Within the framework of the Academic Board’s ceremonial session on Friday on January 18, 2019 at 11:00 the honorary title doctor honoris causa was awarded to the former president of the SR Dr.h.c. Ing. Rudolf Schuster, PhD. – a successful and internationally recognized politician and a versatile cultural personality. The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice … Continued

EC-funded project urbanHIST (History of European Urbanism in the 20th Century), implemented at the Department of History of the Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and led by prof. PaedDr. Martin Pekár, PhD., has become one of the officially published success stories of the H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (pillar Excellent Science). The … Continued

The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice ranked 934th in the world and 378th in Europe according to the latest Best Global Universities ranking. Within the evaluation of the Slovak universities it is the second best university in Slovakia. Compared to the previous year the university improved its overall score because of the improvement in … Continued

The prestigious award ceremony for the scientists and researchers for their contribution to science, technology and innovation within the framework of the Week of Science and Technology in Slovakia took place at the Incheba Expo Bratislava on Thursday, November 8, 2018. The employee of the Faculty of Medicine, UPJS, neurologist-  assoc. prof. Matej Škorvánek, M.D., … Continued

On November 15, 2018 a meeting with the students of our university took place on the occasion of the Day of Fight for Freedom and Democracy at the Minerva building on Moyzesova 9. in Košice. On behalf of the Rector of the university prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc. the students were received by the Vice-Rector … Continued

Our colleague PhDr. Slávka Otčenášová, M.A., PhD., from the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts, Šafárik University in Košice, received a post of seconded national expert at the European Research Council Executive Agency – ERCEA. Its mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven … Continued

International Rectors‘ Conference in Prague The rector of the university prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc. participated in the international rectors‘ conference held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic at the Charles University in Prague in October 24-25, 2018. The event carried the spirit of democracy, humanism and … Continued

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The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice participated in the meetings of the universities from the Košice region and the Austrian universities and scientific institutions from the federal state of Styria, which took place in 3-4 October 2018 in Graz. The meeting was initiated by the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Vienna in order … Continued