The academic approach in the Group
In 2019 Merito Universities Group founded the first Research Federation of WSB-DSW Merito Universities. The mission of the Federation is to conduct research activity, commercialise the effects of scientific research and know-how linked with the achieved results, and manage internal publication activity and cooperation with the socio-economic environment.
At the beginning of 2025, by decision of the Minister of Science and Higher Education, the WSB-DSW Merito Scientific Federation, was officially joined by Collegium Civitas, expanding the number of member institutions from five to six.
With the addition of Collegium Civitas, the number of academic disciplines with the authority to confer doctoral and habilitation degrees within the Federation has increased. Previously, the Federation covered eight disciplines: economics and finance, linguistics, security studies, social communication and media studies, physical culture sciences, management and quality sciences, pedagogy, and psychology. Collegium Civitas now contributes two additional fields: sociology and political science and administration.
Scientific disciplines and evaluation
The Research Federation of WSB-DSW Merito Universities received positive evaluation results from the Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) for its scientific disciplines. PKA assesses degree programmes based on three main evaluation criteria:
I – publications
II – grants, commercialization and service revenues
III – socio-economic impact
Results of evaluation of the Federation's scientific activities 2017-2021
Scientific research
Research employees of the member universities of the Research Federation of WSB-DSW Merito Universities conduct research mainly in the area of social science, humanities, engineering and technology. The results of their research are published in national and international journals. They also find application in social and economic institutions, i.a. through expert opinions provided at the request of private and public entities. Thanks to the cooperation of scholars from different centres, the research conducted within the Federation is comprehensive and interdisciplinary. Moreover, the research employees of the Federation are appointed as experts to interpret social and economic events and cooperate with the media as opinion-formers.