University of Zhilina
About the educational institution
According to rankings in recent years, the state university in Zilina takes an honorable fourth place in the list of the best universities in Slovakia. As part of university programs, students study both technical and humanities. The university cooperates with more than 150 foreign universities, which allows students to participate in student mobility projects, ERASMUS+. Students of the University of Žilina study in modern and well-equipped classrooms and laboratories.
University graduates successfully work in the fields of transport, technology, humanities, management and marketing. The University of Žilina offers free higher education for foreign students from CIS countries, provided they study in Slovak. You can enter many specialties without exams.
List of faculties
Faculty of Operations,
transport economics
and communications
The Faculty provides educational programs at all levels of higher education in the fields of transport, economics and management, according to accredited curricula. Graduates easily find employment after graduation.
Bachelor
- automobile transport (automobile transportation, expert activity in automobile transport)
- railway transport
- air transport (air transport, professional pilot)
- distribution technologies and services
- water transport
- transport and forwarding activities and logistics
- passenger transportation
- economics and business management
- financial management
- e-commerce and management
master
- traffic
- railway transport
– air transport with specialization in the field of air transport and aircraft maintenance technologies.
– postal engineering
– delivery and logistics*
- Economics and management
- financial management
– e-commerce and management
Doctoral studies
– transport services*
- transport
- Economics and management*
– economics of transport, communications and services*
*Training is possible in Slovak or English.
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Applicants who do not have an active knowledge of Slovak or Czech must successfully complete language training (with the possibility of completing it at UNIZA).
No entrance exams Applicants from gymnasiums who have achieved the following average arithmetic value of grades in their report card for the penultimate year of study (not the final year of study) are accepted:
up to and including 2.00 for educational programs:
- economics and business management
- financial management
- e-commerce and management
- air transport (specialization air transport, specialization professional pilot)
up to and including 2.50:
- railway transport
- automobile transport (specialization of automobile transport, specialization of expert activity in automobile transport)
- distribution technologies and services
- water transport
- transport and forwarding activities and logistics
- passenger transport services
No entrance exams Applicants from vocational secondary schools, associated schools and academies who have received the following average grades in their penultimate year of study (not in their final year of study) are accepted:
up to 1.60 inclusive for educational programs:
- economics and business management
- financial management
- e-commerce and management
up to 2.00 inclusive for each educational program:
- automobile transport (specialization of automobile transport, specialization of expert activity in automobile transport)
- railway transport
- air transport (specialization air transport, specialization professional pilot)
- distribution technologies and services
- water transport
- transport and forwarding activities and logistics
- passenger transportation
Exams:
– A written exam on knowledge of general information, mathematics and a foreign language of your choice (English, Spanish, German, French, Russian) as part of the school curriculum.
The faculty conducts preparatory courses in mathematics. Detailed information on the faculty website.
Application deadlines
Bachelor's degree - applications are accepted until June 9 - June 10, 2025 (1st round), until August 13 - August 14, 2025 (2nd round), cost - 50 euros
Engineering education - applications are accepted until 30.04.2025 (1st round), until 31.07.2025 (2nd round), cost - 50 euros
Doctoral studies - applications are accepted until 31.05.2025 (1st round), until 09.08.2025 (2nd round), cost - 50 euros
Faculty of Civil Engineering
As part of accreditation, the faculty received the right to carry out the educational process in 4 undergraduate educational programs. The main task of the faculty is to contribute to the development of education, science, and culture in Slovakia. Train specialists in the field of construction, applied mechanics, and geodesy.
Bachelor
- geodesy and cartography
- engineering structures and transport construction
- construction technologies and management
- civil Engineering
master
– civil engineering with specialization in civil engineering and load-bearing structures of buildings.
– engineering structures and transport structures with specializations: road construction, transport construction facilities, railway construction, transport infrastructure planning
– technology and construction management
Doctoral studies
– theory and design of engineering structures
– theory and designs of earthworks
– technology and construction management
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
It is necessary to speak the Slovak language at a minimum level of B1.
Exams:
– Written test in mathematics and general knowledge
Application deadlines
Bachelor's degree - applications are accepted from 31.03.2025 to 10.06.2025 (1st round), 15.08.2025 to 22.08.2025 (2nd round), cost - 35 euros
Master's degree – applications are accepted until 31.05.2025 (1st round), until 18.08.2025 (2nd round), cost – 35 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2025, cost – 35 EUR
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
The main focus of the faculty's research and teaching activities is on information and communication technologies, modern telecommunication technologies, the development of power electronic systems and modern management of electrical networks. At the same time, new interdisciplinary programs are being developed - mechatronics and biomedical engineering.
Bachelor's degree
- automation
- biomedical engineering
- electro-optics
- communication and information technologies
- multimedia technologies
- electrical engineering (autotronics, electric drive and traction, electric power engineering, power electronics)
Master's degree
– Biomedical Engineering
– Power electronic systems with specialization in the field of autotronics, electric drive and traction, electric power and power electronics
– Electrical engineering
– Photonics
– Process management
– Electrical and radio communications engineering
– Multimedia Engineering
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
You must provide a certificate of knowledge of the Slovak language.
Exams:
For the specialty “Multimedia Technologies”: presentation of the applicant’s motivation, assessment of achieved learning results and general worldview, presentation of multimedia activities and explanation of the techniques used
For all other specialties: written test in mathematics and general knowledge
Application deadlines
Bachelor's degree - applications accepted until 31.03.2025
Master's degree - applications accepted until 31.03.2025
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
The faculty includes the following areas: mechanical engineering; Materials Science; technological design and construction of machines and equipment for various purposes; energy machines and equipment; renewable energy sources; vehicles and handling equipment; industrial engineering; automation of production systems and process control and renewal and maintenance of machinery and equipment.
Bachelor
- computer design and modeling
- mechanical engineering technologies
- energy and environmental technologies
- industrial engineering
- vehicles and engines
- mechanical engineering – external studies
master
– Automated production systems*
– Computer modeling and simulation in mechanical engineering*
– Engineering technologies*
– Technical materials*
– Industrial Engineering*
– Environmental technologies*
– Vehicles and engines*
Doctoral studies
– Automated production systems*
– Engineering technologies*
– Technical materials*
– Machine parts and mechanisms*
– Power machines and equipment*
– Railway vehicles*
– Industrial Engineering*
*The curriculum is also accredited in English
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Admission without entrance exams - only for students and graduates of gymnasiums and secondary industrial schools of engineering, construction or electrical engineering with an average score of up to 2.8, or for students and graduates of secondary vocational schools, combined schools and academies with an average score. up to 2.6. If the applicant does not meet the criteria, a test must be taken in a high school curriculum with an emphasis on basic knowledge of science, technology, and social studies.
Application Lines
Bachelor's degree - applications accepted from 31.03.2025 to 16.06.2025, cost - 20 euros
Master's degree – applications accepted until 30.04.2025, cost – 20 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2025, fee – 20 EUR
Faculty of Safety Engineering
The faculty is focused on training managers, firefighters, specialists involved in managing the processes of protecting persons and their property in all spheres of public life, and crisis managers.
Bachelor
- security management
- crisis management
- rescue services
master
- security management
- crisis management
- rescue services
Doctoral studies
- security management
- crisis management
- rescue services
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
It is also necessary to have written and oral knowledge of the Slovak language at the appropriate level - B1, which the foreign applicant must confirm with a certified document. Applicants who do not have an active knowledge of Slovak or Czech must successfully complete language training (optional at UNIZA).
Admission without exams is possible provided the average score for the penultimate year of study is 1.50 or lower for the Slovak equivalent.
Exams:
– Written test with 3 parts: quantitative (mathematics, logical thinking, problems), language (grammar, lexicology, stylistics) and general information.
Bachelor's degree - applications accepted from 31.03.2025 to 11.06.2025, cost - 20 euros
Master's degree – applications accepted until 30.04.2025, cost – 20 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2025, fee – 20 EUR
Management department
and computer science
The peculiarity of the faculty is, first of all, the combination of study programs that offer higher education in the fields of computer science, computer engineering and management. Graduates of the faculty successfully work in management and in the IT field.
Bachelor
- Computer science*
– Information and network technologies*
– Computer Science and Management*
– Management
- Computer engineering*
master
- Information Systems*
– Biomedical informatics*
– Intelligent information systems*
– Applied Network Engineering*
– Information management
- Computer engineering*
Doctoral studies
- Applied Informatics*
– Management*
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Admission without entrance exams only after fulfilling the conditions specified on the faculty website. The remaining graduates will be accepted on the basis of the results of entrance examinations in the form of a text based on knowledge of the school curriculum in mathematics, as well as abilities for general logical thinking.
Submitting applications
Bachelor's degree - applications accepted from 31.03.2025 to 05.06.2025, cost - 20 euros
Master's degree - applications accepted until 31.03.2025, cost - 20 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2025 cost – 20 euros
Faculty of Humanities
The mission of the Faculty of Humanities is to develop education, science and research in the spirit of the universal humanitarian traditions. The curriculum consists of a wide range of humanities disciplines, with an emphasis on the study of English language and literature.
Bachelor
– Mediamatics and cultural heritage
master
– Mediamatics and cultural heritage
Doctoral studies
– Mediamatics and cultural heritage
The main condition for admission to the 1st level (bachelor) is the presence of complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Exams:
– specialty “Teaching English Language and Literature and Civic Education” written test in English language and civic science
– specialty “Mediamatics and cultural heritage” written test in Slovak language and literature, civil science and computer science
It is possible to enroll without exams in both specialties, provided the average score is 2.0 or lower according to the Slovak equivalent.
Application deadlines
Bachelor's degree - applications accepted from 31.03.2025 to 10.06.2025, cost - 20 euros
Master's degree - applications accepted until 30.04.2025, cost - 20 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted 31.05.2025, cost – 20 EUR
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