Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

What Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego does

Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (SSUW), also known as the Students' Council or Students' Union of the University of Warsaw, is the statutory student self-government organization of the University of Warsaw in Poland. Founded in 1990 and operating under regulations adopted on 8 September 2022, SSUW represents over 36,000 students — including approximately 5,000 international students — across 33+ faculties and 7 student dormitories. Its core functions are student representation in university governance bodies (the Students' Parliament, faculty councils, teaching councils, dormitory resident councils, the Revision Committee, and the Board of Appeals), organizing cultural and sports events (notably Juwenalia UW), distributing funds to student organizations and scientific circles, and managing student advocacy, legal support, and integration services — including a dedicated solidarity-with-Ukraine initiative.

SSUW operates a small suite of digital products that support its representational and operational mandate. The core platforms are: UW HERE, a student-founded mobile discount application with partners across Poland (restaurants, cinemas, language schools); Monitor Samorządu Studentów UW, a web-based legal acts publication system; and a System Wyborczy (election system) with USOSweb-integrated electronic voting used by the Electoral Commission to conduct elections and referenda. There is no proprietary technology stack — these are conventional web and mobile applications supporting governance, not commercial software products. The organization does not develop AI/ML capabilities and has no disclosed technology IP or patents.

SSUW is a non-commercial, non-profit entity. Its funding flows from university budget allocations and student activity fees, which it then redistributes to student organizations and scientific circles. There are no commercial pricing structures, no revenue-generating products, and no external investors. The organization is governed entirely by elected student representatives — the Parliament (Parlament), the Board (Zarząd), the 9-member Electoral Commission (Komisja Wyborcza), the Revision Committee (Komisja Rewizyjna), and the Board of Appeals (Kolegium Odwoławcze). SSUW maintains partnerships with the Forum of Polish Universities, the Parliament of Students of the Republic of Poland, and the international 4EU+ Alliance, and conducts outreach via Facebook, Instagram, and Uniwerek.TV on YouTube.

Name

Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Legal name

Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Website

https://samorzad.uw.edu.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (SSUW) is the statutory student self-government organization of the University of Warsaw, representing over 36,000 students — including ~5,000 international students — across 33+ faculties and 7 dormitories through advocacy, events, and digital services such as the UW HERE discount app and electronic voting platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Government Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDALAHAB

Student Organizations & Club Administration

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Student Activities, Clubs & Campus Life

SECONDARYEDADAKAJ

IT, Information Security & Digital Governance

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Institutional Governance & Administration (School/College/University Admin)

SECONDARYEDALANAE

International Student Academic & Personal Support (case management, referrals)

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/International Student Services & Immigration Support

Keywords

• Student self-government
• Student representation
• University governance
• Student discount programs
• Student elections

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Student fee allocations: Funded through allocations from university budget and student activity fees. Manages distributions to student organizations and scientific circles.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (SSUW) is the statutory student self-government body of the University of Warsaw, representing over 36,000 students including approximately 5,000 international students. It delivers student representation in university governance, organizes large-scale events such as Juwenalia UW, manages student dormitory councils, distributes funds to student organizations, and operates digital platforms including the UW HERE student discount mobile application, the Monitor legal-acts publication system, and the System Wyborczy electronic election platform integrated with USOSweb.

Product overview

The Students' Union of the University of Warsaw operates primarily as a student governance organization with several digital platforms and services. The core offerings include UW HERE, a mobile application providing student discounts across Poland; Monitor, a legal acts publication system; and an electronic election system integrated with the university's USOSweb platform. The organization represents over 36,000 students and manages student representation across faculty councils, teaching councils, dormitory councils, and the Students' Parliament.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UW HERE A student-founded mobile application that aggregates discounts and offers from partners across Poland, including restaurants, bars, cinemas, and language schools, and features competitions and attractions targeted at University of Warsaw students.
• Monitor Samorządu Studentów UW A web-based legal acts publication system that publishes official legal acts announced by the bodies of the Students' Union of the University of Warsaw.
• System Wyborczy (Election System) An election management platform operated by the Electoral Commission of the Students' Union of the University of Warsaw that administers elections of student representatives to councils, the Students' Parliament, dormitory councils, faculty councils, and university electoral colleges.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered national and international.

• Forum of Polish UniversitiesnationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive participation in nationwide university organizations for student advocacy and policy development
• Parliament of Students of the Republic of PolandnationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with national student parliament for broader student advocacy at the national level
• 4EU+ AllianceinternationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational alliance of universities providing cross-border student collaboration opportunities

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Parlament Studentów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: The national-level student parliament of Poland, of which SSUW is a member. Operates one tier above SSUW as a national policy and advocacy body aggregating student unions across Polish universities, making it a broader incumbent in the same representational space.
• European Students' Union: The umbrella body for national student unions across Europe, of which the Polish national student parliament is a member. SSUW participates indirectly through its national membership, and ESU is a relevant peer at the supranational tier for policy advocacy and cross-border student mobility.

Others

• 4EU+ Alliance Student Council: Student representation body within the 4EU+ Alliance of European research universities, of which University of Warsaw is a founding member. Functions as a collaborative ecosystem peer where SSUW participates in cross-university student advocacy and mobility initiatives.

Regional players

• National Union of Students UK: The UK national student union, operating in a different geography but with a directly analogous representational mandate, member-funded model, and elected leadership structure. Useful as a regional comparator for organizational scale and digital student-services offerings outside Poland.
• Deutsches Studentenwerk: Germany's national association of student services organizations managing student affairs including dormitories, dining, and advisory services. Operates as a comparably scaled peer in the same functional space (student support and representation) but in a different national jurisdiction.
• Studierendenwerk Berlin: Student services organization for Berlin's universities, providing dormitory management, dining, and student support services analogous to SSUW's dormitory and student-life functions. Comparable at a city-university level in a different European capital.

Direct peers

• Samorząd Studentów Politechniki Warszawskiej: Student government of Warsaw University of Technology, sharing the same Warsaw location and overlapping student population. Operates analogous governance, advocacy, and event functions tailored to a technical university, making it a structurally comparable peer for benchmarking SSUW's programs.
• Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: The student self-government of Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland's other flagship university. Operates with the same statutory role (representation, advocacy, dormitory councils, event organization) and is the closest direct peer to SSUW in scale, mandate, and operating model within Polish higher education.
• Samorząd Studentów Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu: Student union of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, one of Poland's largest universities by student count. Comparable in statutory role, faculty-council structure, and large-event programming (Juwenalia), serving as a regional peer with similar scale dynamics to SSUW.

Emerging players

• Erasmus Student Network: A pan-European volunteer student organization focused on international student mobility and integration. Overlaps with SSUW's international-student support function (5,000 foreign students) and represents a complementary peer for benchmarking international-student programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/uniwerekTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/samorzad.studentow.uw
• Instagraminstagram.com/samorzaduw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/samorzadstudentowuw

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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