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The foundation of competitiveness in present economies becomes innovations that determi-ne the development of knowledge based economy. First of all, the innovations are generated bythe academic centers. During the process of formation of information society, knowledge andscience become essential factors leading to the improvement of the intellectual potential ofsocieties, which influences on the competitiveness of national and regional systems. The development of scientific and educational functions makes possible to improve it thanks to theintellectual resources. The development of higher educational systems should be an essentialelement of formation the regional development poles and increase of the competitiveness of theregional system. The aim of conducted research was to determine the range of the territorialinfluence of PWSZ located in Jaros³aw. The author underlines the role of educational system inthe development of the Podkarpackie Province.