State Higher Vocational School in Tarnow

Academy of Science in Tarnow
Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Tarnowie

Latin: Collegium Tarnoviense^{[citation needed]}
Motto	Per aspera ad astra
Established	19 May 1998
Academic affiliation	UICEE, ESNA, ECTNA, EURASHE
Rector	Jadwiga Laska
Students	3,461^[1] (12.2023)
Address	ul. Adama Mickiewicza 8 , Tarnów , 33-100 , Pol 50,01564 20,99043
Website	www.pwsztar.edu.pl

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^{[clarification needed]}

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

Institute of Health Protection

Art Institute

Graphics,
Design.

National cooperation^[2]

International cooperation^[3]

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)

References

^ "Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year" (in Polish). Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
^ University website.
^ University website:International cooperation Archived 2011-11-02 at the Wayback Machine.