Comenius University News

Comenius University invites secondary school graduates to its Open Doors Days

On the morning of 28 January the Faculty of Arts opens its premises to interested students and the Faculty of Education will be open in the afternoon. Future applicants will be welcome to visit the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine on 6 February and

We received the HR Excellence in Research label

The label represents confirmation that the working environment at the university is attractive for young researchers and potential international applicants. By obtaining the label our university became one of the attractive employers in the European research area. Comenius University began the process of qualifying for the label in 2021 when it signed up to two fundamental documents in which the European Commission defines the standards for the employment of researchers in research institutions. They are the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of...

Two student receive the Student Personality of Slovakia award

Daniel Krchňák, DIS., from the Faculty of Pharmacy won in the pharmacy category while Eliška Mintálová from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport received the award in the sport category. Matej Gazda, a student of the Technical University in Košice, became the absolute winner and the TOP Student Personality of Slovakia for the year 2021/2022. The award ceremony took place on 19 December 2022 in the Pálffy Palace. The event is organized under the auspices of the President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová and under the professional guarantee of the Slovak Rector's Conference and...

Medicine is no game

Leonidas already studied Classics at the Thessaloniki university before coming to the Faculty of Medicine. Why did he choose medicine? Leonidas loves the numerous opportunities that this field offers. His mother is a laryngologist. „In my family, everyone is a doctor, so I was kind of pushed to be a doctor too. I also chose medicine, because it is like an open file. It gives you a lot of opportunities for the future. I am sure, that through medicine, you can find something that you like.” Also medicine guarantees a secure employment. „Healthcare is always needed, and particularly so now, in a...

University researchers use a new method of tumour localization

More than one half of all breast carcinomas may not be palpable during a mammographic screening. The masses found in the breast, however, need to be located precisely, so that they can be removed during surgery along with a small amount of healthy tissue that surrounds them. At present, wires are used to localize the abnormalities. However, this method has its limitations. The wire may break off inside the breast and migrate. A new method has been developed in recent years, during which tiny metal ‘seeds’ are inserted into the tumor and monitored during surgery using radar...

Eminent Slovak scientists receive the Doctor of Sciences degree

Today's ceremony was extraordinary because the degree was presented to a number of notable scientists. The awardees included, among others, the Rector of Comenius University Bratislava and expert on civil law Marek Števček, the chairman of the Slovak Commission for Academic Degrees and botanist Karol Marhold, and the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University and entomologist Peter Fedor. The title was awarded to three researchers from Comenius University, thirteen male and two female scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, two scientists from the Slovak...

Student investigates the relationship between night light and food intake

Night lighting affects the functioning of the central circadian clock, causing changes to hormonal rhythms, food and water intake, as well as metabolism. Even very low intensity ambient light produced by street lamps or advertising signs which surround us in cities, represents a risk. Valentína Rumanová from the Faculty of Natural Sciences studies the mechanisms through which changes occur in the organism. She and her team carry out research on rats, whose metabolism is similar to that of humans. They discovered that even subdued ambient light at night disrupts the body's circadian rhythms,...

Infošuty: Covid divided students at Mlynská dolina into camps

How was Infošuty born? When I began living in Mlynská dolina back in 2009, Facebook was only just starting. In 2013, I joined the group 'Mladosť - Šturak - Átriaky - Manželáky', which at the time had perhaps 1,300 members. I sometimes contributed a post about fresh snow or a change to the public transport timetables. And the people responded. In March 2016, I created the Infošuty hashtag, to give myself a brand. By then the group grew to over 10,000 members. I shared information about things that a newcomer might not know, but that I already knew after seven years of living...

Mlynská dolina has its own novel

Why did you decide to set your novel in the Mlyny Dormitories? I felt the need to create a record of my five years at the university. They were very colourful, full of experiences, some funny moments and some difficult moments. I wanted to give them a summary form, to create my own mini-memoir. I wrote "Droplets” in my dorm room, T 81, in the Atrium Houses. Who did you imagine as the reader of your book? Every student who sits destitute and sad on the bus no. 31, gets off, has a cheap soup in Venza or Eat, collapses on the bed of the dorm room and...

University of Bern joins the ENLIGHT alliance, which also includes Comenius University

Through the ENLIGHT superuniversity, the largest Slovak university now has a new strategic partner for cooperation. The University of Bern is an excellent university and one of the best in Switzerland. In international rankings it regularly ranks around the 100th place. Approximately 19,500 students study at its eight faculties which offer state-of-the-art facilities. Swiss universities are fighting to retain their connections to European networks. They do so under difficult conditions since Switzerland was excluded from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+. This year, however, Swiss universities...