Comenius University News

The ENLIGHT Alliance is moving towards Open Science, aiming for improved education and collaboration of research teams

ENLIGHT is committed to implementing an ‘open by default’ approach to online resources in its teaching, research, outreach and engagement activities, for the benefit of science and society. As an enabler of quality and impact, Open Science plays a key role in the ENLIGHT universities’ higher education transformation agendas. It is a powerful driver for transparency, accountability and reusability of the results of science, and increases collaboration. "We endorse the principles of Open Science. We are committed to making sure that science serves the entire society and that it...

omenius University recognises outstanding students and teachers to honour the International Students’ Day
The academic commendation is awarded by the Rector of the University to those students who achieve excellent academic results, exhibit exemplary student and civic involvement, or represent the university. This year the distinction was awarded to twenty-nine students. Bruno Almásy who studies general medicine is one of them. He received the commendation for saving a human life by providing timely and correct first aid. Another student of medicine, Adam Rajčáni, demonstrated extraordinary dedication as a member of a testing...

CU Researcher: More accurate species delimitation could help us protect biodiversity more effectively
At present, over a million species of organisms living on Earth have been described but many more are still waiting for a taxonomic delimitation, or description. By describing living or extinct organisms and cataloguing them we can research them and understand the processes of evolution and ecology. As a result of this work, national and transnational lists are compiled and effective protection can be ensured. Wildlife legislation in many countries depends on described species and that leads to an explosion of efforts to classify every genetically distinct population as a new species. This...

Once again, CU dominates the World InterUniversities Championships (WIUC) in Paris
This year, Comenius University dispatched a 152-strong delegation to Paris, including representatives of ten faculties. At the beginning of November, they competed against university teams from different parts of the world at the World InterUniversity Championships (WIUC). Comenius University students achieved success in several disciplines. CU’s team dominated the football tournament for the first time in the history of the event. The University’s women’s volleyball and handball teams took home silver while futsal players ended up bronze. Young talents from CU achieved several podium...

Staff Week at Comenius University: we hosted partners from eight European countries
The Bratislava Staff Week focused on internationalisation and foreign relations, and its participants were mainly staff dealing with international relations, Erasmus+ offices and those responsible for international cooperation. Colleagues from the Universities of Uppsala and Galway who are our partners in the ENLIGHT University Alliance also accepted the invitation. The event was organised by the Erasmus+ Office of the International Relations Section of CU's Rectorate, who prepared an interesting agenda for the guests, presenting our university, its internationalisation plans, and examples...

CU received the 2022 Responsible Public Procurer award
TRANSPAREX is a platform which collects and analyses public procurement data and this year it evaluated 4400 entities. Comenius University in Bratislava was one of the 236 public procurers that received an A+ rating. "Our rating shows that Comenius University's public procurement last year was performed in a professional manner, with emphasis on high efficiency and while respecting the rules of fair competition. You process orders significantly faster than average, and contracts are awarded to transparent and reliable...

According to THE WUR ranking CU is the best Slovak university in 8 out of 11 evaluated subjects
THE WUR ranking was published at the end of September. CU was ranked 1001st - 1200th out of 1904 universities, same as last year. This is the only ranking of universities in which CU ranks just below the top one thousand schools worldwide. At the end of October, the agency also published its ranking by subject. Comenius University received the following ranking:

Arts and Humanities: 501st - 600th place

Business and Economics: 601st - 800th place

Clinical and Health: 601st - 800th place

Comenius University signs a training contract with Bory Hospital
This cooperation with the Bory Hospital is intended to give students of medicine an opportunity to train in the most modern hospital in Slovakia, to try out new technologies and experience the provision of health care on a level different from any other hospital in Slovakia. "We want to make sure that our students learn what medicine should look like in the 21st century," said Juraj Payer, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University. From the academic year 2023/2024, students will complete their undergraduate education and specialisation training at eight departments of...

Comenius University one of the recipients of the Technology Transfer Award
In the Technology Transfer Initiatives category the award was given to the cooperation of the Technology Transfer Centre of the Comenius University Science Park in Bratislava, the Technology Transfer Centre of the Technology and Innovation Park of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and the Technology Transfer Centre at the Masaryk University in Brno. This cooperation resulted in a successful transfer of industrial property rights and patent rights to a "Method for non-invasive testing of vitro fertilization success rate". This marks the first time that industrial property...

Smart Life Summit: Digital Technologies and Top Experts in Bratislava
The event takes place between 24 and 26 October 2023 in Bratislava and brings together over 100 top experts from 30 countries. The Smart Life Summit offers an opportunity to learn about digital developments in areas such as e-health, economy, cyber security or artificial intelligence. The summit is a forum for discussion but it also aims to connect people from academia with representatives of businesses, local government, embassies and the public to foster digital innovation and improve life in cities and regions. One of the dignitaries invited to the conference is Professor Shafi Ahmed,...

Rigorózna promócia UK 2023 29. 11. 2023 o 14.00 hod.

Fakulta managementu UK - promócie 27. 11. 2023 o 13.00 hod.

Fakulta managementu UK - promócie 27. 11. 2023 o 11.00 hod.

Fakulta sociálnych a ekonomických vied UK - promócie 22. 11. 2023 13.00 hod.

Deň otvorených dverí UK 2023