Technikum is an institute of vocational education in Poland.
It is a mass-education institution of "special middle education" category 1 step higher than PTU, but aimed to train low and middle level (depending on profile) industrial managers, foremen, coordinators, technical supervisors etc.
After graduation from a technikum/college, a student may apply to an institution of higher learning (i.e. university) as a freshman.
A student finishing the 8th year of compulsory education (primary school) has to choose between three types of schools: People who have completed a technikum and passed the final exams (organized by an external, state unit - Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna - Central Examination Board) in their profession obtain a title consisting of the word technik and the profession they have learnt (for example technik elektryk - electrical industry technician), where the word technician (technik) cannot be used by those who finished three-year vocational school.
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