Survey of the university institutions teaching acoustics in Poland

Abstract

Higher education in Poland is either state owned or private. The total number of students in the institutions of higher education at the university level amounts to 630<th>000, which makes 15 students per 1000 citizens. As a rule, the education provided by state-owned schools is free. Among the state-owned educational institutions, presently in Poland, there are 13 universities, 18 technical universities, 8 musical academies, and 12 medical academies in which acoustics (or only psychoacoustics) is learned at selected branches of the studies The subject of acoustics is not provided in private schools. In this survey a directory of schools will be given with the details of studies where acoustics is available, including the numbers of students, hours, and the topics taught in the lectures and tutorials.