WSUS expresses its high hopes regarding the Socrates/Erasmus programme as we strongly believe this programme will stimulate international students exchange schemes at our School. This will enable our students to see how other similar foreign institutions work. This also will allow them to confront their knowledge and skills acquired at WSUS with those of their counterparts abroad; and for our academic personnel to share their knowledge and competences with other European academic teachers working at higher education institutions. This mutual cooperation is to set the same opportunities of education and development, as those which are offered to students from other European universities. The factor that will prompt the development of this inter-institutional cooperation is the fact that the Poznan School of Social Sciences has organised and held the first in Poland Rectors Convent of Higher Education Institutions.

ECTS coordinator
Director for Science and International Contacts - mgr Aleksandra Iwaszkiewicz-Woda
phone no.: +48 61 88-62- 805
room no. 230.

Erasmus Policy Statement

Part ONE

I. Introduction
1. Wyższa Szkoła Umiejętyności Społecznych – WSUS (The Poznan School of Social Sciences) is a non-State institution founded on 11th September 1997.
2. The School’s Founder: Osrodek Badania Rynku Sztuki Wspolczesnej – OBRSW (the Centre for Research in the Contemporary Arts Market, Ltd) established in 1985 by the academic research workers of the Adam Mickiewicz University, the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan and the Poznan University of Economics. more on: School’s name and address
3. The School’s main premises are in Poznan, yet we are also present in such Polish cities as Katowice, Kutno and Konin
4. As a young and dynamically expanding institution we are constantly changing and adapting to the current job market needs.
5. Over the last ten years the School has developed and is now able to provide its students with the following programmes:
5.1. First – cycle degree programmes:
1. Management and Marketing
2. Journalism and Social Communications
3. Science Information and Librarianship
4. Protection of Culture Heritage with its unique in Poland specialisation: Legal Protection of Culture Heritage
5. Faculty of Art: Painting, Design and Interior Decorating
6. International Relations
5.2. Second-cycle degree programmes:
1. Journalism and Social Communications
2. Faculty of Art: Painting, Design and Interior Decorating (in the process of accreditation)
5.3. One- tier degree programmes:
1. Faculty of Law

II School’s Mission
‘Knowledge and skills' is the fundamental and guiding principle that accompanies all our activities as the School intends to contribute to the development of our society as an advanced knowledge –based community. Our intention is to handover thorough knowledge supported by the WSUS academic personnel’s practical skills, competence, experience and exchange of best practices as well as to meet current social needs.

III. Following our mission the School’s strategy for its Erasmus activities is:

3.1 Participate in multilateral projects related to cooperation between universities and enterprises
3.2 Participate in cooperation with public and private organisations, including not-for-profit organisations and NGOs, responsible for the organisation and delivery of education and training at local, regional and national levels

IV. Objectives:
4.1 Comply with non-discrimination objectives and in particular with combating xenophobia, racism, integration of disabled students and staff, enhancement of social and economic cohesion
4.2 Leonardo da Vinci: Change our current status form the sending/intermediary organisation to the status of the Promoter

V. Principles:

5.1 Mobility of Individuals – Student placements in enterprises, training or R&D Centres
5.2 Thematic networks

VI. Visibility/Publicity:
6.1. The School’s Internet
6.2 Posters in the School’s building main areas
6.3 CDs distributed among students and staff
6.4 Meetings with our students

VII. Arrangements for non- discrimination objectives: Please go to: Facilities for special needs students


Part TWO

1. ECTS credits system To ensure high quality in academic mobility activities the School has now accomplished implementation of ECTS credits system for the following programmes:
a. Management and Marketing
b. Journalism and Social Communications
c. Science Information and Librarianship
We are about to accomplish the implementation of the ECTS credits system at our Faculty of Art.
All the relevant information regarding ECTS credits can be found on our web page at: ECTS credits system.
We have also published the information packages on CDs and as hard copies, which are disseminated among students and staff members.
2. We fully recognise and accept credits obtained by students: visible in Diploma Supplements.
3. Information on curricula: once again they are published on our web page and distributed by e-mail. among individual students and staff members
4. Counselling of outgoing students: In the Poznan School of Social Sciences the assistance for students is provided by the Dean’s Office. Each mode and field of study has its own Counsellor at the Dean’s Office to whom students can turn for any kind of help related to current administrative or organisational issues. The outgoing students are guided by their counsellors at each stage of their mobility
5. Incoming students: We provide them with full and overall assistance: accommodation (now we are in the process of opening our own youth hostel), food, guidance and tips on how to move around the city, participation in academic and cultural life of our city. Each student has its own tutor who guides him/her in their work and assignments.
6. There are also organised preparatory and refresher language courses adapted to the particular needs of an outgoing or incoming individual student.


Part THREE

For the two years now we have been actively participated in Leonardo da Vicnci mobility and placement projects.
Our particular case is an excellent cooperation with Institut Student und Arbeitsmarkt in Munich.
Last year two our students (of Journalism and Social Communications programme and of Management and Marketing programme) were successfully placed at previously negotiated and carefully selected host organizations ( selected according to the students’ particular interests and field of study).
Host Organisations in Munich: International Child Art Foundation e.V. and GWF - Gesellschaft fur Wirtschafts und Finanzberatung mbH
The same apples to the two students from Munich for whom the host organizations in Poland are: Telewizja Polska PTV3 and Kredyt Bank Poznan (one of the students is currently here in Poznan doing her placemat).
However, for the placement to take place successfully there is a long process of negotiations between the parties. The School also pays particular attention to the selection of candidate where language competences are prerequisites. The candidates are selected in an open process by competition, which is clearly defined and published on our webpage. Once the candidates are selected they are then instructed on how to report on their execution of placement. Students submit by e-mails their monthly reports on activities performed current stage of the program realisation.
At the end of the placements beneficiary is requested to fill in and submit all different sorts of questioners presented them by the Promoter.
The School fully recognises placement performed by students. Recognition is visible in a Diploma Supplement and is part of an assignment in a particular course.
Students- beneficiaries on placement completion receive work certificate, which they can use further in their career paths as part of their work experience.

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) was introduced in 1989, within the framework of Erasmus, now part of the Socrates programme. The system facilitates the transfer of credits, the recognition of periods of study abroad and at home universities thus enhances the quality and volume of student mobility in Europe.
Recently ECTS is developing into an accumulation system to be implemented at institutional, regional, national and European level. This is one of the key objectives of the Bologna Declaration of June 1999. The most important elements of the ECTS are: Information Packages like this one giving detailed descriptions of degree programmes and courses as a means of support for foreign students and their home universities during the phase of planning a study abroad period; The distribution of credit points (ECTS-Credits) for individual courses, based on the uniform European scale with 60 credits for the workload of a full-time student during one Academic Year (or 30 credits per semester).

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) was introduced in 1989, within the framework of Erasmus, now part of the Socrates programme. The system facilitates the transfer of credits, the recognition of periods of study abroad and at home universities thus enhances the quality and volume of student mobility in Europe.
Recently ECTS is developing into an accumulation system to be implemented at institutional, regional, national and European level. This is one of the key objectives of the Bologna Declaration of June 1999. The most important elements of the ECTS are: Information Packages like this one giving detailed descriptions of degree programmes and courses as a means of support for foreign students and their home universities during the phase of planning a study abroad period; The distribution of credit points (ECTS-Credits) for individual courses, based on the uniform European scale with 60 credits for the workload of a full-time student during one Academic Year (or 30 credits per semester).

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) was introduced in 1989, within the framework of Erasmus, now part of the Socrates programme. The system facilitates the transfer of credits, the recognition of periods of study abroad and at home universities thus enhances the quality and volume of student mobility in Europe.
Recently ECTS is developing into an accumulation system to be implemented at institutional, regional, national and European level. This is one of the key objectives of the Bologna Declaration of June 1999. The most important elements of the ECTS are: Information Packages like this one giving detailed descriptions of degree programmes and courses as a means of support for foreign students and their home universities during the phase of planning a study abroad period; The distribution of credit points (ECTS-Credits) for individual courses, based on the uniform European scale with 60 credits for the workload of a full-time student during one Academic Year (or 30 credits per semester).

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