Comenius University























































Comenius University in Bratislava
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave

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Comenius University building in central Bratislava


Latin: Universitas Comeniana Bratislavensis
Former names
 Bratislava University of Czechoslovakia
Slovak University
Type Public
Established 1919
Endowment
€ 129 million (2010) [1]
Rector Karol Mičieta
Students 26,624 (2014/15)[2]
Doctoral students
 2,276
Address
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava 1, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Nickname UK
Affiliations
Erasmus, Utrecht Network
Website www.uniba.sk

Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovak: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century Czech teacher and philosopher.


In 2006, Comenius University had more than 30,000 students and 2,000 faculty members. As are most universities in Slovakia, it is funded mostly by the government. Although there have been plans to establish tuition fees for university students in Slovakia for years, another attempt failed to gain sufficient support in parliament in May 2005.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 List of faculties


  • 3 Notable alumni


  • 4 Notable faculty


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


The Comenius University was established in 1919 with assistance from the more established University of Prague. It was meant to replace the former Elisabeth University which was located in Bratislava since 1912 as the latter has been forcefully disbanded in 1919 by Samuel Zoch, plenipotentiary župan of Slovakia, at that time in the First Czechoslovak Republic.[3] This has caused the majority of the university's professors (and some of the students) to take refuge in Budapest, where the Elisabeth University was reestablished. It has been later moved to Pécs and renamed to University of Pécs. This persecution of former (predominantly Hungarian) pillars of education in Bratislava necessitated the recruitment of Czech academicians. Therefore, many professors of the newly established university, including its first rector, Prof. MUDr. Kristian Hynek, were Czechs, since Slovakia at that time did not have enough educated Slovak speakers who could serve as faculty members. In spite of personnel, financial, and space difficulties, the university developed research and teaching programs. The Faculty of Medicine opened in 1919, and was quickly followed by the Faculties of Law and Philosophy in 1921. The Faculty of Philosophy, besides offering programs in the humanities and social science, also educated much-needed teachers for Slovakia's high schools.


In 1937, a new university building for the Faculties of Law and Philosophy was opened in the centre of Bratislava. The building includes the Aula (hall) used for graduation ceremonies and other formal functions.


During World War II, Slovakia became nominally a republic, but was actually under the sway of Nazi Germany. The government reduced academic freedoms at the university, and the Czech professors were forced out. The university was renamed Slovak University in 1939, though the original name was reinstated in 1954. The Faculty of Science opened in 1940 and the Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology was established in 1941. Academic freedom returned after the end of the war in 1945 but was again cancelled in 1948 as the communists took power in Czechoslovakia, enforcing the ideology of Marxism-Leninism at Czechoslovak universities. The Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology was taken under direct control of the Ministry of Education.


However, the university continued to grow, and new faculties were established (mostly by splitting the existing faculties):



  • Faculty of Education in 1946,

  • Faculty of Pharmacy in 1952,

  • Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in 1960,

  • Faculty of Medicine in Martin in 1969,


  • Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in 1980.


After the "Velvet revolution" in 1989, the university created a democratic self-government, and mandatory courses on Marxist ideology were abolished. The Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology and the Evangelical Theological Faculty joined the university.


The transformation of Slovakia into a market economy created a need for professionals in management and financial sciences. As a result, the
university established the Faculty of Management 1991 and the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences in 2002. In 2000, the European credit transfer system was implemented to improve student mobility and facilitate more ties with other European universities.



List of faculties


This is a list of faculties of Comenius University in Bratislava with their official English names.[4]




Building of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, located in western part of Bratislava




Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin



  • Faculty of Medicine

  • Faculty of Law

  • Faculty of Arts

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences

  • Faculty of Education

  • Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Faculty of Physical Education and Sport


  • Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin

  • Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics

  • Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius


  • Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty

  • Faculty of Management

  • Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences



Notable alumni


Main category: Comenius University alumni



  • Emil Benčík - journalist and translator


  • Zuzana Beňušková - ethnologist


  • József Berényi - Chairman of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition


  • Robert Fico - politician, former Prime minister of Slovakia


  • Rudolf Macúch - Protestant theologian and expert on Mandaean language and Samaritan language


  • Zora Mintalová – Zubercová - ethnographer, historian and museologist


  • Milan Mišík - geologist and university professor


  • Vladimír Palko - former Interior minister of Slovakia


  • Ladislav Pataki – sports scientist, athletics coach, masters athletics champion


  • Tomáš Raček - actor and diplomat


  • Iveta Radičová - former Prime minister of Slovakia


  • Emire Khidayer, diplomat, entrepreneur and writer


  • Ernest Valko - assassinated constitutional lawyer


  • Ján Vilček - biomedical scientist, educator, inventor and philanthropist


  • Štefan Znám - mathematician, first to ponder Znám's problem in modern mathematics


  • Miroslav Lajcak - diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 72nd session



Notable faculty


Main category: Comenius University faculty


See also



  • Utrecht Network

  • Universitas Istropolitana



References





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  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2013-05-28.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  3. ^
    Béla Angyal (2002). Érdekvédelem és önszerveződés - Fejezetek a csehszlovákiai magyar pártpolitika történetéből 1918-1938 (Protection of interests and self-organization - Chapters from the history of the politics of Hungarians in Czechoslovakia) (PDF) (in Hungarian). Lilium Aurum. pp. 18–19. ISBN 80-8062-117-9. Retrieved 2011-10-09.


  4. ^ Comenius University in Bratislava – VP č. 9/2015 schválený AS UK Úplné znenie VP č. 10/2008 Štatút UK v znení dodatkov č. 1 až 4.



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  • Univerzita Komenského. História, Retrieved in March 2004 (in Slovak)


  • Univerzita Komenského (2006). Výročná správa za rok 2005 Retrieved in January 2007 (in Slovak)




External links






  • Official website




Coordinates: 48°09′12″N 17°03′57″E / 48.15333°N 17.06583°E / 48.15333; 17.06583







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