They operate on the basis of the provisions of the Act of July 20, 2018 - Law on Higher Education and Science, providing education that takes into account the needs of the socio-economic environment and not being academic universities.
Vocational universities provide only practical studies.
As of December 31, 2020, a total of 51,751 people studied at 33 public vocational universities, which constituted 4.25% of all students and 6.08% of students of public universities.
From September 2021, a public vocational university, after meeting certain conditions, may use the name "academy of applied sciences".
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