34 Performing Arts Degree Programs in Poland

Thi program blends academic theory with practical skills to equip students with the comprehensive knowledge they need in order to find a job in the competitive field of film and games industry. Students learn the professional skills necessary to become a film or video games director. Students will work on each others' productions with different crews, directors, cinematographers, actors, producers, game designers and receive a practical experience that helps to prepare upon entering the film and video game industry. Each student makes 4 films /exercises during the academic year plus the end of year film, all in close cooperation with other students of different specialization. Teamwork and cooperation are our fundamentals.

Established in the academic year 2019/2020, the Chair of Historical Performance Practices emerged in 2008 as the Department of Historical Instruments. Since the beginning, the head of this unit has been harpsichordist Maria Banaszkiewicz-Bryła, PhD, DSc, ProfTit.

Intellectual Property and New Technologies program delivers comprehensive knowledge on the legal protection and commercial exploitation of new technologies. New technologies create new opportunities in life and science and build bridges between people from different countries and cultures.

This BA course explores the many ways in which the cinematographer participates in the collaborative process of translating screenplays into meaningful and stimulating films. We work in pre-production, on set as well as on color correction as we believe in including the cinematographer on all stages of the filmmaking process. Exercises, workshops, and masterclasses with one of the most renowned names of Polish cinematography. Critical and analytical study of the history and development of cinematography gives our students a solid foundation in the art and craft of their future careers. The aim is to improve and expand the students' technical knowledge and skills using all of the above-mentioned methods of image capture. Cinematography graduates who complete their studies in Poland are in big demand in Europe as well as the North American continent, being hired for commercials, videos as well as big-budget productions. Graduates of the Bachelor's program at the Warsaw Film School have the opportunity to continue their Master's studies at the Los Angeles Film Academy or the New York Film Academy with a $15,000 tuition discount.

The Section of Brass Band Conducting is a substantive unit of the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. It began its activities in 2019 as part of the Conducting major. The impetus for the establishment of the Section was the dynamically developing specialty of brass band conducting, functioning since 2010 at the then Department of Choral Studies. Its graduates serve as conductors of military orchestras in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, and also conduct various types of brass bands affiliated with local cultural centers.

The Department of Percussion at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, the first of its kind in Poland, is a leading center for percussion education and performance. With a tradition dating back to 1957, it offers versatile training across classical, jazz, and contemporary music, enriched by master classes with world-class artists. Students regularly perform at concerts and festivals, take part in the prestigious National Jerzy Zgodziński Percussion Competition, and achieve top prizes in international contests, making the Department a hub of excellence and innovation in percussion.

Established in 2015, the Department of Jazz Performance and Interpretation (formerly known as the Department of Jazz Instrumental and Vocal Performance) currently operates within the structure of the Institute of Jazz and Popular Music. Its main tasks include initiating and conducting artistic, research, academic and teaching work of the associated pedagogues. One of the most essential elements of its activity is organizing concerts, academic conferences, master classes and open lectures conducted by its members as well as invited artists from Poland and abroad. The Department also collaborates with secondary music education, organizing workshops, methodological courses or providing substantive supervision for pilot subjects in jazz and popular music.

Electroacoustic Composition invites you to explore music at the crossroads of art and technology. You’ll create with both acoustic instruments and electronics, showcase your work at concerts and workshops, and build the skills for exciting careers in music production, sound design, and media arts.

The Department is made up of pianists from the Department of Piano who lead chamber ensembles, accompanists who work on a daily basis with students of other specialties, and teachers who lead chamber ensembles together with the pianists.

The Department of Vocal Studies was established at the beginning of the term of office of Rector prof. Stefan Stuligrosz (1967-1981). The first head of the Department of Vocal Studies at the Faculty of Vocal Studies and Acting of the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music was prof. Irena Winiarska. Subsequently, the function was taken over by prof. Ewa Wdowicka, and since 2005 the position was held by prof. dr hab. Grażyna Flicińska-Panfil. In 2024, the position was taken over by dr hab. Marzena Michałowska.

The Department conducts academic and research work on the history and development of Polish lutherie. The unit has launched a research project in acoustics that concerns the flow of vibrations in materials used to build a particular lutherie instrument.

The education program (DS CPP Educational Programme) allows doctoral students to carry out their own artistic and research projects and to develop skills useful both in academic environments and in artistic or professional practice. The attractive and specialized program is regularly updated to meet the needs of doctoral students. By choosing optional courses, students can build their own path and develop personal artistic and academic interests.

The Section of Accordion and Contemporary Music Interpretation, established in February 2020, is an academic organizational unit operating within the Institute of Instrumental Music.

The Medieval and Renaissance Music Lab was established in December 2020 by Rector prof. dr hab. Hanna Kostrzewska, and is operating within the Department of Historical Performance Practices. It was originated and founded by prof. dr hab. Maria Banaszkiewicz-Bryła, Head of the Department. The activity of the Lab is focused on the didactic, educational, artistic and academic areas. It is aimed at broadening of knowledge and improvement of practice in the art of playing the lute and other instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as broadly understood performance of early music.

The purpose of establishing the Department of Song and Vocal Chamber Music was to provide students with a creative space for the interaction of singer and pianist, which is one of the most important forms of collaboration within the Institute of Vocal Studies, both in the sphere of student training and in the broader artistic sense. Vocal chamber music, along with the art of opera, is one of the cornerstones of the teaching process at the Institute of Vocal Studies. The creative interaction between the instructor who teaches the major (solo singing) and the pianist who accompanies and educates the student in the classes offered by the Department shapes the technique and artistic personality of the singer.

The Department of Symphonic and Opera Conducting is currently a research and teaching unit of the Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Vocal Performance, Music Theory and Artistic Education. It is composed of conductors who, in addition to their artistic activities appreciated abroad, have been heading numerous Polish artistic institutions. The Department is engaged in conducting artistic and research activities in the field of conducting, as well as organizing courses, conferences and events aimed at promoting and developing the art of conducting.