On Wednesday 28 August 2024, the President of the Slovak Republic Peter Pellegrini appointed 21 new university professors, including our colleagues. During his address to the newly appointed professors in the representative premises of the Bratislava Castle, President Pellegrini pointed out the complex nature of the title of professor, which expresses not only a high … Continued

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ) supports alternative forms of transport. Every year, it motivates more than 1,800 employees to participate in the Bike to Work competition, the largest campaign supporting the development of sustainable transport in Slovakia. Employees who took part in the 11th edition of the competition achieved admirable results. Nearly 15,000 … Continued

The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ) prepared the 14th year of the University Without Borders day camp for children, which took place from 8 to 12 July 2024 at five faculties and three departments of the university. During one week, 56 children in four groups, for whom the programme was provided by 44 … Continued

Director of the Slovak Studies Program (the only one of its kind in North America, where students can study Slovak language and culture) and Vlasta Štofová, PhD., who accompanied seven Slovak Studies students from the University of Pittsburgh. They spent part of their stay in Košice, where they visited UPJŠ and its Faculty of Arts. … Continued

The STEM day camp is organized by the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ) as one of the activities within the national project DiTEdu – Digital Transformation of Education and Schools. The camp was divided into two camps: on 15-19 July 2024 for pupils of 5th-6th grade of primary schools and on 22-26 July … Continued

A bilateral meeting of representatives of Slovak and Korean universities was organized by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic (MŠVVaM SR) on 11 July 2024 at the Bôrik Hotel in Bratislava. The invitation to the conference was accepted by 19 Slovak universities and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, including … Continued

On Tuesday, 9 July 2024, Dr. Uzzet Aimbetov, D.Sc., geologist of the Karakalpak Scientific Research Institute of Natural Sciences of the Karakalpak Platform of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan and his wife were received by the Vice-Rector for International Relations, professor Slávka Tomaščíková. The Uzbek guests were accompanied by assoc. professor … Continued

On 25 June 2024 , the senior management of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice received students who were awarded the Rector’s Annual Prizes for exemplary representation of the University on various occasions at home and abroad. Out of the total of 68 awardees, 31 students came to receive the award in person and … Continued

On 20 June 2024 the decision that the internal quality system of the P. J. Šafárik University in Košice is in compliance with the standards of the Slovak Accreditation Agency (SAAVŠ) came into force, thus UPJŠ has reached a significant milestone in its history. Accreditation is an official recognition of the quality of the educational … Continued

On 17 and 19 June 2024, the Rectorate of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University hosted an event organised by Martin Duránik and Zuzana Orságová Králová, which brought together student representatives from different study programmes to discuss and improve the quality of education and promote meaningful student engagement. The event was attended by members of the management, … Continued

The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is ranked 851st – 900th in the prestigious global QS World University Ranking 2025. Within Slovakia, UPJŠ took the second place out of six Slovak universities that were included in the ranking. The QS World University Ranking 2025 included 1,500 universities from all over the world, with more … Continued