Founded in 1946, Akademia Sztuk Teatralnych im. Stanislawa Wyspianskiego w Krakowie (AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the urban setting of the large city of Kraków (population range of 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants), Lesser Poland Voivodeship. This institution also has a branch campus in Wroclaw and Bytom. Officially recognized by the Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland), Akademia Sztuk Teatralnych im. Stanislawa Wyspianskiego w Krakowie (AST) is a very small coeducational Polish higher education institution. Akademia Sztuk Teatralnych im. Stanislawa Wyspianskiego w Krakowie (AST) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. AST also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, sports facilities, study abroad and exchange programs, as well as administrative services.