Press releases
Scientists baffled by a bizarre lizard15. 06. 2021
Bratislava, 15 June, 2021: Last year an unprecedented discovery was reported in the scientific journal Nature. The paper described the smallest dinosaur yet,...
CU rises in the QS World University Rankings14. 06. 2021
Bratislava, 11 June, 2021: This Wednesday, the 2022 QS World University Rankings were published and Comenius University ranked 651st - 700th. It has been...
Graduation Ceremonies: the Rector Presents a Plan14. 05. 2021
Bratislava, 14 May, 2021: This year's graduates of Comenius University Bratislava will be able to attend graduation ceremonies. The decision was made yesterday...
Stereotypes of other cultures are often promoted at school,...10. 05. 2021
Bratislava, 10 May, 2021: Where are the roots of the radicalization of the European youth, of the scepticism towards European integration, or the lack of...
Great placement in three rankings: CU is among the top 3%...04. 05. 2021
Bratislava, 3 May, 2021: Comenius University Bratislava ranked 609th in the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) which puts it among the top 3% schools...
Scientists have named the longest legless lizard in the...30. 04. 2021
Bratislava, 30 April, 2021: Scientists have described a new subspecies of lizard from the Middle East. In the areas where they occur, the unique anguid lizards...
CU in the Golden League of the Round University Ranking in...29. 04. 2021
Bratislava, 28 April, 2021: The Round University Ranking (RUR) has published the ranking of the world's best universities. Comenius University Bratislava,...
Comenius University's Botanical Garden Opens to the Public23. 04. 2021
Bratislava, 23 April, 2021: This week the Botanical Garden of Comenius University Bratislava opens its collections of live plants to the public again. It is...
Comenius University makes top 400 in sustainability22. 04. 2021
Bratislava, 22 April, 2021: Comenius University Bratislava achieved a very good position in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021 which focus on UN’s...
Faculty of Pharmacy’s Dean, Klimas, nominates SIDC director...16. 04. 2021
Bratislava, 12 April, 2021: Ján Klimas, the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Comenius University Bratislava, proposed to the Committee of the Slovak...
Moravian excavations revolutionise our knowledge of Permian...19. 03. 2021
Bratislava, 19 March 2021: They decided to leave their aquatic life behind and moved to dry land. Amphibians which underwent this radical change 340 million...
The virus is mutating: regular sequencing could help bring...11. 03. 2021
Bratislava, 11 March, 2021: Researchers from Comenius University Bratislava and the Biomedical Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences want to...
An important discovery in cancer research24. 02. 2021
Bratislava, 23 February 2021: Slovak scientists discovered that the proteins which facilitate homologous recombination - a type of emergency repair of...
CU Research: Mental health of students deteriorates as a...22. 02. 2021
Bratislava, 22 February 2021: Researchers from Comenius University Bratislava studied the mental health of CU students and staff during the coronavirus...
Scientists have developed a more efficient method for...16. 02. 2021
Bratislava 16 February, 2021: Hospital wastewater can contain dangerous substances called cytostatics which are used in cancer treatment. These substances can...