The Slovak University of Agriculture was founded in 1952 in Nitra. It is the centre of agriculture in Slovakia. The University offers a wide range of possibilities at its six faculties. The University awards degrees in 40 bachelor, 32 master and 23 doctoral study programmes in traditional, as well as modern fields of plant and animal production, biodiversity, ecology, food safety, sustainable and regional development, the use of alternative sources of energy and others. 11 study programmes are offered as accredited programmes in English language and 1 programme is accredited internationally. The University offers also several programmes in combination of Slovak, English or even Russian languages, some of them as common, joint, international or double‑degree programmes. Study programmes are supplemented by quality foreign language training, access to information and communication technologies, wide range of professional training courses and the opportunity to complete a part of the studies at prestigious universities outside Slovakia. The University is an active player in the European and even global education area because of its educational and research activities. Its aim is to be a modern and open university that reflects the current needs of the agrofood sector in local, regional and global scale.

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

Bachelor level

Programme: International Business with Agrarian Commodities

Degree: Bachelor

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Management

About the programme: The programme has a strong international accent. It contains courses like International Economics, Global Business, International Management and Finance or International Marketing. There is a strong presence of international faculty. Significant part of the programme is devoted to analytical courses like statistics, operations research or econometrics. Programme graduates can be employed in multinational companies, private businesses located in Slovakia or abroad, and in public sector. Many graduates successfully continue their studies at master level.

Tuition fee: part-time: 700 €/academic year

Programme: Machinery Trading

Degree: Bachelor

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

About the programme: Programme curriculum covers major aspects of conducting business, machinery trading, and operation management of machines and technical systems in agri‑food production and business companies. The emphasis is put on the study of possibilities and ways of acquiring machines and their effective operation. The programme is supported by courses of economic nature. Programme graduates are familiar with preparing and implementing of business plans in technical investment policy, as well as with business in machines, including advisory and logistic activities and servicing. They can be employed in companies providing
commercial technical services, in the field of machinery leasing in industry, agriculture, food industry, servicing and selling centres of companies providing import and distribution of machines and equipment from abroad, in public administration and regional institutions dealing with investment policy, management of commercial technical services and machinery trading.

Tuition fee: 2,000 €/academic year

Master level

Programme: Business Economics

Degree: Master

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Management

About the programme: Programme graduates are able to analyse complex economic relations in business processes, make suggestions and managerial decisions. They have a good knowledge of operational business management and strategic decision-making from the point of view of economy globalisation. They are able to work with complicated information systems in enterprises, they are skilled in organisation of managerial work and managerial communication. Both general and professional knowledge of economics supported by foreign language skills predetermine programme graduates to become efficient economists and managers in top management of any enterprise or company within agricultural and food processing industry.

Tuition fee: part-time: 900 €/academic year

Programme: Food Safety and Control

Degree: Master

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences

About the programme: Programme graduates are familiar with control principles of microbiological and chemical food safety, both horizontally and vertically, and with the principle of integrated approach from farm to table. The programme provides and manages food traceability, evaluation of information, analysis of information from the rapid alert system and return of products from the market. The aim of the programme is to apply, develop and evaluate a system of risk analysis with the use of mathematical and predictive models in terms of precautionary principles of protecting human health and communicating about safety of produced food.

Tuition fee: 1,200 €/academic year

Programme: International Economics and Development

Degree: Master

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Management

About the programme: Programme graduates can be employed as economists and managers in commerce, industry, banking, financial services and public sector. They can work with computer technology, use effectively information technology and apply software in the field of finance, accounting and quantitative analysis. They have the knowledge of economics, finance, management, marketing and quantitative methods, and the knowledge in the field of international economics, international finance, international law and marketing.

Tuition fee: part-time: 900 €/academic year

Programme: International Master of Science in Rural Development

Degree: Master

Language: English

Faculty: Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering

About the programme: This joint programme offers the opportunity to become an international expert on rural development in its diversity of approaches and applications. It is a high‑level academic programme aimed at training top students from all over the world into specialists in integrated rural development, focussed on socio‑economic and institutional aspects, not only from the European Union, but also from developed, developing and transition countries outside the EU. The programme is jointly organised by 16 worldwide leading universities in rural development and agricultural economics. The methodology consists of a combination of basic and specialised training in technical, economic and social sciences, a one‑month case study, individual master thesis and a high extent of student and scholar mobility.
Tuition fee: 4,500 €/academic year for nationals of the Erasmus+ Programme countries; 9,000 €/
academic year for nationals of the non‑Erasmus+ Programme countries