VIZJA
Leader of internationalisation
in Poland

VIZJA University is also a member of PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education), a United Nations-backed platformed established in 2007. Its main objective is to spread the principles of responsible management education by making sustainability standards more relevant in higher education institutions around the world.

With more than 650 members worldwide, PRME has become the largest organised network linking the United Nations with management-related higher education institutions. PRME follows its Six Principles, which commit business schools to equipping future leaders with the skills needed to reconcile economic and sustainable development goals. These principles are:

• developing the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy;
• incorporating into academic activities, curricula and organisational practices the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact;
• creating educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership;
• engaging in conceptual and empirical research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value;
• interacting with managers of business corporations to extend our knowledge of their challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges;
• facilitating and supporting dialog and debate among educators, students, business, government, consumers, media, civil society organisations, and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical issues related to global social responsibility and sustainability.

VIZJA University is included in the network of CEEPUS accredited universities.

The main objective of the CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies) Agreement is to support academic exchange in the field of training and professional development of students and academic staff. It enables the intensification of contacts between universities in the signatory countries by funding academic mobility.

CEEPUS programme offers:

• short-term scholarships for academic internships within the academic networks;
• short-term scholarships in the framework of ‘Freemover’ academic internships;
• short-term scholarships for summer schools and intensive courses.

CEEPUS scholarships abroad can be applied for by:

• students;
• doctoral students;
• and academics.

The current signatories of the Agreement are:
Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo (University of Pristina), Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Within the framework of the currently implemented CEEPUS III Agreement, more than 500 Polish students and doctoral students, and about 300 academic staff participate annually in various forms of education and improvement of professional qualifications. On average, about 300 international students and doctoral students, and about 200 academic staff come to Poland under the programme during one academic year.

The coordinator and creator of the network is Prof. Miroslava Kacaniova (a new member of our University), and the coordinator of the CEEPUS programme at VIZJA is Dr Maciej Kluz.