equipment: first-class concert Steinway & Sons pianos, chordophones, pipe organs, wind instruments, percussion instruments. In 1996, the school obtained full autonomy, including the acquisition of the rights to carry out doctoral curricula in the field of art. From 1974 to 1999, 1127 students have been graduated from the academy. Between 2002 and 2009, the number of university teachers increased from 120 to 150, including 55 professors, and the number of students raised by 60% to 552 from 2002 to 2015. In 2007, the academy received in charge the historic building of the Pomeranian Arts House (built in 1887), previously run by the Opera Nova Bydgoszcz authorities. After a series of overhaul works, including a 2009 European investment projects fund, the modernization of the facility has been carried out to fit the edifice to teaching purposes, comprising the restoration of the concert hall and the 19th century facade. The strategic objective set by the board of the Academy of Music is to increase the number of professors, as well as the capacity to deliver doctoral degrees, so as to give a more important dimension to the university. In 2019, the city authorities launched a project to erect a new building for the Music Academy – "Feliks Nowowiejski", at 9-11 Chodkiewicza street. Curricula Bydgoszcz Academy of Music comprises four faculties, teaching also the following musical fields: Animators for musical activities; Symphony orchestra and choir conducting; Training music teachers and sound directors. The curriculum unravels from the First degree, leading to a Licentiate diploma or a second cycle studies, conferring the title of Master's degree of Arts. In 2008, a PhD-third cycle has been created in the Instrumental Department, in addition to the possibility of postgraduating in one of the four faculties. Since 2010, the academy can award the degree of Doctor in musical instrument and conducting, and possess a doctor habilitation. Under bilateral agreements, the academy regularly cooperates with schools abroad, such as: "Feliks Nowowiejski" Academy of music of Bydgoszcz is also a regular partner of the Erasmus Programme. Departments and structure The school is divided in four faculties: Faculty of Instrumental Music; Faculty of Composition, Theory of Music and Sound Engineering; Faculty of Vocal Music and Drama; Faculty of Conducting, Jazz Music and Music Education. It also developed cross-departments curricula: Pedagogy; Foreign Languages; Early Music; Contemporary Music; Jazz and Popular Music; Piano Chamber Music Recording Studio and Music library. Academy facilities