Sopot University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor’s program – Business & Language

Why Business and Languages?

• It is a unique degree on a national scale. It involves interdisciplinary studies, run by the Intercollegiate Faculty of Linguistics and Business, carried out by the Sopot University of Applied Science and the Ateneum University, building the basis for broad professional development, preparing the graduates for working in a multicultural environment, inter alia at international companies. The study program, prepared in cooperation with business practices, is modeled on the programs and the educational trends offered by universities worldwide. It is a combination of business and economic studies with intensive learning of two languages.
• Foreign language classes: English; elective: German, Swedish, Spanish, French, Polish (obligatory)
• Guaranteed internship in the sixth semester, in the largest Polish and foreign corporations from the BPO/SSC sector (inter alia: Bayer, Kemira, Thyssenkrupp, DNV, Arla).
• B&L graduates receive a bachelor’s degree from two universities and the possibility to undertake second-degree studies in various fields. The study major is run by the Intercollegiate Faculty of Linguistics and Business at the Sopot University of Applied Science. The first-degree studies are 6-semester long, completed with a bachelor’s degree.
• The graduates will acquire professional skills and competencies: proper usage of English and of another elected foreign language in terms of different types of linguistic communication, communicating in English and in another elected language in various social situations, ability to assess and opinionate economic and social problems, ability to apply economic and taxation law, ability to capture and measure economic operations in accounting and tax books, ability to prepare and evaluate financial reports, application of quantitative methods and analytical techniques as tools for studying economic phenomena and processes, recognition of the principles of enterprise functioning, application of basic organizational and managerial concepts and methods.

The objective of the studies is to train an expert in international business. The graduate will be equipped with skills helping to appreciate economic, political and cultural dimensions of global business. Excellent knowledge of international issues thanks to the participation in prestigious studies will open many doors in the business world. During the 3 years of study the students will participate in various projects and improve your skills by formulating business strategies and solving economic problems.