The new management of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice inaugurated the academic year 2023/2024 on Monday, 18 September at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine at UPJŠ in Košice.

This year’s L’Oréal – UNESCO Award for Women in Science in Slovakia, in the category of life sciences, was awarded to an employee of the Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry at the UPJŠ Faculty of Medicine in Košice. The committee selected doc. RNDr. Miroslava Rabajdová, PhD. from among 21 nominees. The winner of this … Continued

On Monday, 21 August 2023, Rector Pavol Sovák and the university management appointed by him officially ended their term of office. On 22 August 2023 began the tenure of the new Rector of UPJŠ, prof. MUDr. Daniel Pella, PhD. On this occasion, the new Rector Pella presented letters of authorization for the performance of the … Continued

A total of 19 teams and 65 individuals from the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice (UPJŠ) took part in the 2023 BtW challenge. In total, UPJŠ employees travelled almost 6,982 kilometers by alternative transport. UPJŠ thus saved 1,613 kg of CO2 in the month of June.

Rector Pavol Sovák thanked the university employees for years of their work together.

10 years have passed since the establishment of the University Counselling Centre (UNIPOC) of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ). On the occasion of this anniversary, a conference of university counsellors was held on 28 June 2023 at the premises of the UPJŠ Rector's Office at Šrobárová 2 in Košice.

Since 1.6.2023 UPJŠ has activated Campus-Wide Suite license for MATLAB. By using the Campus-Wide Suite license, UPJS joins the family of top world universities such as MIT or ETH, which are part of the global MATLAB community.

The President of the Slovak Republic, Zuzana Čaputová, appointed the following rectors of universities on 13 June 2023 at 3 p.m. in the Presidential Palace in Bratislava.

UPJŠ represented by vice-rector for marketing and public relations Regina Hučková, participated in the 75th anniversary of the NAFSA 2023 international conference and education expo in Washington. NAFSA is a global non-profit association dedicated to international education and exchange, working to advance education policies and practices. More about institutions: https://www.nafsa.org/ At the turn of May and … Continued

The UPJŠ delegation led by rector Pavol Sovák and vice-rector for informatization and quality management Gabriel Semanišin took part in the annual EIT Digital conference #GROWDIGITAL23, which took place at the beginning of June in Brussels. EIT Digital was established in 2010 as one of the first EIT KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities). It is … Continued

Our university was represented by prof. RNDr. Gabriel Semanišin, PhD., Vice-rector for informatisation and quality management, who is the leader of the InnoChange.

On 19 May 2023, Rector Sovák in the presence of Dean of UPJŠ Faculty of Science, assoc. prof. Roman Soták, handed over the appointment decree to the awarded professors and thanked them for their contribution in scientific and educational activities.