Łazarski University (Polish: Uczelnia Łazarskiego; formerly known as Ryszard Łazarski Higher School of Commerce and Law In Warsaw) is a private Polish university located in Warsaw, founded by Ryszard Łazarski in 1993.
The educational offer comprises studies at 3 faculties: the Faculty of Law and Administration, the Faculty of Economics and Management and the Faculty of Medicine. The university’s educational offer comprises BA studies, MA studies, doctoral studies in law, postgradual studies, MBA, LLM, doctoral seminars, trainings and language courses. The university also offers studies in English, enabling to obtain the British degree of Coventry University.
The university educates lawyers, economists, business people, civil servants, politicians and diplomats. In 2017, it also started educating doctors at the Faculty of Medicine, as the second private university in Poland.
University authorities
Rector – Professor Maciej Rogalski
Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management – Martin Dahl, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration – Anna Konert, PhD habil. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine – Paweł Olszewski, PhD
Faculties and majors
Faculty of Economics and Management
economics
finance and accounting
international relations
management
The university’s educational offer also comprises studies in English. A special programme conducted together with the British Coventry University enables to obtain two degrees: a Polish and a British one.
Faculty of Law and Administration
law
administration
law in business
The quality of education at the faculty was confirmed by the Polish Accreditation Commission which awarded a distinction to the law major. Students gain practice, among others, at the Student Law Clinic. The faculty features international law schools as well as LLM – the only studies in Poland educating lawyers from all over the world together with the Boston University and the Center for International Legal Studies in Salzburg. After graduation, a possibility exists to obtain subsequent degrees, such as the academic degree of the doctor of law in the field of law, the academic title of doctor habilitatus of jurisprudence in the field of law, as well as to initiate proceedings regarding the award of the scientific title of Professor by the President of the Republic of Poland.
The Faculty of Medicine
medical studies
nursing
Lazarski University was the first private university in Warsaw, and the second one in Poland, to begin educating doctors. The internal education quality system was adapted to meet the requirements following from the reform of science and higher education. The Faculty features the Basic and Pre-Clinical Research Centre, comprising the Basic Medical Sciences Laboratory and the Morphological Sciences Laboratory.
History
1993 – Decision of the Minister of National Education, entitling the Founder, Ryszard Łazarski, PhD to establish a private university under the name Private Higher School of Commerce. 2000 – Death of the founder and rector of the Higher School of Commerce and Law, Ryszard Łazarski, PhD. 2000 – Change of the university’s name to Ryszard Łazarski Higher School of Commerce and Law. 2004 – Creation of the university-wide teaching unit, Postgraduate Education Centre. 2010 – Establishment of the Lazarski University Foundation, awarding scholarships to gifted students in need and supporting the local communities. 2010 – Inauguration of distance learning methods and techniques – Lazarski Distance Learning. 2010 – Change of name to Lazarski University. 2012 – Establishment of cooperation with the British Coventry University, introduction of validated English curricula resulting in the award of a double degree: a Polish one from Lazarski University, and a British one from Coventry University. 2015 – The Best Polish University in the international U-Multirank ranking elaborated at the request of the European Commission. 2015 – The Faculty of Economics and Management comes first in the Brief magazine rating measuring the graduates’ preparadeness to enter the labour market. 2017 – Commencement of educating doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. 2019 – Establishment of MexExcellence Medical Simulation Center. 2020 – Opening of the Air Simulator Center of the Lazarski University - Operator Goldwings Flight Academy.