Ventrure in Business Economics Studies (ViBES)
Aims
The ViBES programme (Venture in Bachelor Economic Studies) is a cooperation between the Skarbek Graduate School of Business Economics (SGSBE) and the Erasmus School of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam (ESE-EUR), ranked fourth among European universities in social science (The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2005). It aims to give the best students from SGSBE an international bachelor level by accepting them for the 3rd year of the bachelor-level into Erasmus University after having followed the first two years at SGSBE.
Structure
- Applicants to ViBES will have to demonstrate a good command of English and go through a selection procedure at SGSBE carried out by the staff members of both SGSBE and the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
- The first two years of studies are run at SGSBE in Warsaw, Poland, and 50 % of classes are taught in English.
- The third year of studies is at ESE-EUR in the Netherlands, where all courses are run in English.
- The final thesis required for obtaining the Bachelor degree will be supervised and graded by staff members of both institutions. The entire Bachelor thesis must be written in English.
- Course load is expressed in line with the European Community Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) to facilitate exchange of credits when students move between the participating institutions.
- The total bachelor programme is 180 ECTS with 120 ECTS in Poland and 60 ECTS in Rotterdam.
- ViBES leads to dual degrees: B.Sc. in Economics & Business from Erasmus University Rotterdam and B.A. in Business Economics from SGSBE.
- The programme also gets the student the ViBES certificate to demonstrate the international character of the education.
- The iIBES programme coordinators from SGSBE and Erasmus University can be directly approached with suggestions for improvement and any complaints regarding the programme.
Advantages of vibes
- The international character of the bachelor programme: Dutch and Polish teaching staff and students from several nationalities following the courses.
- Share experiences and work together with students from different countries, cultures, backgrounds and ways of life.
- Small group of students.
- Up-to-date and modern combination of courses, literature and methodology of teaching.
- Different teaching methodologies (lectures, cases, (research) projects, workshops, guest speakers, presentations, etc.) and integration of two different education systems complementing each other.
- Possibility to acquire many analytical and practical skills (eg. presentation techniques, debating, computer knowledge, analytical programmes).
- High-quality academic level with good post-bachelor opportunities:
- to get a good job in the European labour markets;
- to get the possibility to pursue a further academic career at the master level.
- Division of studying: part of the programme in Poland and part in The Netherlands, thus allowing the student to gain strong international experience.
- ViBES certificate demonstrating international character of the programme.
- Dual degrees upon graduation: B.Sc. in Economics & Business (Erasmus University) and B.A. in Business Economics (SGSBE) recognised in all EU countries.
Programs
First two years of studies (at SGSBE in Poland)
50% of contact hours provided in English
| Courses | Year 1 | Year 2 | Sum | |||
| Sem. I | Sem. II | Sem. III | Sem. IV | |||
| General | Economic History | 30 | 30 | |||
| Sociology | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Philosophy | 30 | 30 | ||||
| English | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 | |
| Foreign Language II | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 | |
| Physical Education | 30 | 30 | 60 | |||
| Economic | Microeconomics (in English) | 60 | 60 | 120 | ||
| Macroeconomics (in English) | 60 | 60 | 120 | |||
| Multinational Enterprises (in English) | 15 | 15 | ||||
| International Economic Relations | 30 | 30 | ||||
| European Integration (in English) | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Economic Policy | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Theory of Firm (in English) | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Game Theory (in English) | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Quantitative | Mathematics for Economics & Business (in English) | 60 | 30 | 90 | ||
| Informatics | 60 | 30 | 90 | |||
| Statistics (in English) | 60 | 60 | ||||
| Econometrics (in English) | 60 | 60 | ||||
| Finance and Accounting | Introduction to Accounting | 60 | 60 | |||
| Financial Accounting | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Managerial Accounting | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Finance (in English) | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Public Finance (in English) | 30 | 30 | ||||
| International Finance (in English) | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Monetary Policy | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Management& Marketing | Introduction to Accounting | 30 | 30 | |||
| Marketing Management and Planning | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Organisational Behaviour | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Theory of Organisation and Management | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Strategic Management | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Law | Foundations of Law | 30 | 30 | |||
| Economic Law | 30 | 30 | ||||
| TOTAL | 420 | 375 | 435 | 345 | 1575 | |
| of which in English: | 210 | 195 | 225 | 165 | 795 | |
Third year of studies (at ESE-EUR in the Netherlands)
Language of instruction - English
| Major courses and seminar – related to the specialisation of your choice | 20 ECTS |
| Capita Selecta – specifically designed for international programmes, in which theory meets practice > | 10 ECTS |
| Electives – any courses/seminars> from the current offer of EUR, also a possibility to take electives at one of almost 100 foreign partner institutions | 20 ECTS |
| Bachelor thesis | 10 ECTS |
Specialisations (majors)
- International Economics & Business Studies
- Economics of Markets, Organisations and Policy
- Money, Banking & Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Marketing
- Financial Accounting
- Accounting & Finance
- Management Accounting
- Financial Economics
- Health Economics
- Urban, Port & Transport Economics
- Economics & ICT
Skarbek Graduate School of Business Economics
International Affairs
ul. Nowogrodzka 56, 00-695 Warsaw, Poland
tel.: 00 48 22 622-26-65, 00 48 22 622-01-09
Fax: 00 48 22 622-00-66
e-mail: wduranowski@wshifm.edu.pl
international.office@wshifm.edu.pl
