University
In Slovakia there are 3 types of Higher Education Institutes which are public, state and private Higher Education Institution. HEI’s can be divided into organisational units, i.e. faculty (“fakulta”; a self-governing unit with a higher level of autonomy), institute (“ústav”; governed by the respective HEI or faculty, mostly comprising more departments) and department (“katedra”).
Find here a list of HEI in Slovakia.
HEIs provide higher education only in the framework of accredited study programmes. The academic year is composed of 2 or 3 semesters, depending on the faculty or statute of the HEI. Study programmes are usually offered in one of the three levels of higher education, but an HEI may join the first two levels of higher education into a single whole.
Admission requirements for international students are, in general, the same as for Slovak nationals.
The Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Slovakia is an international non-profit student association whose main objective is to provide activities and services for international students. The portal is useful to get in touch with other foreign and local students.