About the program
The purpose of studies
Kozminski University focuses and encourages students personal development specifically in business and legal area; therefore, we invite students from all around the world to take part in our International Summer School in Warsaw. The program aims to provide academic professional courses and additionally business and cultural activities. During time spent at our university and in the city will give a unique chance to all the participant to attend classes in one of the best business schools in Central-Eastern Europe and discover beauty of Warsaw.
Gain an amazing international experience and participate in highest quality courses in the heart of this part of Europe!
Dates of the program (edition '25): July 6 - August 3, 2025
Program Highlights
- Participate in the international program with students coming from all around the world.
- Attend intensive courses, fully recognized upon completion, related to your professional interests.
- Get additional credits.
- Participate in courses held in various forms, such as practical classes, labs, lectures etc.
- Professional academics and specialized practitioners in each subject field.
- Travel easily around Poland and the rest of Central-Eastern Europe.
Program
Key topics
BUSINESS COURSES 1. Artificial Intelligence in Business 2. Economic Intelligence in Times of Climate Change 3. Sustainability Transition in Business 4. Data Visualization and Storytelling 5. Importance of Cultural Differences in the Global Leadership 6. Innovation & Creativity: identification of business opportunities
LEGAL COURSES
1. EU Insurance Law 2. Hate speech and hate crimes: international, EU and national perspective
Each course is 20 contact hours and 4 ECTS.
Courses will be held on campus; attendance is mandatory.
Organization of classes
Classes take place from Monday till Friday. Weekends are free, so students to attend cultural activities organized by Kozminski International Society and/or explore city on their own.
Community
Leading lecturers
Svetlana Gudkova, Ph.D. is a professor at the Management Department and the Head of Entrepreneurship and International Management Programs at Kozminski University. She served as an expert at Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) and Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and Director of Kozminski International Business School. Her research interests focus on entrepreneurship, multi-generational family businesses and assurance of learning processes in higher education institutions. Svetlana Gudkova was a visiting scholar at Yale School of Management and has taught at various institutions such as ISM International School of Management (Germany), Hebei Finance University (China), Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria (Canada). Her works in entrepreneurship and business has been published in numerous scientific journals and monographs. In 2018 she was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit by the President of Poland for exemplary public service that goes above and beyond the call of duty and in 2015 the Medal of the National Education Committee awarded by the Minister of Education of Poland for exemplary service for education.
Professor of Corporate Sustainability Management. Head of Sustainability Transition at Kozminski University. Director of Positive Entrepreneurship Research Lab. Expert on circular economy, values-driven transformation, and sustainable entrepreneurship. Co-founder of Climate Leadership platform for business powered by UN Environment. The Associate Research Expert at SUSTBUSY Research Center Business & Society – Towards a Sustainable World at ESCP Europe and visiting professor at Audencia Business School.
Holding a PhD form University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, prof. Karpa's research interest embrace innovation markets, innovation policy, as well as climate change economics. As a lecturer, he values the real economy set-up in class and strives for an ever engaging student learning experience.
Antonio is currently a PhD candidate at Kozmiński University wher he prepares the PhD thesis on climate finance. He has been professionally engaged in managing the energy sector in Poland, where he was actively participating in realization of complex business and technical endeavours on a daily basis. In addition to that, he has also been engaged in the development of the Polish innovation ecosystem on behalf of one of the major institutional player that created the very first pre-seed/seed financing and VC financing funds. Thus, his active business experience as well as solid academic background makes him prefectly suited for the applied part of the course.
Business development and change management expert with a proven track record in various sectors, including professional services and international trade firms. Currently working as a consultant at Silfra Consulting and Gekko Advisory. Certified Advanced Trainer of the Prosci® change management methodology, one of only four individuals in Poland with this certification.
Paweł brings over 20 years of experience in market entry, realignment processes, leading change, and driving growth through the establishment of long-term client relationships and collaboration with regulatory bodies and local communities. His expertise spans multiple countries, including Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Serbia, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.K.
Since 2022, Paweł has been serving as an Organizational Change Manager (OCM), providing support to multinational corporations operating in robotics, power, and automation. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as an OCM with the world's largest biotech company. Prior to that, he spent two years (2018-2020) in Serbia, leading a project with a blockchain startup.
In the earlier stages of his career, Paweł held positions on the board of a venture capital company, served as CEO of a publicly-owned organization, and worked as a general manager for a market entry law firm that quickly gained recognition as one of the top 10 firms in Poland. Since 2016, he has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Warsaw, and since 2018 at Kozminski University.
Paweł is an alumnus of the Leadership Development Program (PLD11) at Harvard Business School, completing the program in 2010. In 2019, he successfully completed the Blockchain technologies program at MIT Sloan School of Management (Executive Education). He holds a Master of Philosophy degree.
Felipe Rego is a leading data science, analytics and data visualisation specialist. He develops analytics and data visualization solutions that help transform organizations. Felipe is also an global educator delivering practical and engaging training programs in data visualisation and storytelling, analytics and other data-related topics. Felipe holds an M.Phil. in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Sydney, is a certified Google Cloud Engineer, and served as an advisor to an Australian government department.
For more information about his work, connect with him on LinkedIn or visit his website on: feliperego.com.au
Anna Tarasiuk - attorney-at-law working on the insurance market since 1999. Anna is a private insurance law expert in the field of both: life and non-life insurance. She provides advisory services to financial institutions, including insurers, banks, insurance and financial intermediaries. Anna advises in relation to regulatory matters, cross-border services, distribution of insurance products, insurance contracts and bacassurance and affinity cooperation.
Feel free to check below what participants of previous editions of the program think about:
Artificial Intelligence in Business: “Aleksandra is a fascinating person, and was an excellent lecturer. The course itself was very interesting. Anna did very well to teach a class with mixed mathematical ability. Both lecturers are admirable.”
Economic Intelligence in Times of Climate Change: “Course which I would recommend to everyone that’s interested in climate changes and the world around us, also looking from the economic point of view. Really interesting classes, engaged lecturers and great atmosphere! Happy to be part of it!”
Sustainability Transition in Business: “Fascinating subject, and the Professor is clearly top of this field. My favorite course for the programme!”
Artificial Intelligence in Business “Overall it was a very interesting course where i learned a lot about AI.” “Very interesting content which was completely different to anything offered at my home university. A course which would probably have been better delivered in person but glad I got the opportunity to take it being on the other side of the world.”
Economic Intelligence in Times of Climate Change “Very interesting course with great teachers.” “Variety of topics, excellent delivery of the classes, clear and well organized methods of teaching. I enjoyed this course a lot!”
New Technologies in Finance (Blockchain. Bitcoin. Fintech) “Very interesting and complete course.”
Sustainability Transition in Business “I want to thank professor Rok for always including in the lectures an analysis of real life situations with examples regarding existing businesses.” “Excellent professor and excellent approach. I am satisfied both with lectures and activities.”
EU Insurance Law
“I am very happy to have the chance to participate in this course. Professors were the best and I have gotten much useful and interesting information from them. Thank you.”
“Very interesting course. The professors are good.”
“Has been a wonderful experience, from all possible points of view!”
TERMS & ADMISSSION
APPLICATION AVAILABLE UNTIL THE 1st of June
Dates of the program: July 6 - August 3, 2025 (beginning of classes 7th of July / Sunday before = cultural and integration activities for participants)
Apply online at https://kozminski.my.site.com/AdmissionsPortal/s/ - choose the International Summer School program
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Apply online at https://kozminski.my.site.com/AdmissionsPortal/s/ - choose the International Summer School program
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Complete your personal data and add all the required documents.
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Submit your application until 1st of June.
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Wait until your application is reviewed – then you will be contacted by the program’s coordinator who will provide you with all the further details.
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Pay for the participation in the program (800 EUR for students from KU’s partner universities; 1000 EUR for students from non-partner universities)
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Choose courses, get to know their schedules, contents etc.
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the scan of your ID/passport
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the Certificate/Confirmation of English proficiency (required at least B2 officially confirmed by your home university or certificate such as FCE, TOEFL, IELTS) unless English is your native language or it is the language of instruction at your home University (confirmation needs to be attached to the application directly).
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1 passport size picture in JPG file
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Medical insurance confirmation
Before your arrival please send to iss@kozminski.edu.pl a copy of the medical insurance (in case of EU citizen - please submit European Health Insurance Card)
Mandatory – please send confirmation of payment for the participation in the program to iss@kozminski.edu.pl
Syllabi of Artificial Intelligence in Business
Syllabi of Data Visualization and Storytelling
Syllabi of Economic Intelligence in Times of Climate Change
Syllabi of EU Insurance Law
Syllabi of Hate speech and hate crimes - international, EU and national perspective
Syllabi of Importance of Cultural Differences in the Global Leadership
Syllabi of Innovation & creativity: Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Syllabi of Sustainability Transition in Business
Transporation
- Public Transport System in Warsaw https://www.wtp.waw.pl/en/
- Application how to get to http://warszawa.jakdojade.pl/?locale=en
- Polish Railway http://rozklad-pkp.pl/en
- Bus connections http://www.polskibus.com/en/index.html
HOW TO GET TO THE UNIVERSITY FROM THE CHOPIN AIRPORT?
- The journey should take you approximately 30-45 min. To the city center and 1h-1h 15 min. to Kozminski University.
- The best way to get from the Chopin Airport to the University is to take the bus 175 in front of the Airport Exit gates, and get off at the “CENTRUM” stop. When you get off from the bus, you will need to go underground to access the tram stop. Follow signs with trams of direction to Żoliborz.
- Take tram 18 to ŻERAŃ FSO, get off at the stop “PIMOT”, the university will be on your left side- a blue building.
Accommodation
Kozminski University does not have on-campus accommodation.
We recommend to participants to use portals such as booking.com and air bnb to look for short term rentals in Warsaw. Also you can use services of PepeHousing and spotahome.com where discounts which we have arranged for participants of ISS.
Virtual visit of Kozminski University
Fees
Mandatory transfer’s title: International Summer School + name and surname of the participant
Bank Millennium SA
PL 22 1160 2202 0000 0000 3260 4533
Swift BIGBPLPWXXX
Participation fee (covers between 1 and 4 courses):
1000 EUR for students from non-partner Universities excluding accommodation;
800 EUR for students from KU partner Universities excluding accommodation;
600 EUR for Kozminski University students.
Deadline for payment: 10th of June
Cancellation fee
The cancellation fee is 25% of the fee applicable by the 5th June. After the 5th June, no fees are refundable.
Fees paid for the current summer cannot be transferred to the next year.
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