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)