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EAIE GLASGOW 2026 – The Rhythm of Revolution

milos.hrabovsky@uniba.sk — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0200

The annual EAIE (European Association for International Education) Conference and Exhibition 2026, marking its 36th edition, took place from 8 to 11 September at the modern Scottish Event Campus, which welcomed more than 7,300 professionals from over 100 countries worldwide. The main theme of the conference was “The Rhythm of Revolution”, a call for innovation, challenging established models, fostering collaboration, and creating lasting change in global education. The programme featured more than 240 presentations, workshops, and networking activities. Topics included academic freedom, climate change, diversity, European funding opportunities, university marketing, as well as digital and hybrid learning. Dozens of international institutions and universities from around the world participated in the exhibition. Representatives of our faculty and Comenius University, together with other Slovak higher education institutions and representatives of the education sector, held dozens of meetings with universities and educational organizations from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. Many of these meetings also took place under the common Slovak brand at the national pavilion. The joint Slovak presentation created opportunities for concrete agreements, new projects, and further strengthening of connections between Slovak higher education and international partners. Together with Comenius University, our faculty expanded its network of contacts across Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa while further developing existing partnerships. Within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, discussions were held with universities in Germany and Italy regarding the expansion of student and staff mobility opportunities. The faculty also engaged in promising discussions in the field of medicine with representatives of the University of Oulu, the University of the Free State in South Africa, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Mexico, and Université Grenoble Alpes in France. In addition, the faculty and Comenius University used the event to strengthen connections within the Utrecht Network and to meet with organizations supporting internationalization and international student recruitment. Meetings with CAEI further strengthened links with Latin America and opened new opportunities for broader participation in academic networks across the region. Participation in EAIE therefore brought the faculty new bilateral contacts, mobility opportunities, and a further expansion of the geographical reach of its international cooperation. EAIE 2027 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal

National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic – call for applications

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:14:00 +0200

A new call for scholarship applications has been published under the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic to support mobility for study, research/artistic and teaching stays in the summer semester of the 2026/2027 academic year. The application deadline is 31 October 2026 at 16:00. Applications can currently be submitted online at www.stipendia.sk or www.scholarships.sk. Selection results will be published on the programme website (www.stipendia.sk/sk/main/vysledky-vyberovych-konani) within eight weeks of the deadline. All applicants will be notified by email. Lists of scholarship holders will be provided to universities, addressed to their vice-rectors for international relations. Scholarships are intended for students and PhD students of Slovak higher education institutions (including PhD studies undertaken at external educational institutions under the Higher Education Act, such as the Slovak Academy of Sciences), and for postdoctoral researchers working at Slovak higher education institutions and research organisations, such as the Slovak Academy of Sciences, with permanent residence in Slovakia. They cover living costs during study and/or research/artistic stays at the second cycle of higher education (master's, engineering or equivalent degree programmes), study and/or research/artistic stays during PhD studies, and research stays for postdoctoral researchers at a selected foreign higher education institution or research organisation. Basic information is provided in the leaflet linked below. Detailed information is available on the official programme website at www.stipendia.sk or www.scholarships.sk. Students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers may also apply for a travel grant together with their scholarship application in connection with their planned study and/or research/artistic stay abroad. The National Scholarship Programme also supports the mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists for stays at Slovak higher education institutions and research organisations. Citizens of any country may apply. International applicants must deliver the original acceptance/invitation letter to SAIA, n. o. (SAIA, n. o., Sasinkova 10, 812 20 Bratislava 1). The document must arrive by 12:00 on the third working day following the application deadline. Working days are determined according to Slovak law. For questions about the National Scholarship Programme, please contact the programme administrators:

Kristína Sallerová (nsp-sk@saia.sk): applicants for stays abroad and international PhD applicants;
Ondrej Aradský (nsp-foreign@saia.sk): international applicants who are university teachers or researchers;
Silvia Lipovská (nsp-foreign2@saia.sk): international student applicants.

The establishment of the National Scholarship Programme (NSP) was approved by the Government of the Slovak Republic in Resolution No. 557 of 13 July 2005. Its continuation was approved in Resolution No. 317 of 29 April 2009. The programme is funded by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic from the state budget. SAIA, n. o., administers the programme under an agreement with the Ministry. NSP scholarship holders are scholarship holders of the Government of the Slovak Republic. The next deadline, on 30 April 2027, will concern stays during the 2027/2028 academic year. We would also like to draw your attention to a webinar about the programme and the preparation of scholarship applications: 6 October 2026 at 14:00 – NSP Scholarship: Science on the Move. Webinar information

Winter School Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:57:00 +0200

We are delighted to invite your students to take part in the Comillas Global Winter School 2027, hosted by Universidad Pontificia Comillas in the vibrant city of Madrid.

Winter School Focus: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme Highlights

Official diploma and transcript
Credit-bearing courses
Cultural and site visits for an immersive international experience
Accommodation packages available

Key Information

Location: Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain
Dates: 11 – 27 January, 2027
Discounts: Early registration and group discounts available
Registration: Click here to register

More details & applications:
Contact us: summer.school@comillas.edu | Xinyi Ying yxinyi@comillas.edu

Condensed Matter Seminar - Roman Martoňák (8.10.2026)

Richard.Hlubina@fmph.uniba.sk — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:09:00 +0200

prof. Ing. Roman Martoňák, DrSc.:
What is there beyond diamond? Abstract:
Diamond is exceptional for many reasons. Besides being the hardest material found in Nature (and likely also among the most beautiful ones), it also has an extremely wide region of stability in pressure. Persisting at ambient conditions as metastable phase on geological time scales, and becoming thermodynamically stable already at relatively low pressure of about 1.6 GPa (16 kbar), it has never been observed to transform to another phase upon compression. The question of what is beyond diamond is of interest for several decades. As early as 1984, it was theoretically predicted that the cubic diamond phase of carbon is thermodynamically stable up to 1 TPa (10 Mbar), three times higher than the pressure in the Earth's centre. The next phase following diamond in the phase diagram was predicted to be the BC8 phase, well known as a metastable phase in silicon. However, no transformation of diamond was observed in ramp compression experiments where the pressure reached even 2 TPa. The observation of post-diamond phases in carbon thus represents one of the open problems of high-pressure physics. In my talk I will review the past and current experimental attempts aiming at synthesis of BC8 and present theoretical efforts in this field. I will then show our recent results of simulations of structural transformations at TPa pressures based on metadynamics and machine learning potentials. These reveal atomistic details of possible formation of BC8 upon compression and decompression and also address the question of its possible stability upon quenching to ambient conditions.

Algebraic Graph Theory Seminar - Tereza Škublová (2.10.2026)

Martin.Macaj@fmph.uniba.sk — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:59:00 +0200

Tereza Škublová:
On distance magic circulants of valency 2k for odd k Abstract:
A circulant Circ(n,S) is a Cayley graph Cay(G,S), where G is the finite cyclic group Z_n. We assume that 0 ∉ S, S = −S and [S] = Z_n. A circulant Γ = Circ(n,S) is called distance magic if there exists a bijection ℓ from vertex set of Γ to the set {1,2,...,n} such that for each vertex x the sum of values of function ℓ through the vertices adjacent to vertex x is constant for all vertices x of Γ. Štefko MiklaviČ and Primož Šparl gave us a partial classification of the 6-regular distance magic circulants in their article On distance magic circulants of valency 6, Discrete Ap plied Mathematics, 2022. In this talk we give a brief overview of their results and discuss generalizations of their theorems to 2k-regular circulants for an odd k.

Current grant opportunities in the USA for university teachers and PhD students

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:32:00 +0200

Send your PhD students on a research stay in the USA!

Fulbright Slovak Student Program 2027/2028

Research grants for PhD students

The Fulbright Slovak Student Program is intended for PhD students who plan to conduct research at an American academic institution. Applicants from all academic disciplines except clinical medicine are eligible. The programme offers a research stay of 6 to 9 months at any accredited university or research institution in the United States. Applicant requirements:

citizenship of the Slovak Republic;
completion of the second cycle of higher education;
strong motivation and commitment;
excellent command of English.

Selection criteria:

preference is given to applicants without extensive previous experience in the USA;
applicants' adaptability and personal qualities;
willingness to return to Slovakia and further develop the skills acquired in the USA.

What does the grant cover?

a monthly stipend to cover living costs;
a return flight;
basic health coverage during the stay in the USA;
a visa;
full administrative support for the stay.

Fulbright Schuman Program

A programme for EU citizens to conduct research, teach or study in the USA

Grants for EU citizens to study, teach or conduct research in the USA are available in all fields of study relating to US–EU relations or EU affairs concerning EU development, EU policies or transatlantic relations between the USA and the EU, for a period of three months to one academic year. The application deadline is 1 December 2026. Applicants can choose from five types of grants, depending on their academic status or professional experience:

grants for graduate study or research;
grants for postdoctoral research or lecturing;
the Fulbright–NATO grant in security studies;
grants for international education administrators;
innovation grants.

Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award

A research stay at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

A six-week to three-month research stay at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for Slovak university teachers. Applicants may submit projects in any field of research or teaching, in collaboration with faculty and department staff at the University of Michigan. When should you apply? The application deadline is 15 January 2027. When will the stays take place? Stays may take place between September and November 2026 or between February and April 2027.

Erasmus+ Students Once Again Join Comenius University Faculty of Medicine

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:53:00 +0200

The Erasmus+ students were welcomed at the Faculty by Vice-Dean for International Relations Prof. MUDr. Daniela Ostatníková, PhD. In the 2026/2027 academic year, students from seven countries – Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Poland, North Macedonia and Greece – will study at the Faculty of Medicine. The largest groups come from Spain (13), Italy (12) and Germany (10), followed by France (8), Poland (3), North Macedonia (2) and Greece (1). Twenty-six students will remain at our Faculty for the entire academic year, while a further twenty-three students will undertake their Erasmus+ mobility during the winter semester. Forty-eight students will study General Medicine, while one student will study Dentistry. Erasmus+ brings not only students from different countries to the Faculty, but also new experiences, cultures, perspectives and opportunities for mutual understanding. We hope that their stay at the Faculty of Medicine will be a valuable part of their studies and that they will take away many pleasant memories from Bratislava. Welcome to the Comenius University Faculty of Medicine, and we wish you a successful and rewarding Erasmus+ stay! International Relations Office
Faculty of Medicine
Comenius University Bratislava

The 7th Central-Eastern European Congress on Cell-Free Nucleic Acids Comes to a Successful Close

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:50:00 +0200

The congress featured an outstanding program of scientific presentations from our invited speakers and contributed talks, covering a broad range of topics from fundamental research of the biology of extracellular nucleic acids to prenatal diagnostics, cancer research, and other clinical applications. We were honored to welcome distinguished experts from Europe, the United States, and Asia, including Prof. Diana W. Bianchi (NIH, USA), Prof. Erik Sistermans (Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands), Prof. Jacky Lam (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China), and many other inspiring speakers and participants. The conference also included an awards ceremony for significant contributions to the field of medical genetics and genomics. Prof. Diana W. Bianchi and Prof. Erik Sistermans were awarded the Izakovič Medal by the Slovak Society for Medical Genetics and Genomics. Prof. Diana W. Bianchi was also honored with the Commemorative Medal of the Faculty of Medicine at Comenius University. Beyond the scientific program, the congress provided an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas, establish new connections, discuss emerging challenges, and strengthen collaborations across disciplines and countries. We would also like to acknowledge the institutions that organized CEECFNA 2026: the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, and Science Park, Comenius University. The organizing team was led by Associate Professor Barbora Vlková and Associate Professor Tomáš Szemes. Thank you for making CEECFNA 2026 an exceptional scientific meeting. We look forward to continuing the conversation and welcoming you again at future editions of the congress!

Seminar of Graph Theory - Martin Škoviera (1.10.2026)

Martin.Skoviera@fmph.uniba.sk — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:09:00 +0200

Martin Škoviera:
Bounding Hamilton cycles in embedded cubic graphs Abstract:
In this talk we develop the idea that embedding a cubic graph into a closed surface can serve as a convenient tool for finding a Hamilton cycle in it. We establish a necessary and sufficient condition for a cubic graph embedded in a closed surface, orientable or not, to have a bounding Hamilton cycle. With this characterisation and its consequences we can guarantee Hamilton cycles in wide classes of cubic graphs. Among others, we can provide a unified and relatively short proof of a result due to Glover, Marusic, Kutnar, and others proved in a series of four papers published over the years 1996-2012 that cubic Cayley graphs of finite quotients of the modular group have a Hamilton path and, except in one special case, they also have a Hamilton cycle. We also show that in the remaining case these graphs have no bounding Hamilton cycle, which indicates that identifying Hamilton cycles for this case is likely to be very difficult. This is a joint work with Roman Nedela. More information

Erasmus Welcome Week – September 2026

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:14:00 +0200

Welcome Week welcomed new international students Welcome Week took place from 14 to 18 September 2026, bringing together incoming Erasmus students, international students from the National Scholarship Programme (NSP), and students arriving under university agreements. The programme began on Monday with a joint matriculation ceremony at the Rectorate of Comenius University Bratislava. The opening events also included a reception and a Slovak language course, which gave students an introduction to the language and an opportunity to meet other international students. Throughout the week, students attended information sessions at their respective faculties, where they received practical guidance on studying and living at Comenius University. The student organisation ESN also organised a tour of Bratislava and other group activities. This semester, the Faculty of Management welcomes 154 new international Erasmus students from partner universities in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Türkiye. The NSP students come mainly from Uzbekistan, as well as from Japan and Taiwan. The first days of activities were marked by a warm atmosphere, curiosity about the new surroundings and the pleasure of meeting fellow students from different countries. The connections and friendships formed during Welcome Week have given students a wonderful start to their time at the Faculty of Management. We hope our international students will feel at home here. Their presence will bring fresh energy and an international atmosphere to the faculty’s corridors and classrooms throughout the winter semester, along with many opportunities to get to know one another and work together.