Slovak universities without entrance exams: where you can get in on your school certificate in 2027/28

In short: do you need entrance exams in Slovakia

There is no single rule: each faculty decides, and the conditions are published for one academic year at a time. The overall picture is stable, though: most bachelor's programmes at public universities admit without an entrance exam, on the school certificate, sometimes with a minimum grade average or with grades in key subjects. International applicants are admitted on the general terms: there are no separate quotas or separate exams for them.

• No exam (on the certificate): most technical and engineering programmes (STU, TUKE), natural sciences and applied informatics (UPJŠ, UKF, UMB, UCM), teacher training and humanities programmes (Prešov, Nitra, Trnava, Banská Bystrica), political science and international relations (UMB), part of the veterinary bachelor's (UVLF).
• With an exam: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine (biology and chemistry tests), law and psychology at a number of universities, FIIT STU (mathematics), all EUBA bachelor's programmes from 2027/28, architecture, design and art (talent exams), sport (physical fitness test).
• The middle option: the faculty waives the exam if you have a good result in an external SCIO test (EUBA from the 60th percentile, the UMB faculty of economics from the 50th) or a good percentile in the maturita mathematics exam (FIIT). For an applicant from abroad this usually means preparing for a test, so in the table we count such programmes as "with an exam".

Table: 10 universities, with and without exams, deadlines and fees

The data comes from our university profiles, checked against faculty websites in September 2026. Deadlines and fees are given for 2026/27 admission and the 2027/28 conditions published so far; faculties post the final 2027/28 conditions in autumn and winter, and before you apply we re-check every row.

What "no exam" means in practice

"No entrance exams" does not mean "no conditions". The faculty still checks that you are formally ready to study; it just does so through documents rather than a test. Here is what you need to meet for admission on the certificate to go through.

1. A certificate of complete secondary education

   The basis for admission is completed secondary education (11 grades, college or technical school). Applicants finishing school this year apply with a letter from the school and bring the certificate by enrolment. Some faculties look at the grade average or grades in key subjects (mathematics and physics for technical fields, biology for natural sciences).
2. Recognition of the certificate (nostrification)

   A foreign certificate must be recognised in Slovakia: the decision is issued by the regional school authority (RÚŠS). The faculty needs the decision, or proof that the documents have been submitted, by its deadline. How to do it is in the nostrification guide; the full checklist is in the article documents for admission.
3. Slovak language, B1–B2

   Teaching is in Slovak, and the faculty may ask for proof of your level: UKF (FSVaZ) requires a certificate of at least B1, FPVMV at UMB requires B1 by enrolment, UCM (FF) about A2 and B1 for language programmes; medicine and the humanities need a confident B2. Where no certificate is required, you will still need the language from the first week: see Slovak for admission.
4. A complete application on time and the fee paid

   An online application (e-prihláška) on the faculty website or through Portál VŠ, payment of the fee with the correct variable symbol, and a translation of the certificate by a sworn translator. For admission without an exam, an unpaid or incomplete application is the main reason for rejection.
5. The admission plan: selection is possible if applications exceed it

   Every programme has a planned number of places. If there are far more applications, the faculty may rank applicants by certificate grades (TUKE, University of Prešov) or set a written test (the UMB Faculty of Natural Sciences states this directly in its conditions). For popular programmes, keep this in mind when choosing a fallback.

Where an exam is mandatory

We do not support applications in these fields, but you should know about them so that you do not lose a year on an unsuitable application.

How we choose a faculty without an exam

The list above is only the top layer: inside each faculty there are dozens of programmes with different competition, language requirements and chances of a dormitory place. As part of our turnkey admission service we go through this together with your family.

1. We review your certificate and goals

   Field, grade average, grades in key subjects, level of Slovak and the budget for the city. This gives 5–8 programmes that really do admit on the certificate.
2. We check the admission conditions for the right year

   We open the podmienky prijatia of each faculty for 2027/28 and check the admission format, the number of places, the language requirement, the deadline and the fee. We also look at application statistics from previous years, where the faculty publishes them.
3. We build a set of 2–3 applications

   A main programme plus a fallback at another university or in another city, taking different deadlines and the second round into account. You can work out application and living costs in the cost calculator.
4. Documents and deadlines

   Nostrification, sworn translations, e-prihláška, payment of fees and the dormitory application, all on schedule so that everything is in place by the faculty's deadline. After the admission decision comes the visa and temporary residence: see the route after 11th grade.

The admission decision is made by the faculty's admission committee. We are responsible for our part: choosing the right programme, a complete set of documents and filing on time. We will quote the price of our support at the consultation.

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