Professor Frederick Sanger, aged 95, one of the most significant contemporary scientists, double Nobel Prize Laureate for the discovery of the structure of insulin and the method of nucleic acid sequencing, died on 19th of November 2013 in Great Britain. He had been awarded his first Nobel Prize in 1958 for his work on determining … Continued

  Our university was among the 64 exhibitors, which presented themselves during the three days period from 19TH TO 21ST OF NOVEMBER 2013 on the occasion OF 7TH ANNUAL TRADE FAIR PRO EDUCO & PRO JOB FOCUSED ON EDUCATION AND CAREER, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN SPOLOČENSKÝ PAVILÓN KOŠICE. The target audience of this trade fair, … Continued

On 16 September 2013 the ceremonial opening of the academic year 2013/2014 at UPJŠ took place in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine of UPJŠ in Košice on Trieda SNP 1 in the presence of the Rector of UPJŠ prof. MUDr. Ladislav Mirossay, DrSc., the Vice-Rectors and the President of Academic Senate of UPJŠ … Continued

The Mayor of the city of Košice, Mr. Richard Raši, expressed his gratitute to Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice for creating the exposition of the interactive entertainment centre STEELPARK – KREATÍVNA FABRIKA in Kasárne/Kulturpark in the framework of the project Košice – the European Capital of Culture 2013. The Board of UPJŠ in Košice … Continued

The Rector of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, prof. MUDr. Ladislav Mirossay, DrSc. is very pleased by the approval of the project Medical University Science Park in Košice (MEDIPARK) the realization of which is planned for the end of June 2015. It concerns the construction of biomedical university science park as a high-quality national … Continued

The UPJŠ Faculty of Science in collaboration with the Civil Association PRÍRODOVEDEC (The Scientist) and the Košice IT Valley have decided to organize for your children a daily IT camp focusing on programming this year as well, in July.

‘Student Personality of Slovakia’ is a national competition for young talented people – students of first, second, and third level of university studies. In the academic year 2012/2013, the competition initiates its ninth edition. Nominated students

On 29 November 2013 prof. MUDr. Ladislav Mirossay, DrSc., the Rector of UPJŠ in Košice and doc. Mgr. Slávka Tomaščíková, PhD., the Vice-Rector for International Relations of UPJŠ, welcomed the new Ambassador of the Slovak Republic in Ukraine, His Excellency Mr. Juraj Siváček, in the Rectorate premises. They discussed the possibilities of Slovak-Ukraine cooperation, not … Continued

The Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA) presented the ninth rating of Slovak university faculties in November 2013. The rating is based on publicly available and verifiable data about the quality of education and research at the individual faculties in 2012. 109 faculties were rated in total, 103 public faculties and 6 private university faculties … Continued

On Wednesday 27 November 2013 a press conference for the media, and partners of the project CEVA (Centre of Excellence for Atherosclerosis Research) took place. This project has been one of the key mainsprings in the development of research in internal medicine and related medical and biomedical programmes at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in … Continued

In accordance with the Statute of the Rector’s Award Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice for the significant contribution of teachers and researchers Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice in the fields of science and research has been Rector’s Award in 2013 awarded: Prof. h. c. prof. JUDr. Vladimír Babčák, CSc., for significant academic contribution … Continued

In the ranking of universities URAP 2013 (University Ranking by Academic Performance) based on scientific productivity indexed by the Web of Science the UPJŠ in Košice was ranked on the 3rd place in Slovakia (the Comenius University in Bratislava and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava were ranked on the first and second places … Continued