{"id":41369,"date":"2008-08-27T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T14:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/university\/about-the-university-kat_id-315\/university-documents-kat_id-336\/long-term-strategy\/"},"modified":"2008-08-27T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T14:37:50","slug":"long-term-strategy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/en\/university\/about-the-university\/documents\/long-term-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term Strategy of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice for the period 2004 – 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
1.)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice belongs to significant and respected educational and scientific institutions not only in the Slovak Republic, but also in advanced Europe. History of the University stretches back to 17th<\/sup> century, when the bishop of J\u00e1ger diocese Benedict Kishdy founded an Academy in Ko\u0161ice. In 1660 the emperor Leopold I. issued the Golden Bull and herewith he dignified the Academy in Ko\u0161ice to University. Theological Faculty, Philosophical Faculty and Faculty of Law can be found during the existence of Universitas Cassoviensis. Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice was founded in 1959, as a successor of the academic traditions related to the higher education at University in Ko\u0161ice. University\u2019s academic and historical continuity was definitely accepted also by Act No. 361\/1996 of the Law Code and on it\u00a2s basis the University has been divided into Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice and the University of Pre\u0161ov.<\/div>\n
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In case that tactics of survival of the University (proven as stagnation of the University in several fields, including its organisation chart) was the priority of the strategy in the period from year 1997 (period after splitting the former UPJ\u0160), the present period must be understood by the University as a phase of development of its organisation structure. In this meaning, it is necessary to prepare more ambitious development programmes, which should create in the near future basic pillars of dynamic strategy of organisational-institutional units of the University.<\/div>\n
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Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice is in present time composed of Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Public Administration, which educate doctors, specialists in natural science, mathematics and informatics, teachers, lawyers and specialists in the field of public administration. Graduates of this second oldest classical Slovak University have good reputation in the Slovak Republic and also abroad. The main mission of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice\u00a0 (hereinafter the \u201cUniversity\u201d or \u201cUPJ\u0160\u201d)\u00a0 is to provide the three-level higher education on the basis of latest scientific knowledge in wider international context, according to European trends in this field, according to Bologna Declaration and other documents. The University accomplishes this mission by development of harmonic personality, its sciential bloom, rise of wisdom and personal creativity. The University leads the students to tolerance, ability of critical and independent thinking, right self-esteem and national pride.<\/div>\n
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The University provides public service by knowledge dissemination through research and development, support of regional and national activities and providing of the further education of citizens. The University contributes to development of culture and scholarship of the nation.<\/div>\n
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The University understands its mission in particular sphere as a public good. In this spirit the University aims to act as a guarantor of freedom, democracy, humanism, morality, and ethics not only in its own academic environment, but also to propagate them in society. The University will continue to defend the academic rights and its academic autonomy.<\/div>\n
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2.)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>University basic data<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice has four Faculties:<\/div>\n