List of colleges and universities in Slovakia
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This is a list of all schools of higher education (i.e. colleges and universities) in Slovakia as of June 30, 2005.
), which for lack of other expressions is also translated into English as "college", can refer to all schools of higher (i.e. tertiary) education, or in a narrower sense only to those schools of higher education that are not universities.
For an explanation of the terms public/state/private school see Education in Slovakia
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Terminology
The Slovak term "vysoká škola" ("school of higher education", literally "high school", compare the German name HochschuleHochschule
Hochschule is a German term with two meanings.The literal meaning of the word Hochschule is “high school” which is not appropriate as a translation.- Generic term :...
), which for lack of other expressions is also translated into English as "college", can refer to all schools of higher (i.e. tertiary) education, or in a narrower sense only to those schools of higher education that are not universities.
For an explanation of the terms public/state/private school see Education in Slovakia
Education in Slovakia
Education in Slovakia consists of a free education system based on 10 years of compulsory school attendance.- General characteristics:Most schools, especially universities, are owned by the state, though since the 1990s there are also church-owned and private schools .Slovakia has 10 years of...
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Public schools of higher education
- Matej Bel UniversityMatej Bel UniversityMatej Bel University is a university in the central Slovak town Banská Bystrica. It was established on 1 July 1992 and inaugurated on 23 October 1992...
in Banská BystricaBanská BystricaBanská Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With 81,281 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia...
- Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici (http://www.umb.sk) - Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica - Akadémia umení v Banskej Bystrici (http://www.aku.sk) – an art school
- Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaSlovak University of Technology in BratislavaSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava is the most significant university of technology in Slovakia.- University structure :* Faculty of Civil Engineering* Faculty of Mechanical Engineering...
- Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave (http://www.stuba.sk) – a school of technology - Comenius University in Bratislava - Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (http://www.uniba.sk) – the main university
- University of Economics in BratislavaUniversity of Economics in BratislavaUniversity of Economics in Bratislava is the oldest university of economics in Slovakia.-History:The university was established in 1940 as a private university under the name...
- Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave (http://www.euba.sk) – a school of economics and business studies - Academy of Fine Arts and Design in BratislavaAcademy of Fine Arts and Design in BratislavaThe Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava is an academy in Bratislava, Slovakia.AFAD was founded in the year 1949 at the dawn of totalitarian regime in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic...
- Vysoká škola výtvarných umení (http://www.afad.sk) – a drawing and sculpturing school - Academy of Performing Arts in BratislavaAcademy of Performing Arts in BratislavaThe Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava is a university founded on June 9, 1949.The university consists of three faculties:*Theatre Faculty...
- Vysoká škola múzických umení (http://www.vsmu.sk) – a theatre and music school - Selye János University in Komárno - Selye János Egyetem; Univerzita J. Selyeho v Komárne (http://www.selyeuni.sk) – the only Hungarian language school of higher education in Slovakia
- University of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceUniversity of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceThe University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice is the only institution in the Slovak Republic offering higher education in the veterinary field. It has been providing the veterinary education in English for 15 years. Nowadays the University offers two English study programmes: 6-year...
- Univerzita veterinárneho lekárstva v Košiciach (http://www.uvm.sk) - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice - Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach (http://www.upjs.sk)
- Technical University of KošiceTechnical University of KošiceTechnical University of Košice is the second greatest university of technology in Slovakia.- University structure :* Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology* Faculty of Metallurgy...
- Technická univerzita v Košiciach (http://www.tuke.sk) – a school of technology - University of Constantinus the Philosopher in Nitra - Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre (http://www.ukf.sk)
- Slovak University of AgricultureSlovak University of AgricultureSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra is a public university in Nitra, Slovakia. It offers Bachelor's, Engineer's and Doctoral degrees in six faculties:*Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources*Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences...
in Nitra - Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre (http://www.uniag.sk) – a school of agriculture - University of PrešovUniversity of PrešovThe University of Prešov is a university in the Slovak city of Prešov. It was established by law in December 1996 by splitting the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice into University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice and Prešov University in Prešov. It was officially established on 1...
in Prešov - Prešovská univerzita v Prešove (http://www.unipo.sk) - Catholic University in RužomberokCatholic University in RužomberokThe Catholic University in Ružomberok is a university in the town of Ružomberok in northern Slovakia. It was established by law from 2000 and officially was established on 10 July 2000.The university has four faculties:*Faculty of Theology...
- Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku (http://www.ku.sk) - University of TrnavaUniversity of TrnavaThe University of Trnava is a college of "university type" based in Trnava, Slovakia.-Historical university:The original Jesuit university was founded in 1635 by the Archbishop of Esztergom, Peter Pázmány. It had a faculty of arts, faculty of theology, faculty of law and faculty of medicine...
in Trnava - Trnavská univerzita v Trnave (http://www.truni.sk) - University of St. Cyril and Methodius of Trnava - Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda (http://www.ucm.sk)
- Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín in Trenčín - Trenčianska univerzita A. Dubčeka (http://www.tnuni.sk)
- Technical University in Zvolen - Technická univerzita vo Zvolene (http://www.tuzvo.sk) – a school of forestry
- University of ŽilinaUniversity of ŽilinaŽilinská univerzita is a modern university providing a full range of technological, economics, management and a limited range of humanistic and natural science education at under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate levels in Žilina, Slovakia.University has been formerly known as University of...
in Žilina - Žilinská univerzita v Žiline (http://www.uniza.sk) – a school of transport studies
State schools of higher education
- Police Academy in Bratislava - Akadémia policajného zboru v Bratislave (http://www.akademiapz.sk) – a police academy
- Slovak Medical UniversitySlovak Medical UniversityThe Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is a state "college of university type" seated in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was created by law from 25 June 2002 with effect from 1 September 2002 and replaced the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine .The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is an...
in Bratislava - Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita v Bratislave (http://www.szu.sk) – a medical school - General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš - Akadémia ozbrojených síl gen. M. R. Štefánika v Liptovskom Mikuláši (http://aos.valm.sk)
Private schools of higher education
- College of International and Public Relations Prague - Vysoká škola medzinárodných a verejných vzťahov Praha (http://www.vip-vs.sk)
- Bratislava School of LawBratislava School of LawThe Bratislava School of Law is a private institute of higher education located in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was established on July 14, 2004.-Name:...
- Bratislavská vysoká škola práva (http://www.uninova.sk) - Bratislava International School of Liberal ArtsBratislava International School of Liberal ArtsThe Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts , located in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia, is the first liberal arts college in Central Europe. A private, accredited three-year degree-granting undergraduate institution, it opened in September 2006.-External links:*...
(BISLA) - Bratislavská medzinárodná škola liberálnych štúdií (http://www.bisla.sk) - College of Public Administration Economics and Management - Vysoká škola ekonómie a manažmentu verejnej správy v Bratislave (http://www.vsemvs.sk)
- Dubnica Technology Institute in Dubnica nad Váhom - Dubnický technologický inštitút v Dubnici nad Váhom (http://www.dupres-group.com/index.php?company=5&id=1)
- St. Elizabeth College of Health and Social Work in Bratislava, n. o. - Vysoká škola zdravotnícka a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety v Bratislave, n. o. (http://www.vssvalzbety.sk)
- Security Management College in Košice - Vysoká škola bezpečnostného manažérstva v Košiciach (http://www.vsbm.sk)
- International Business College ISM Slovakia in Prešov - Vysoká škola medzinárodného podnikania ISM Slovakia v Prešove (http://www.ismpo.sk)
- Central European College in Skalica - Stredoeurópska vysoká škola v Skalici (http://www.sevs.sk)
- College in Sládkovičovo - Vysoká škola v Sládkovičove (http://www.vssladkovicovo.sk)
- College of Management in Trenčín - Vysoká škola manažmentu v Trenčíne (http://www.vsm.sk) – a subsidiary of the foreign City University
Historical schools of higher education
Chronological development of (known) schools of higher education up to the present- cca. 864 – 885: Great Moravian Academy (probably in Devín)
- 1465-1491: Universitas Istropolitana (Academia IstropolitanaAcademia IstropolitanaThe Universitas Istropolitana in Bratislava was arguably the third university to be found in the Kingdom of Hungary and the first university to be founded in the territory of present-day Slovakia...
) - 1635-1777: University of TrnavaUniversity of TrnavaThe University of Trnava is a college of "university type" based in Trnava, Slovakia.-Historical university:The original Jesuit university was founded in 1635 by the Archbishop of Esztergom, Peter Pázmány. It had a faculty of arts, faculty of theology, faculty of law and faculty of medicine...
(1777 moved to BudaBudaFor detailed information see: History of Buda CastleBuda is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian.Buda comprises about one-third of Budapest's...
, 1786 to PestPest (city)Pest is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, Hungary, comprising about two thirds of the city's territory. It is divided from Buda, the other part of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable parts are the Inner City, including the Hungarian Parliament, Heroes' Square and...
) - 1657- 1777/1921: University of Košice (1777-1850 turned to a Royal Academy, 1850-1921 to a Law Academy)
- 1667- early 20th century: Prešov Collegium
- 1763-1919: Mining and Forestry Academy in Banská ŠtiavnicaBanská ŠtiavnicaBanská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of more than 10,000. It is a completely preserved medieval town...
(1919 moved to Sopron, Hungary) - 1768-1776: Collegium oeconomicum in Senec
- 1777-1912: Royal Academy (in TrnavaTrnavaTrnava is a city in western Slovakia, 47 km to the north-east of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a kraj and of an okres . It was the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric . The city has a historic center...
first, 1784 moved to BratislavaBratislavaBratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, 1850 – 1912 called Imperial and Royal Academy, 1912 part of the Elizabethan University-see below) - 1860-1919: Law Academy in Prešov
- 1880-?: Greek Catholic Academy of Divinity in Prešov
- 1882-?: Evangelic Lutheran Theological Academy in Prešov
- 1892-?: Evangelic Lutheran Theological Academy in Bratislava
- 1906 - 1918: Agricultural Academy in Košice
- 1912-1919: Elizabethan University in Bratislava
- since 1919: Comenius University (1939-1954 called Slovak University)
- since 1937: Slovak University of TechnologySlovak University of Technology in BratislavaSlovak University of Technology in Bratislava is the most significant university of technology in Slovakia.- University structure :* Faculty of Civil Engineering* Faculty of Mechanical Engineering...
(initially called Slovak College of Technology, 1938 moved to Martin, 1939 to Bratislava) - since 1940: University of Economics (1940-1945 called Commercial College, 1945-1949 Slovak Commercial College, 1949 – 1952 College of Economic Sciences, 1952 – 1990s Economic College)
- 1946 – 1952: College of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering in Košice (1952 divided to the College of Agriculture in Nitra and the College of Forestry and Wood Processing in Zvolen)
- since 1949: College/Academy of Performing Arts in BratislavaAcademy of Performing Arts in BratislavaThe Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava is a university founded on June 9, 1949.The university consists of three faculties:*Theatre Faculty...
- since 1949: College/Academy of Fine Arts and Design in BratislavaAcademy of Fine Arts and Design in BratislavaThe Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava is an academy in Bratislava, Slovakia.AFAD was founded in the year 1949 at the dawn of totalitarian regime in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic...
- since 1952: Technical University of KošiceTechnical University of KošiceTechnical University of Košice is the second greatest university of technology in Slovakia.- University structure :* Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology* Faculty of Metallurgy...
(initially called College of Technology) - since 1952: Slovak University of AgricultureSlovak University of AgricultureSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra is a public university in Nitra, Slovakia. It offers Bachelor's, Engineer's and Doctoral degrees in six faculties:*Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources*Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences...
in Nitra (initially called College of Agriculture in Nitra, in 1992 part of the Nitra University) - since 1952: Technical University in Zvolen (initially called College of Forestry and Wood Processing in Zvolen)
- od 1959/1992: University of Constantinus the Philosopher in Nitra (1959-1964 a pedagogical institute, 1964 – 1992 an independent Pedagogical Faculty, in 1992 part of Nitra University, 1992-1996 called Pedagogical College)
- od 1960: University of ŽilinaUniversity of ŽilinaŽilinská univerzita is a modern university providing a full range of technological, economics, management and a limited range of humanistic and natural science education at under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate levels in Žilina, Slovakia.University has been formerly known as University of...
(initially called College of Transportation, 1979 – 1990s College of Transportation and Communications) - 1953 – 1959: Pedagogical College in Bratislava (1959 again part of the Comenius University)
- since 1959: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (it arose from a subsidiary of the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in 1948)
- 1969 – (?)1974: so-called University of November 17 in Bratislava (a subsidiary of the university of the same name in Prague)
- 1969(?) – (?)1990: Military Political Academy of Klement Gottwald (until 1972 a political faculty of the Military Academy of Klement Gottwald, 1969 moved from ? to Bratislava)
- 1970 – (?)1990: an independent faculty of the Political College in Prague established by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of CzechoslovakiaCommunist Party of CzechoslovakiaThe Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa was a Communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992....
- since 1970: University of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceUniversity of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceThe University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice is the only institution in the Slovak Republic offering higher education in the veterinary field. It has been providing the veterinary education in English for 15 years. Nowadays the University offers two English study programmes: 6-year...
(initially called Veterinary College, it arose from a faculty of the College of Agriculture that stayed in Košice after the College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering has been abolished.) - 1973 – 1990: Faculty of Investigation of the ŠtBSTBSTB is an acronym that can mean:* Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus – Bachelor of Sacred Theology* Set-top box – a television device that converts signals to viewable images* Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP -- a law firm...
(a KGB equivalent) in Bratislava of the College of National Security Corps (i.e. police academy) based in Prague (in 1990 a part of the employees switched to the Institute for Education and Teaching of the Federal Ministry of the Interion, see also below since 1992) - since 1991: City University, Bellevue, USA (grants diplomas accredited in the USA, not in Slovakia)
- since 1991/92: University of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica (arose from an independent Pedagogical Faculty founded in 1959 and from a faculty of the University of Economics having been active in Banská Bystrica since 1973)
- since 1992: (the new) University of TrnavaUniversity of TrnavaThe University of Trnava is a college of "university type" based in Trnava, Slovakia.-Historical university:The original Jesuit university was founded in 1635 by the Archbishop of Esztergom, Peter Pázmány. It had a faculty of arts, faculty of theology, faculty of law and faculty of medicine...
- 1 July 1992 – 11 Dec. 1992: Nitra University (arose through a - temporary - merge of the Pedagogical Faculty in Nitra and of the College of Agriculture in Nitra)
- since 1992: Police Academy in Bratislava
- since 1993: General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš (until 2004 called the Military Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš)
- since ? - 2004: General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Air Force Academy in Košice (until 1993 called Air Force College of the Slovak National Uprising in Košice, in 2004 merged with the University of Technology in Košice)
- since 1997: University of St. Cyril and Methodius of Trnava
- since 1997: Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín in Trenčín (until 2002 called the University of Trenčín (?))
- since 1997: Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica
- since 1997: University of PrešovUniversity of PrešovThe University of Prešov is a university in the Slovak city of Prešov. It was established by law in December 1996 by splitting the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice into University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice and Prešov University in Prešov. It was officially established on 1...
in Prešov (arose by splitting from the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University) - since 1999: College of Management in Trenčín
- since 2000: Catholic University in RužomberokCatholic University in RužomberokThe Catholic University in Ružomberok is a university in the town of Ružomberok in northern Slovakia. It was established by law from 2000 and officially was established on 10 July 2000.The university has four faculties:*Faculty of Theology...
(arose from the Religions Teacher's Faculty of the University of Žilina, which had been created within the Trnava University in 1996 from a pedagogical institute and made part of the University of Žilina in 1997) - since 2002: Slovak Medical UniversitySlovak Medical UniversityThe Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is a state "college of university type" seated in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was created by law from 25 June 2002 with effect from 1 September 2002 and replaced the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine .The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is an...
in Bratislava (it arose from the Slovak Postgraduate Academy founded in ?) - od 2003: St. Elizabeth College of Health and Social Work, n. o.
- since 2004: Ján Selye University in Komárno (a Hungarian language university)
- since 2004: Bratislava College of Law
- since 2004: College of Public Administration Economics and Management in Bratislava
- since 2005: College in Sládkovičovo
- since 2005: International Business College ISM Slovakia in Prešov
- since 2005: Central European College in Skalica
- since 2006: Dubnica Technology Institute in Dubnica nad Váhom
- since 2006: Bratislava International School of Liberal ArtsBratislava International School of Liberal ArtsThe Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts , located in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia, is the first liberal arts college in Central Europe. A private, accredited three-year degree-granting undergraduate institution, it opened in September 2006.-External links:*...
(BISLA) - since 2006: Security Management College in Košice
See also
- Education in SlovakiaEducation in SlovakiaEducation in Slovakia consists of a free education system based on 10 years of compulsory school attendance.- General characteristics:Most schools, especially universities, are owned by the state, though since the 1990s there are also church-owned and private schools .Slovakia has 10 years of...
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