The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice offers full-time and part-time BA and MA studies at two Departments: Composition, Interpretation, Education and Jazz Department - organised in Composition, Conducting and Music Theory Division and Choral Conducting Division – as well as  Vocal-Instrumental Department consisting of 8 Divisions: Piano, String Instruments, Chamber Music, Organ and Church Music, Harpsichord and Historical Practice, Wind, Brass and Percussion, Accordion, Guitar and Harp. Additionally, two institutes operate within the school structure: Jazz Institute and Vocal and Acting Institute. Didactic, artistic and research activity of the school is supported by one of the largest music libraries in Poland as well as Computer Music Studio. The school also prides on its spectacular Concert Hall which meets the latest spatial and acoustic requirements and seats app. 480 people.The Academy combines its luminous past marked by outstanding graduates with its present artistic and didactic activities. The School holds each year several artistic events such as concerts, master classes, workshops, competitions and conferences both on national and international level. The Academy co-operates with numerous universities abroad: The University of Louisville - School of Music (USA), Zoltan Kodaly Pedagogical Institute of Music in Kecskemet (Hungary), Pedagogical Institute in Sumy (Ukraine), University of Ostrava (Czech Republic) and others.