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Graduation ceremony

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:23:00 +0200

We are pleased to announce that the Graduation Ceremony for the current academic year will be held...

Free Slovak language courses

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:14:00 +0200

Dear student at Comenius University, Do you need to learn Slovak or improve your current skills? Don’t miss this great opportunity this SUMMER — register for free Slovak language courses, offered by Comenius University in cooperation with the iCan language school in July and August. ✅ You can study ONLINE from home or IN PERSON in classrooms at the Faculty of Management of Comenius University. ✅ You can choose one of the two terms:
• 1st term – from 28.07.2025 to 22.08.2025
• 2nd term – from 25.08.2025 to 19.09.2025 ✅ You will be placed in a group according to your Slovak language level (A1, A2, B1, B2).
By default, students will be placed in A1 groups. If you have a certificate confirming a higher level of Slovak, please upload it directly when filling out the application so we can place you in the appropriate group.
If you’ve completed at least one year of university studies in the Slovak language, it is sufficient to simply check this option in the application form. ✅ If you would like to assess your language level, you can take the tests here:
• A2 Level Test:
https://elearning.medintegro.eu/course/view.php?id=111
• B1 Level Test:
https://elearning.medintegro.eu/course/view.php?id=112 ✅ The COURSES are INTENSIVE, with 3 lessons per day:
• Morning group: 9:00–11:35
• Afternoon group: 13:00–15:35 And they are COMPLETELY FREE!!!

✅ During the course, you will receive a textbook and additional materials. After completing the course, you will be invited to a certificate ceremony at the Welcome Centre of Comenius University (Štúrova street № 9). ✅ You can complete the preliminary course registration here:
https://icanschool.sk/pre-registration-sk
After registration, please wait for an email with further details. Don’t forget to check your Spam folder as well. ✅ From September, you will have the opportunity to continue learning Slovak in semi-intensive courses three times per week (6 hours per week). We look forward to seeing you in Slovak lessons!

Legitimizing and De-escaleting Wars and Armed Conflicts in Theological, Church-Historical and Legal Perspectives

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:50:00 +0200

As part of the APVV-23-0509 grant: A Paradigmatic Shift in the Understanding of War and Armed Conflicts from Theological-Historical and Legal Perspective (2024-2028), the FRCTH CU and FLAW CU are organizing an international scientific conference

Legitimizing and De-escaleting Wars and Armed Conflicts in Theological, Church-Historical and Legal Perspectives

Annotation

Wars result in serious upheavals and losses on individual, family, and community levels, especially in the cases of genocides, aggressive and total wars, hasty military interventions, and localized armed conflicts. A more comprehensive and deeper understanding of the processes of legitimizing wars reveals their horrific nature and inadmissibility. As a result of the rise of very destructive military technologies and full-scale wars, there has been, since the second half of the 20th century, a rethinking of just war theory. While the current magisterium still admits the possibility of a legitimate defense of war, our contemporary moment prompts all to envision how military activism might give way to military realism, leading to the de-escalation of armed conflict for which the thesis of pax optima rerum (Silius Italicus, Punica 11,595) rings true once again.

This upcoming international conference is an integral part of the interdisciplinary project APVV-23-0509 A Paradigmatic Shift in the Understanding of War and Armed Conflicts from Theological-Historical and Legal Perspectives (2024-2028). The conference aims to explore and discuss not only the shifts in the perception of the concept of just war, but also the forms of legitimizing or de-escalating past or present wars, and the ius ad bellum, ius in bello in biblical, patristic, philosophical-theological, church-historical, and legal sources, and judicial processes as well. The understanding of the authorization of wars, attempts at their justification, as well as the exceedingly problematic technological level of contemporary wars, calls for an ethico-legal examination of armed conflicts and also their urgent de-escalation toward a stable and just peace.

Focus topics

Moral limits and the ethics of violence
Moral oversight of proportionality and consequences
Manipulative justification of violence
The role of the Church in mediating peace and reconciliation
Abuse of religion to justify conflict
Repentance, truth, and justice as prerequisites for reconciliation
War as an extreme last resort
The ethics of sanctions and nonviolent pressure in international relations
The Knigdom of God as an alternative to the military logic of power
A pastoral and pedagogical response to the culture of hatred and violence

Invitation to Participate

Please upload the title, abstract, and keywords of your conference paper to the google form no later than September 30, 2025.

The presentation (20 minutes in length) may be delivered in one of the following languages: EN, DE, FR, IT, CZ, SK

Papers presented at the conference will be published in English in a collective monograph issued by a foreign publisher.

Academic Moderators of the Conference

prof. ThDr. Pavol Farkaš, PhD.
doc. Mgr. Liudmyla Golovko, PhD.
prof. Dr. phil. Emília Hrabovec
doc. ThDr. Ing. Jozef Jančovič, PhD.
JUDr. Lukáš Mareček, PhD.
doc. ThDr. Ing. Vladimír Thurzo, PhD.

Conference website

Conference poster in PDF format (SK)

Conference poster in PDF format (EN)

CHANGE OF OFFICE HOURS of THE STUDY DEPARTMENT

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:35:00 +0200

Office hours from 01/07/2025 until 31/08/2025.

Invitation to Lectures by Professor Christopher Milroy

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:16:00 +0200

We cordially invite you to attend lectures by Professor Christopher Milroy, one of the world’s 30...

A NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY SLOVAK SCIENTISTS IS HELPING IN KENYA. IT HELPS DIAGNOSE DISEASE AND WATER QUALITY IN HARD-TO-REACH PLACES

pr@uniba.sk — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:51:00 +0200

The development is led by scientists Samuel Furka and Daniel Furka from PriF CU and their team, who set out to combine the accuracy of laboratory analysis with ease of use in demanding conditions. Today, the technology uses machine learning algorithms and elements of artificial intelligence to recognise even very weak signals from chemical and biological samples. Physicians and scientists from Canada, Cuba, Austria, and the United Kingdom also contributed to the development. Currently, the QUANTUM technology forms the foundation of the QUANTUM HEALTH initiative (project SAMRS/2024/KE/1/2), which is underway in Marsabit County, northern Kenya. This is a region with a challenging security situation and a frequent occurrence of infectious diseases. The local population suffers from a chronic lack of drinking water and healthcare infrastructure. In 2025, a version of the device called QUANTUM WATER, designed for rapid water quality analysis, began to be implemented in the area. During May and June 2025, part of the team used this technology to analyse more than 1,600 water samples from various sources - wells, springs, and running streams. A digital map of drinking water quality is being created, which will be available to local authorities and the public. Preliminary results show alarming levels of microplastics, oils, bacteria (e.g. E. coli), heavy metals, cyanides, and other environmental contaminants in some water sources. In other sources, the presence of detectable contaminants was not confirmed. The technology also detects deviations from the reference parameters of clean water, allowing it to warn of the presence of contamination even without precise identification. In the next phase of the project, the non-commercial deployment of the QUANTUM BLOOD & URINE device is planned for the region, enabling preliminary diagnostics of multiple diseases from urine and stool, including certain diseases of the bladder, kidneys, liver, digestive tract, as well as selected oncological diagnoses, diabetes, and metabolic disorders. In environments without access to laboratories, the device can significantly improve early disease detection and make subsequent health interventions more effective. Systematic education of the local community is taking place in parallel, with more than 30 trained participants from different parts of Kenya, under the leadership of the expert team from CU, participating in sample collection and pre-processing, device operation, and basic interpretation of measured data. The QUANTUM HEALTH initiative thus combines scientific research, technological development, and practical assistance in demanding conditions. The team’s goal is to introduce the analysers into ordinary clinics in Europe, where they would serve for rapid preliminary or preventive diagnostics and for more effective patient referral to further specialised or laboratory examinations. The expert team is carrying out this initiative in Kenya with the financial support of Slovak Aid, the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation, and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. More information about the project: Faculty of Natural Sciences of CU, tatrasky.com The project, “Improving public health by sending doctors, community education, providing internships and deploying an AI disease analyser and water purification equipment (SAMRS/2024/KE/1/2),” lasting from December 2024 to April 2026, is implemented using the funds from the state development assistance of the Slovak Republic.

Scholarships for Talented International Students

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:02:00 +0200

„Want to study abroad? Come to Slovakia – a safe country with great potential to make a career!“ The Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic has launched the application process for a scholarship scheme designed for talented students from abroad. The scholarship is intended for international students who wish to study full-time in Slovakia at the bachelor's, combined bachelor's and master's, or master's level in selected study programmes aligned with the Smart Specialisation Strategy of the Slovak Republic (SK RIS3 2021+). The scholarship is open to applicants from all over the world. A successful applicant may receive a scholarship of up to EUR 15,000. The scholarship is paid monthly during the first three consecutive academic years of a bachelor's or a combined bachelor's and master's programme, or during the first two consecutive academic years of a master's programme, with a monthly amount of EUR 500. Applications can be submitted between 24 June and 31 July 2025 23:59 CET via the official website: https://scholarships.portalvs.sk. The main selection criterion is a successful SAT test result with a minimum score of 1100. The scholarship scheme is co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and the state budget of the Slovak Republic. Benefits of being a scholarship holder: *Access to public health insurance upon request. *Financial support through the scholarship to help you pursue your goals. *The opportunity to participate in Erasmus+ or other academic mobility programs, if interested. *Study programs available in Slovak and foreign languages, some of them tuition-free.

20 Years of Local Taxes: Faculty of Law, Comenius University at a Scientific Conference in Banská Bystrica

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:17:00 +0200

Representatives of the Department of Financial Law at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University, participated in an international scientific conference organized by the Faculty of Law at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. Members of the Department of Financial Law attended the international scientific conference “20 Years Since the Introduction of Local Taxes in the Slovak Republic”, held at the Faculty of Law, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. The event was organised together with the Joint Meeting of Departments of Financial Law, providing a unique platform for the exchange of expertise among representatives of Slovak and Czech law faculties. The conference featured numerous thought-provoking presentations and discussions on the development, current state, and future of local taxation, as well as on current trends in the teaching of financial law. We thank the organizers for the invitation and for hosting such an inspiring event!

Scholarships for Talented International Students

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:49:00 +0200

The scholarship is intended for international students who wish to study full-time in Slovakia at the bachelor's, combined bachelor's and master's, or master's level in selected study programmes aligned with the Smart Specialisation Strategy of the Slovak Republic (SK RIS3 2021+). The scholarship is paid monthly during the first three consecutive academic years of a bachelor's or a combined bachelor's and master's programme, or during the first two consecutive academic years of a master's programme, with a monthly amount of EUR 500. Applications can be submitted between 24 June and 31 July 2025 23:59 CET via the official website: https://scholarships.portalvs.sk. The main selection criterion is a successful SAT test result with a minimum score of 1100. The scholarship scheme is co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and the state budget of the Slovak Republic.

ASAI – AI Personality of the Year in the category of AI Leader in Education comes from the Faculty of Law, Comenius University!

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:11:00 +0200

On June 23, 2025, Dr. Gyurász received the ASAI – AI Personality of the Year award in the category of AI Leader in Education during a ceremonial awards event held under the auspices of the President of the Slovak Republic. "It is a great honour for me, but I do not consider it an individual achievement. I am proud of our institute (Institute of Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law) and of the Faculty of Law at Comenius University for keeping up with the times and proving every day that it can be done at a high level," said Dr. Gyurász upon receiving the award. We sincerely congratulate Dr. Gyurász and wish him further successes!