Top 10 public universities in Slovakia for international students:
faculties and admission conditions

Below are the 10 public universities in Slovakia that our students from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and other countries most often get into. Study in Slovak is tuition-free at all of them, and several also offer tuition-free programmes in English; you can apply after high school for a bachelor's degree or with a diploma for a master's. For each university we list the faculties and programmes; Smart Study Slovakia takes care of university selection, nostrification and applications as part of turnkey admission.

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Comenius University in Bratislava

The largest and oldest university in Slovakia, founded in 1919. It is a classical university offering a wide range of programmes, from the humanities to natural sciences and medicine. It regularly ranks among the best universities in the country and in Europe.

Faculties and Programmes of Comenius University

Below is the full list of faculties and the study programmes they offer:

Faculty of Medicine

Joint (long-cycle) programme (MDDr.)
✔Dentistry

Joint (long-cycle) programme (MUDr.)
✔General Medicine

Faculty of Law

Bachelor's
✔Law
✔Economics and Law

Master's
✔Law
✔Canon Law
✔Law and Economics

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor's
✔English Language and Culture
✔Arabic Language and Culture
✔Archaeology
✔Archival Studies, Museology and Digitisation of Historical Heritage
✔Bulgarian Language and Culture
✔East Asian Languages and Cultures
✔German Studies
✔Greek Language and Culture
✔Dutch Language and Culture
✔Journalism
✔Information Studies
✔Information Studies - Museology
✔History of Art - General History
✔Italian Language and Culture
✔Classical Languages
✔Latin Language and Culture
✔Marketing Communication
✔Musicology
✔German Language and Culture
✔Pedagogy
✔Political Science
✔Teaching of English Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Hungarian Language and Literature
✔Teaching of History
✔Teaching of German Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Pedagogy
✔Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Philosophy
✔Psychology
✔Religious Studies
✔Romance Studies
✔Russian and East European Studies
✔Russian Language and Culture
✔Slavic Studies
✔Slovak Language and Culture
✔Slovak Language and Literature
✔Sociology
✔Philosophy
✔Philosophy - History
✔Philosophy - Religious Studies
✔Philosophy - Sociology
✔French Language and Culture
✔Croatian Language and Culture
✔Central European Studies
✔Aesthetics
✔Ethnology
✔Ethnology - History
✔Ethnology - Museology
✔Ethnology - Musicology
✔Ethnology - Religious Studies
✔Ethnology - Philosophy

Master's
✔Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
✔Aesthetics
✔Central European Studies
✔Croatian Language and Culture
✔French Language and Culture
✔Philosophy
✔Sociology
✔Slovak Language and Literature
✔Slovak Language and Culture
✔Slavic Studies
✔Russian Language and Culture
✔Russian and East European Studies
✔Romance Studies
✔Religious Studies
✔Psychology
✔Teaching of Philosophy
✔Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Pedagogy
✔Teaching of German Language and Literature
✔Teaching of History
✔Teaching of Aesthetic Education
✔Teaching of Hungarian Language and Literature
✔Political Science
✔Pedagogy
✔German Language and Culture
✔Musicology
✔Marketing Communication
✔Italian Language and Culture
✔History
✔Spanish Language and Culture
✔Information Studies
✔Journalism
✔Greek Language and Culture
✔Dutch Language and Culture
✔German Studies
✔East Asian Languages and Cultures
✔Hungarian Language and Culture
✔Bulgarian Language and Culture
✔Archival Studies, Museology and Digitisation of Historical Heritage
✔Archaeology
✔Arabic Language and Culture
✔English Language and Culture

Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin

Bachelor's
✔Nursing
✔Public Health
✔Midwifery

Master's
✔Nursing
✔Public Health
✔Midwifery

Joint (long-cycle) programme (MDDr.)
✔Dentistry

Joint (long-cycle) programme (MUDr.)
✔General Medicine

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Bachelor's
✔Economic and Political Geography and Demography
✔Biology
✔Chemistry
✔Biochemistry
✔Systematic Biology
✔Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics
✔Teaching of Chemistry
✔Geography, Regional Development and European Integration
✔Teaching of Geography
✔Geology
✔Teaching of Biology
✔Medical Biology
✔Palaeontology
✔Environmental Studies

Master's
✔Nuclear Chemistry and Radioecology
✔Economic and Political Geography and Demography
✔Ecology and Environmental Protection
✔Physical Geography and Geoinformatics
✔Plant Physiology
✔Animal Physiology and Ethology
✔Physical Chemistry
✔Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
✔Regional Geography, Regional Development and European Integration
✔Applied Geophysics
✔Teaching of Chemistry
✔Teaching of Geography
✔Teaching of Biology
✔Soil Ecophysiology
✔Palaeontology
✔Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
✔Inorganic Chemistry
✔Molecular Biology
✔Mineralogy, Petrology and Geology
✔Microbiology and Virology
✔Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
✔Zoology
✔Dynamic Geology
✔Environmental Geochemistry
✔Genetics
✔Botany
✔Biochemistry
✔Biotechnology
✔Biology
✔Analytical Chemistry

Faculty of Education

Bachelor's
✔Art Education
✔Pre-school and Elementary Pedagogy
✔Special Education
✔Teaching of English Language and Literature
✔Social Work
✔Teaching of Civic Education
✔Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Spanish Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Psychology
✔Teaching of History
✔Teaching of Pedagogy
✔Teaching of Italian Language and Literature
✔Teaching of German Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Music
✔Therapeutic Pedagogy

Master's
✔Art Education
✔Special Education
✔Social Work
✔Teaching of Slovak Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Pedagogy
✔Teaching of German Language and Literature
✔Primary Education Teaching
✔Teaching of Music
✔Teaching of Italian Language and Literature
✔Teaching of History
✔Teaching of Spanish Language and Literature
✔Teaching of Civic Education
✔Teaching of English Language and Literature
✔Therapeutic Pedagogy
✔Speech and Language Therapy

Faculty of Pharmacy

Bachelor's
✔Medical and Diagnostic Devices

Joint (long-cycle) programme
✔Pharmacy

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport

Bachelor's
✔Sports Management
✔Teaching of Physical Education
✔Coaching and Physical Education Teaching
✔Coaching

Master's
✔Coaching and Physical Education Teaching
✔Coaching
✔Teaching of Physical Education
✔Sports Management and Organisation

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics

Bachelor's
✔Economic and Financial Mathematics
✔Bioinformatics
✔Biomedical Physics
✔Physics
✔Technical Physics
✔Renewable Energy Sources and Environmental Physics
✔Computer Science
✔Mathematics
✔Actuarial Mathematics
✔Applied Informatics
✔Teaching of Mathematics
✔Managerial Mathematics
✔Teaching of Physics
✔Teaching of Informatics
✔Teaching of Descriptive Geometry
✔Data Science

Master's
✔Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics
✔Financial Mathematics and Modelling
✔Astronomy and Astrophysics
✔Biomedical Physics
✔Solid State Physics
✔Plasma Physics
✔Computer Science
✔Computer Graphics and Geometry
✔Environmental Physics, Renewable Energy Sources, Meteorology and Climatology
✔Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
✔Mathematics
✔Teaching of Mathematics
✔Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
✔Theoretical Physics
✔Managerial Mathematics
✔Teaching of Descriptive Geometry
✔Applied Informatics
✔Applied Informatics
✔Teaching of Physics
✔Teaching of Informatics
✔Teaching of Descriptive Geometry
✔Optics, Lasers and Optical Spectroscopy

Faculty of Management

Bachelor's
✔Management
✔Entrepreneurship
✔International Management

Master's
✔Management
✔Strategy and Entrepreneurship
✔International Management

Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences

Bachelor's
✔European Studies
✔Social and Work Psychology
✔Social Anthropology
✔Applied Economics
✔Mediamatics

Master's
✔Social and Work Psychology
✔Applied Economics
✔Public Policy
✔European Studies
✔Social Anthropology

Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology

Bachelor's
✔Catholic Theology

Master's
✔Catholic Theology

Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty

Bachelor's
✔Teaching of Religious Education
✔Evangelical Theology with a Focus on Social Care

Master's
✔Evangelical Theology with a Focus on Social Care Management
✔Teaching of Religious Education
✔Evangelical Theology

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU)

The Slovak University of Technology (STU) is the largest and one of the oldest technical universities in Slovakia. Founded in 1937, it trains engineers, technical specialists, researchers and IT professionals. Programmes are offered at bachelor's, master's and doctoral (PhD) level, with tuition-free study in Slovak and a number of programmes taught in English.

Faculties and Programmes
of the Slovak University of Technology

Below is the full list of faculties and the study programmes they offer:

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Bachelor's
✔Geodesy and Cartography
✔Structural Engineering
✔Building Construction and Architecture
✔Construction Technology and Management
✔Civil Engineering
✔Hydraulic Structures and Water Resources Management
✔Civil and Environmental Engineering
✔Structural and Transportation Engineering
✔Mathematical and Computational Modelling
✔Landscape and Landscape Planning

Master's (Ing.)
✔Building Services
✔Architectural Structures and Design
✔Hydraulic Structures and Water Management
✔Building Techniques and Methods
✔Geodesy and Cartography
✔Building Construction and Architecture
✔Construction Technology
✔Structural Engineering
✔Civil Engineering
✔Structural and Transportation Engineering
✔Load-bearing Structures of Buildings
✔Landscape and Landscape Planning
✔Mathematical and Computational Modelling

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's
✔Power Machines and Equipment
✔Automation and Computerisation of Machines and Processes
✔Energy Engineering
✔Automobiles and Mobile Working Machines
✔Environmental Manufacturing Technologies
✔Automobiles, Ships and Combustion Engines
✔Environmental Protection Technology
✔Process and Environmental Engineering
✔Measurement and Quality Management in Engineering
✔Engineering Technologies and Materials
✔Production Systems and Quality Management
✔Plastics in Engineering and Plastics Processing
✔Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics

Master's (Ing.)
✔Power Machines and Equipment
✔Automation and Computerisation of Machines and Processes
✔Automobiles and Mobile Working Machines
✔Chemical and Food Machinery and Equipment
✔Automobiles, Ships and Combustion Engines
✔Environmental Manufacturing Technology
✔Hydraulic and Pneumatic Machines and Equipment
✔Thermal Power Machines and Equipment
✔Measurement and Testing
✔Production Systems and Quality Management
✔Engineering Technologies and Materials
✔Manufacturing and Environmental Engineering
✔Production Quality in Engineering Companies
✔Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics
✔Machines and Equipment for Construction, Processing and Agriculture
✔Mechatronics

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Bachelor's
✔Nuclear and Physical Engineering
✔Automotive Mechatronics
✔Electrical Power Engineering
✔Automotive Electronics
✔Electrical Engineering
✔Information and Communication Technologies
✔Electronics
✔Applied Informatics
✔Robotics and Cybernetics
✔Industrial Informatics

Master's (Ing.)
✔Nuclear and Physical Engineering
✔Measurement and Information Technology
✔Electrical Power Engineering
✔Cybernetics
✔Electronics and Photonics
✔Space Engineering
✔Physical Engineering
✔Microelectronics
✔Robotics and Cybernetics
✔Multimedia Information and Communication Technologies
✔Robotics
✔Applied Informatics
✔Radioelectronics
✔Applied Mechatronics
✔Applied Electrical Engineering
✔Applied Mechatronics and Electromobility

Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology

Bachelor's
✔Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Materials
✔Biotechnology
✔Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
✔Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry for Pharmaceutical Applications
✔Chemical Technology
✔Chemical and Environmental Engineering
✔Chemical Engineering
✔Nutrition, Hygiene and Cosmetics
✔Process Control
✔Food, Cosmetics and Health Care
✔Polymer Materials Technology
✔Food Industry

Master's (Ing.)
✔Environmental Chemistry and Technology
✔Automation and Computerisation in the Chemical and Food Industry
✔Chemical Technologies
✔Biotechnology
✔Chemical Engineering
✔Biochemistry and Biomedical Technologies
✔Environmental Protection Technologies
✔Conservation of Heritage Materials and Objects
✔Technical Chemistry
✔Natural and Synthetic Polymers
✔Nutrition, Hygiene, Cosmetics
✔Nutrition and Health Protection

Faculty of Architecture and Design

Bachelor's
✔Design
✔Product Design
✔Architecture and Urban Design
✔Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning

Master's (Ing.arch.)
✔Design

Master's (Ing.arch.)
✔Architecture

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava

Bachelor's
✔Industrial Management
✔Occupational Health and Safety
✔Production Technologies
✔Integrated Safety
✔Production Devices and Systems
✔Computer-Aided Production Technologies
✔Applied Informatics and Automation in Industry
✔Materials Engineering
✔Mechatronics in Technological Equipment

Master's (Ing.)
✔Welding and Joining of Materials
✔Automation and Computerisation of Industrial Processes
✔Industrial Management
✔Computer-Aided Design and Production
✔Industrial and Art Foundry Production
✔Materials Engineering
✔Production Technologies and Production Management
✔Machining and Assembly
✔Processing and Application of Non-metals
✔Integrated Safety

Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies

Bachelor's
✔Informatics
✔Computer Systems and Networks
✔Computer and Communication Systems and Networks

Master's (Ing.)
✔Computer and Communication Systems and Networks
✔Computer and Communication Systems and Networks
✔Intelligent Software Systems

Institute of Management

Bachelor's
✔Spatial Planning
✔Investment Planning in Industrial Enterprises

Master's (Ing.)
✔Spatial Planning
✔Investment Planning in Industrial Enterprises

Technical University of Košice

The Technical University of Košice is a public technical university, the second largest in Slovakia, founded in 1952 and offering a wide range of engineering, economics and humanities programmes. The university is known for its high standard of technical education, research programmes and student participation in international exchanges (such as Erasmus+). More than 10,000 students from dozens of countries study here.

Faculties and Programmes of the Technical University of Košice

The Technical University of Košice consists of 9 faculties:

Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies

Bachelor's
✔Geotourism
✔Geology and Regional Development
✔Geodesy and Cadastre of Real Estate
✔Mining and Geotechnics
✔Automation and Control of Raw Material Extraction and Processing
✔Land Resources Management
✔Rescue, Fire and Safety Technology
✔Process Management
✔Corporate Transport Logistics
✔Industrial Logistics
✔Commercial Logistics
✔Environmental Protection and Raw Material Ecotechnologies
✔Use of Alternative Energy Sources

Master's (Ing.)
✔Mining Technologies
✔Geotourism
✔Geological Engineering
✔Engineering Geodesy and Cadastre of Real Estate
✔Industrial Logistics
✔Use of Alternative Energy Sources
✔Rescue, Fire and Safety Technology
✔Computerisation of Raw Material Extraction and Processing
✔Control of Raw Material Extraction and Processing
✔Mineral Processing and Environmental Technologies
✔Land Resources Management
✔Corporate Transport Logistics

Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling

Bachelor's
✔Waste Treatment and Recycling
✔Materials
✔Metallurgy

Master's
✔Metallurgy
✔Materials Engineering
✔Waste Treatment and Recycling

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's
✔Technology, Management and Innovation of Engineering Production
✔Industrial Engineering
✔Industrial Mechatronics
✔Mechanical Engineering
✔Quality and Safety
✔Business Management and Economics
✔Prosthetics and Orthotics
✔Computer-Aided Engineering Production
✔Automotive Production

Master's (Ing.)
✔Power Machines and Equipment
✔Transport Technology and Logistics
✔Automotive Production
✔Environmental Engineering
✔Industrial Engineering
✔Business Management and Economics
✔Robotics and Robot Technologies
✔Industrial Mechatronics
✔Engineering Technologies
✔Biomedical Engineering
✔Safety of Technical Systems
✔Mechanical Engineering
✔Computer-Aided Engineering Production

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Bachelor's
✔Informatics
✔Electrical Power Engineering
✔Computer Modelling
✔Cybersecurity
✔Intelligent Systems
✔Automotive Electronics
✔Computer Networks
✔Physical Engineering of Advanced Materials
✔Computer Networks
✔Business Informatics
✔Applied Electrical Engineering

Master's (Ing.)
✔Informatics
✔Electrical Power Engineering
✔Computer Modelling
✔Cybersecurity
✔Intelligent Systems
✔Automotive Electronics
✔Computer Networks
✔Physical Engineering of Advanced Materials
✔Computer Networks
✔Business Informatics

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Bachelor's
✔Building Construction
✔Technology and Management in the Construction Industry
✔Structural and Transportation Engineering

Master's (Ing.)
✔Building Construction
✔Technology and Management in the Construction Industry
✔Load-bearing Structures and Transportation Engineering

Faculty of Economics

Bachelor's
✔Finance, Banking and Investment
✔Economics and Management of Public Administration

Master's (Ing.)
✔Finance, Banking and Investment
✔Economics and Management of Public Administration

Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies (Prešov)

Bachelor's
✔Industrial Management
✔Renewable Energy Sources
✔Automotive Production Technologies
✔Computer-Aided Manufacturing Technologies
✔Smart Technologies in Industry

Master's (Ing.)
✔Industrial Management
✔Automotive Production Technologies
✔Computer-Aided Manufacturing Technologies
✔Renewable Energy Sources
✔Intelligent Technologies in Industry

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor's
✔Design
✔Fine Arts
✔Architecture and Urban Design

Master's (Ing.art.)
✔Design
✔Fine Arts

Master's (Ing.arch.)
✔Architecture and Urban Design

Faculty of Aeronautics

Bachelor's
✔Professional Pilot
✔Air Transport Management
✔Aerospace Technology

Master's (Ing.)
✔Air Transport Management
✔Aerospace Engineering

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is the second oldest classical university in Slovakia. Founded in 1959, it is named after the prominent Slavic scholar Pavol Jozef Šafárik. It is considered one of the country's leading centres of education and research with a strong international reputation. Programmes are offered at bachelor's, master's and PhD level, in both Slovak and English.