Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania

What Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania does

Społeczna Akademia Nauk (SAN), formerly Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania, is a private higher education institution headquartered in Łódź, Poland, operating across seven campus locations (Łódź, Warszawa, Bełchatów, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Szczecinek, Świdnica, Zduńska Wola). The institution offers 23 study programs spanning undergraduate, graduate, uniform master's (including medical studies through Collegium Medicum), postgraduate, doctoral seminars, Executive MBA, and short professional courses, with discipline coverage organized across six scientific institutes (National Security, Health Sciences, Law and Administration, Applied Psychology, IT, and Management).

SAN delivers education through a hybrid model combining physical campuses with the Blackboard-based SAN ON-LINE platform for fully remote studies, and uses a proprietary e-rekrutacja.san.edu.pl portal for enrollment. Supporting infrastructure includes the Wirtualna Uczelnia student portal, Microsoft Office 365 for students, and Erasmus+ international exchange partnerships, with English-language programs and a Polish-language certification center targeting international students. The institution holds positive PKA (Polska Komisja Akredytacyjna) evaluations and CEEMAN IQA international accreditation, and reports 31 years of operation with a cumulative alumni base exceeding 130,000 graduates.

The business model is tuition-based and subscription-recurring, with pricing not publicly disclosed but promotional discounts of up to 2,400 PLN offered to new students. Go-to-market relies on a multi-channel approach: a self-serve e-recruitment platform, open days (Dni Otwarte), the SAN Summer Camp, secondary school partnerships and competitions (Konkursy dla uczniów szkół średnich), and PR/content marketing through the Strefa wiedzy blog. Adjacent ecosystem offerings include the Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości SAN business incubator, Akademickie Biuro Karier career office, SAN Charity, and the Rada Biznesu employer council, all designed to deepen student engagement and employer ties beyond the core degree program.

Name

Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania

Legal name

Społeczna Akademia Nauk

Website

https://swspiz.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Społeczna Akademia Nauk (SAN) is a private Polish higher education institution operating seven campuses and offering 23 degree, postgraduate, and executive programs to domestic and international students, delivered through in-person instruction and a Blackboard-based online platform, with revenue generated primarily from tuition fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Business and Secretarial Schools (61141)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy, Consulting & General Management Institutes (EDAHAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Executive Short Courses (Non-Degree, International) (EDAIAIAH), Faculty-Led & Custom Group Study Abroad Programs (EDAIAAAA)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Private university programs
• Online degree programs
• Executive education
• Postgraduate studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Łódź

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Revenue generated from tuition fees for various study programs including undergraduate (I stopnia), graduate (II stopnia), uniform master's studies (jednolite magisterskie), postgraduate studies (studia podyplomowe), Executive MBA, and doctoral seminars. The institution also offers promotional discounts of up to 2400 PLN for new students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania (operating as Społeczna Akademia Nauk / SAN) is a private Polish higher education institution headquartered in Łódź that delivers first-cycle (bachelor's), second-cycle (master's), long-cycle master's, doctoral, and postgraduate degree programs, alongside English-language study tracks, fully online (ON-LINE) studies, an Executive MBA program, and shorter courses/trainings. The university is structured around multiple faculties and operates a Medical College (Collegium Medicum) and a SAN Competence Hub, supporting learners from enrollment through graduation.

Product overview

Społeczna Akademia Nauk (SAN) is a higher education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational products across multiple delivery formats. The core offering includes degree programs (first-cycle, second-cycle, and uniform master's), online studies via Blackboard SAN ON-LINE platform, Executive MBA, doctoral seminars, postgraduate studies, and professional courses. The institution operates through 7 campus centers and provides specialized programs through divisions like Collegium Medicum (medical studies) and the SAN Competence Hub (organized by competence areas). Supplementary offerings include the Business Incubator, Career Services, Erasmus+ international exchange, Summer Camps, and Science Festival events. The institution has 23 study programs and serves approximately 130,000 graduates over 31 years of tradition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAN Competence Hub: Career development and professional growth platform offering various development directions and training programs.
• Collegium Medicum
• Executive MBA
• SAN ON-LINE

Products and services

• Studia I stopnia (First-cycle / Bachelor's degree programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• 31 years of educational tradition and 130,000+ graduates
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OPEN ONWF Nordic Walking European Championships Bełchatów 2026minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 August 2026Społeczna Akademia Nauk was named as a Partner for the OPEN ONWF Nordic Walking European Championships Bełchatów 2026, taking place August 21-23, 2026. This partnership supports community engagement and promotes the university's visibility in sports and health-related activities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego: Leading Polish private business school offering undergraduate, graduate, MBA, and doctoral programs in management and finance. Directly comparable to SAN's Executive MBA and Management Institute offerings in the Polish private HE market.
• Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula: Warsaw-based private Polish university offering multi-disciplinary undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs including business, economics, and international relations. Comparable as a private multi-campus HE competitor in the same Polish market.
• Uczelnia Łazarskiego: Private Polish university in Warsaw offering law, business, economics, and medicine programs. Directly comparable multi-disciplinary private HE peer with similar program breadth and tuition-driven model.
• Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa (WSB Universities): One of the largest private HE networks in Poland with multiple campuses offering business, IT, and applied programs. Closely comparable as a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary private Polish university group competing for similar students.
• Akademia WSB: Private Polish university with multiple campuses offering business, IT, health, and pedagogical programs. Directly comparable multi-campus private HE peer with similar online study infrastructure and target student segments.

Broad incumbents

• Uniwersytet Łódzki: Major public research university headquartered in Łódź, SAN's home city. Competes for the same regional student pool across overlapping disciplines including law, management, IT, and humanities, but as a public institution with subsidized tuition.
• Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie (SGH): Poland's top public economics and business university in Warsaw. Overlaps directly with SAN's management, finance, and postgraduate programs but operates at substantially larger scale and prestige as a public incumbent.

Regional players

• Politechnika Łódzka: Public technical university in Łódź providing engineering, IT, and applied science programs. Overlaps with SAN's IT Institute and engineering-adjacent offerings, but primarily technical rather than management-focused.
• University of Europe for Applied Sciences: Private European HE group with campuses in Germany and elsewhere offering business, tech, and design programs in English. Relevant as a comparator for SAN's international/English-language program expansion ambitions within the broader Central European private HE landscape.

Emerging players

• Collegium Civitas: Private Warsaw-based university specializing in social sciences, security studies, and management. Comparable to SAN's National Security and management programs as a niche private HE peer with similar postgraduate positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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