According to the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (SAAVŠ), the fact that the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) has recognised the assessment procedures and standards for Slovak medical faculties represents a significant achievement for the higher education system in Slovakia. It has thus confirmed that the quality of medical education in Slovakia also … Continued

The Rector of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, in accordance with the Rector’s Decision No. 18/2024, which lays down the rules for the support and retention of talented young researchers who have excellently completed their doctoral studies at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice issues a call for talented young researchers at … Continued

Learn Slovak! Is your mother tongue other than Slovak? Take advantage of the offer of the Language Training Centre of our Faculty of Arts for foreign students of all faculties of UPJŠ to take courses in the academic year 2024/2025:Slovenský jazyk pre zahraničných študentov UPJŠ 1 (WS) –  language level A1.2  – A2.1 for 2 creditsSlovenský … Continued

The leadership of the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice (UPJŠ) inaugurated the 2024/2025 academic year on Monday, 16 September at 10.30 a.m. in the Auditorium of the UPJŠ Faculty of Medicine in a new look. The gowns were designed for the management of UPJŠ by the Košice fashion designer Louisa Dvorak. The programme … Continued

With great joy we have welcomed today the first children in the UPeJeŠko Preschool. The little UPeJeŠkars were warmly welcomed by the Vice-Rector for Undergraduate and Lifelong Learning, university assoc. prof. Ľudmila Elbert, PhD., and the preschool director, Michaela Pavlovská. The preschoolers stepped into their new world in the historic Athena Building, where newly built … Continued

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