The graduate has an overview of current issues in the methodology of linguistics, literary science and didactics, and is thoroughly familiar with new research aspects of language and literature. The graduate is familiar with the discursive background of language and literature education, oriented in new methods and procedures of teaching mother tongue and literature, taking into account the specific conditions of teaching in schools with Hungarian as the language of instruction. The graduate has an overview of research methods and implementation forms of pedagogical scientific research and is able to participate in its implementation as a member of a research team. The graduate is familiar with the disciplinary and interdisciplinary background of his/her broader and narrower research field in an international context. He/she has knowledge of language and literary learning theory, functional and cognitive grammar, sociolinguistics, literary genology, narratology, intermediality, visual culture and semiotics.

The graduate has a thorough knowledge of the Slovak school system, the legal context and the curricular contexts of the profession. He/she is familiar with the current school legislation, state educational programmes for particular groups of pupils. He/she knows the possibilities and specific ways of using modern didactic technology. The doctoral graduate has the habit of permanent learning, is capable of scientific research in the field of didactics and theory of teaching Hungarian language and literature, and is professionally competent to anticipate the content and didactic innovation of his/her subject at the level of curricula and lessons.

The graduate is able to creatively apply the acquired knowledge and experience in his/her educational and scientific research practice. The graduate is able to apply an effective didactic model in ensuring the teaching of assigned disciplines and is able to evaluate and process the performance of university graduates. The graduate is able to present the results of his/her scientific research activities, both orally and in writing at the required professional level, also in a world language. In the context of conference communication, he/she is able to lead a discussion on them and is able to respond to questions or critical comments on the subject. The graduate is familiar with the guiding standards, criteria and creative procedures of academic writing, and publishes the results of his/her research in the form of studies in domestic and foreign scientific periodicals, proceedings, collective monographs, strictly observing the principles of professional ethics. The graduate gains practical experience in planning, preparation and implementation of various scientific events. The graduate will also gain experience in the evaluation of theses, and will be able to lead a discussion and at the same time defend his/her position as an opponent or consultant.

Graduates of the doctoral study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature will be employed in the following professions in accordance with the National Classification of Occupations and SK ISCO-08:

2310003 - Assistant professor: assistant professor performs educational (pedagogical), scientific research, publishing and educational activities at the college. He/she participates in the active outputs of these activities by authorship or co-authorship. He conducts lectures from selected chapters, seminars and exercises, evaluates students, conducts and opposes final theses in the first two stages of higher education, creates study materials. He conducts consultations for students, arranges excursions and professional practice for students. He participates in the research, development or artistic activities of the department and in the publication of results in journals and at scientific, professional or artistic events. An assistant professor with a third-level university degree takes the state examinations in bachelor's degree programmes.

2643007 - Linguist (philologist, linguist): a linguist, on the basis of knowledge of the history of the study of human speech, analyses language in terms of its units, structure, functions and development. He creates concepts and relations between them for speech phenomena not only in the environment of language as an abstract system, but also in the environment of concrete texts. It creates and incorporates new terminology into the language, prepares and produces professional language publications and dictionaries of the written language.

2330 - Teachers in secondary schools (2330003 - Grammar school teacher, 2330001 - Secondary vocational school teacher): carries out educational and educational activities in the teaching of relevant subjects in secondary school, aimed at the acquisition and acquisition of knowledge and skills of secondary school pupils in accordance with the applicable school educational programmes. He educates and implements new knowledge and approaches in basic pedagogical documents and in educational work. He participates in the creation of basic pedagogical documents of the school, performs work and tasks related to direct pedagogical activity, prepares reports, evaluates and classifies pupils, keeps records of pedagogical activity in the prescribed pedagogical documentation, evaluates the efficiency of educational activity and new teaching methods in education and training, keeps documentation on its results, cooperates with legal representatives of pupils.

2341002 - teacher of the second stage of primary school: provides education and training of pupils of the second stage of primary school, is responsible for the quality of the course and results of education and training, maintains the prescribed pedagogical documentation and cooperates with the pupils' legal representatives  

The following employers have expressed their support and evaluation of the quality of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature (the supporting opinions are included in the annexes):

Private Vocational Secondary School with Hungarian Language of Instruction in Kolárovo,

PhDr. Béla Hajtman, Director

Slovenská 52, 946 03 Kolárovo

Training school of the Faculty of Central European Studies, where graduates of the combined Hungarian language and literature teaching programme carry out their exit teaching practice.

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Prof. Ing. Stanislav Unčík, PhD., Dean

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Radlinského 11, 810 05 Bratislava

Albert Molnár Szenczi Primary School with Hungarian Language of Instruction in Senec,

Mgr. Mgr. Mónika Matuš, Director

A. Molnára 2, 903 01 Senec

All PhD students who have completed their 3rd cycle studies within the study programme have been employed in jobs related to the profile of the study programme: in universities, secondary and primary schools.

Graduates can find employment in institutions providing professional-didactic, pedagogical coordination of school and out-of-school educational activities, in higher education, in educational-research institutions, as well as in the publishing or journalistic sphere.

• doc. Mgr. Petres, Gabriela, PhD., Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Studies, Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
• PaedDr. Kralina Hoboth, Katalin, PhD.: Department of Languages, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Head of Department
• Mgr. Jánk, István, PhD.: Károly Eszterházy Catholic University, Eger (Hungary), Assistant Professor
• Mgr. Brutovszky, Gabriella, PhD.: Á. Jedlik, Budapest (Hungary) - training school of Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest; teacher and editor of „Katedra“, a pedagogical journal for Hungarian teachers in Slovakia
• Mgr. Kantár, Balázs, PhD.: Private Secondary Vocational School with Hungarian as the language of instruction, Kolárovo - training school of the Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, teacher
• Mgr. Tóthová, Katarína, PhD.: Primary school with Hungarian language of instruction A. Molnár Szenczi, Senec – teacher, National Institute for Education in Slovak Republic, Bratislava, member of the Central Curriculum Commission for Pre-primary and Primary Education, Language and Communication, Language of National Minority

The evaluation of the study programme by employers is published at:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/hodnotenie/sprava_hodnotenie_vzdelavania_zamestnavatelmi_2019_FSS.pdf

The following employers have expressed their support and evaluation of the quality of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature:

Private Vocational Secondary School with Hungarian Language of Instruction in Kolárovo,

PhDr. Béla Hajtman, Director

Slovenská 52, 946 03 Kolárovo

Training school of the Faculty of Central European Studies, where graduates of the combined Hungarian language and literature teaching programme carry out their exit teaching practice.

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Prof. Ing. Stanislav Unčík, PhD., Dean

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Radlinského 11, 810 05 Bratislava

Albert Molnár Szenczi Primary School with Hungarian Language of Instruction in Senec,

Mgr. Mgr. Mónika Matuš, Director

A. Molnára 2, 903 01 Senec

The study programme is designed in accordance with the conditions regulated by Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on amendmening Certain Acts, Act No. 269/2018 Coll. on Quality Assurance of Higher Education, Decree No. 614/2002 Coll. on the study credit system, Decree No. 244/2019 Coll. of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic. on the system of study disciplines of the Slovak Republic and some internal regulations of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and the Faculty of Central European Studies:

Study regulations of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (full text as of 23.11.2020)

https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf

Directive No. 31/2021 Methodology for the development of study programmes at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/95-vnutorne-predpisy-2021/4945-smernica-c-31-2021-metodika-tvorby-studijnych-programov-na-ukf

Internal Quality Assurance System of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/vnutorne-predpisy-univerzity/14-univerzita/4997-vnutorny-system-zabezpecovania-kvality

Directive No. 1/2021 Assessment of study programmes and assessment of the eligibility of habilitation and inauguration procedures at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/index.php/sk/uradna-tabula/system-zabezpecenia-kvality

The vice-dean together with the proposed supervisor and the head of the department will determine: the number of credits from theory (specifically indicating the credits from the core) for compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses; the number of credits from practice (if relevant, for professionally oriented study programmes,it is compulsory); the number of credits for the final thesis and final examinations; the ratio of the number of hours and the number of credits awarded; general rules of assessment (e.g. maximum number of examinations in a semester). The supervisor, together with the head of department, will draw up a study plan in accordance with the above criteria. The programme guarantor, together with the head of the programme concerned, shall designate the guarantors of the individual subjects of the study plan. The teacher of the subject is responsible for the preparation of the information sheet. In drawing up the course information sheet, he or she must take into account the learning outcomes for the entire programme of study as well as the succession of subjects in the curriculum. The conditions for successful completion of the course must be appropriate to the credit assessment of the course. Course information sheets must be approved by the programme supervisor.

The student's workload is determined by Act No. 131/2002 Coll. § 60 (2)-3, § 62 (2): The full-time form of study is organised in such a way that the study according to the recommended study plan corresponds, depending on the study programme in terms of time intensity, to the student's work in the range of 1,500 to 1,800 hours per academic year, including independent study and independent creative activity. 

The evaluation of the student's study results is carried out in accordance with the Decree of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic No. 614/2002 Coll. of 27 September 2002 on the study credit system, as amended by the amendment no. 155/2013 of 21 May 2013, § 6 (1), by continuous checking of study results during the teaching part of the given study period (control questions, written tests, independent work assignments, term papers, report at a seminar, etc.), or by an examination for the given study period.

Conceptually, the study programme is designed in accordance with the needs of practice.

The ESCO classification, which identifies and categorises skills, competences, qualifications and occupations relevant to the EU labour market, has been primarily applied in the development of the curriculum.

The curriculum is designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge, skills, competences necessary to pursue a profession through profile subjects.

The adaptation of the study programme is based on the need to take into account the evaluation of the study programme by students, employers.

The curriculum was developed by the main responsible person, Prof. Dr. Gábor Nagy, DrSc. in cooperation with other co-guarantors of the study programme, in accordance with the needs of practice, on the basis of feedback from employers and on the basis of the evaluation of education by students.

The study programme  is prepared  in accordance with the Statute of the Internal Quality Assessment Council of the Higher Education of the Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra: Article 4, item s 1-4, mentions that the Programme Committee (PC) is the body bound to the responsibility for the creation, monitoring of the implementation and optimization of the quality of education in the relevant study programme of the Faculty. In case of combinatory study programmes, its responsibility is linked to the relevant study programme implemented at the relevant department of the Faculty. The members of the PC are the persons responsible for the provision of the study programme or its relevant part in the case of combined study programmes, the head of the department, the student of the study programme and a representative of the external stakeholder. The chair of the PC is the head of the department at which the study programme or the relevant part of the study programme is implemented, while the study programme guarantor is responsible for the compliance of the study programme with the standards of the Slovak Accreditation Agency. The Chairperson of the PC participates in the discussion of issues related to the relevant study programme in the Quality Council of the Faculty.

The recommended curriculum with all information (credit evaluation, workload, form of teaching, assessment of learning outcomes, recommended year and semester) and course information sheets is given in the annexes. The curriculum is divided into compulsory, optional and optional courses, with information on the required credit endowment for each block so that the student can choose his/her own path of study.

The total number of credits required for the proper completion of the doctoral degree is 180 with a standard length of study of 3 years. The standard student workload for a full academic year is expressed as 60 credits, per semester as 30 credits.

In the doctoral study programme of the Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature, doctoral students may take compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses that contribute to their profiling.

-   individual parts of the study programme (modules, courses, and other relevant school and extracurricular activities, if they contribute to the achievement of the required learning outcomes and allow to obtain credits) in the structure of compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses,

-    profile courses of the relevant study path (specialization) within the study programme,

Profile subjects are the following subjects from the block of compulsory subjects:

- Methodology of linguistic research

- Methodology of literary research

- Theory of Language and Literature Education

- Current issues in literary science

- Current issues in linguistics

From the study part of the block of compulsory elective subjects, the profile subjects include:

- Alternative Methods in Teaching Literature

- Teaching functional grammar

- Literature and visual culture

- Semiotics of the literary text

- Methodology of pedagogical research

- Linguistic competence in a dialectal and bilingual environment

- Psycholinguistics and mother tongue teaching

- Textology

- The construction of female identity in literature

- Contemporary Hungarian literature for children and youth

- Interdisciplinary linguistics

From the scientific part of the block of compulsory elective subjects are profile subjects:

- Active participation in domestic scientific events

- Active participation in foreign scientific events

- Publications in scientific and professional journals

- Publications in proceedings of scientific conferences

- Scientific papers in journals registered in Web of Science and SCOPUS databases

- Presentation of the results of the doctoral student's own research

- Professional work related to pedagogical activity

-    for each educational part/course the learning outcomes, related criteria and rules of their assessment so that the learning objectives of the study programme are met (they can be stated only in the Course information sheets, in the Learning outcomes section and in the Course completion requirements),

The learning outcomes and their associated and criteria rules are included in the course information sheets.

-      prerequisites, co-requisites and recommendations for the design of the study plan,

X

-    for each educational part of the study plan/course the applied educational activities (lecture, seminar, exercise, final work, project work, laboratory work, internship, excursion, field practice, professional practice, state exam, etc. or their combinations) suitable for achieving learning outcomes,

The learning activities appropriate to achieve the learning outcomes are set out within the course information sheets.

-      methods though which the educational activity is carried out – present, distant, combined (in accordance with the Course information sheets),

Educational activities are listed in the information sheets of the courses, they are carried out in a full-time, combined method, if necessary also by distance learning. 

-      outline/syllabus of the course[1],

Syllabi are included in the course information sheets.

-      student workload ("extent" of individual courses and educational activities separately)[2],

Student workload is defined within the course information sheets.

-      credits allocated to each part based on the learning outcomes achieved and the workload involved,

Credits assigned to individual courses and determined on the basis of the learning outcomes and workload achieved are listed within the course information sheets.

-      the person responsible for the course (or a partner organization/person[3]) with an indication of the contact details,

The persons responsible for each subject are listed in the information sheets for the subjects.

-      course teachers (or participating partner organizations/persons) (may also be mentioned in Course information sheets),

Course teachers are listed within the course information sheets. The following teachers participate in the provision of the courses of the study programme:

Dr. habil. PaedDr. Žofia Bárcziová, PhD., zbarcziova@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10431

Doc. PaedDr. Ján Bauko, PhD., jbauko@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10432

Prof. PaedDr. Kristian Benyovszky, PhD., kbenyovszky@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10433

Dr. habil. PhDr. István Kozmács, PhD., ikozmacs@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/16410

Prof. Dr. Gábor Nagy, DrSc., gnagy@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10827

Doc. Gabriela Petres, PhD., gpetres@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/17846

PaedDr. Károly Presinszky, PhD., kpresinszky@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10439

(in the post of associate professor from 1.2.2022)

Mgr. Anikó Tóth, PhD., atoth@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10757

(in the post of associate professor from 1.2.2022)

Dr. habil. Ildikó Vančo, PhD., ivanco@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10442

(tenured professor from 1.2.2022)

prof. PhDr. Gabriela Petrová, CSc., gpetrova@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10529

-      places where the courses are taught (if the study programme is delivered at several workplaces).

All courses are held at the premises of the Constantine the Philosopher University of in Nitra, Faculty of Central European Studies and Faculty of Education, Dražovská cesta 4.

-      number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies,

95 credits (50 credits for the study part, 5 credits for the presentation of the PhD student's own research results, 4 credits for the dissertation project and its defense, 6 credits for the dissertation examination and 30 credits for the dissertation project and its defense).

-      number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies,

At the doctoral level of study, the student must obtain 20 credits from the study part of the block of compulsory optional courses, 50 credits from the scientific part and 15 credits for other activities.

-      number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies,

X

-      number of credits required for the completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for the common foundations and for the relevant specialization, in the case of a teaching combination study programme or a translation combination study programme,

X

-      number of credits for the final thesis and the defense of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies,

For the successful defencs of the dissertation (PhD thesis) the student receives 30 credits.

-      number of credits for professional practice required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies,

The student will receive 5 credits for professional work related to teaching activities.

-      number of credits required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for project work with the indication of relevant courses in engineering study programmes,

Project work is not part of the study programme.

-      number of credits required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of the studies for artistic performances in addition to the final thesis in art study programmes.

Artistic performances are not part of the study programme.

Course and student assessment policies are transparent, fair, and respectful of student diversity and needs. Students are informed in advance at the beginning of the semester of the grading policy. The student is informed in a timely manner of assessment deadlines.

The study programme has clear and transparent published rules, criteria and methods for the assessment of learning outcomes in the information sheets of each course. The course information sheets are accessible via AIS (Academic Information System) for all students. Feedback is also given to students through continuous assessment. The results of interim and final course evaluations are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with the legislation in force.

The rules for the verification of learning outcomes, student assessment and the possibility of corrective procedures against the assessment are regulated by the Study Regulations of the University.

(https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf).

The organisation of all levels and forms of higher education at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (CPU) is based on the credit system. The credit system of study at the CPU uses the accumulation and transfer of credits. The conditions for the recognition of studies or part of studies are laid down in Decree No. 614/2002 Coll., § 4 and 7, and in the Study Regulations of the CPU in Nitra, Articles 9, 11 and 20.

The credit system allows the student to choose the pace of study, the order of completion of the study programme subjects while maintaining their prescribed continuity, but also to complete part of the study at home or abroad, while in accordance with the Study Regulations of the CPU in Nitra (Article 11, paragraphs 3 - 5), the student enrolls in the courses in such a credit value and in such a structure (compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses), so that in each part of the study to fulfill the conditions for the continuation of studies. When enrolling in courses, priority is generally given to students for whom the course is compulsory and to students from other universities who are required to take the course by their study contract. A student may be refused enrolment in a compulsory optional course from another faculty only in the event of failure to complete the prerequisite courses or for capacity reasons.

Detailed information on mobility (study stay or internship in an EU or EEA country) and credit recognition is available in documents such as Information for Students, Instructions to the Study Contract in Slovak Language, Erasmus Student Charter in Slovak Language on the website of the CPU in Nitra, available on the University's website, but also provided to students by faculty and departmental coordinators.

https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus

https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/studijny-pobyt-krajiny-eu-a-ehp

https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/staz-krajiny-eu-a-ehp

https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/studijny-pobyt-krajiny-mimo-eu-a-ehp 

https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/staz-krajiny-mimo-eu-a-ehp

The Faculty and the University have a department (Department for International Relations, Department for Science, Research, International Relations and Development of the Faculty of Central European Studies of CPU in Nitra) which coordinates and provides support for mobility programmes. The procedure for the recognition of results obtained by a student at another higher education institution is laid down in the Study Regulations of the CPU in Nitra (Article 20, paragraphs 6 and 7). Recognition of credits is decided by the person authorised by the Dean. For the recognition of the results, the student is obliged to submit to his/her faculty the original or an officially certified photocopy of the transcript of the results of studies from another higher education institution. The transcript becomes part of the student's personal study documentation. The dean's designee then enters the credits and course grades from the courses taken at the other college into the AIS.

In accordance with the Study Regulations, Article 21, the topic proposals are published through the Academic Information System of the Faculty of Central European Studies of CPU in Nitra in the timeframe set by the schedule of the respective academic year. The Head of the Training Department is responsible for the publication of thesis topics. The student applies for the dissertation via the AIS.

The topics of the final theses of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature are listed in Appendix 1, entitled Zaverecne prace_TVMJL_denne_PhD.

The conditions and procedure for the preparation and assessment of final and rigorous theses at the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra are stipulated by Act No. 131/2002 Coll. Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on amendments to certain acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Higher Education"), Act No. 185/2015 Coll. Copyright Act as amended, Decree of the Ministry of Education No. 614/2002 Coll. on the study credit system, Methodological Guideline of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic No. 14/2009-R on the formalities of final theses, their bibliographic registration, originality control, storage and accessibility, Decree of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic No. 233/2011 Coll., STN ISO 690:1998 Documentation. Bibliographic references. Content, form and structure, STN 01 6910: 1999. Rules for writing and editing documents, STN ISO 2145: 1997. Documentation. Numbering of sections and subsections of written documents, STN ISO 690-2:2001 Information and documentation. Bibliographic citations. Part 2: Electronic documents or parts thereof, ISO 7144:1986 Documentation - Editing of diploma and qualification theses and similar documents, Study Regulations of the CPU in Nitra and Directive No. 13/2020 on final, rigorous and habilitation theses at the CPU in Nitra.

The dissertation verifies the mastery of the theoretical and practical foundations of the problem to be solved. The student should demonstrate the ability to work with domestic and foreign professional literature, to select from it essential information for his/her topic, to apply his/her skills in collecting, interpreting and processing the basic professional literature. It may have elements of originality, summarization and compilation, or it may be an application in practice or a solution to a sub-task. It is usually written in the state (Slovak) language, in the first person plural past tense. With the consent of the dean of the faculty, it may also be written in a language other than the state language. If the thesis is written in a foreign language, it must contain a resume in Slovak. The thesis must be written according to the valid rules of the Slovak language (or the foreign language used). Students of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature shall prepare their dissertation, as a rule, in the Hungarian language. The dissertation has a standard layout and must respect the formal and citation criteria and the principles of reference to literature available on the website https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/73-moja-ukf/3794-13-2020.

The recommended length of the dissertation is 80 to 120 pages (144,000 to 216,000 characters including spaces). The student/author is obliged to submit the thesis in electronic form via the information system. The electronic submission of the thesis must be in PDF format from which the textual information can be extracted (the document must not be a scanned version of the printed version of the thesis; software available through the DOC system can be used to produce the PDF format in the required form: https://doc.ukf.sk in the Software of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra - Freeware - freely accessible software section). The submission of the thesis is accompanied by a license agreement and a confirmation of electronic submission of the thesis. If the author requests a grace period longer than 12 months in the submitted draft license agreement, he/she shall simultaneously submit to the University a justification for the requested extension of the grace period, the validity of which shall be assessed by the Dean. The student/author shall create the license agreement and the confirmation of electronic submission of the thesis through the information system when submitting the thesis in electronic form. The originality (the degree of conformity of the thesis text with the database of original texts) of the thesis is also assessed in the Central Register of Theses and Dissertations through the information system. Verification and obtaining the Originality Check Protocol is a condition for the defence of the thesis. The thesis is evaluated by the supervisor and one opponent. The supervisor and the opponent of the final thesis are determined by the head of the training department. The supervisor and the referee shall make an assessment of the thesis via the AIS by completing the designated form. The assessment focuses primarily on the assessment of: the topicality and difficulty of the assigned topic of the thesis; the orientation of the student in the given issue, especially through the analysis of domestic and foreign literature; the suitability of the chosen methods of processing the problem addressed; the formulation of the objectives of the thesis and the degree of their fulfillment; the scope and level of the achieved results; the analysis and interpretation of the results and the formulation of the conclusions of the thesis; the applicability of the results in practice; the clarity and logical structure of the thesis; the formal, linguistic, and stylistic level of the thesis. The review also includes an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the thesis, recommendations, questions or suggestions for the defence of the thesis and a proposed final evaluation of the thesis. The evaluations must be made available to the student at least one week prior to the thesis defense via AIS. In the case of a thesis assessment with a difference of more than 2 grades between the supervisor's and the opponent's assessment, the Head of Department will ask both assessors to reconsider their assessments or arrange for a further assessment to be made. If the dissertation is evaluated by the supervisor or the opponent with the classification grade FX, the student has the right to defend the dissertation. The defence of the thesis is a part (subject) of the state examination. The dates of state examinations, including dissertation defences, are set out in the timetable of the relevant academic year. The student shall register for the state examination at the study department according to the timetable of the academic year. The dissertation defence is organized by the chair of the examination committee after the following conditions have been fulfilled: submission of the protocol on the result of the originality check of the thesis in the AIS system, submission of the supervisor's and opponent's opinions, presence of at least one of the thesis assessors. In the case of a negative opinion, the personal presence of the respective supervisor or opponent at the thesis defence is required. A student who has registered for a regular or remedial state examination and does not attend the state examination for serious and demonstrable reasons may apologize in writing to the examination committee via the study department within three working days of the date of the state examination - thesis defence. Unexcused absence shall be evaluated with the grade FX. As a rule, the course of the dissertation defence is as follows: brief presentation of the thesis (objectives and achieved results) by the student, presentation of the evaluations, student's opinion on the comments of the evaluators (it must be obvious that the student has studied the issue based on their comments), discussion, during which the student answers the questions of the committee members. The dissertation defence is public. The results of the dissertation defence are entered by the chair into the state examination protocol in the AIS, the printed protocol is signed by the chair and the members of the committee, and together with the opinion of the supervisor and the opponent it is handed over to the Study Department of the Faculty of Central European Studies.  The result of the defence is valid on the basis of the vote and decision of the majority of the committee members present. In the event that the student fails to defend the dissertation, the Examination Committee shall justify its decision and determine the next course of action. If the student fails to defend the thesis even within the correction period, he/she shall be expelled from studies pursuant to § 66 (1) (c) of the Act. The dissertation associated with the defence shall be considered as a subject of the state final examinations and shall be evaluated by the number of credits specified in the study plan of the relevant study programme.

-      opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility,

Students of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature have the opportunity to participate in foreign study stays and internships. Mobility is carried out on the basis of Erasmus+ bilateral agreements signed with partner institutions abroad. The departmental and faculty coordinator of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra is responsible for the drafting of the Erasmus agreement, selection of students and staff for mobility and recognition of the results of their mobility.

In order to participate in the mobility, it is enough to choose the receiving foreign institution, create an application form via the StudyAbroad application (applies only to KA103 mobilities), submit all the required documents online via the StudyAbroad application, print them out, hand them over to the departmental coordinator and participate in the selection procedure at the department. The deadline for applying for Erasmus+ mobility is usually in the spring for mobilities planned for the following academic year, but there are usually calls for additional applications during the year.

The Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Studies (IHLLS) of the Faculty of Central European Studies (FCES) of the CPU  in Nitra carries out exchanges with the following universities within the framework of Erasmus+ and bilateral agreements

(https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/erasmus-bilaterarne-dohody):

-      rules for adherence to academic ethics and rules for drawing consequences,

The study programme is governed by the rules of ethics in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the CPU in Nitra, which is binding for all members of the academic community of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (https://portal.ukf.sk/kvalita/index.php?r=rezort/predpisy/download&id=1084).  The Code of Ethics is a set of ethical standards - norms and requirements - as well as provisions concerning their violation, which determine the principles of ethical conduct and behaviour of all employees and students. Consideration of complaints regarding the compliance with the Code of Ethics is within the competence of the Ethics Committee of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. The composition of the Ethics Committee is available on the University's website (https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/organy-univerzity/eticka-komisia). Details on the activities of the Ethics Committee of the CPU in Nitra are regulated by the Statute of the Ethics Committee of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/2017-Statut_etickej_komisie.pdf).

Students are guided to the observance of academic ethics during the entire duration of their studies through individual courses included in the study plan, within which they learn the methods of citation and writing of seminary, qualification and final theses. If a student violates the laws of the University or any part thereof, or public policy, it is considered a disciplinary offense.

Definitions of disciplinary offences are contained in the Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the CPU in Nitra:

https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Disciplinárny_poriadok_UKF_pre_študentov_-_plné_znenie_.pdf

Disciplinary offences of students enrolled in a degree programme and disciplinary measures are heard by the Disciplinary Committee of the Faculty of Ventral European Studies of the CPU in Nitra. In addition to the Act on Higher Education (Act 131/2002 Coll., § 72), it is governed by the Rules of Procedure of the Disciplinary Committee of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra for Students, available on the faculty's website:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/vnutorne_predpisy/rokovaci_poriadok_discipl_komisie_28052008.pdf,

but also through the Study Guide for the relevant academic year:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/2021/09/13/Sprievodca_studiom/SPRIEVODCA_FSS_2021_22.pdf

-      procedures applicable to students with special needs,

Support for students with special needs is provided for in the generally binding legislation of the Slovak Republic and in the internal regulations of the University (Statute of the Constantine the Philosoper University in Nitra, Article 26, paragraph 6; Statute of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra, Article 26). The study support funds and other support mechanisms available to the CPU are also directly accessible to students of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the University.

The Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra supports students with specific needs by giving them priority accommodation in a dormitory, by allowing them to study in a way that takes account of their health condition, as far as the University is able, and by taking their health condition into account when deciding whether to pay tuition fees and fees associated with their studies.

Students with special needs have the opportunity to benefit from counselling (academic support, intervention and therapy services, technical support) and consultation offered by the coordinators for work with students with special needs in coordination with the Centre for Supporting the Studies of Students with Special Needs. Information regarding counselling and consultation, as well as the names and contacts of the faculty coordinators, is available on the University's website: https://www.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/preukaz-studenta/vyhody-a-zlavy-isic/11-studium/1682-poradenstvo-a-podpora-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-vzdelavacimi-potrebami.

-      procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.

The rights of students are given by the Act on Higher Education (Act No. 131/2002 Coll., especially § 55, § 58, § 70, §), the Statute of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (especially § 27, 2), the Study Regulations of the CPU in Nitra (especially Art. 4, para. 3 - 4, art. 12, para. 10). In the event of a violation of these rights, the student has the right, depending on the nature of the complaints or appeals, to appeal to the Head of the Department/Director of the Institute or the Vice-Dean for Educational Activities, to the Study Department, to the Dean's Office, to the Disciplinary Committee of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra, to the Ethics Committee or to the Control Department of the CPU in Nitra and to request a review of the decision, the handling of the complaint and redress.

In accordance with the Act on Higher Education (§ 58, 8), the applicant may submit a request for a review of the decision on the outcome of the admission procedure. The results of the admissions procedure and information on the appeal procedure are published on the official notice board of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra. https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/prijimacie-konanie-2/vysledky-prijimacieho-konania. The applicant may submit a request for review of this decision to the Dean of the Faculty of Central European Studies within 8 days from the date of its delivery.

In the case of non-award of a social scholarship, the student has the right to appeal against the decision within 15 days from the receipt of the decision (https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/aktuality/udalosti/4889-ziadost-o-socialne-a-tehotenske-stipendium; Manual for applicants for social scholarships available at:

https://www.ukf.sk/images/studium/Studium_na_UKF/Manual_pre_ziadatelov_o_socialne_stipendium_nove.pdf

Full information sheets are included in the Annex.

The academic year timetable is available on the University's website: 

https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka

The timetable in a given semester or trimester is drawn up in accordance with the Study Regulations of the Constantine the Philosopher University (Article 14) so as to enable students to complete the compulsory courses stipulated by the study programme. The dean of the faculty is responsible for drawing up and publishing the timetables in accordance with the timetable of the CPU for the academic year in question. The student draws up his/her timetable on the basis of the course offer published in the AIS.

The current timetable is available at:

https://msnet-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/dnagyova_msnet_ukf_sk/EtOVT87F_mZKsJqsOPhZAxMBJZjvRGTU-asOsjZlaQ6CMg?e=xyUdFi

Prof. Dr. Gábor Nagy, DrSc., tenure-track professorship in Teaching and Educational Sciences; gnagy@ukf.sk

The list of the persons providing the services is given in the study plan.



The research/art/teacher profiles of persons responsible for the profile courses are available in the AIS and also part of the appendix:

https://msnet-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/dnagyova_msnet_ukf_sk/EsidY930Sn5OoOMr6A6e8Q4Bw9z_ip-Hr5fz74pRy7zScw?e=ECeYsH

The research/art/teacher profiles of other persons responsible for compulsory courses are available in the AIS of CPU in Nitra:

https://ais.ukf.sk

Indicated in the study plan

The study programme is provided by: 10 full-time teachers.

4 professors

6 associate professors

research/art/teacher profiles of other persons are registered by the providing department and are also registered in the AIS

Dr. habil. PaedDr. Žofia Bárcziová, PhD., zbarcziova@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10431

- tenure-track associate professor position

Doc. PaedDr. Ján Bauko, PhD., jbauko@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10432

- tenure-track associate professor position

Prof. PaedDr. Kristian Benyovszky, PhD., kbenyovszky@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10433

- tenure-track professor position

Dr. habil. PhDr. István Kozmács, PhD., ikozmacs@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/16410

- tenure-track associate professor position

Prof. Dr. Gábor Nagy, DrSc., gnagy@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10827

- tenure-track professor position

Dr. habil. Ildikó Vančo, PhD., ivanco@ukf.sk

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10442

- tenure-track professor position

The research/art/teacher profiles of the supervisors of final theses are available in the AIS and also part of the appendix:

https://msnet-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/dnagyova_msnet_ukf_sk/EsvzIq3HYItCtZ6LEf7YMmoBBijGqMtF0xt3OzFaX5Jl8g?e=ugYa0n

The interests of the students of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature are represented by a member of the student section of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra:

-      Mgr. Patrik Schulcz, +421 915 995 256, patrik.schulcz@ukf.sk, Theory of Teaching Hungarian Lanquage and Literature

Representatives of students of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature at the level of the department guaranteeing the study programme:

-      Mgr. Rudolf Radics, +421 917 710 447, rudolf.radics@ukf.sk

-      Mgr. Daniel Illés, +421 908 321 974, daniel.illes@student.ukf.sk

The study advisor of the study programme Theory of Teaching Hungarian Language and Literature is the chair of the doctoral study programme committee Dr. habil. Ildikó Vančo, PhD., ivanco@ukf.sk, Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Studies, Dražovská cesta 4, 949 01 Nitra. Consultation hours of the study advisor are available on the department's website:

 http://www.umjl.fss.ukf.sk/?page_id=455.

The study advisor is in contact with doctoral students and helps to solve their study problems in cooperation with the director of the institute and the vice-dean for education.

The faculty is assisted in the administration of studies by the study department, which handles counselling, administrative and other services for students of this study programme. The competence and competences of the study department are defined in the Organizational Regulations of the

Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra:

(https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/vnutorne_predpisy/organizacny_poriadok_1_9_2012.pdf).

The contact details of the Study Department of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra, address and office hours for students are listed on the faculty's website:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/index.php/sk/sluzby-studentom/studijne-oddelenie

Study officer: Anikó Szárazová, Dis. art., +421 37 6408 860, aszarazova@ukf.sk, room No. A-1

The secretariat and the library of the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Studies are available for students:

Mgr. Denisa Nagyová, +421 37 6408 862, dnagyova@ukf.sk, room A-3/A, Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra, Dražovská cesta 4, 949 01 Nitra.

In case of any questions or problems related to the Academic Information System of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, students of the Faculty of Central European Studies can contact the AIS administrator:

Mgr. Zoltán Decsi, +421 37 6408 863, zdecsi@ukf.sk, room A-8

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/struktura-fakulty/dekanat

At the university-wide level, the following support staff can be listed:

Scholarship Office - staffing, contact, address and office hours are available on the website:

https://www.ukf.sk/stipendia.

Student Centre of the CPU in Nitra - coordinators, contact, address and office hours are available at:

https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studentske-centrum

Support services are provided by the Student Centre of the CPU:

https://www.ukf.sk/sc

Accommodation for students is provided by the Dormitories of the CPU in Nitra. In addition to accommodation in the Student Accommodation Centre, the University also provides accommodation in other accommodation facilities. Contact persons, address and a map are available via the website: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy.

Students can eat in the University Canteen (lunch and dinner) and purchase food in the cafeterias. All information, including contact details, is available on the website: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/univerzitna-jedalen.

For the needs of the teaching process are used mainly the premises (lecture and seminar rooms) of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra. The faculty building was renovated in 2010-2011 and meets high standards. Additional classrooms are available in the building of the Faculty of Education, which is located in the common area with the building of the Faculty of Central European Studies.

Rooms in the administration of the Faculty of Central European Studies to cover the needs of the study programme:

·         A-109: seminar room, capacity: 24, area: 42.00 m², technical equipment: interactive whiteboard

·         B-105: seminar room, capacity: 24, area: 46.00 m²

·         B-106: seminar room, capacity  49, area: 71.30 m²

Each classroom is equipped with a teacher's computer and a data projector. There is complete coverage of the wifi wireless network in the workplace (and the whole university).

Each member of staff has a laptop to support teaching.

Students have access to the study literature listed in the information sheets:

·         Through the University Library of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. The book collection of the University Library of CPU in Nitra has 331 623 book units, the number of incoming journals is 165, of which 53 are foreign and 12 titles of on-line e-journals. The annual increase of library units is 7 189, of which 2 034 are purchased and 852 library units are obtained from the grant. The number of study places in the library is 228, the total area of the library is 3 646 m², of which 2 903 m² is for study purposes.

https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/kniznicny-fond

There are 3002 titles in the library collection for Hungarian language and literature.

Source: https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/kniznicny-fond

The Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, within the framework of the nationwide project of the National Information System for Research and Development Support in Slovakia, provides its students with access to electronic information resources (NISPEZ IV), which allows centralized access to the most important electronic information resources, reflecting the current situation in the field of Open Access in the world.

The library also provides interlibrary loan service (ILS), international interlibrary loan service (ILLS) and bibliographic information and research services for the staff and students of the Charles University Faculty of Arts.

The library also offers the possibility of searching in electronic information databases, such as ProQuest Central, Gale Virtual Reference Library: Art, Knovel Library, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, Springer eBooks, SpringerLink, Web of Knowledge - Current Contents Connect, Web of Knowledge - Essential Science Indicators, Web of Knowledge - Journal Citation Reports, Web of Knowledge - Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, EBSCO), online catalogue, and publication and artistic activities of the staff of the CPU in Nitra.

Overview of library services:

https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/sluzby

https://www.uk.ukf.sk/sk/studovne

The library also offers the sale of publications through its brick-and-mortar shop and e-shop.

·      Through the department's separate book and journal collections 

Access to study literature is also provided individually by individual teachers in the courses taught. By agreement, literature from the personal libraries of the department staff is also available to students.

·      Through the department's website

In the premises of the department (and the whole university) there is a complete coverage of the wifi wireless network (Eduroam), which allows students to connect to Internet information resources and databases. The students of CPU have their own university e-mail box for official communication with the institution, in addition to e-mail communication, students can get information through the university website (www.ukf.sk), faculty (www.fss.ukf.sk), workplace (http://www.umjl.fss.ukf.sk/), distribution of messages in the AIS system, and through the social networks of the faculty (https://www.facebook.com/fss.ukf/) and the workplace (Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Studies):

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057371502517

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magyarnyelvesirodalomtudomanyi/

The most important information systems operated by UKF Nitra for students and staff and relevant to the study programme (title) are as follows:

• ais2.ukf.sk (Academic Information System)
• edu.ukf.sk (e-learning educational portal)
• kis.ukf.sk (Library Information System - KIS)
• meet.ukf.sk (Jitsi Meet videoconferencing system; the system enables online video/audio communication, screen and audio sharing, call recording, live streaming)
• Microsoft Office 365 - A collection of services that allow you to share and collaborate on school tasks. This service includes Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote), 1 TB of storage in OneDrive, Yammer, and SharePoint sites.
• posta.ukf.sk/webmail (Electronic mail for students)
• studentmail.ukf.sk/webmail (Electronic mail for students)

The scope of distance learning applied in the study programme is indicated in the specific course information sheets. The transition from full-time to distance learning is facilitated by the systems of the University. To support distance learning, the University offers the e-learning portal EDU built on LMS Moodle, which allows sharing of teaching materials, collecting student work, testing and examining students, etc. Before the start of each semester, courses are created for all subjects with the content of the relevant courses from the previous year overlaid without student records, while the old courses are used to archive student records. On an as-needed basis, training sessions are also held for teaching staff to make the system more efficient, while a manual is also available online at https://edu.ukf.sk/mod/page/view.php?id=104151.

Another system to support distance learning is the Jitsi Meet video conferencing system, which can also be used via smartphone and for which a manual is also provided:

https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Celouniverzitne_pracoviska/CIKT/Videokonferecny_system/NavodJitsiMeet.html.

Within the framework of its educational activities, the faculty cooperates with foreign universities, professional and scientific organizations, as well as with other domestic and foreign educational and scientific institutions.

The Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Studies of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra cooperates closely with the following institutions in providing educational activities:

Institutions in Slovakia:

• Forum Institute for Minority Research, Šamorín - publishing activities,
• J. Selye University in Komárno - publishing activities,
• Comenius University in Bratislava - publications, project activities, representation in the commissions for state examinations of students of the third level,
• Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava - project activities, publishing activities,

Institutions abroad:

• Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca - publications,
• Eötvös Loránd University - project activities, publications, representation in the committees for the state examinations of students of the third level, lectures in Hungarian linguistics and literary science
• Ferenc Rákóczi II. Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, Beregszász, Ukraine - project activities, publications, lectures in Hungarian linguistics and literary studies
• Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest - project activities, publications,
• Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Tirgu Mures - publishing activities,
• Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (NYTK) of Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest - project activities, publications,
• BTK Institute for Literary Studies of Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest - project activities, publications, lectures in Hungarian literary studies
• Udmurt State University, Izhevsk - project activities, publications,
• University of Helsinki - project activities,
• University of Jyväskylä - project activities,
• University of Pannonia, Veszprém - project activities, lectures in Hungarian literary studies
• University of Pécs - project activities, publishing activities, lectures in Hungarian linguistics and literary studies
• University of Szeged - project activities, lectures in Hungarian linguistics and literary studies
• University of Warsaw - project activities,
• University of Debrecen - project activities, publishing activities, representation in the state examination boards of students of the third level
• University of Sopron Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy - research and publication activities, lectures in Hungarian linguistics and literary studies.

The Constantine the Philosopher University supports cultural and sports activities of students within its possibilities. Student activities are also concentrated in university associations and clubs. The possibilities of social, sport, cultural, spiritual and social activities of students are managed mainly by the student clubs and associations of CPU.

·         Student clubs and associations

The Student Parliament of CPU is a civic association of students that organizes leisure events. It is composed of elected student representatives of the members of the academic senates of the university and faculties, but is also open to other students of the university. Among the most well-known events organized by the Parliament in cooperation with the University are the Nitra University Days (NUD), which take place in April-May on the premises of both universities under the auspices of the rectors and the mayor of Nitra. The biggest student project, which the Student Parliament implements with a long tradition, is the Student Days of Nitra Universities, held on the occasion of the Student Day (17 November). Other activities of the Student Parliament of the CPU include the organisation of the Octoberfest of the CPU (a sports and music event at the beginning of the academic year), the Boarding School Football League (a competition in indoor football for students at the CPU Dormitory Zobor), and the publication of the Občas Nečas magazine.

The Christian Students' Club at UPC - Lumen was founded in 1993 with the aim of providing its members, interested students and sympathizers with an encounter with the ideas of Christianity. Since 2008, as a civic association, it has formed part of the University Pastoral Centre. Under the leadership of the Rector of the UPC, the members of the association are involved in the activities of the UPC and thus in various ways contribute organizationally to the implementation of its formative and pastoral goals in the environment of the University of Apostolic and Pastoral Studies.

The Association of Hungarian Students - JUGYIK is a joint club of the Constantine the Philosopher University and the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. The club was founded on the initiative of students in 1965 as a literary and artistic circle at the Faculty of Education. The main goal of the JUGYIK is to actively create a cultural, social, motivational and sports space for culture lovers for the purpose of education, relaxation and entertainment.

Source: https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/studentske-kluby-a-zdruzenia

More opportunities for students:

Culture

• University Creative Studio (In the Dormitory). It is an integrative cultural point for university students and their artistic bodies to rehearse and realize productions, diverse performing arts projects and cultural events. The studio is also used for the pedagogical process (workshops, seminars, trainings, workshops) of the artistic and art-education oriented study programs within the university.
• The Ponitran Folklore Ensemble is the artistic ensemble with the longest history at the University and focuses on traditional Slovak folklore with an orientation on the Nitra region. The mission of the ensemble is to develop students' interest activities, to build on the traditional Slovak culture, to interpret it artistically and to collect folklore material from different areas of Slovakia, especially from the Nitra and Tekov region.
• The VYDI Student Theatre was founded in 1992. During one academic year, it usually produces one production, which students present to the home audience in the University Creative Studio of the Faculty of Arts of the CPU. Similarly, they participate in various regional shows or thematic festivals. Students' activity in this ensemble is not only related to the creation of theatre productions, but also to a diverse range of variable activities within the academic year: improleagues, stand-up performances, street parades, St. Nicholas parties, mayfests, cabarets, matriculations, beanies, workshops, etc.
• The civic association JA a MY  (Me and We) is dedicated to the organization of cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, scientific conferences, seminars, discussion forums, round tables, discussions, as well as the preparation and organization of alternative artistic projects in a national and international context with an emphasis on supporting the all-round artistic development of the region. The association supports emerging artists, publicists and art historians in order to enable the public presentation of their creative and scientific activities. The best known of the association's activities is the organisation of the Peter Scherhaufer Festival.
• The Hungarian Choir of the CPU has successfully represented the University on national and international concert stages, choir festivals and competitions. It regularly receives the Golden Belt award at the individual editions of the nationwide qualifying competition for choirs Kodály Days in Galanta. The choir regularly gives concerts and its aim is to cultivate and further revive the traditions of the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály as well as to disseminate Hungarian choral culture, primarily among university youth. The choir is currently hosted by the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra.

Sport

• Sport activities of students of the CPU focus on team sports in addition to individual student performances. An important place is occupied by the Association of Sports Clubs of CPU Nitra, which includes four sports clubs Volley Project CPU Nitra, BKM Junior CPU Nitra, Taekwon-Do CPU NITRA and the hockey team Philosophers Nitra. Students also have the opportunity to use the gym or swimming pool at Class A. Hlinku 1, the gym in the Dormitory Zobor or the Fitness Studio and Gym in the Dormitory Nitra.
• As part of the annual events Nitra University Days and Student Days of Nitra Universities, sports events such as Spring Run through Nitra, Evening Run through Nitra, Dodgeball, Interuniversity Water Slalom Race or Night Climb to Zobor are organized.

Spiritual renewal

• The Paul Strauss University Pastoral Centre in Nitra (UPC) (https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/univerzitne-pastoracne-centrum) has as its main goal to provide pastoral care and spiritual support to students. The UPC organizes regular formation, workships, cultural and leisure activities. It focuses primarily on spiritual renewal, supplementing academic education with a Christian value dimension, providing spiritual guidance, counseling, creating a space for friendly encounters between believers and seeking students and staff. It organizes lectures and discussions in theology, culture and other disciplines with the aim of dialogue between faith, science and culture. It provides media resources for spiritual, human and social development of the personality, through a library, audio and video archive with religious and other themes.

Social, cultural and sporting events

The Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra organizes events every year:

• Nitra University Days (NUD), which take place in the spring, offer a set of scientific, sporting, artistic and social events. The traditional ones are the Carnival in Rio in Slovak - an allegorical parade through the city, the Superstar of Nitra Universities, the Majáles (Mayfest) and the May Day. Sports events include the Spring Run through Nitra, inter-university water slalom races for students of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra and the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, and tournaments in futsal, basketball, table tennis, volleyball and floorball. The culminating musical, artistic and social event of the NUD is the Gaudeamus Gala Evening.
• Akademicka Nitra, which takes place in the summer months, is one of the top international festivals of traditional folk culture in Slovakia, where domestic and foreign folklore ensembles are presented.
• Oktoberfest offers an annual music concert and various competitions for students.
• Student Days of Nitra Universities are held in November. It is a series of social, cultural and sporting events for students of the Constantine the Philosopher University and Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra such as art concerts, theatre and film performances, milkfest, bierfest, an exhibition hockey match between the two Universities, an autumn run through Nitra, and others. The highlight event is the Matriculation Ball of the CPU in Nitra.
• Additional opportunities for students are provided by the Student Centre (SC) (https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studentske-centrum), which offers students counselling and services to support their activities outside the classroom. Centralized counselling activities include spiritual, financial, career, psychological, legal, social, health and counselling and support for students with specific learning needs.

Source: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/studentsky-zivot

Other opportunities for Hungarian students are provided by the student organization JUGYIK:

http://www.jugyik.sk/

https://www.facebook.com/jugyik/

The possibilities and conditions of participation of students of the study programme in mobility and internships are governed by the Directive on the implementation of mobility within the Erasmus+ programme, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements, the guidelines for application and the rules of recognition of this education are regulated by the Methodological Procedure for the Administration of the Mobility at the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra.

https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/2021/03/11/Erasmus/Metodicky_postup_administracie_mobilit_2021_FSS.docx

The process of administration of student mobility is regulated by the Guideline No. 26/2020 on the Recognition of Erasmus+ mobilities of students and staff of the CPU affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and on the recognition of the costs of these mobilities (26/2020 Smernica k uznávaniu Erasmus+ mobilít študentov a zamestnancov UKF ovplyvnených pandémiou COVID-19 a o uznávaní nákladov na tieto mobility)

A list of coordinators is available at: https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/vonkajsie-vztahy/medzinarodne-vztahy/koordinacia-mobilit-fss

 Erasmus+ coordinator of the department: is Dr. habil. Ildikó Vančo, PhD. tel.: +421 907 670 226, e-mail: ivanco@ukf.sk

Students can apply for ERASMUS+ mobility through the application www.studyabroad.sk. This system provides electronic administration of the mobility process in four steps:

• Registration of the applicant (filling in the online application form and uploading the required attachments to the system)
• Verification of the application form by the coordinator (if necessary, return it to the applicant for completion)
• Selection process (after acceptance of the application)
• Placement final report (after completion of the placement)

Students of the study programme can also participate in mobility abroad through SAIA scholarship grants https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/saia-n-o and IVF https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/ivf.

The rules for recognition of education at another university are governed by Art. 20 of the Study Regulations of the CPU in Nitra.

Recognition of the results of studies completed by a student at another higher education institution is decided by the person authorized by the Dean. For the recognition of the results, the student is obliged to submit to his/her faculty the original or an officially certified photocopy of the transcript of the results of studies from the other university. The transcript becomes part of the student's personal study record. The dean's designee then enters the credits and course grades from the courses taken at the other college into the student's AIS.

Academic mobility is subject to the provisions of § 58a of the Act on Higher Education and the Guidelines on the Management of Student and Staff Mobility at the CPU in Nitra.

Further information is available at:

https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/erasmus-bilaterarne-dohody

The requirements for applicants are set out in the principles of the admission procedure for doctoral studies, which are approved annually by the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra. The criteria and requirements for applicants are published on the faculty's website in accordance with § 57 (5) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on amendments to Certain Acts:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/prijimacie-konanie-2/podmienky-prijatia-na-studium/podmienky-prijatia-na-doktorandske-studium

Entrance examinations for the third cycle of studies for study programmes of the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra are held according to the Academic Year Schedule in the last week of June and the first week of July. A prerequisite for admission to doctoral studies is that the applicant must have completed the following prior to commencing doctoral studies:

a)       has been involved in at least one research or cultural-educational project

or

b)       has published at least one scientific paper in a scientific/professional journal or in a peer-reviewed collection of papers.

The evaluation of the entrance examination is regulated in the document Principles of the PhD Admission Procedure for the academic year 2022/2023:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/2021/11/30/Bc_prijimacie_konanie/2022_23-PhD-Zasady-prijimacieho-konania-na-PhD-studium.pdf

Once the scores for each area of the entrance examination have been allocated and added together, a summative mark - the overall result - is assigned to each candidate. According to the overall result of the admission procedure, the ranking of applicants for each study programme and form of study will be established in such a way that the ranking number 1 will be given to the applicant with the highest number of points and the highest ranking number will be given to the applicant with the lowest number of points for the given study programme and form of study. The number of points from the admission procedure will be posted immediately in the Academic Information System (AIS) of the CPU in Nitra.

Data on the admission procedure (number of applications, number of admitted, number of enrolled) are collected and monitored through the CPU Academic Information System and are included in annual reports and reports on educational activities. These data influence the adjustment of the number of applicants planned for admission to a study programme and the opening of a study programme in a given academic year. Admission to study at the Faculty of Central European Studies is decided by the Dean of the Faculty on the basis of the recommendation of the Admissions Committee. The decision on the result of the admission procedure is sent to applicants within 30 days of verification of the fulfilment of the conditions for admission to the study, but also via the official notice board on the website of the Faculty:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/prijimacie-konanie-2/vysledky-prijimacieho-konania.

Number of applicants/number of students admitted in the last 5 years:

2017/2018: 4/1

2018/2019: 1/1

2019/2020: 3/2  

2020/2021: 0/0  

2021/2022: 2/2

Monitoring of the quality of the study programme is carried out once a year by means of an anonymous questionnaire survey.

The questions of the questionnaires are formulated in such a way that all ESG standards are assessed as far as possible.

The completed questionnaires are processed using the EvaSys system, which allows us to evaluate some areas also in comparison with the processed results from previous years.

As part of the survey, students can also anonymously point out possible negative phenomena and make suggestions for improving the conditions of study at Faculty of Central European Studies.

The questionnaire survey will provide information on the following areas of study: study programme, study course, delivery of education, evaluation of students by the teacher, professional and didactic competence of the teacher, study resources to support student learning, material and technical provision of teaching and to ensure that students are informed about the various challenges (Erasmus+, conferences, scholarships, etc.) - the questions are formulated in accordance with ESG 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 

Relevant parts of the evaluated results are provided to individual teachers and the summative evaluations for each department are delivered to supervisors. Heads of department individually address any problems, if any, that may have arisen.

If necessary, the person with the relevant competences and the main responsibility for the implementation, development and quality assurance of the curriculum makes a proposal for revision or preventive measures.

On the basis of the evaluation of the individual areas and the identified shortcomings, measures are proposed and taken, which are normally incorporated into the Faculty's action plan for education and implemented as part of the curriculum modification. The report on the evaluation of teacher education at the Faculty of Central European Studies by students is also discussed by the Academic Senate and the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Central European Studies.

The results of the student evaluation feedback are processed and published on the faculty's website:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/index.php/sk/uradna-tabula/hodnotenia-studentmi

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/vyrocne-spravy

In 2019, the Faculty of Central European Studies organized an online survey for the Faculty's alumni. The data collection was conducted using an anonymous online questionnaire survey. Statistical evaluation of alumni responses was done using the EvaSys system:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/2022/02/07/Hodnotenie/sprava_hodnotenie_vzdelavania_absolventmi_2019_FSS.pdf

The questionnaires consisted of 6 headings of questions that focused on the evaluation of different areas of study and the position of graduates in the labour market.

Based on the data obtained by the graduates' evaluation of their education, it was easier to identify potential problems that became evident only after the graduates had entered the faculty's practice. The department also monitors the employability of graduates of the study programme through external information sources providing information on the employability of graduates in practice at https://uplatnenie.sk/.

1.       Website for applicants to study at the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/index.php/sk/pre-buducich-studentov/moznosti-studia

2.       Organizational Regulations of the Dormitories of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/univerzitne-pastoracne-centrum/14-univerzita/3138-organizacny-poriadok-studentske-domovy-ukf

3.       Guideline No. 22/2020 on fees for accommodation services and services related to accommodation in the Dormitories of the CPU in Nitra:

https://www.ukf.sk/14-univerzita/2665-22-2020-smernica-o-poplatkoch-za-ubytovacie-sluzby-a-sluzby-spojene-s-ubytovanim-v-studentskych-domovoch-ukf

4.       Scholarships:

https://www.ukf.sk/stipendia, https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/sluzby-studentom/stipendia

5.       Education Support Fund Loans:

https://www.ukf.sk/stipendia/pozicky-z-fondu-na-podporu-vzdelavania

6.       Internal Regulations No. 54/2020 on Tuition and Fees for the 2021/2022 academic year: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/vysokoskolske-studium/skolne-a-poplatky

7.       Study Guide: Information:

https://www.ukf.sk/images/studium/sprievodca_studiom_UKF_19-20_4web.pdf

8.       Guide to studying at the Faculty of Central European Studies of the CPU in Nitra:

https://www.fss.ukf.sk/sk/organizacia-studia/sprievodca-studiom

9.       E-mail: e-mail accounts for students:

https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/elektronicka-posta

10.     Student ID card:  

https://www.ukf.sk/preukazy/preukaz-studenta

11.     Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the CPU in Nitra:

https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/dlhodoby-zamer/14-univerzita/2203-disciplinarny-poriadok-ukf-pre-studentov

12.     University Pastoral Centre Paul Strauss Nitra (UPC):

https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/univerzitne-pastoracne-centrum

13.     VYDI - student theatre at the CPU in Nitra:

https://www.facebook.com/people/VYDI-%C5%A1tudentsk%C3%A9-divadlo-pri-UKF-v-Nitre/100057784264606/

14.     University magazine Náš čas:

https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/univerzitne-media/nas-cas

15.     Student magazine Občas nečas:

https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/univerzitne-media/obcas-necas

16.     Information sheets for students:

https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/univerzitne-media/infolist-pre-studentov

17.     University Creative Studio:

https://www.facebook.com/Univerzitn%C3%BD-tvoriv%C3%BD-ateli%C3%A9r-UTA-66266521340/

18.     Wireless (wifi) network eduroam:

https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/eduroam