Founded in 1992 as the University of Insurance and Banking. It is an international business school characterized by a multicultural and innovative approach to contemporary and future global challenges. It prepares students for careers in the areas of management, finance and accounting, international relations, economics, philology, journalism, graphics, architecture and computer engineering, as well as pedagogy, history, political science and national security. The University’s study offer comprises bachelor’s, master’s, engineering, doctoral, and MBA programs conducted in Polish and English. 

The University belongs to the elite group of higher education institutions entitled to use the name and logo of HR Excellence in Research. The University library has a collection of books, periodicals and digital media to support the education research activities at the university. All books and media are catalogued and searchable online. Also including 120,000 volumes, 130 comfortable seats for students in the reading room, 30 desktop PCs inside the campus enabling the students to use library resources online, 14 PCs with the library catalogues, 2 PCs with access to the research database LEX POLONICA & MAK computer system which provides access to the National Library databases.

The University has a modern sports hall (600 m2) for basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer, badminton, table tennis, aerobics, and tennis courts, a well-equipped gym and an open tartan basketball court. Students have ideal conditions for exercise, both during physical education classes and/or as a member of AZS (Academic Sport Association). Currently the leading and most active sport sections are: rowing, badminton, indoor soccer, volleyball and Wushu.

The University is Accredited by CEEMAN IQA (International Quality Accreditation), ACCA, Eurostat, PMI GAC, HR Excellence in Research, Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) – the only statutory body in Poland, responsible for the assessment of quality of education, provided by higher education institutions and a partner of ETS (Educational Testing Service). Educational Testing Service is the biggest, independent non-profit organization, dealing with research in the sphere of education and creation of evaluation systems. Headquarters of ETS is located in Princeton, USA. 

The University Ranking is improving year by year and it occupies the 143rd position in the country based on the Unipage country ranking and #401-450 EECA University Rankings based on world top university rankings. Due to its impressive ranking, it becomes the first preference of most foreign students.