About the Institution

The Podhale State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Targ (PPWSZ) was founded in 2001 as the first higher education institution established following the initiative of the province's self-government. It came under the auspices of Krakow’s Jagiellonian University and Bronisław Czech Academy of Physical Education...

The Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning was founded in 2006 at the Podhale State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Targ. The first director of the Institute was Zbigniew Radziewanowski, Ph.D. Hab. Arch. Eng. The Institute is currently run by Maria Ponikiewska-Arct, Ph.D. Arch. Eng.

Physiotherapy studies were founded in 2001. The first director of the Institute of Health with Departments of Nursing and Physiotherapy was Tadeusz Kasperczyk, PhD, Hab., who also contributed to the curriculum of studies...

Institute of Humanities provides education in the field of the Polish philology. The core curriculum includes a group of linguistic subjects (descriptive and historical grammar of the Polish language, dialectology, etc) and literary subjects (history of the Polish literature, theory of literature, etc).

The Institute of Nursing was established on the foundations of its predecessor, namely, the Nursing School in Rabka-Zdrój, and it provides education to nurses in full-time study and extramural studies. The teaching staff which comprises specialists in the field ensure a high level of education...

The Medical Technician Institute was founded in 2008; the head is Waldemar Hładki, Associate Professor, M.D. Hab. and the deputy head is Halina Traczewska, M.D. Studies in the Medical Technician Institute are based on the idea of gaining medical knowledge and training essential to react and help people in emergencies.