Students at the OSHVS can major in English, Russian, Political Science (with specializations in European integration and international political relations), or administration and marketing (with specializations in cultural administration and education or public administration).
The students learn how the whole institution functions. Each department organizes special meetings for them, where they learn about things like the preservation workshop, Museum publications, the archives, art works made in the camp during the war, and exhibitions at the site. They can also tour the Memorial, conducted in a language of their choice by a Museum guide.
Freshmen at the Oswiecim State Higher Vocational School are doing three-week internships at the Museum.