Pavol Jozef Safarik University

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Pavol Jozef Šafárik University was established in 1959 as the second classical University in Slovakia. The current structure of P. J. Šafárik University includes five faculties – Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public Administration, and Faculty of Arts. At our University, more than 7 500 students are studying. The University provides education in three primary cycles - bachelor’s, master’s, doctors, and Ph.D. Studies in different fields. The process of education is provided in both Slovak and English language. Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice provides higher education based on the newest scientific findings in a broad international context. The University co-operates very intensively with academic institutions all around the world.
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice belongs to accomplished institutions of education and science in Slovakia and Europe. At present, the University has five faculties – Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public Administration, and Faculty of Arts – which prepare physicians and dentists, experts in natural sciences, mathematics and informatics, teachers, lawyers, specialists for public administration and specialists for psychology, philosophy, and theory of communication. The graduates of our University, which is the second oldest in Slovakia, have an excellent reputation worldwide.
The critical mission of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is to provide higher education based on the newest scientific findings in a broad international context, following the European trends and goals laid down in the Bologna Declaration and other documents. Developing a pleasant personality by its knowledge improvement, wisdom and creativity arise in a person, and the University fulfills its mission.
The students are being led to tolerance, critical and independent thinking, self-confidence, and national awareness. The University provides service to the community by spreading the knowledge through research and development, regional and national activities support and providing learning society with continuing education. The University thus contributes to the development of culture and education of the public. The University mission is understood as public goodwill. The University will continue its mission as a guarantee of freedom, democracy, humanism, and ethics in its academic environment and society. The University will ever protect its academic privileges and academic autonomy.

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