title: State Higher Vocational School in Tarnow
text: # 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)
  