UG in Poland's Best Employers 2021 Forbes' premiere ranking

The University of Gdańsk was ranked 2nd in the 'Forbes' Poland's Best Employers 2021 ranking, in the 'education and research' category, and 31st on the general list of the top 300 Polish employers. Over 10 thousand employees took part in the survey. Substantive partner of the project was the Statista company - co-creator of the most famous rankings of 'Best Employers' in the world.

The latest ranking of 'Forbes', an economic monthly addressed to, i. a., middle and senior management, businessmen and investors, is a list of 300 best Polish employers, presenting companies operating in Poland, whose outstanding achievements in the field of HR have been honoured with the title of the best employer.

Apart from the general list, there are also industry-specific lists.

The University of Gdańsk placed 31st in the general ranking of 300 Best Polish Employers, as well as 2nd in the sector ranking in the "education and research" sector (77.56 points), just behind the winning University of Warsaw (25th place in the general classification, 78.07 points). The third place was taken jointly by the Poznań University of Economics and the University of Economics in Katowice (43rd). The top ten also included: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (51st), University of Wrocław (61st), Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (73rd), the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (87th), the University of Silesia in Katowice (93rd) and University of Łódź (104th). Only the 15th position was taken by the Jagiellonian University (203rd).

The list of Poland's Best Employers 2021 by Forbes was created on the same principles as similar ones in Western Europe or the American 'Forbes'. Employers were surveyed by Statista, the co-creator of the best known 'Best Employers' rankings in the world.

The basis of the survey was a list of about 1800 employers with at least 250 employees in Poland. Over 10 thousand employees took part in the survey. The respondents were asked to express their opinion on several dozen statements describing the activity of their employer in seven main areas:

  • Image and growth
  • Growth & Perspectives
  • Employee relations and management
  • Salary
  • Working conditions and equipment
  • Sustainability
  • Workload

The survey ran from September to October 2020.

For more information, see the Forbes magazine website

Elżbieta Michalak-Witkowska/Press Office of University of Gdańsk