State Higher Vocational School ( PWSZ) began to appear in the Polish educational market in 1998 , thanks to the adopted in June 1997 a ministerial act on higher vocational schools .
The assumption of PWSZ was to increase the access to studies for the youth of the villages or towns away from large academic centers, contribute to a uniform nationwide coverage and tertiary education and respond to the needs of the local labor market. State Higher Vocational School were to give the opportunity of free study close to home, to respond to the needs of local entrepreneurship, create faculties and departments on request of local communities and their needs.
In this way, on the Polish educational map appeared state higher vocational schools in: Tarnow, Legnica, Elblag, Nowy Sacz, Jelenia Góra, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Sulechów, Jaroslaw.
Another appeared in Krosno, Leszno, Wałbrzych, Plock, Kalisz, Pila, Biała Podlaska, Sanok, Przemysl, Tarnobrzeg, Nysa, Chelm, Ciechanow, Nowy Targ, Raciborz, Wloclawek, Opole, Lomza, Głogow, Gniezno, Wałcz, Oswiecim, Zamosc, Suwalki, Skierniewice, Sandomierz and Koszalin.
Below there is a list of PWSZ with their educational offers
The State Higher School of Vocational Education in Ciechanów
The State Higher School of Vocational Education in Zamość
Jan Amos Komienski State School of Higher Vocational Education in Leszno
Stanisław Staszic University of Applied Sciences in Piła
The Mazovian State University in Płock
State Higher Vocational School in Wałcz
The Bronisław Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jarosław
Higher Vocational School in Tarnów
State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz
State Higher Vocational School in Racibórz
State Higher Vocational School in Głogów
State Higher Vocational School of Podhale in Nowy Targ
Bialska Academy of Applied Sciences John Paul II
Hipolit Cegielski State University of Applied Sciences in Gniezno
East State Higher School in Przemyśl
Higher Vocational School in Suwałki
The State School of Higher Professional Education in Konin
The Witelon University of Applied Sciences in Legnica
Angelus Silesius State University in Wałbrzych
The State School of Higher Professional Education in Elbląg
The Jan Grodek Higher Vocational State School in Sanok
The State College of Computer Science and Business Administration in Łomża
The School of Higher Vocational Education in Nysa
State University Stefan Batory in Skierniewice
Higher School of Social Sciences and Economics in Sroda Wielkopolska
Carpathian State University in Krosno
The State School of Higher Education in Chełm
The State School of Higher Education in Oświęcim
The State Higher Vocational School in Koszalin
State Higher Vocational School in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Karkonosze College in Jelenia Góra
Public High Vocational School Named by Prof. Stanislaw Tarnowski in Tarnobrzeg
Higher Vocational State School in Włocławek
The President Stanislaw Wojciechowski Higher Vocational State School in Kalisz
