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Welcome to Košice

As the second largest city of Slovakia, Košice is the centre of education and research of the eastern part of the country. The Faculty of Arts of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice supports international mobilities of students researchers or teachers, wheter that be within Erasmus+ programme, National Scholarship Programme or other mobility programmes. The University provides education in three main cycles – bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD. studies in two languages – Slovak and English. You can check out our website for more information about the programmes. We are looking forward to meeting you.


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Are you a student interested in National Scholarship Programme at the Faculty of Arts?

The Faculty of Arts of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice supports the mobilities of international students and PhD students applying through the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic. You can find more information about the programme on the NSP website. If you are a student interested in NSP at the Faculty of Arts of UPJŠ, find the information below.

In order to consider whether the acceptance letter will be issued to you, we need you to submit the application together with the following documents on the portal. Online application manual will help you and guide you step by step through the application procedure.

Get ready your:

  • CV (including email, date of birth, full permanent address)
  • Motivation letter
  • Study plan – choose level of the study, study programme and courses relevant to your current study from the register of study programmes.

The application procedure is open from 14 August 2024 to 14 October 2024.
More information can be found bellow in the Selection procedure for NSP applicants section.


Click here to submit your NSP application

Applications may be submitted online via e-prihlas system only. The system opens no earlier than two months before the application deadline set by SAIA (Slovak Academic Information Agency), which is normally mid-April for stays in the winter semester and mid-October for stays in the summer semester.

Obligatory attachments to the application form:

  • Curriculum Vitae;
  • Motivation letter;
  • Study plan – choose level of the study, study programme and courses relevant to your current study from the register of study programmes.

The study plan must include at least five compulsory or compulsory elective courses from the course catalogue of the relevant department of the Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ. Additional courses from the elective (C) courses may be selected as well. The selected courses can be changed if the course is not open in a particular semester or in the event of a collision of courses in the schedule. It is possible to exchange courses only for compulsory or compulsory elective courses.

Only the scholarship applicants who have submitted the above documentation and who have met the general requirements laid down by the respective departments will be invited to an online interview arranged by the Department for International Relations of the Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ. Online interview will take place within ten calendar days after closing e-prihlas system and will be aimed at verifying an applicant’s language skills. 

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection procedure by e-mail no later than three calendar days before the SAIA deadline. The successful applicants within the selection procedure of the Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ, will receive Acceptance Letter, which will be sent to them electronically.

The final decision regarding the scholarship winners falls within the competence of SAIA.

Schedule of the Academic Year at the Faculty of Arts of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice 2024/2025

Beginning of the academic year: 1 September 2024.

Winter semester

Winter semester teaching period16 September 2024 – 20 December 2024
Winter semester examination period2 January 2025 – 7 February 2025

Summer semester

Summer semester teaching period10 February 2025 – 16 May 2025
Summer semester examination period19 May 2025 – 27 June 2025

Do you have any questions?

Mgr. Jozef Benka, PhD.
Vice-Dean for International Relations

Natália Bačová
International Relations Office

✉ natalia.bacova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7138

Michaela Baltesová
International Relations Office

✉ michaela.baltesova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7129

doc. Mgr. Renáta Timková, PhD.

✉ renata.timkova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7193

Mgr. Dmytro Hrytsu

✉ dmytro.hrytsu@student.upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7149

doc. PhDr. Kristína Bosáková, PhD.

kristina.bosakova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7122

Mgr. Alexanda Popovičová, PhD.

alexandra.popovicova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7153

Mgr. Maroš Melichárek, PhD.

maros.melicharek@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7167

prof. PhDr. František Šimon, CSc.

frantisek.simon@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7117

doc. Mgr. Gabriel Baník, PhD.

gabriel.banik@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7109

Mgr. Tomáš Dvorský, PhD.

tomas.dvorsky@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7175

Mgr. Viktória Hičárová, PhD.

✉  viktoria.hicarova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7148

doc. Mgr. Markéta Andričíková, PhD.

marketa.andricikova@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7127

doc. PhDr. Katarína Šiňanská, PhD.

katarina.sinanska@upjs.sk
✆ +421 55 234 7125


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