• In 1882, thanks to the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, industry and the Cracow congregation of merchants, the Municipal School of Trade was established
• In 1896 the Higher Trade School was set up
• In 1924 the Institute of Commodities was established at the Higher Trade School and a two-year commodity studies program was begun. This gave rise to the Higher College of Trade (HCT) in 1925
• On 1st October 1925 the co-founder and the first director of HCT conducted the inauguration of the first academic year. This moment is considered the birth of today's Cracow University of Economics
• On 1st September 1938 the act of 1937 came into effect, classifying HCT as an academic school and changing its name to the Trade Academy (AH)
• In March 1945 the Trade Academy was re-opened after the war
• In early September 1950 AH was transformed into the State Higher School of Economics
• In 1959, more rigorous standards were imposed on the institutions of higher learning, and the Higher School of Economics was transformed into a one-faculty school named the Faculty of Production and Commodity Turnover
• After 1972, study centres were established for students in different cities of south Poland.: Dębica, Gorlice, Kielce, Nowy Targ, Tarnów, Wadowice
• In 1974, Polish schools of economics were renamed academies of economics
• In August 2007, the Academy of Economics was given the official name of Cracow University of Economics
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