National Scholarship Programme

In case you intend to arrange the acceptance/invitation letter without previously established contacts, we recommend to contact directly the International Relations Office of the relevant host faculty.

Public higher education institutions:

Public institutions of higher education are established by law. They are financed mostly by the government. They are statutory and self-governing institutions. At present, there are 20 public institutions of higher education, comprising 9 more or less traditional universities, 5 universities of technology, 3 higher education institutions of art and music, 1 university of economics, 1 university of veterinary medicine and 1 agricultural university.

· Academy of Arts Banská Bystrica (www.aku.sk)

· Academy of Fine Arts a Design, Bratislava (www.afad.sk)

· Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Bratislava (www.vsmu.sk)

· Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín (www.tnuni.sk)

· Catholic University, Ružomberok (www.ku.sk)

· Comenius University, Bratislava (www.uniba.sk)

· Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra (www.ukf.sk)

· Jan Selye University, Komárno (www.selye.sk)

· Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica (www.umb.sk)

· Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice (www.upjs.sk)

· Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra (www.uniag.sk)

· Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava (www.stuba.sk)

· Technical University of Košice (www.tuke.sk)

· Technical University, Zvolen (www.tuzvo.sk)

· University of Economics, Bratislava (www.euba.sk)

· University of Prešov, Prešov (www.unipo.sk)

· University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava (www.ucm.sk)

· University of Trnava (www.truni.sk)

· University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice (www.uvm.sk)

· University of Žilina (www.utc.sk)

State higher education institutions:

State institutions of higher education (3 HEIs) are military, police and medical schools. They are established by law and governed by state through the corresponding ministries of the government.

· Police Academy, Bratislava (www.minv.sk/apz), in Slovak only

· Slovak Medical University, Bratislava (www.szu.sk)

· Gen. Milan Rastislav Štefánik Academy of Military Forces, Liptovský Mikuláš (http://aos.valm.sk) in Slovak only

Private higher education institutions:

Private institutions of higher education (10 HEIs) need to have the state approval issued by the Government of the Slovak Republic. They are established and financed by non-governmental institutions or founders. Most of the private higher education institutions provide education on bachelor level only, specialised in the fields of economics, business, management, public administration, law, international relations, regional development, medical and social work.

· College of Management, Trenčín (www.vsm.sk) , in Slovak, (www.vsm.sk/main-en.htm) in English

· St. Elizabeth Medical and Social Work University, Bratislava (www.vssvalzbety.sk) in Slovak only

· College of Economics and Management of Public Administration, Bratislava (www.vsemvs.sk) in Slovak only

· Bratislava Law College (www.uninova.sk) in Slovak only

· College of international business ISM Slovakia in Prešov (www.ismpo.sk) in Slovak only

· Central European College in Skalica (www.sevs.sk) in Slovak only

· College in Sládkovičovo (www.vssladkovicovo.sk) in Slovak only

· Dubnica Institute of Technology in Dubnica nad Váhom (www.dti.sk) in Slovak only

· Bratislava International College of Liberal Studies in Bratislava (www.bisla.sk) in Slovak only

· College of Security Managment in Košice (www.vsbm.sk) in Slovak only

There were 10,417 PhD. students in the academic year 2008/2009, out of them 9,789 at public HEIs, 361 at private HEIs and 267 PhD students at state HEIs. Out of the PhD. students at public HEIs, 44% and at private HEIs 18% were enrolled in full-time studies. At state HEIs all the PhD. students were studying part time. There were 754 foreign PhD. students enrolled in PhD. studies in the Slovak Republic in 2008/2009.

Higher education institutions contribute to the research and development of the SR to a large extent.

National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic

Programme for the Support of Mobility of Students, PhD. Students, University Teachers and Researchers

Slovak universities