Szkoła Główna Mikołaja Kopernika

Name

Szkoła Główna Mikołaja Kopernika

Legal name

Szkoła Główna Mikołaja Kopernika

Website

https://sgmk.edu.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Law & Legal Studies Research Universities (EDAHABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

LLM & Post-JD Graduate Law Programs (EDAHAIAC), Specialized Master’s in Management (MiM) & Business Analytics (EDAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Doctoral academic programs
• Executive MBA programs
• Interdisciplinary research
• Academic publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Doctoral Programs: Doctoral studies at SGMK are tuition-free, funded through public institutional support.
2. MBA Program Tuition: MBA program in Banking and Financial System charges tuition for executive education targeting members of statutory bodies, directors, and managers.
3. Postgraduate Programs Tuition: Postgraduate programs including Cybersecurity and AI, and International Coaching Studies operate on a tuition basis.
4. Undergraduate Programs Tuition: Bachelor's degree programs in Management in Banking and Economics and Law in Practice charge tuition.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Szkoła Główna Mikołaja Kopernika (Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, SGMK) is a public Polish university delivering higher education programs across five specialized colleges in Warsaw, Toruń, Kraków, Olsztyn, and Lublin. The institution offers bachelor's programs (Management in Banking; Economics and Law in Practice), an executive MBA in Banking and Financial Systems delivered with the National Bank of Poland, tuition-free doctoral programs in economics, finance, law, philosophy, theology, astronomy, and medical sciences, as well as postgraduate programs in Cybersecurity with AI and International Coaching Studies. Supporting the academic portfolio are the SGMK Publishing house, the biannual Copernican Journal of Law, and the University of the Future lecture series featuring Nobel laureates.

Product overview

SGMK is a public Polish university offering a comprehensive educational portfolio spanning undergraduate bachelor's programs (Management in Banking, Economics and Law in Practice), an elite MBA in Banking and Financial Systems conducted with National Bank of Poland collaboration, doctoral programs through five specialized colleges (Economics and Management in Warsaw, Astronomy and Natural Sciences in Toruń, Philosophy and Theology in Kraków, Medical Sciences in Olsztyn, and Legal Sciences in Lublin), postgraduate programs including Cybersecurity with AI and International Coaching Studies, and the SGMK Publishing house producing the Copernican Journal of Law and academic monographs. The University of the Future lecture series provides direct access to global academic expertise from institutions like Harvard, Oxford, and MIT, while the SGMK Library offers digital research resources through MAK+, Academica, and EBSCO databases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SGMK Publishing: The publishing arm of Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School that disseminates and popularizes research results of university scientists.
• Copernican Journal of Law
• MBA Banking and Financial System

Products and services

• Management in Banking (Bachelor's program)

Quantifiable outcome

• 54 doctoral students enrolled in first year of operation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Erasmus+ Partner UniversitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024SGMK has established Erasmus+ partnerships with international academic institutions enabling student and staff exchanges, academic mobility, and collaborative projects. The program offers opportunities for studying and interning abroad, international academic exchanges, career development through staff mobility, and implementation of innovative projects with foreign partners.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• AGH University of Science and Technology: Major Polish public technical university in Kraków with strong STEM and doctoral programs. Comparable as a regional Polish research university competing for similar doctoral candidates in technical and natural science disciplines adjacent to SGMK's astronomy/natural sciences college.

Direct peers

• Corvinus University of Budapest: Leading Hungarian business and economics university with doctoral and executive programs. Comparable to SGMK as a regional CEE business/economics doctoral and MBA competitor serving the broader Central European market.
• Warsaw School of Economics (SGH): Poland's leading economics and finance university with strong doctoral and MBA programs. Directly comparable to SGMK in banking/finance focus and Polish-market positioning; SGH is the most established domestic competitor for SGMK's economics/management programs.
• WSB University: Polish private business university network offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and MBA programs in management, finance, and economics with multiple campus locations. Comparable in operating model to SGMK's tuition-driven multi-program, multi-campus structure.
• Kozminski University: Top-ranked Polish private business school offering MBA, executive education, and undergraduate programs in management and finance. Highly comparable to SGMK in MBA delivery, international faculty emphasis, and target executive student segment.
• Central European University: International research university operating in CEE/Austria with strong social sciences and law doctoral programs and English-language delivery. Comparable to SGMK in international faculty emphasis, English-language publication, and postgraduate positioning in the CEE region.

Broad incumbents

• University of Warsaw: Poland's largest and highest-ranked comprehensive research university, with strong doctoral schools across law, economics, and philosophy. SGMK's Rector and several faculty are affiliated with UW; it is the dominant incumbent competing for the same doctoral and undergraduate talent pool.
• Jagiellonian University: Poland's oldest (est. 1364) and most prestigious research university, with broad doctoral authority across humanities, law, medicine, and natural sciences — directly comparable to SGMK's multi-disciplinary doctoral ambitions and Copernican-disciplinary framing.
• Stockholm School of Economics: Elite Nordic business school with research-driven faculty, executive MBA programs, and significant international partnerships. Comparable to SGMK in executive education positioning and finance/banking expertise, though operating in a higher valuation tier and different geography.

Others

• Polish Academy of Sciences: Poland's national research institution conferring doctoral and habilitated degrees across scientific disciplines. Functions as an ecosystem counterpart to SGMK's doctoral school authority rather than a direct competitor, but competes for the same Polish research talent and grant funding.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SzkolaKopernika
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SzkolaKopernika
• Facebookfacebook.com/szkolaglownakopernika
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/szkola-glowna-mikolaja-kopernika
• Instagraminstagram.com/szkolaglownamikolajakopernika
• TikToktiktok.com/@sgmk_university

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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