State Higher Vocational School in Tarnow
# State Higher Vocational School in Tarnow

State Higher Vocational School in Tarnów (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Tarnowie) – a public, vocational type university, created on the basis of the Council of Ministers of 19 May 1998 as the first university in Poland of a new type of vocational educating undergraduate and engineering.

The university operates under the Act of 26 June 1997 on higher vocational schools (Ustawa z dnia 26 czerwca 1997 roku o wyższych szkołach zawodowych), the statute and other regulations issued on its basis.

## Institutes and specializations

In 2012, the university offered studies, both full-time) and part-time, for licentiate (3 years) or engineering (3.5 years) for the sixteen specializations:

Institute of Humanistic

* Polish studies
* English studies
* German studies
* Romance studies

Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

* Chemistry,
* Mathematics,
* Environmental protection,

Polytechnic Institute

* Electronics and telecommunication,
* Electrical engineering,
* Computer science,
* Materials science,

Institute of Administration and Economics

* Administration,
* Economics,

Institute of Health Protection

* Physical therapy,
* Nursing,
* Physical education,

Art Institute

* Graphics,
* Design.

## National cooperation

* AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków
* Jagiellonian University in Kraków
* Bronisław Czech University School of Physical Education in Krakow
* Agricultural University of Kraków
* Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków

## International cooperation

* Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
* Pädagogische Akademie des Bundes, Vienna, Austria
* Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
* Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
* Haute École Blaise Pascal du Luxembourg (Belgium), in Bastogne, Belgium
* Haute École namuroise catholique, in Malonne, Belgium
* Universitatea Babeş-Bolya, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
* Hochschule Wismar, Germany
* Keski-Pohjanmaan Ammattikorkeakoulu – Mellersta Österbottens Yrkeshögskola Politechnika w Kokkola, Finland
* University of Naples Federico II, Italy
* Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Turkey
* Blackburn College, an Association of Lancaster University, England
* Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo (Italy).

## Rectors of Higher Vocational School in Tarnow

* Adam Juszkiewicz (1998-2007)
* Stanisław Komornicki (2007-2015)
* Jadwiga Laska (2015-2019)
