The Faculty of Economics is continuing the tradition of the Sopot center of economic studies which descended from the Maritime Institute which was created in 1942 in Warsaw as a part of the Secret University of Western Lands. The Maritime Institute traditions were continued by: Higher School of Seaborne Trade (1945-1952) and Higher Economic School (1952-1970). On 20 March 1970 the Cabinet of the People’s Republic of Poland voted to create University of Gdansk. It was formed by a merger of the Higher School of Economics in Sopot with the Higher School of Pedagogics in Wrzeszcz.

Today, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdansk (up to 1993 Faculty of Economics of Transportation) is an academic center with full academic rights.

Facts & Figures:
- 146 scholars employed in the Institute of International Business, Institute of Maritime Transport and Seaborne Trade, Chair of Microeconomics, Chair of Macroeconomics, Chair of Economic Policy, Chair of European Integration Economics, Chairs of Transport and Logistics and Research Center of European Integration.
- 2130 students on the daily studies, 1850 on the extra-mural, 396 on postgraduate studies and 150 on doctoral (in the 2008/2009 academic year)
- rich offer of lectures in foreign languages,
- International Business specialisation in English,
- six computer labs and terminals open to the public,
- Thomson Reuters Data Suite computer lab and dealing room,
- all lecture rooms and halls equipped multimedia devices,
- ERASMUS programme (bilateral agreements with 70 partner universities and higher schools).
- UG Central Library in Gdansk and Economic Library in Sopot.

Studies in English:
International Business: Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree