SGH Warsaw School of Economics was founded in 1906. Since then, the university has operated continuously under the following names:
- 1906–1908 – August Zieliński’s Private Courses of Commerce for Men
- 1908–1915 – August Zieliński’s Higher Commerce Courses
- 1915–1933 – Higher School of Commerce in Warsaw
- 1933–1940 – Warsaw School of Economics
- 1940–1941 – Economic Courses
- 1941–1942 – Municipal School of Economics
- 1942–1943 – Municipal School of Economics of II degree
- 1943–1944 – Municipal Courses of Commerce
- 1944–1945 – Academic Courses in Częstochowa
- 1945–1949 – Warsaw School of Economics
- 1949–1991 – Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw
- since 1991 – SGH Warsaw School of Economics