The Faculty of Economics of Gdańsk University is one of the few elite Polish universities that were given the approval by the Minister of Science and Higher Education to open the field of study - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS (1st- and 2nd-degree studies). In accordance with the Bologna system of education, the 1st-degree graduates may carry on their 2nd-degree education of International Economic Relations.

Students are required to learn two foreign languages to obtain B2 CEFR certificate. Students also have an opportunity to study at one of several dozen foreign universities under the Erasmus/Socrates programme. Since 2008, they have had an opportunity to attend "Reuters Academy" classes and obtain the Thomson Reuters certificate.

Students have access to the library with its vast collection of textbooks, to the Internet (also wireless), and to the dealing room (the only one in Poland), where they learn how to make foreign exchange transactions in real time. They can broaden their interests in numerous scientific societies.

The International Economic Relations also offers a new specialisation: International Business, where classes are held entirely in English (Bachelor and Master Degree).