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
- 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 requirement for admission to the 1st level (bachelor's degree) is complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Additional conditions:
• Applicants from gymnasiums who received the average arithmetic score of the annual certificate for the penultimate year of study (not the final year) will be admitted without an entrance exam:
up to 2.00 inclusive for educational programs:
• Economics and management of the enterprise
• Financial management
• E-commerce and management
• Aviation transport (specialization: aviation transport, specialization: professional pilot)
• Expedition and logistics
up to 2.50 inclusive for educational programs:
• Rail transport
• Road transport (specialization in road transport, specialization in expert activity in road transport)
• Distribution technologies and services
• Water transport
• Applicants from secondary vocational schools, combined schools and academies who have received the average arithmetic score of the annual certificate for the penultimate year of study will be admitted without an entrance exam:
up to 1.60 inclusive for educational programs:
• Economics and management of the enterprise
• Financial management
• E-commerce and management
up to 2.00 inclusive for educational programs:
• Road transport (specialization in road transport, specialization in expert activity in road transport)
• Rail transport
• Aviation transport (specialization: aviation transport, specialization: professional pilot)
• Distribution technologies and services
• Water transport
• Expedition and logistics
The remaining applicants take an entrance exam.
Entrance examination
The entrance exam is a test based on school material. Questions cover general knowledge, mathematics, and a selected foreign language (English, Spanish, German, French, or Russian).
• Applicants to the Aviation Transport program (Air Transport or Professional Pilot specialization) who hold a glider pilot license, other airworthiness certificate, or an aircraft mechanic qualification receive +10 bonus points.
• Foreign applicants must successfully pass a language test in Slovak with a minimum level of B1. The test is administered within the specified timeframes listed on the ÚCV UNIZA website. Successful completion is a prerequisite for admission. If an applicant has already taken such a test within the last 5 years, the result will be accepted.
• Applicants to the Aviation Transport (Professional Pilot) program must provide a Class 1 medical certificate of airworthiness (issued in accordance with PART-FCL 1).
• Summary.
Application deadlines
Bachelor's degree - applications are accepted until June 9 - June 10, 2026 (1st round), until August 13 - August 14, 2026 (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 09.08.2026 (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
• Ground construction
• Engineering structures and transport facilities
• Construction technology and management
• Transport construction
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 requirement for admission to the 1st level (bachelor's degree) is complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Additional conditions:
• Summary
• Confirmation of knowledge of the Slovak language at level B1 in the form of a certificate or passing a test from the university
• Those who have fulfilled at least one of the following conditions will be admitted without an entrance exam:
a) applicants who received an average grade point average in all subjects over the last three pre-graduation (pre-profile) years of study in secondary school of up to and including 2.4;
b) applicants who took the External Independent Assessment in mathematics in the current academic year and received a grade of at least 3;
c) applicants who took the NPS (SCIO) tests in General Academic Prerequisites or Mathematics in the current academic year and achieved a percentile of at least the 60th.
• Anyone who does not meet any of the above conditions must take an entrance exam in the form of a test in school mathematics and general knowledge.
Application deadlines
Bachelor's degree – applications are accepted on 31.03.2026 (1st round), 14.08.2025 (2nd round), cost - 35 euros
Master's degree – applications are accepted until 31.05.2026 (1st round), until 18.08.2025 (2nd round), cost – 35 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2026, fee – 35 euros
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, specialization:
– Autotronics
– Electric drives and traction
– Electric power industry
– 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 requirement for admission to the 1st level (bachelor's degree) is complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Additional conditions:
• Certificate of knowledge of the Slovak language at least at level B1
• Entrance examination on general overview and knowledge acquired during secondary school education, as well as on school mathematics
• For the Multimedia Technologies curriculum, entrance examinations are held in two stages:
– the first stage is the same as for all other educational programs;
The second stage consists of an in-person entrance interview before the Admissions Committee. It is recommended that you prepare your own portfolio.
• Summary
Application deadlines
Undergraduate – applications are accepted until March 31, 2026
Master's degree programs – applications are accepted until March 31, 2026
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 requirement for admission to the 1st level (bachelor's degree) is complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Additional conditions:
• Confirmation of knowledge of the Slovak language at level B1 in the form of a certificate or passing a test from the university
• An applicant who has taken the NPS (SCIO) tests in General Education Prerequisites or Mathematics in the current academic year and scored at least in the 60th percentile will be admitted without entrance examinations.
• If the applicant does not meet this requirement, he/she must take an entrance exam on school material aimed at testing basic knowledge in natural, technical and social disciplines
Application Lines
Bachelor's degree - applications accepted from 31.03.2025 to 16.06.2025, cost - 20 euros
Master's degree – applications accepted until 30.04.2026, fee – 20 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2026, fee – 20 euros
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 requirement for admission to the 1st level (bachelor's degree) is complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Additional conditions:
• An applicant who has passed the NPS (SCIO) tests in General Education Prerequisites or Mathematics in the current academic year and scored at least in the 60th percentile will be admitted without entrance examinations.
• If the applicant does not meet this requirement, he/she must take an entrance exam, which includes questions on mathematics (logic, problems), Slovak language (grammar, vocabulary), and general social knowledge (current events in Slovakia and the world)
• Certificate of knowledge of the Slovak language at least at level B1
Bachelor's degree – applications will be accepted until 31.03.2026, cost – 20 euros
Master's degree – applications accepted until 30.04.2025, fee – 30 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2025, fee – 30 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 requirement for admission to the 1st level (bachelor's degree) is complete general secondary education or complete secondary vocational education.
Additional conditions:
• Summary
• The following students will be admitted without an entrance exam:
a) applicants who have taken the external part of the Matura in mathematics or the NPS (SCIO) tests in mathematics
and received a percentile of at least 60;
b) applicants who have taken the NPS (SCIO) tests on general academic prerequisites
and received a percentile of at least 70.
• Other applicants who do not meet the conditions for admission without an exam are admitted based on the results of the entrance exam, which tests knowledge of school mathematics and the ability to think logically in general.
• Successful completion of the Slovak language test at a level of at least B1. The test is conducted within strictly defined deadlines published on the website of the UNIZA Institute for Continuous Education (ÚCV), before the date of the admissions process - 4.06.2026. A foreign applicant can take this test only once during a calendar year.
• A condition for admission of an applicant to study in educational programs accredited in the field of “computer science” is the ability to use a personal computer.
Submitting applications
Bachelor's degree – applications will be accepted until 31.03.2026, cost – 20 euros
Master's degree – applications accepted until 31.03.2026, fee – 20 euros
Doctoral studies – applications accepted until 31.05.2026; 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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