THE BEST RESEARCH UNIT IN POLAND AND A LEADER IN EUROPE

Confirmation of the global-level scientific research conducted by employees of the Faculty is seen in their numerous publications in prestigious Polish and foreign journals, and their leading positions in the RePEc database - which classifies research centres from around the world, according to the number of scientific publications made available and the indicator of works released in the field of economics.

The Faculty of Economic Sciences is the best Polish research institution for economics and is in the top 10% of the best economic research institutions in Europe (as of 2025). According to RePEc IDEAS, a member of our Faculty has consistently been ranked as the number one Professor of Economics in Poland  (in February 2025, out of a field of 781 ranked Professors), and among the top 1% of Professors of Economics in the world.

The Faculty currently carries out more than sixty national and international research projects, which are financed by the European Union, the National Centre for Research and Development, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. At the beginning of 2020, the European Research Council (ERC), which awards grants for ground-breaking research conducted in the European Union and associated countries, awarded the prestigious Consolidator Grant to dr hab. Anna Matysiak, whose project "LABFER: Globalisation and changes in the labour market and fertility" is being implemented at the Faculty of Economic Sciences UW.

The academic structure of the Faculty includes twelve departments, as well as eleven research centres. The Faculty employs over a hundred researchers, including eight full professors, one associate professor, and 29 university professors (November 2021).

The Faculty's employees are members of the editorial committees of two scientific monograph series in the field of economics: the English-language "Polish Studies in Economics", published by the prestigious publishing house Peter Lang, and the Polish-language "Badania Ekonomiczne" ("Economic Research"), published in cooperation with the University of Warsaw Press. Since 2008, the Faculty has been running the "Working Papers" series and the "Central European Economic Journal".

For more than 10 years, the Faculty has been the organiser and co-organiser of prestigious, regular conferences, including the Warsaw International Economic Meeting, and Innowacyjna gospodarka (Innovative Economy), and the ICEA Warsaw Money-Macro-Finance Conference.

The Faculty of Economic Sciences, as one of two academic centres dealing with economics in Poland, has the highest category of A+ in the assessment by the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Units (KEJN), carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and a positive institutional assessment by the Polish Accreditation Commission (PKA).

LEADER IN NATIONAL AND FOREIGN RANKINGS

Study programmes at the Faculty of Economic Sciences have leading positions in domestic and foreign rankings and compilations.

The economic programs offered by the University of Warsaw won the ranking of economic studies conducted by universities not dedicated to economics, according to the last ranking by the "Rzeczpospolita" newspaper. In the 2024 ranking of fields of study by the magazine "Perspektywy", in the classification of the most popular fields of study conducted at Polish universities, the programs offered in Polish "Economics" and „Informatics and Econometrics” conducted by the Faculty of Economic Sciences were considered the best in Poland, the program "Finance and Accounting" took second place in the country. 

Three fields of study led by the Faculty of Economic Sciences received prestigious Certificates of Excellence from the Polish Accreditation Commission, which testify to good practices in the field of education quality, such as innovation, and documented, regular scientific achievements by students and graduates. The Faculty of Economic Sciences is the only academic centre in Poland that can boast of having three such Certificates of Excellence in Education.

Master's studies conducted at the Faculty of Economic Sciences are highly rated every year in the international Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking. In 2024, four fields of study were ranked highly in the ranking for Central & Eastern Europe. "Data Science and Business Analytics" took first place, the program „Quantitative Finance” was ranked second, International Economics and Informatics and Econometrics were 4th.

In independent metric ranking EduRank which classifies 14 131 universities from 183 countries, the University of Warsaw took first place among polish universities for the fields of study: International Economics, Political Economy, Finance and Econometrics and Mathematical Economics.

INNOVATIVE AND SPECIALISED FIELDS OF STUDY

Currently, there are over 2,000 students in the first-cycle and second-cycle programmes at the Faculty of Economic Sciences. The Faculty offers three main fields of study: Economics, Finance and Accounting, and Computer Science and Econometrics, and also highly-specialised programs, including unique English-language programmes which are focused on labour market dynamics: Data Science and Business Analytics, Quantitative Finance, and International Economics. In cooperation with the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw, the Faculty of Economic Sciences carries out an undergraduate programme called "Interdisciplinary economic-mathematical studies".

Within the cooperation of the University of Warsaw in the 4EU+ Alliance, from 2025 the program „European Environmental Economics and Policy” will be realised at the Faculty of Economic Sciences – joint two year master’s programme, realised by the 5 4EU+ partner universities: University of Warsaw, Heidelberg University, Charles University in Prague, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Milan. First year of studies will be realised at the University of Copenhagen, second year can be realised at one of the partner universities – at the University of Warsaw the studies will be organise at the Faculty of Economic Sciences.

The Faculty offer includes also three postgraduate programs in Polish.

The study programs are continuously updated and enriched, thanks in part to the dynamic collaboration with the Faculty's Employers' Council – an advisory body that focuses on building relationships between the university and the business sector, as well as adapting the teaching of economic sciences to meet market needs.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Thanks to active international cooperation and a rich offer of English-language programs, the Faculty of Economic Sciences has a high level of internationalization, with over 25% of its students being international. International students at the Faculty of Economic Sciences make up 20% of all international students at the University of Warsaw.

Another confirmation of the high international standards of education implemented at the Faculty is full accreditation from ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) for the „Finance and Accounting"/ "Finance, Investment and Accounting" and the "Business Economics" specialisation and 8 modules for the “Finance, International Investment and Accounting” programme.

Students of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw have consistently achieved success in prestigious national and international industry competitions and have secured grants for young researchers. Among the most recent accolades, in 2024, representatives of the Faculty placed 4th in the Rotman International Trading Competition.

EXCELLENT CAREER PROSPECTS

Students at the Faculty are actively involved in academic life and cooperate with leading employers in the Polish and foreign markets in areas of banking, auditing, and tax and business consultancy, such as Deloitte, EY, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, PWC, PKO BP, PZU, or Citi.

Studies at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw are a solid basis for professional work, and graduates of the Faculty are recognised as outstanding experts in the scientific and economic world. The results of the last ranking by the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, compiled using Polish Graduate Tracking System (ELA) data, show that graduates of the Faculty achieve the highest average earnings in Poland in the first year after graduation.