University of Economics in Bratislava


ekonyniv1The University of Economics in Bratislava, founded in 1940 as the Higher School of Commerce, is one of the most important educational and research institutions in the Slovak Republic. The University provides higher education in the field of economics, business and management in bachelor, master and doctoral study programmes for full-time and part-time students. It offers 61 study programmes at all three levels of higher education, in accordance with the Bologna process. Approximately 520 teachers work and 8,000 students study at the University. In addition to study programmes taught in Slovak language, the University offers also individual courses (subjects) and complete study programmes taught in English and other foreign languages, e.g. German and French, and in a smaller extent also in Spanish and Russian.

The development of international co‑operation with universities, enterprises and institutions from around the world is one of the priorities of the University. International mobility is provided under the Erasmus+ programme and CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies). The University co-operates with 385 universities from outside Slovakia through bilateral Erasmus+ agreements, as well as within a framework of other agreements. The co‑operation includes student and teacher mobility, common research projects, publications and participation in scientific conferences and workshops. The University is involved in many international projects within the European Union programmes, such as Erasmus+, the European Social Fund and others.

List of study programmes offered in English or other foreign languages:

Bachelor level

Programme: Business Economics and Management

Degree: Bachelor

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Business Management

About the programme: Programme graduates gain the ability to analyse simple context of economic processes in business, take moderately challenging management decisions, understand the international economic environment, organise work in a smaller team, follow new information in their field and use them in their practical work, and to work with ICT. They are able to: think economically, analyse, organise and manage the economic processes in the business; easily analyse economic phenomena and processes in the company and its surroundings, and to take simple management decisions; maintain contact with research, new findings in the theory and practice of business management.

Tuition fee: 1,500 €/academic year

Master level

Programme: General Management

Degree: Master

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Business Management

About the programme: The programme prepares professionals for managerial positions in companies, the performance of which requires a general, cross‑cutting and universal theoretical and practical knowledge and skills. The content and nature of the study enable students to gain an extensive knowledge, and develop personal and professional prerequisites for competent solution of specific tasks resulting from economic practice with the requisite degree of creativity and independence. Programme graduates are able to manage large groups of people, they are able to rapidly adapt to and acquire industrial, cultural and regional peculiarities. They are able to identify, analyse and evaluate problems and processes in relation to one another in the context of the enterprise and the environment in which it operates. Programme graduates are able to align the efforts of working groups with different professional, interest and cultural orientation. They are also able to propose and implement practical solutions valid for the entire enterprise, which are effective in a wider business context. Programme graduates are qualified to track, analyse and evaluate the operation of the enterprise as a whole, together with its individual components in internal and external dynamics of the development in complex and changing domestic and international environment, in relation to other factors in these environments for a number of criterion perspectives. Their crucial skills and abilities include creativity, ability to lead people, autonomy, co-ordination ability, self‑discipline, entrepreneurship, adaptability and sense of personal responsibility. They can be employed as line managers at middle and senior levels of businesses. The programme offers the option of double degree in co‑operation with the EM Strasbourg Business School, France. Students of the double degree programme will graduate at both schools and they will receive

two diplomas  (one from each school).

Tuition fee: 1,500 €/academic year

Programme: International Finance

Degree: Master

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of National Economy

About the programme: Programme graduates are able to critically analyse context in international finance and global financial markets. In this field, they can find, present and defend their own suggestions to solve current problems. They gain comprehensive knowledge of modern economic theories and modern financial theories. Programme graduates are equipped with the knowledge of and skills in the use of advanced analytical techniques, methods of
analysis and prognosis in international finance. They are able to analyse economic impacts of the decisions and policies of national and international authorities and institutions. They possess the ability to work effectively as individuals, team members or team leaders. They can continuously improve their professional development.

Tuition fee: 1,500 €/academic year

Programme: International Financial Management

Degree: Master

Language: German

Faculty: Faculty of Economic Informatics

About the programme: The programme is offered in co‑operation with the Martin Luther University in Halle‑Wittenberg, Germany. Programme graduates are awarded two diplomas (Master of Science), one from each university. They can work at managerial positions, e.g. in industrial and commercial enterprises, financial and public administration institutions, etc.

Tuition fee: 1,500 €/academic year

Programme: Sales Management

Degree: Master

Language: French

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce

About the programme: The programme prepares professionals with the knowledge in the field of sales and French language for professions, such as sales manager or numerous other onward professions in different economic sectors – in the field of purchasing, distribution, marketing communication, market research, product policy and international business activities. Programme graduates gain additional competences for work in domestic and international companies dealing with complex marketing and business problems requiring medium and long‑term decision‑making, modelling the virtual behaviour of market actors and their interaction in the marketing environment, and the knowledge of management methods for business systems. They can find their place in economic and management processes, supported by their language skills. This allows forming sales specialists not only for markets of the European Union, but also for French‑speaking countries and for the needs of companies with
French capital operating in the Slovak Republic. High-quality theoretical education and the broad application of modern educational methods ensure a high adaptability of graduates for current requirements of their future professional practice. The programme is offered in co‑operation with the Lorraine Université de Nantes, France; its teachers participate in the education process.

Tuition fee: 1,500 €/academic year