History
- In 1896 the Higher Trade School was set upIn 1925 the co-founder and the first director of HCT conducted the inauguration of the first academic year.
- In 1938 the act of 1937 came into effect, classifying HCT as an academic school and changing its name to the Trade Academy (AH).
- In 2007, the Academy of Economics was given the official name of Cracow University of Economics.