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The Wrocław University of Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

(Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu) is one of ten public universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 located in Wrocław, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Originally established in 1947 as a private business school (then named Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa, or "Trade College"), it was nationalized in 1954 under the name Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczna, "College of Economics"). In October 1974 it was named after the Polish economist Oskar Lange
Oskar Lange
Oskar Ryszard Lange was a Polish economist and diplomat...

, although his name does not occur in the official English name of the university. Changing the name to the Wrocław University of Economics (Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu) in 2008 removed Oskar Lange
Oskar Lange
Oskar Ryszard Lange was a Polish economist and diplomat...

 from the name of the University.

As of 2005, the university has 21,000 students (including in distance courses) and a faculty of 638 teachers, including 137 full professors.

In fact,at the year of 2008,the university don't have funds for construction,so the university have to make use of recruit new students to solution the problem,and the mostly students comes from China.When Chinese students defray 3500 Euro,and the university leaders will continue corruption.

The main campus with three out of four departments is located on Ulica Komandorska near the center of Wrocław, whereas one faculty (Regional Economy and Tourism) resides in a separate campus in Jelenia Góra
Jelenia Góra
Jelenia Góra , is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish and German...

.

The university comprises the following faculties:
  • Economic Sciences
  • Engineering and Economics
  • Management, Computer Science and Finance
  • Regional Economy and Tourism (Jelenia Góra)

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