The Senate of SWPS University develops and approves the strategy of the University and reviews reports on its implementation. It passes key regulations on educational affairs, such as study rules, the admission process, as well as study programs for the undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and doctoral studies. Moreover, the Senate evaluates new study programs at SWPS University and issues selected internal rules and regulations, in particular related to copyright management, rules of commercialization, and the use of research infrastructure. Other competencies of the Senate include: granting honorary degrees (doctor honoris causa), approving the procedure for granting academic degrees, and conducting proceedings related to granting professorial titles.
2020–2024 Term
Rector
- Roman Cieślak, Professor – Chair of the Senate
Vice-Rectors
- Aleksandra Cisłak-Wójcik, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Vice-Rector for Research
- Ewa Gruszczyńska, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs
Deans
- Hanna Bednarek, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Psychology in Warsaw
- Adam Bodnar, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Law in Warsaw
- Romana Kadzikowska-Wrzosek, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Psychology in Sopot
- Tomasz Grzyb, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław
- Jolanta Życińska, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Psychology in Katowice
- Marlena Banasik, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Psychology in Kraków
- Jarosław Michałowski, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Communication in Poznań
- Monika Lewandowicz-Machnikowska, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Law and Communication in Wrocław
- Marcin Jacoby, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Humanities in Warsaw
- Katarzyna Januszkiewicz, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw
- Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Dean of the Faculty of Design in Warsaw
Directors of Institutes
- Paweł Ostaszewski, Professor – Director of the Institute of Psychology
- Mikołaj Cześnik, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Director of the Institute of Social Sciences
- Mirosław Filiciak, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Director of the Institute of Humanities
- Karol Murlak, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Director of the Institute of Design
- Dariusz Jagiełło, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Deputy Director of the Institute of Law
Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School
- Kamila Jankowiak-Siuda, Ph.D. / Associate Professor
Director General
Faculty Representatives
- Magdalena Marszał-Wiśniewska, Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Warsaw
- Bronisław Sitek, Professor – Faculty of Law in Warsaw
- Dorota Ilczuk, Professor - Faculty of Humanities in Warsaw
- Adam Szpaderski, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw
- Michał Parzuchowski, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Sopot
- Dorota Płuchowska, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Faculty of Law and Communication in Wrocław
- Małgorzata Gamian-Wilk, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław
- Paweł Daniel, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań
- Agata Chudzicka-Czupała, Ph.D. / Associate Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Katowice
- Agata Zabłocka, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Warsaw
- Adam Sobolewski, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Warsaw
- Paweł Kowalski, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Law in Warsaw
- Agnieszka Gadomska, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Humanities in Warsaw
- Anna Warso, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Humanities in Warsaw
- Justyna Sarnowska-Wilczyńska, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor - Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw
- Marta Szastok, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor - Faculty of Psychology in Katowice
- Dorota Kalka, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Sopot
- Jakub Kuś, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław
- Anna Ziółkowska, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań
- Monika Rosińska, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor – Faculty of Design in Warsaw
Representatives of researchers from research institutes
- Katarzyna Zawadzka, Ph.D. / Associate Professor
Administrative Staff
- Aleksandra Gutkowska-Maciejuk - Director of Operations in Poznań Campus
Doctoral Students
- Artur Janik – representing discipline of literary studies
- Franciszek Ostaszewski – representing discipline of psychology
Students
- Patrycja Grochowska – student representative from Warsaw
- Alicja Dobrowolska – student representative from Katowice
- Kinga Jałkiewicz – student representative from Poznań
- Małgorzata Szczerbowska – student representative from Wrocław
- Anna Kuźmińska – student representative from Sopot
Honorary Members of the Senate
- Hermann Brandstätter, Professor
- Andrzej Eliasz, Professor
- Janusz Reykowski, Professor