Human Resources

The City Hall, together with economic organisations and entrepreneurs, makes a number of efforts to adapt the education courses to the needs of the labour market. During the workshops and conferences, opinions and ideas concerning the requirements of the labour market and adapting education profiles to them are exchanged. The fruit of these activities are new fields of study in upper secondary schools, which educate for the needs of the work establishments operating in the city, and school contracts with entrepreneurs preparing students for future careers as part of their internships. Undertakings of this kind translate into reduced unemployment and allow young people to plan their professional development paths better. In this way, Dąbrowa becomes a professional resource of thoroughly and professionally prepared staff for entrepreneurs.

Dąbrowa Górnicza hosts national events such as Entrepreneurship Day and World Entrepreneurship Week. The active involvement, commitment and cooperation of the local government and business allow school children to learn about the specificity of work in companies of Dąbrowa Górnicza during their internships, lectures and presentations. Thanks to this, young people gain knowledge of what competences and skills are required in individual companies, they also verify their ideas about the functioning of various industries and market sectors. More and more companies and schools are gradually joining this innovative enterprise.

Our asset is a young and well-educated society

• 34 universities (e.g. Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, University of Economics, Silesian Medical University and University of Silesia in Katowice).
• 126 455 students.
• 38 683 university graduates.
• approx. 11% of the national number of students.
• The second one in terms of the number of higher education institutions in Poland.
• number of academic teachers: 8,725; including higher technical schools: 2 983.
• for foreigners – the Complex of Silesian International Schools in Katowice (primary and secondary school programme with international baccalaureate).

• Akademia WSB w Dąbrowie Górniczej [WSB Academy in Dąbrowa Górnicza]
• Wyższa Szkoła Planowania Strategicznego [University of Strategic Planning]
• 4 technical vocational school units – 1 economic and 3 technical

The most popular secondary education courses: mechanic technician, IT technician, economist, electronics technician, hotel technician. New courses: logistics technician, underground mining technician.

• The Silesian Voivodship accounts for 12.1% of the country’s R&D potential (the second largest scientific centre in Poland).
• 112 units, including 36 scientific and research and development units (of which 6 are Polish Academy of Sciences centres).
• 46 development units and 14 universities conducting research to strengthen cooperation between the research and development zone and the economy.
• There are 3 scientific and industrial consortia in the Province:
  • Silesian Centre of Advanced Technologies,
  • Centre for Advanced Technologies for Energy-Environment-Health,
  • Centre for Advanced Technologies for Health Protection and Promotion