Higher Vocational School in Tarnow

State Higher Vocational School in Tarnow (SHVS) was called into being as the first state vocational school in Poland by the order of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland in May 1998. It is a higher education institution of a new type, educating its students at the "licentiate" and "engineer" level. Its activities are regulated by the Act on Higher Vocational Schools from 26 June 1997.