of Business at Cracow University of Economics, Ecole de Management de Normandie from France and AESE Business School from Portugal – a certificate of completion of postgraduate Executive MBA studies – a transcript of academic records	– a joint MBA diploma granted by Cracow School of Business at Cracow University of Economics and St. Gallen Business School from Switzerland – a certificate of completion of postgraduate International MBA studies – a transcript of academic records	– the Master of Science in Professional Communication diploma (MSc.) granted by Clark University, US, – a specialization MBA diploma granted by Cracow School of Business at Cracow University of Economics, – a transcript of academic records
Program benefits	An extensive soft skills development module – an additional New Heroes certificate.		The opportunity of choosing specializations: – Health Care Management, – HR Management, – IT Systems.
	Networking, meetings at the CSB Alumni MBA Club, participation in the International MBA Congresses, exchange of experiences.
	MBA Programs prepare for the function of a member of supervisory boards of state-owned companies in accordance with the provisions of art. 19 of the Act of 16 December 2016 on the principles of management of state property.
Tuition	EUR 10 100 or PLN 46 000	EUR 12 500 or PLN 57 000	EUR 6 900 or PLN 31 100 + cost of the selected specialization, if it is different from the basic one

Cracow School of Business at Cracow University of Economics (CSB CUE) has been present on the market of educational services since 1991. We offer MBA studies, postgraduate courses, and we have been providing research, consulting and publishing services. We are constantly improving our offer, adapting it to the requirements of today's market. Our dynamic development and successes place us at a high position in Polish rankings. We are gaining more and more recognition in the international arena. Our partners are St. Gallen Business School (Switzerland), Ecole de Management de Normandie, ESC Clermont Graduate School of Management/Groupe ESC Clermont (France), AESE Business School (Portugal), Clark University, Suffolk University Sawyer School of Business, Roosevelt University Heller College of Business, Grand Valley State University (USA), Stockholm Business School (Sweden), University of Johannesburg (RSA), Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (Moldova), Banking University (Ukraine).

Since 2011 we have been a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (the EFMD).

Our target is to focus on extended cooperation with the business world. We make sure that the knowledge passed on to the students is strongly related to business practice, because only then will our graduates have a strong position in the labour market and will develop Polish entrepreneurship.

We have been providing education for over 25 years!

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