General characteristic of professional graduate profile
The doctoral study programme Archaeology follows up on the master’s study programme Archaeology. The graduate will acquire the prerequisites for independent scientific research in the field of archaeology and theoretical work. They are prepared for a fully-fledged and highly professional independent creative activity at a professional level. They are able to participate in interdisciplinary cooperation projects in solving the problems of their specialization. The graduate will acquire extensive theoretical knowledge in the field of archaeology, methodological skills for research work, experience in the preparation and management of scientific projects and archaeological research, presentation of results at scientific conferences and their publication.
Theoretical knowledge of the graduate
● masters the principles and methods of scientific work in the field of archaeology, knows the specifics of archaeological research oriented on the interpretation of material culture and settlement development in today’s Slovakia and Europe in the past.
● conducts scientific research and brings own conclusions and views on individual areas - areas of problems of archaeology;
● continuously learns about the latest results of archaeological research;
● is able to participate in the theoretical development of the scientific field;
● is able to formulate a scientific problem, analyse it and, based on research, clearly and objectively present it in various forms of scientific synthesis (monograph, scientific study, project, etc.).
Practical skills: the graduate of the study programme archaeology will master:
● the principles of scientific work with links to the practice of cultural heritage protection;
● the latest forms of using science for practice and its presentation;
● formulating scientific problems and hypotheses;
● legal and ethical aspects of the study and interpretation of the development of human civilization and history.
Additional knowledge and skills of the graduate
● can work independently or as a member of a creative scientific team;
● is able to participate in international projects and present their results;
● can use interdisciplinary and cross-field cooperation;
● observes and applies valid legislation and ethics on the protection of cultural heritage;
● has an overview of the latest developments in the scientific discipline.
Graduates of the third degree of the Archaeology study programme are qualified to work in scientific research institutions, universities, cultural and social institutions such as museums, agencies, publishing houses, associations, funds, the means of mass communication in the field of journalism, but also in the economic sphere.
Among the various possibilities of graduates’ employment on the labour market, we can mention: researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences workplaces, universities and museums, museum curator, methodological manager or specialist (advisor) of monuments boards in the state or public service, assistant professor or researcher at universities; specialist - archaeologist in organisations (companies) for applied (commercial) field research due to construction works, specialist with a work focus on the protection of cultural heritage in the state and local administration (clerk for care and restoration of monuments and sights), in cultural institutions with a focus on the history and protection of cultural heritage, in other organisations promoting or mediating cultural heritage.
The study programme reflects the requirements of potential employers, institutions and organisations. The following relevant external stakeholders have issued a statement or a favourable opinion on the submitted study programme (attached/link):
The Monument Board of the Slovak Republic – http://www.pamiatky.sk
Ponitrianske Museum in Nitra – https://www.muzeumnitra.sk
Archaeological Agency, Ltd. – http://www.archeologickaagentura.sk/index.php/en/
Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences v.v.i. – http://archeol.sav.sk/index.php/sk/
Ján Thain Museum in Nové Zámky – http://www.muzeumnz.sk/uvodna-stranka.html
The critical selection of applicants with an emphasis on their preconditions to conduct scientific research is a guarantee that the third degree is indeed studied by those who can see their professional career in the field of research. As graduates of previous levels of education, they have solid knowledge of theoretical and practical archaeology, as well as various areas of archaeological issues, are familiar with Slovak and European archaeology, methodology and methodics of archaeology, master the principles of drawing up of a scientific text and use interdisciplinary cooperation to address the issues of their specialization. In the third degree, emphasis is put on the student’s specialisation according to the selected topic of the dissertation, to which the PhD scholars’ colloquia are also adapted. Their aim is to enable the candidate to penetrate as deeply as possible into the examined issues, so that the output in the form of a dissertation is original and beneficial for Slovak science. The student has of course the linguistic competence to study foreign literature, to express themselves in a foreign language on the issue of their work and to complete a study stay abroad. All of this creates preconditions for appropriate employability of graduates after their studies or for possible postdoctoral studies abroad. Graduates have the prerequisites to continue their research by expanding the research territory, including the European context or chronological scope, developing new research methods and their application, etc., not only in workplaces in Slovakia but also abroad. They are able to formulate a scientific problem, draw up a domestic or foreign project, put together and, if necessary, lead a team of researchers. They are able to present the results of their work in scientific publications and also in the form of active participation at domestic and foreign scientific events. They can convey the results of their own research also to the general public. Thanks to their own pedagogical activities, they acquire the skill of compiling semester courses at an appropriate level, preparing study materials and mastering communication with students. The knowledge and the skills they have acquired entitle them to take positions in scientific research in specialized scientific research institutes, to work at universities or to find employment in other fields.
Graduate’s employability:
● pedagogical and research activities at academic, university and other educational workplaces (researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences workplaces, universities and museums; university teacher - assistant professor at universities),
● highly qualified employee in the field of state administration and self-government, in the management sphere of state administration, in educational bodies, in non-governmental organizations (methodological manager or specialist (advisor) of monuments boards in the state or public service; clerk for care and restoration of monuments and sights),
● service and consulting activities (specialist - archaeologist in organisations (companies) for applied (commercial) field research due to construction works).
● worker in the field of culture, monument protection and management, museums, etc. (museum curator, specialist - archaeologist, specialised advisor)
The most successful graduates of this study programme include:
PhDr. Michaela Mandák Niklová, PhD., specialised advisor, Regional Monuments Board Nitra
Mgr. Gabriela Brezňanová, PhD., specialised advisor, Regional Monuments Board Banská Bystrica
Mgr. Pavol Jelínek, PhD., curator, Slovak National Museum in Bratislava, Archaeological Museum
PhDr. František Žák Matyasowszky, PhD., executive director and general director of the private archaeological company Archaeological Agency, Ltd.
Mgr. Bohuslav Šebesta, PhD., leading archaeologist, private archaeological company Archaeological Agency, Ltd.
Mgr. Ondrej Žaár, PhD., archaeologist, private archaeological company PAMARCH, Ltd.
Mgr. Michaela Látková, PhD., archaeobotanist, environmental archaeologist, Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, workplace Mikulčice, Czech Republic
Mgr. Jakub Godiš, PhD., curator, Ján Thain Museum in Nové Zámky
Mgr. Jana Apiar, PhD., archaeobotanist, environmental archaeologist, Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Research Centre for the Roman Period and the Migration Period, Czech Republic
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university professor
doc. PhDr. Stanislava Gogová, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – associate professor, head of the Department of Museology
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – associate professor, Head of the Department of Archaeology
doc. Mgr. Pavol Šteiner, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – associate professor, Department of Museology
doc. Mgr. Martin Husár, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – associate professor, Institute for Research of Constantine and Methodius’ Cultural Heritage
doc. Mgr. Dominik Repka, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – associate professor, Department of Archaeology
Mgr. Matej Styk, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – assistant professor, Department of Archaeology
Mgr. Katarína Šimunková, PhD., CPU in Nitra, university teacher – assistant professor, Department of Archaeology
Teachers of the study programme adapt the content and the form of the offered subjects to the current trends and strategic orientation of relevant disciplines both at home and abroad. They maintain contacts through the implementation of professional work, excursions, scientific projects and events in cooperation with similarly oriented workplaces in academia and with employers. Feedback from employers is obtained through direct contact or social networks via the department’s website: https://www.facebook.com/KatedraArcheologieFFUKFvNitre
We maintain direct contacts with employers through joint projects, events and awareness raising activities, which include visits to archaeological parks, castles, museums and exhibitions with an archaeological focus. They also act as consultants of students’ final theses in all three degrees of study.
The institution describes the rules for the design of study plans within the study programme.
The study programme archaeology was designed and submitted in accordance with the formalized processes of ensuring the quality of education at CPU and FoA CPU.
The study programme was designed and submitted in accordance with the formalized processes of ensuring the quality of education in CPU and FoA CPU documents, which are detailed in the documents System of Quality Assurance at the Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitrahttps://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf, Status of the Board for the Internal Quality Verification of Higher Education at the CPU in Nitra https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/%C5%A0tat%C3%BAt_RKFF.pdf, Internal Regulation no 27/2021: Assessment of study programmes and assessment of eligibility of habilitation proceedings and inaugural proceedings at CPU https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/4838-27-2021-smernica-posudzovanie-studijnych-programov-a-posudzovanie-sposobilosti-habilitacnych-konani-a-inauguracnych-konani-na-ukf, Status of the Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the CPU in Nitra https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Statut_RK_UKF_V11_schvaleny_vrukf_18032021.pdf and in Internal Regulation no 31/2021: Methodology for designing study programmes at CPU https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/95-vnutorne-predpisy-2021/4945-smernica-c-31-2021-metodika-tvorby-studijnych-programov-na-ukf.
The Faculty of Arts CPU in Nitra has procedures and tools in place to approve, monitor and evaluate the implementation of study programmes, concerning (i) the definition of formal procedures for the approval of study programmes by bodies other than those implementing them; (ii) the development of study programmes carried out at the Faculty; (iii) monitoring the availability of appropriate teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes; (iv) formulating the expected learning outcomes and checking the actual outcomes in relation to the graduate’s profile; (v) monitoring student achievement and educational attainment; (vi) regular evaluation and review of study programmes; (vii) the involvement of students in study programme evaluation activities and ensuring feedback from employers, labour market representatives and other relevant organisations regarding the graduates’ employability.
Curriculum design of a study programme, including its content and form, is based on (i) the description of the fields of study and accreditation criteria/standards; (ii) the professional and qualification potential of creative workers and reflects the interest of applicants and the needs of the labour market. Study programmes are designed in accordance with the formalised quality assurance processes of the CPU and the Faculty that determine responsibilities for each quality management process (Methodology for designing study programmes at CPU https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/95-vnutorne-predpisy-2021/4945-smernica-c-31-2021-metodika-tvorby-studijnych-programov-na-ukf). The availability of teaching resources for the implementation of study programmes is ensured by the Faculty in cooperation with its departments and institutes by means of purchases of professional literature, editorial work of the Faculty, as well as establishing e-learning educational courses. The achievement of the expected learning outcomes, as set out in the course information sheets, is evaluated through student assessment questionnaires, in periodic evaluation reports on educational activities and in statistics of success in state exams, as well as analysis of evaluations recorded in AIS. Regular evaluation and review of study programmes is carried out by the person responsible for the study programme, department staff, through student assessment questionnaires and quality assurance bodies at the faculty and university level.
The study programme of doctoral studies includes a study part with compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses and a scientific part composed of publishing, presentation, organizational, educational and project activities. The individual blocks of the scientific part are compiled as optional with a specified minimum number of credits that the doctoral student must obtain. Obligations related to the completion of studies are a separate item.
Compulsory units of the study programme are included in the 1st year of full-time study, which are supplemented by other courses related to the preparation of the doctoral thesis project. This part of the study ends with a dissertation exam. The key output of the doctoral studies is the dissertation. Most units of the study programme are related to the topic of the work. In addition to heuristics, research and analysis of sources and drafting of the text of the thesis, the doctoral student presents the partial results of their research in various forms (publication, presentation at a conference, creation of study texts, internship abroad, etc.), thus acquiring the skills necessary for the profession of a researcher. Other activities, including one’s own pedagogical activities, are scheduled mainly for the first two years of studies in order to create sufficient room for the creation of the final thesis in the last year.
Teachers involved in the implementation of the study programme regularly update the content of their courses with the knowledge acquired from participating in scientific research projects. They publish the results of their scientific research activities in indexed periodicals, monographs and teaching texts, which serve as study literature for students of the study programme. The results of their scientific research and publication activities are also presented and promoted by creative workers in scientific and professional events for both the professional community and students. Feedback on the success of graduates’ employability is collected by the Faculty from employers via contacts with graduates and surveys carried out and initiated by the Faculty management and its departments/institutes.
The institution compiles the recommended study plans for individual study paths.
The study plan of the study programme with all required information and course information sheets is available in the AIS system under the section Study programmes in Output reports from study programmes (VSST178) at the following link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web after specifying the requirements for the display of a specific study programme and its plan in a specific form and degree of study.
The study plan of the study programme with all the required information and course information sheets is available at the following https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web
Courses included in the doctoral study programme are divided into:
a) compulsory – their completion is a precondition for successful completion of a part of the study or the entire study programme,
b) compulsory optional – the condition for successful completion of a part of the study or the entire study programme is the completion of a specified number of courses from this group according to the student’s choice,
c) optional – other courses in the study programme; their choice is conditioned by the need to obtain a specified number of credits in a given stage of study.
The study programme is divided into the following units/blocs of the study plan:
Scientific part: Block - Project activity - the core of knowledge includes scientific elaboration of a topic from the field of archaeology, based on the author’s unpublished or already published material with an emphasis on and demand for a new and creative view and contribution to the chosen topic;
Study part: Block - Optional courses - Educational activities - core knowledge includes an overview of current topics in the study of human civilization development in prehistory, protohistoric, medieval and post-medieval period.
Study part: Block - Compulsory subjects PP1 - core knowledge includes the acquisition of the latest methodological procedures (not only) in archaeology and their critical evaluation.
Study part: Block - Compulsory optional courses PVP1 - core knowledge includes general, but thorough knowledge of the problems of the chosen specialisation of the periodically, geographically, problem-wise or otherwise defined topic.
Scientific part of the programme: Block - Publishing, presentation and organizational activities - core knowledge includes research of current or open scientific problem in the field, principles and methodology of scientific work with archaeological material, if possible with application of basic field research or unpublished material, ethical and social aspects of scientific work, presentation of results, development and contribution of the study field to practice or scientific research.
The courses are included in the study plan
The parts of the study plan are the following:
Compulsory courses: number:4;20 credits.
Compulsory optional courses: number:25, min. 81 credits.
Optional courses: number: 19, min. 28 credits.
State examination: 6 courses; 51 credits.
The condition for completing the studies is obtaining 180 credits in the prescribed composition of the study programme.
Profile courses are marked in the study plan with the letter P in the column Symptom.
Number of profile courses: 19.
Number of other courses (without state examination courses): 29.
Number of credits for profile courses: total number: 148, the minimum required number: 98 credits.
Number of credits for other courses (without state examination courses): max. number: 177 credits, the minimum required number: 31 credits.
Number of state examination courses: 5 (Archaeological Method, Archaeological Realia, Archaeological Theory, Defence of Initial Chapters of Dissertation, Dissertation Defence) - in total 38 credits;
Other obligations related to the completion of study: 1 course (Completion of Initial Chapters of Dissertation) - 13 credits.
Professional competences defined by the professional standard and courses aimed at achieving them (profile courses are highlighted).
Profile courses are included into:
1. the study part:
A, Compulsory courses (4 courses): PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium II, Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences;
B. Compulsory optional courses (5 courses): Field Practice 1, Field Practice 2, Internships and Stays Abroad (both shorter and longer stay is offered), Academic Skills;
2. the scientific part (compulsory optional courses):
A. Publishing, presentation and organisational activities (5 courses): Active Participation in a Domestic Scientific Event, Active Participation in a Foreign Scientific Event, Publication in Journals Registered in Web of Science or Scopus 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Works in Peer-reviewed Publications;
B. Project activity (3 courses): Participation in a Domestic Project (Scientific or Educational), Elaboration and Execution of the UGA Project 1 and 2;
The content, structure and sequence of profile study courses and other educational activities, including professional experience, make it possible to completely fulfil the graduate’s profile with an emphasis also on new transferable competencies, so that it can be applied in other related areas as well.
The doctoral study programme is designed so that the graduate is able to apply their acquired knowledge about individual aspects of human society development from the point of view of archaeology using specific methods of basic or applied (interdisciplinary) research in solving problems related to the study programme or the study field. Graduates are able to formulate their own hypotheses and determine the procedure for further research and its development. In the doctoral degree of study, emphasis is put on the specialization of the doctoral student according to the selected topic of the dissertation, to which the individual courses of the study plan are also adapted, in the case of compulsory courses, mainly the PhD scholars’ colloquia. Their aim is to enable the candidate to penetrate as deeply as possible into the examined issues, so that the output in the form of a dissertation is original and beneficial for Slovak science. The doctoral student has of course the linguistic competence to study foreign literature, to express themselves in a foreign language on the issue of their work and to complete a study stay abroad (the course is included among Compulsory optional courses in the study programme). Graduates have the prerequisites to continue their research by expanding the research territory, including the European context or chronological scope, developing new research methods and their application, etc., not only in workplaces in Slovakia but also abroad, for example in post-doctoral study. Doctoral students are able to formulate a scientific problem, develop and implement a domestic and foreign research project (the course is included among Compulsory optional courses of the study programme) and to put together or lead a research team. They are able to present the results of their work in scientific publications and also in the form of active participation at domestic and foreign scientific events before scientific community (the courses are included among Compulsory optional courses in the scientific part of the study programme). They can convey the results of their own research also to the general public (the course is included among Optional courses). Thanks to their own pedagogical activities, which is a part of the study programme (Study part – Optional courses), they have acquired the skill of compiling semester courses at an appropriate level and preparing study materials, and have mastered communication with students. The compulsory courses of the doctoral study programme also include Field practice, within which doctoral students deepen the methods and procedures of archaeological research, manage and coordinate the work of the team in the field and organize the processing of findings and the creation of research documentation. Professional experience will help them to work as leading archaeologists (specialist - archaeologist) in companies conducting field research of a rescue nature and for scientific and documentation purposes.
- number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies - 20,
- number of credits for compulsory optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies - 81,
- number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies - 28,
- 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 = non applicable,
- number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for the proper completion of studies - 51,
- number of credits for professional experience required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies - 7,
- number of credits required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies for project work, indicating the relevant courses in the engineering study programmes = non applicable,
- number of credits required for the proper completion of studies/completion of a part of studies for artistic performances other than the final thesis in artistic study programmes = non applicable.
The study programme has clear and transparently published rules, criteria and methods of evaluation of study results in the individual course information sheets. Course information sheets are accessible through AIS to all students. Students also get feedback in the form of continuous assessment. The results of the continuous and final assessment of courses are recorded in the AIS and archived in accordance with legislation in force. The internal quality assurance system of higher education of CPU in Nitra defines in Article 5 Student-oriented learning, teaching and evaluation all the policies of the structure and processes applied in the verification of learning outcomes, student evaluation and also regulates the possibilities of corrective procedures. The framework rules for the verification of learning outcomes, the evaluation of students and the possibilities of corrective procedures against the evaluation are regulated by the Study Regulations of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf).
The conditions for the recognition of studies or a part of studies in the event of a change of the study programme, enrolment of a student from another university and completion of a mobility are regulated by the Study Regulations of CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf) and other internal regulations of the Faculty:
Code of Ethics of CPU
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex
Internal Regulation on Complaints and Petitions at CPU
https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy-2017
Organisational rules
https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Organizacny-poriadok-UKF_po_AS.pdf
Procedure for submitting applications for recognition of exams at FoA CPU in Nitra
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/denne_studium/formulare/postup_uznavanie_skusok.pdf
The list in AIS is available at Study evidence – Final theses – VSES057 Final theses evidence (link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.es.VSES057App&kodAplikacie=VSES057&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) and subsequently after entering the specifications (academic year of the thesis assignment, workplace, type of thesis).
Alphabetical list of topics offered for 2019/2020 to 2021/2022:
Everyday life at Hrušov Castle. On the possibilities of reconstruction of life in the Castle in the light of archaeological sources and interdisciplinary cooperation
Funerary architecture in La Tène period
Craft specialization in prehistoric Europe
Sacral architecture of the High Middle Ages in Tekov and Hont territories
Charcoal from Bibracte oppidum. Possibilities and limits of anthracological and dendroantracological analysis
Research and protection of the second world war field fortifications in southwestern Slovakia
Doctoral topics offered for the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences based on a framework agreement on cooperation with an external educational institution in doctoral studies, which ensures cooperation with stakeholders in the implementation of doctoral study programme in full-time or part-time form (https://www.crz.gov.sk/309198/).
Militaria and battle tactics during the Urnfield Culture Period in the northern part of the Carpathian Basin
Burial ritual of the Lusatian culture in Slovakia and neighbouring cultural-geographic regions on the both sides of the Carpathian Arc during the Bronze Age
The environment of Ponitrie and Požitavie regions and its changes in the Middle Ages based on the archaeobotanical finds
Settlement in Liptovská Sielnica-Liptovská Mara II/Rybníky as the part of Late La Tène settlement structure in the Western Carpathians
Spiš Region as the contact zone of the Urnfield cultures during the Late and Final Bronze Age in Western Carpathians
Medieval ceramics (11th-15th century) in north-eastern Slovakia
System protection and reconstruction of iron artifacts in archaeology
Early and High Middle Ages settlement of the middle Považie region from the point of view of archeology
Early medieval hoard finds from Slovakia
Early medieval barrow mounds in the Middle Danube region
The development of the elites of the younger Roman Period mainly on the example of the princely tombs of Krakovany-Stráže
Rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of final theses in the study programme:
The rules for the assignment, processing, opposition, defence and evaluation of theses are regulated by the Study Regulations of https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,
Internal Regulation no 13/2020 on final, rigorous and habilitation theses (https://www.ukf.sk/73-moja-ukf/3794-13-2020-smernica-o-zaverecnych-rigoroznych-a-habilitacnych-pracach?highlight=WyJzbWVybmljYSIsIm8iLCJvJ2JyaWVuIiwielx1MDBlMXZlcmVcdTAxMGRuXHUwMGZkY2giLCJwclx1MDBlMWNhY2giLCJzbWVybmljYSBvIiwic21lcm5pY2EgbyB6XHUwMGUxdmVyZVx1MDEwZG5cdTAwZmRjaCIsIm8gelx1MDBlMXZlcmVcdTAxMGRuXHUwMGZkY2giLCJ6XHUwMGUxdmVyZVx1MDEwZG5cdTAwZmRjaCBwclx1MDBlMWNhY2giXQ==)
(in case the workplace has its own final theses methodologies, please specify and enclosed the link)
Opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility:
The opportunities and procedures for participation in student mobility are regulated by the Study regulations of CPU https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,
Directive no 12/2021 on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements: https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod
Rules for adherence to academic ethics and rules for drawing consequences:
The university makes sure that the principles (defined by the Code of Ethics in Article 2 https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex), which ensure fair application of evaluation criteria for all students are met in pedagogical activities (they are always specified in the course information sheet) - in accordance with the Directive no 8/2018 Principles of evaluation of teaching and teachers by students, students also express their views on the evaluation processes via a questionnaire survey. The form also includes the possibility of expressing directed dissatisfaction with a specific course or teacher.
Procedures applicable to students with special needs:
In the area of providing services to students with special needs, the Faculty follows the Internal Regulation on providing generally accessible academic workplace for students with special needs (VP 28/2015) and cooperates with the University Support Centre for the Study of Students with Special Needs (https://www.ukf.sk/sc/poradenstvo-a-podpora-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-potrebami?highlight=WyJzbyIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSIsInBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNvIFx1MDE2MXBlY2lmaWNrXHUwMGZkbWkiLCJzbyBcdTAxNjFwZWNpZmlja1x1MDBmZG1pIHBvdHJlYmFtaSIsInNwZWNpZmlja3ltaSBwb3RyZWJhbWkiXQ==).
Procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.
The university makes sure that the principles (defined by the Code of Ethics in Article 2 https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex), which ensure fair application of evaluation criteria for all students are met in pedagogical activities (they are always specified in the course information sheet) - in accordance with the Directive no 8/2018 Principles of evaluation of teaching and teachers by students, students also express their views on the evaluation processes via a questionnaire survey. The form also includes the possibility of expressing directed dissatisfaction with a specific course or teacher.
Procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students are governed by the Act no 9/2010 Coll. on complaints and its amendment no 94/2014 Coll.: https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2010/9/ and the recommended procedures provided at the Faculty’s website under the section Study (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/interne-formy-studia.
Procedures for filing and investigating complaints are regulated by the Internal Regulation no 12/2007 on Complaints and Petitions at CPU (https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy -2017) and review of complaints and appeals of students and applicants is ensured at the level of the Rectorate by the Control Department.
Appeals against tuition fees are regulated by the university’s internal regulation (32/2019): https://www.ukf.sk/studium/vysokoskolske-studium/skolne-a-poplatky?highlight=WyJcdTAxNjFrb2xuXHUwMGU5Il0=.
In the structure according to Decree no. 614/2002 Coll.
According to Decree no 614/2002 Coll., the course information sheets are available in the structure in the AIS system under the section Study programmes in Output reports from study programmes (VSST178) at the following link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.st.VSST178App&kodAplikacie=VSST178&uiLang=SK&viewer=web after specifying the requirements for the display of a specific study programme and its plan in a specific form and degree of study.
Academic calendar: https://www.ukf.sk/studium/organizacia-studia/harmonogram-akademickeho-roka. The current schedule of the study programme is published in the AIS system via the route Schedule - Output reports from the schedule - VSRH009 Schedule of hours for ... (link https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.vs.rh.VSRH009App&kodAplikacie=VSRH009&uiLang=SK&viewer=web) after specifying the academic year, semester, study programme (or others).
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD., function: professor, contact: nbpazinova@ukf.sk
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD. (nbpazinova@ukf.sk)
- Profile courses: PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium II, Field Practice 1, Field Practice 2, Internships and Stays Abroad, Active Participation in a Domestic Scientific Event, Active Participation in a Foreign Scientific Event, Publication in Journals Registered in Web of Science or Scopus 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Works in Peer-reviewed Publications, Participation in a Domestic Project (Scientific or Educational), Elaboration and Execution of the UGA Project 1 and 2,
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10680
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD. (zborzova@ukf.sk)
- Profile courses: PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium II, Internships and Stays Abroad, Active Participation in a Domestic Scientific Event, Active Participation in a Foreign Scientific Event, Publication in Journals Registered in Web of Science or Scopus 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Works in Peer-reviewed Publications, Participation in a Domestic Project (Scientific or Educational), Elaboration and Execution of the UGA Project 1 and 2,
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10450
doc. Mgr. Mária Hajnalová, PhD. (mhajnalova@ukf.sk)
- Profile courses: PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium II, Internships and Stays Abroad, Active Participation in a Domestic Scientific Event, Active Participation in a Foreign Scientific Event, Publication in Journals Registered in Web of Science or Scopus 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Works in Peer-reviewed Publications, Participation in a Domestic Project (Scientific or Educational), Elaboration and Execution of the UGA Project 1 and 2,
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10750
doc. Mgr. Dominik Repka, PhD. (drepka@ukf.sk)
- Profile courses: PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium II, Field Practice 1, Field Practice 2, Internships and Stays Abroad, Active Participation in a Domestic Scientific Event, Active Participation in a Foreign Scientific Event, Publication in Journals Registered in Web of Science or Scopus 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Works in Peer-reviewed Publications, Participation in a Domestic Project (Scientific or Educational), Elaboration and Execution of the UGA Project 1 and 2,
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21901
prof. PhDr. Egon Wiedermann, PhD. (ewiedermann@ukf.sk)
- Profile courses: PhD Scholars’ Colloquium I, PhD Scholars’ Colloquium II
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10369
prof. Mgr. Katarína Fichnová, PhD., (kfichnova@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Academic Skills;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10381
doc. Mgr. Lucia Spálová, PhD. (lspalova@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Academic Skills;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10383
prof. Mgr. Peter Mikuláš, PhD. (pmikulas@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Academic Skills;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10696
prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc. (stomaskova@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Philosophical Problems in Humanities and Social Sciences;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8803
prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD. (jzozulak@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6613
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD. (jmaximova@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10666
doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD. (pkoreny@ukf.sk)
- Profile course: Research Ethics and Academic Integrity;
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10410
Academic profiles of the teachers are accessible in the AIS system for the logged in user with assigned competence under the section Human resources - LZ020 Overview of employees and employments at the departments (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie = LZ020 & uiLang = SK & viewer = web) after specifying the workplace and person.
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD.: Link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Mária Hajnalová, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD. , link to the academic profile of the teacher:
prof. PhDr. Egon Wiedermann, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Dominik Repka, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
prof. Mgr. Katarína Fichnová, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Lucia Spálová, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
prof. Mgr. Peter Mikuláš, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
prof. PhDr. Silvia Tomašková, CSc., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
prof. ThDr. Ján Zozuľak, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. PhDr. Peter Korený, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
The study plan contains a list of teachers, where the teachers responsible for individual courses are specified.
Profile courses of individual teachers are no longer listed; these are specified in section 7b.
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD. (nbpazinova@ukf.sk)
- courses: Reviewing of other works 1 and 2, Reviewing of Thesis 1 and 2, Preparation of Study Materials 1 and 2, Pedagogical Activity I to V, Lecture for Target Audience, E-Learning Course Design, Organisation of Excursion and Other Events 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Work in Non-peer-reviewed Publications, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Participation in International Project (Scientific or Educational);
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10680
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD. (zborzova@ukf.sk)
- courses: Reviewing of other works 1 and 2, Reviewing of Thesis 1 and 2, Preparation of Study Materials 1 and 2, Pedagogical Activity I to V, Lecture for Target Audience, E-Learning Course Design, Organisation of Excursion and Other Events 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Work in Non-peer-reviewed Publications, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Participation in International Project (Scientific or Educational);
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10450
doc. Mgr. Mária Hajnalová, PhD. (mhajnalova@ukf.sk)
- courses: Reviewing of other works 1 and 2, Reviewing of Thesis 1 and 2, Preparation of Study Materials 1 and 2, Pedagogical Activity I to V, Lecture for Target Audience, E-Learning Course Design, Organisation of Excursion and Other Events 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Work in Non-peer-reviewed Publications, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Participation in International Project (Scientific or Educational);
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10750
doc. Mgr. Dominik Repka, PhD. (drepka@ukf.sk)
- courses: Reviewing of other works 1 and 2, Reviewing of Thesis 1 and 2, Preparation of Study Materials 1 and 2, Pedagogical Activity I to V, Lecture for Target Audience, E-Learning Course Design, Organisation of Excursion and Other Events 1 and 2, Scientific and Professional Work in Non-peer-reviewed Publications, Other Publications, Organisation of Scientific Event, Participation in International Project (Scientific or Educational);
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21901
prof. PaedDr. Elena Zelenická, PhD. (ezelenicka@ukf.sk)
- Course: Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 1, Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 2
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10321
PaedDr. Pavol Burcl, PhD. (pburcl@ukf.sk)
- Course: Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 1, Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 2
- CRZVŠ: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/10395
Mgr. Oľga Csalová, PhD. (ocsalova@ukf.sk)
- Course: Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 1, Foreign Language for Academic Purposes 2
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD. (nbpazinova@ukf.sk):
● Craft specialization in prehistoric Europe
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD. (zborzova@ukf.sk)
● Everyday life at Hrušov Castle. On the possibilities of reconstruction of life in the Castle in the light of archaeological sources and interdisciplinary cooperation
doc. Mgr. Mária Hajnalová, PhD. (mhajnalova@ukf.sk):
● Wood Charcoal from Bibracte oppidum (France). Possibilities and limits of anthracological and dendroantracological analysis
● Plants and People during the Hallstatt period in the Middle Danube area
doc. Mgr. Dominik Repka, PhD. (drepka@ukf.sk)
● Funerary architecture in La Tène period
● Burial ritual and the question of the social structure of the Celtic tribes living in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the La Tène period (the dissertation under this name is supervised by doc. Repka at Charles University in Prague, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, doctoral student: Mgr. Zbigniew Gajdzica)
Academic profiles of the teachers are accessible in the AIS system for the logged in user with assigned competence under the section Human resources - LZ020 Overview of employees and employments at the departments (https://ais2.ukf.sk/ais/servlets/WebUIServlet?appClassName=ais.gui.lz.LZ020App&kodAplikacie = LZ020 & uiLang = SK & viewer = web) after specifying the workplace and person.
prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD.: Link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Mária Hajnalová, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD. , link to the academic profile of the teacher:
doc. Mgr. Dominik Repka, PhD., link to the academic profile of the teacher:
Mgr. Stanislava Blahová, study programme DSAR15 archaeology, 1st year, stanislava.blahova@ukf.sk
tutor of the study programme: prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD., contact details: nbpazinova@ukf.sk, http://www.karch.ff.ukf.sk/index.php/sk/personalia/15-personalia/28-doc-phdr-noemi-beljak-pazinova-phd
- vice-dean for science, research and postgraduate forms of studies, Faculty of Arts, CPU: doc. PhDr. Martin Hetényi, PhD., mhetenyi@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/vedenie-fakulty
- assigned study clerk: Ing. Monika Václavová, mvaclavova@ukf.sk, https://www.ff.ukf.sk/doktorandske-studium
- administrative employee of the Department: Mgr. Erika Vnučková, evnuckova@ukf.sk, http://www.khis.ff.ukf.sk/index.php/o-katedre/pracovnici
- accommodation office - accommodation centre ŠD: RNDr. Katarína Baťová, PhD, kbatova@ukf.sk; Mgr. Simona Gutová, sgutova@ukf.sk, https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy
The study programme in question is carried out in lecture and (specialised) seminar rooms equipped with computers with installed relevant software and other didactic aids. By default, lecture rooms are equipped with a desktop computer with Internet connection, a data projector, a projector screen, a white and interactive boards and a lectern; large lecture rooms are also equipped with a sound system with fixed or wireless microphone. Key large lecture rooms are also equipped with a system for recording and broadcasting lectures. This technology, apart from promoting an e-learning form of teaching, increases the accessibility of content and also increases possibilities for the promotion and communication with the general public. For this reason, TV panels were installed in the common areas, displaying recorded individual lectures, leisure time events or live streams from lecture rooms.
Seminar rooms are also equipped with a sound system, a workstation connected to the Internet, a data projector, a white board and specialised teaching aids. The maintenance and continuous upgrading and replacement of the material and technical equipment is financed mainly from structural funds and research projects, trying to ensure their continuous up-to-datedness, flawless operation/performance and adequate ratio for a given number of students.
The spatial provision of the doctoral study programme Archaeology is implemented in three areas: 1. Workspace for doctoral students was created in teachers’ offices. 2. Doctoral students carry out teaching and consultation activities at the Department’s address - Hodžova street 1. 3. Teaching activities carried out by doctoral students take place in lecture rooms and seminar rooms, which are located in the buildings at Hodžova Street 1 and Štefánikova Street 67. The teaching is therefore carried out in two buildings, which are 150 m apart (max. 5 minutes by walk), that is why there are no problems when students are going from one building to the other
The room on the third floor of the building at Hodžova Street - room 308 with benches with a capacity of 24 people and an area of 46.15 m2 - is primarily used for lectures and seminars. If necessary, a smaller room can be used for the seminars - the archaeological laboratory with tables at Štefánikova Street, a capacity of 6 people and an area of 14 m2.
All teaching rooms are equipped with school furniture, teaching aids and Internet connection as standard.
The Department of Archaeology is located in the building of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra at Hodžova Street No. 1 on the third floor. The secretariat of the Department and its staff have 3 office rooms in this building, 5 desktop computers, 8 laptops, 8 external hard drives, 2 data projectors, 4 multifunctional devices (printer, copier, scanner), 5 printers, 2 scanners, 1 binder, 1 cutter, 1 shredder, 1 external burner. All rooms have a telephone connection and all computers at the Department are connected to the Internet, which allows mutual communication as well as communication with students and the public at a level corresponding to the current standard. Communication with students and the public also takes place via the Department’s website: (http://www.karch.ff.ukf.sk/index.php/sk/) and the fanpage of the Department created on the social network (https://www.facebook.com/KatedraArcheologieFFUKFvNitre/).
The Department of Archaeology has another office room (archaeological laboratory) in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, CPU at Štefánikova Street. It is a glass room on the ground floor of the building with an area of 14 m2. This room is equipped with three desks, a desktop computer and research microscopes, one of which is equipped with a device for documenting observed objects - a drawing mirror. It serves mainly as a laboratory for processing archaeologico-environmental findings. The study programme of archaeology is realized in lecture rooms and/or seminar rooms, which are located in the building on Hodžova street No. 1 in Nitra. Lectures are held mostly in lecture rooms in the building at Hodžova Street No. 1 (room H308 - classroom, capacity: 24 seats, benches and chairs, area of 46.15 m2; room H 307 (Acropola), capacity: 80 seats, fixed benches and folding chairs, area of 157 m2). All lecture rooms are equipped with data projectors, which are connected to computers and sound system. Seminars and laboratory exercises take place in the building at Hodžova Street No. 1 (room H 308, capacity: 24 seats, benches and chairs, area of 46.15 m2) - the room is equipped with a computer, data projector, five student stereoscopic magnifiers with lighting and two laboratory digital scales. Students of the study programme have at their disposal the University Library of CPU, with its registered office at Dražovská cesta 4, Nitra. Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m., Saturday 8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. The library’s mission is to ensure free access to information disseminated on all types of media through library and information services, meeting the cultural, information, scientific research and educational needs of users, promoting lifelong learning and the spiritual development of people. The library provides library services (interlibrary, consulting, reference, bibliographic and search services) to teachers, researchers and students, as well as to the general public. In addition, it preserves and bibliographically registers qualification theses of students, research and pedagogical staff of CPU and the publishing and artistic activities of teachers, researchers and doctoral students of CPU. The CPU library collection currently registers approximately 230,000 items, of which the fund of the University Library itself represents about 168,960 items and the other part of the library fund is located in sub-libraries at individual workplaces of the University. The library collection is freely accessible. The library has access to licensed information resources within the national NISPEZ project (Gale Virtual Reference Library, Knovel Library, ProQuest Central, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, Web of Knowledge, Wiley Online Library and EBSCO Publishing). There are also three study rooms at the University Library: at Dražovská cesta 4, Hodžova Street 1 and Kraskova Street 1. The study rooms offer free access to compulsory literature. Users are informed about the library’s services and activities on the library’s website www.uk.ukf.sk. The collection of the library is processed in the DAWINCI library and information system and the library collection is accessible via an online catalogue. The library provides Internet access and sells scripts and publications published by CPU in Nitra in its shop. The library’s premises provide wireless Internet access.
The Department of Archaeology has a study room at Hodžova Street 1 which is a part of the CPU University Library and the Departmental study room in the building of the Slovak Academy of Sciences at Akademická 2 in Nitra. The study room contains more than 3,000 books and 1,500 journals, which are regularly updated based on the suggestions of the Department’s staff to enable students to follow the latest knowledge and trends in the field. Funds for the purchase of books are obtained mainly from grants. Students also have at their disposal the following periodicals: Slovenská archeológia, Študijné Zvesti of the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra, Archeologické výskumy a nálezy na Slovensku, Germania, Zborník of the Slovak National Museum, Acta Archaeologica Brunensia, Archeologie východních Čech, Živá archeologie and many others. There are also scientific papers and published outputs of members of the Department, master’s and bachelor’s theses, etc. The Department of Archaeology cooperates with the Department of History in publishing the international scientific journal Studia Historica Nitriensia (until 2012 published as a proceeding on an annual basis), through which the professionals and students can get acquainted not only with the current work of the staff of the Department, but also with works from other domestic and foreign departments.
The departmental study room in the building of the Slovak Academy of Sciences also serves as an occasional lecture room. For this reason, it is equipped with a data projector, screen, tables and 20 chairs.
Characteristics of the study programme information management (access to study literature according to Course information sheets, access to information databases and other information sources, information technologies, etc.).
CPU uses a number of proven, modernized existing and new information systems providing information to support management in the following areas:
The complete educational agenda at CPU is ensured via the Academic Information System (AIS). The system processes data related to the education of a specific student from the moment of submitting their application for university studies, through the record keeping of study results to the record keeping and printing of education documents. In addition to the study results, it also contains records of final theses, class schedule and student enrolment on classes. Data from AIS are uploaded to the Central Register of Students and the Central Register of Theses and Dissertations. At the management level, AIS serves as a resource for reporting teaching activities and measuring the educational performance of departments/institutes and their employees. The information collected in AIS is the fundamental source of information for the accreditation and creation of the offer of study programmes.
Document Management System (DOC) serves as an authorized zone for employees and students of the university and, along with the intranet section of the website, provides access to current documents (internal regulations of the university and faculty, forms, decisions of the rector, deans, e.g., concerning scholarships, software (licensed and open, working materials of management units, etc.).
Library Information System (KIS) ensures the activities of the University Library. The records of publishing activities are operated within the library information system, while it allows access to publishing activities for each employee both at the level of insertion and at the level of obtaining publication and citation outputs. The obtained data serve as a source for the evaluation of employees and departments in the field of publishing performance and at the same time represent a source for the Central Registry of Publication Activity. Study support is ensured through study materials, which are provided to students through several channels. The primary source is the newly built University Library in the CPU Zobor Campus with its study rooms at Hodžová and Kraskova Streets.
E-learning portals are a secondary source of study materials. In September 2007, LMS Moodle was implemented as a university-wide e-learning portal in a structure corresponding to the structure of the University (faculties divided into departments). The edu.ukf.sk portal is intended to support the teaching of accredited courses. The number of the EDU system users exceeds 13,500 users per year (of which about a third are active users), which can be considered as a smooth promotion of e-learning in the university environment. The successful implementation of structural fund projects which involve the designing of e-learning courses was also another factor.
Within the project NISPEZ, the CPU University Library provided, through CVTI SR, access to the following electronic information databases: SCOPUS, SpringerLink, Wiley Online Library, ProQuest Central, ScienceDirect, Knovel Library, Web of Knowledge - Current Contents Connect (CCC), Web of Knowledge - Essential Science Indicators (ESI), Web of Knowledge - Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Web of Knowledge – MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge - Web of Science (WOS), Web of Knowledge - Korean Journal Database, Web of Knowledge – Russian Science Citation Index, Web of Knowledge - SciELO Citation Index.
Thanks to the cooperation with the Slovak National Library in Martin, the CPU University Library had access to the databases of the American company EBSCO Publishing: Academic Search Complete, Agricola, AHFS Consumer Medication Information, Business Source Premier, ERIC, GreenFile, Health Source – ConsumerEdition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Humanities International Complete, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE with Full Text, Newspaper Source, Regional Business News, Teacher Reference Centre.
There is an extensive network of specialized ICT-equipped classrooms at CPU. In addition, students have free access to computer boxes in the corridors, virtually in all university buildings. CPU currently has 790 computers for students. Their putting in place and renovation of the existing ones was carried out largely in the period 2010-2012 (but they underwent a complete renovation several times) within the structural funds projects (Modernization of infrastructure to improve the quality of education and Development of infrastructure with a focus on ICT - a condition for education in the 3rd millennium). As part of these projects, more than 100 rooms were equipped with data projectors and workstations connected to them. Specialized classrooms (special language classrooms equipped with software for translators; 2 classrooms equipped with complete interpreting equipment; specialized audiovisual classroom; research, recording and communication centre and university creative studio) were created and equipped.
An important step in the field of e-learning is the integration of a system for recording and broadcasting lectures, which is implemented in 5 lecture rooms at individual faculties. One lecture room equipped in this way is also located on the premises of the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra. This technology, apart from increasing the accessibility of content, also increases possibilities for the promotion and communication with the general public.
The basis of the technical infrastructure of data and telecommunication networks is a 10 Gb/s optical network, built within the framework of structural funds projects (Modernization of infrastructure to improve the quality of education and Development of infrastructure with a focus on ICT - a condition for education in the 3rd millennium). Thanks to the resources from the structural funds, the coverage of the wireless signal has also been expanded and is currently available in all university buildings. CPU currently has 113 wireless access points.
The operation of the computer network and information systems is ensured by several dozens of servers, gradually expanded thanks to resources from the structural funds. At present, information systems run in most cases on virtual systems, which saves energy costs and increases the security of systems against intrusions.
As part of the provision of basic information support for the study, an e-mail system was set up for students at the University’s own expense, through which each student obtains their own e-mail account for official communication with the institution upon enrolment. Students are informed not only by e-mail communication, communication via the websites of departments and distribution of messages in the AIS system, but also via large screens integrated into the information system of the University. This technology was implemented within the project Development of infrastructure with a focus on ICT - a condition for education in the 3rd millennium and its goal is to provide current information, multimedia presentations and presentations of individual departments in the busiest places of the University.
Our participation in the Eduroam project represented a significant modernization, as this infrastructure enables students and academic staff to connect to a computer network at another academic institution without having to register or obtain additional credentials. Therefore, connecting to the network requires only the username and password that the user owns from the home institution. This network can be used by both university visitors and our students and staff during their stays at other universities.
As part of the introduction of the quality of education and research, a superstructure of information systems has been built in recent years, with the aim to map the activity, productivity and results of the University’s creative staff. The construction of this managerial superstructure resulted in closer cooperation between the individual systems and the creation of an integrative portal simplifying access to the individual University information systems.
The main communication channel presenting and promoting the university is the university website. In recent years, it has undergone several changes. In the first phase, the design was changed and clarified, and during the second, a content management tool was implemented, enabling simple and user-friendly content maintenance and updating. Subsequently, the site management system was implemented at the faculties and other units of the University. A secondary information source intended mainly for students is the presentation of the University and Faculty activities on several social networks, which speeds up and makes access to information for the target group faster and more efficient.
Information technologies and systems
Eduroam WiFi network is available to students on all university premises. All information and installation guidelines are available here:
https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/wifi
Principles for the use of computer network
https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/zasady-pouzivania-pocitacovej-siete
Additionally, on the basis of an agreement between the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and Microsoft, all our students and faculty staff are entitled to a free account in Microsoft Office 365 Education.
https://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/office-365-education
Information systems for communication
Students and teachers communicate using university e-mail accountshttps://www.ukf.sk/helpdesk/elektronicka-posta
In accordance with strategic and operational goals, the CPU employs the following systems, including their value added for managing, storing and evaluating information:
1. Academic Information System (AIS2) – is currently used to record complex information about the study programme (study plans, course information sheets, academic profiles of teachers and student records, including their admission procedure, studies, final theses and state exams). The CPU also uses the AIS to prepare academic schedules and conduct student evaluations of programmes, teachers and studies. Data from the AIS are uploaded to the Central Register of Students, the Central Register of Theses and Dissertations and the register of universities - PortalVS.sk. At the management level, AIS serves as a resource for reporting teaching activities and measuring the educational performance of departments/institutes and their offer of study programmes. The information collected in AIS is the fundamental source of information for the accreditation and creation of the offer of study programmes.
2. Document Management (DOC) - (document management system) serves as an authorized zone for employees and students of the university and, along with the intranet section of the website, provides access to current documents (internal regulations of the university and faculty, forms, decisions of the rector, deans, e.g., concerning scholarships, software (licensed and open-source), working materials of management units, etc.).
3. Education Portal (EDU) - https://edu.ukf.sk
4. Library Information System (KIS) - https://kis.ukf.sk/opacXE
5. University Information System (UIS) - https://uis.ukf.sk
6. Catering Portal - https://www.stravovanie.ukf.sk
7. Order Management System (oSYS) - https://osys.ukf.sk:4443/osys/users/login/?u=%2Fosys%2F
8. Accommodation System (UIS) - https://uis.ukf.sk/
9. Time and Attendance System (Watt) - https://watt.ukf.sk/
10. Employee Self-service Portal (ESS) - https://portal.ukf.sk/kvalita/index.php?r=site/login
11. Web mail for employees and students - https://posta.ukf.sk/webmail/
12. University website - https://www.ukf.sk
All information systems communicate with the user through a secured channel. In order to simplify access and minimize the possibility of credential theft, a system of central authentication has been deployed. It stores the access data of employees and students via LDAP and enables their verification upon request from all information systems.
The system is linked to the financial and personnel system (SOFIA), and thus upon termination of employment the employee’s access to the information systems and facilities of the university is automatically denied and, vice-versa, granted upon onboarding.
Our participation in the Eduroam project represents a significant modernization, as this infrastructure enables students and academic staff to connect to a computer network at another academic institution without having to register or obtain additional credentials. Therefore, connecting to the network requires only the username and password that the user owns from the home institution. This network can be used by both university visitors and our students and staff. The main communication channel presenting and promoting the university is the university website.
CPU has built and continues to innovate its own ICT infrastructure and information systems (IS) that are integrated parts of information support processes with a focus on research, education and management. Their implementation and operation are managed by the University CIKT (Centre for ICT), ensuring compliance with the University long-term intentions and strategic goals. Regarding their application, individual technologies and systems are used as follows: project and task management (IS Projects, SAP system, MIS Performance indicators); teaching and improvement activities support provided at the level of knowledge management (KIS, University library databases, some educational materials are provided by faculty staff via e-learning courses); didactic support and improvement activities (available computer classrooms in each faculty); Internet access (all facilities are almost completely covered by wireless connection and all fixed computers provide Internet connection).
Interaction with students is ensured through AIS, e-mail communication, as well as web presentations of the university, its faculties and other organisational units. In selected periods, the University increasingly promotes its activities and study possibilities by means of print media, workshops and open days. Sharing and providing information at the level of educational content (e-learning, library services, and education management) is accessible nonstop through electronic services. All the university information systems are linked to the unified user management (LDAP) system, allowing access to all systems through the same credentials.
An example of minimizing the environmental burden is the electronic monitoring of time and attendance, incapacity for work, business trips and overtime using contactless chip cards or the Time and Attendance Software (WATT). Another example of minimizing the environmental burden is the Order Management System (oSYS), designed for internal procurement of goods and services within CPU through mass collection of information from individual organisational units with the possibility of approving individual orders in accordance with the hierarchical structure of CPU. Employees may access payslip or other information regarding remuneration in the ESS system.
If necessary, teachers of the study programme use video conferencing systems (especially https://meet.ukf.sk/), as well as the CPU E-learning portal Moodle and other applications (e.g. MS Teams and others.). The Faculty provides to all teachers special training on how to work with distance learning courses.
E-learning systems
Education Portal (EDU) - https://edu.ukf.sk
The CPU e-learning portal provides automatic access to published e-learning courses for all CPU students. Users can monitor the fulfilment of individual tasks and assignments and hold discussions in forums. Moreover, the system provides teachers with sophisticated online testing options.
E-learning user guidelines in the form of tutorial videos are published on the Faculty of Arts website at: https://edu.ukf.sk/course/index.php?categoryid=162
Video Conferencing System (meet) - https://meet.ukf.sk
The system enables distance learning and student evaluation, as well as online state examinations at the time of controlled distance learning. Moreover, it provides online consultation sessions with students and other study and group activities. All communication via the CPU Meet application is fully encrypted.
The Department of Archaeology develops cooperation with domestic and foreign academic departments and institutions. For domestic institutions, it is mainly cooperation with the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Its staff cyclically presents the latest research in the field of archaeology. Several employees of the Department of Archaeology are or were members of the Slovak Archaeological Society at the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Department is also represented in the Scientific Board of the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra, specifically in the person of doc. Mgr. Zuzana Borzová, PhD. Together with the staff of this Institute, the members of the Department prepared several scientific and popularization events (for example, conferences: International conference of the Middle Ages Archaeology Historica; popularization events: Summer School of Archaeology; participated in solving various grant tasks (VEGA, APVV). The Department of Archaeology has a long-term cooperation with the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra in terms of joint publications and also teaching in the framework of guest lectures. Students of the Department of Archaeology regularly visit the scientific library of the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra, which has the latest and most extensive book collection in the field of archaeology in Slovakia.
On 10 November 2011, as part of its doctoral studies, the Department of Archaeology or Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra concluded a framework agreement with the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra on cooperation with an external educational institution in doctoral studies. The agreement is aimed at the cooperation of the parties involved in the implementation of the doctoral study programme in full-time or part-time form. The first doctoral student who was accepted for doctoral studies at the external educational institution - the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra started his studies in the academic year 2021/2022.
Another cooperating domestic institution is the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic. The Department of Archaeology, in cooperation with the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic, conducts several archaeological researches and surveys (in the past, for example, within the international project CEC Francia Media - Cradles of European Culture in the period 2011-2015).
The cooperation also continues in the form of organising an international conference (e.g. Archaeologia Historica 2021). The Department of Archaeology has a long-term cooperation with the relevant Regional Monuments Board in Nitra in teaching in the framework of guest lectures.
Cooperation with the Nitra Museum consists in organising specialized exhibitions, e.g. Archaeological research and restoration of the Oponice Castle in 2021 in the premises of the Museum subsidiary - the Municipal Museum of Zlaté Moravce and subsequently in the Ponitrianske Museum in Nitra in an expanded form The exhibition also includes a series of lectures for students of the archaeology programme as well as for the general public. The Department of Archaeology signed a joint Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ponitrianske museum in Nitra in 2020, which further specifies activities in the field of popularization and presentation of archaeology as a science.
In 2020, the Department of Archaeology also signed an Agreement on Mutual Cooperation with the Spiš Museum in Spišská Nová Ves. This agreement is aimed at cooperation in the field of archaeological research, links between the studies and practice, and the organization of lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences.
As for foreign institutions, the Department of Archaeology cooperates with the University of Hradec Králové, Masaryk University in Brno, Silesian University in Opava, the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague and Brno, the Institute for Archaeological Heritage in Brno, Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, the Center Archéologique Européen in Glux-en-Glenne and others.
Within the Erasmus + programme, the Department cooperates with departments at the universities in Hradec Králové, Olomouc, Opava, the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Cluj-Napoca, Wrocław, Łódž and Budapest.
Social security, sports, cultural, spiritual and social activities of CPU students are part of the Long-Term Strategy of CPU in Nitra for the Period 2019-2025 and the Long-Term Strategy of Faculty of Arts of CPU for the Period 2019-2022. In addition to higher education and research, the involvement and provision of specific know-how of universities to support the development of society and especially the region in which the university operates is its third main pillar of the mission. For this purpose, the university also uses feedback from its graduates and other participants in the social and cultural life of the region.
Student Life
https://www.ukf.sk/studium/studentsky-zivot
Constantine the Philosopher University promotes student cultural and sports activities. The student activities revolve around the various University Associations and Clubs.
Culture
The Hall of Residence CPU Nitra is home to the University Creative Studio. It is an integral cultural rendezvous point for the University students and their ensembles to rehearse and stage theatrical productions, various scenic projects and cultural events. The Creative Studio is also used for educational purposes (workshops, seminars, trainings) within the artistic and artistic-educational study programmes at the University.
Ponitran, the oldest folk ensemble at the University, focuses on traditional Slovak folklore with special interest in the Ponitrie Region. The mission of this ensemble is to evolve spare-time activities of the students, follow up on the traditional Slovak culture, interpret it artistically and collect the folklore material from various Slovak regions, but especially from the Nitra and Tekov Regions.
The VYDI Student Theatre was founded in 1992. During an academic year, student actors rehearse one production that is staged for a domestic audience in the University Creative Studio of the Faculty. They also take part in various regional shows or thematic festivals. The participation of students in this body is not limited only to theatrical productions, but a diverse range of variable activities also takes place: improligy (improvisation leagues), stand up performances, street parades, Santa’s parties, majálesy (student rag in May), cabaret, matriculation, workshops, etc.
The civic association JA a MY organises cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, scientific conferences, seminars, discussion forums, round tables, debates, as well as alternative art projects in the national and international context, with an emphasis on supporting the region’s all-round artistic development. The association supports budding artists, publicists and scholars of fine art in order to enable them to make a public presentation of their creative and scientific activities. The best-known event organised under the auspice of this association is The Petr Scherhaufer Festival.
The Hungarian CPU Choir successfully represents the University on domestic and foreign concert stages, choir festivals and competitions. At The Kodályové dni Festival in Galanta, the national qualification competition of choirs, our choir has repeatedly won the Zlaté pásmo award. The members organise regular concerts and its goal is to cultivate and further revive Kodály’s traditions, as well as the dissemination of Hungarian choral culture, primarily among the university youth. The manager of the choir is currently the Faculty of Central European Studies, CPU.
Sport
In addition to individual sports, the sports activities of CPU students are focused also on team sports. The following sports clubs represent the sport life at the CPU: Volley Project, BKM Youth Basketball Club, Taekwon-Do and hockey team Philosophers Nitra.
CPU Student Parliament
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/studentske-kluby-a-zdruzenia
It organises annual events – Nitrianske univerzitné dni (Nitra University Days), Dni nitrianskych univerzít (Days of Nitra Universities) with the participation of urgent healthcare students who, with the supervision of teachers, provide first aid (https://www.ukf.sk/verejnost/aktuality/udalosti/4288-studentsky-parlament-chysta-online-podujatia)
As a part of ensuring quality studies and extracurricular life, the CPU provides various services to its students (https://www.ukf.sk/studium/sluzby-studentom)
The University Pastoral Centre of Paul Strauss in Nitra (UPC) was founded in December 2008. Its main aim is to provide pastoral care and spiritual guidance to the students and staff of the Nitra universities, other institutions and university halls of residence. (www.upcnitra.sk).
The Student Centre (SC) offers advice, counselling and other services to support students’ extracurricular activities. This centralized consultancy unit includes spiritual, financial, career, psychological, legal, social and health counselling and support to the students with special educational needs. (https://www.ukf.sk/sc).
The possibilities and conditions of student participation in mobilities and internships are regulated by Directive 12/2021 on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements:https://www.ukf.sk/fakulty-a-sucasti/studenske-domovy/73-moja-ukf/4514-12-2021-smernica-o-realizacii-mobilit-v-ramci-programu-erasmus-inych-stipendijnych-programov-a-bilateralnych-dohod.
Instructions for applicants’ registration are published on the university's website: www.ukf.sk. The rules for academic recognition are regulated by the CPU Study regulations: https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf,
The contact person for students of study programmes offered at the Faculty of Arts is the vice-dean for international relations and development prof. PaedDr. Bernard Garaj, CSc.: bgaraj@ukf.sk.
The Department of Archaeology multilaterally supports domestic and international mobilities and various student activities in accordance with the CPU Internationalization Strategies in 2019-2025. Within the Erasmus + programme, the Department of Archaeology cooperates with departments at the universities in Hradec Králové, Olomouc, Opava, České Budějovice, Cluj-Napoca, Wrocław, Łódž and Budapest. The Department’s coordinator of the Erasmus + programme is prof. PhDr. Noémi Beljak Pažinová, PhD.: nbpazinova@ukf.sk.
Criteria and requirements for student applicants (pursuant to Section 57 (5) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on amendments to certain acts) are always published transparently on the Faculty’s website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie.
The basic condition for admission to doctoral studies is a completed second-level university education and successful passing of the entrance exam.
Admission procedures are governed by the principles of the Faculty of Arts admission process and are published on the Faculty’s website: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/zasady-prijimacieho-konania. The applicant responds to the published study offer https://www.ff.ukf.sk/ponuka-studia/, which the Faculty updates annually on the Faculty’s and University’s websites and at the Register of Universities after discussing it with the dean’s college of the Faculty of Arts. The applicant can find additional organisational instructions for submitting electronic or paper applications on the Faculty’s website https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/prihlaska-na-studium. Any questions of students related to the admission procedure will be answered by the authorized persons (vice-dean for education, vice-dean for international relations) via the e-mail address prijimacky@ffukf.sk.
The results of the admission procedure over the last period are available in AIS: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/vysledky-prijimacieho-konania and are regularly published in the form of statistics in the annual report of the Faculty: https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy.
Monitoring and evaluation of study programmes by students is carried out each year through student assessment questionnaires. The procedures for monitoring and evaluating students’ opinions on the study programme quality are regulated by the Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU.
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf
Periodic evaluation of teaching and teachers by students is accessible through AIS.
The results of student feedback are analysed at several levels of the Faculty (Dean’s College, Scientific Council of the Faculty, Academic Senate of the Faculty, etc.), are communicated with stakeholders and published on the Faculty’s website, in the Faculty’s annual report
(https://www.ff.ukf.sk/o-fakulte/vyrocne-spravy) a in the report related to the evaluation of teaching and teachers of the Faculty (https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi). The results of the feedback represent an important basis for improving the study programme.
The results of the feedback are reflected by the Department in the following measures:
1. involvement of 3rd degree students in the creation of study programmes and online teaching materials,
2. involvement of 3rd degree students in Field Practice of bachelor’s and master’s degree students (doctoral students work as assistants of supervisors/research guarantors) and coordinate field and documentation work and work with archaeological material,
3. involvement of 3rd degree students in tasks related to student evaluation: assessments, reviews;
4. scientific cooperation between the Department’s employees (or supervisors) and doctoral students: active participation and co-participation in scientific projects, at foreign and domestic conferences, joint publications in scientific journals registered in WOS or Scopus, etc.
5. involvement of 3rd degree students in the promotion of science and bringing the results of field archaeological research closer to the general public or improving the level of knowledge and public awareness = implemented at the Department by putting procedures in place for the preparation of materials and presentation (popularization) of the scientific research results, thanks to which graduates of the study programmes Archaeology (3rd degree) acquire the necessary practical skills.
Status of the Board for the Internal Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the CPU in Nitra https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Statut_RK_UKF_V11_schvaleny_vrukf_18032021.pdf and in Internal Regulation no 31/2021: Methodology for designing study programmes at CPU 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 at CPU in Nitra
Quality Assurance System at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-system-zabezpecenia-kvality.pdf
Status of the Board for the Internal Quality Verification of Higher Education at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitrahttps://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/%C5%A0tat%C3%BAt_RKFF.pdf,
Board for Quality Verification of Higher Education at the Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra
Internal Regulation no 27/2021: Assessment of study programmes and assessment of eligibility of habilitation proceedings and inaugural proceedings at CPU in Nitra
Long-term Strategy of CPU in Nitra for the Period 2018-2025
https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Dlhodoby_zamer_UKF_SK-web.pdf
Long-term Strategy of Faculty of Arts
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-Dlhodoby_zamer__FF_2019.pdf
Status of CPU in Nitra
https://www.ukf.sk/ochrana-osobnych-udajov/14-univerzita/2194-statut-ukf
Study regulations of CPU in Nitra
https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Studijny_poriadok_uplne-znenie_23_11_2020.pdf
Code of Ethics of CPU
https://www.ukf.sk/univerzita/vnutorne-predpisy/eticky-kodex
Internal Regulation on Complaints and Petitions at CPU
https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vnutorne-predpisy/100-vnutorne-predpisy-2017/3072-vnutorne-predpisy-2017
Organisational rules
https://www.ukf.sk/images/univerzita/Uradna_tabula/Organizacny-poriadok-UKF_po_AS.pdf
Regulations of the Student Parliament at CPU in Nitra
https://www.sp.ukf.sk/index.php/o-nas/dokumenty/stanovy
Counselling and services to support student activities
Support services for students
Internal Regulation no 13/2020 on final, rigorous and habilitation theses:
Procedure for submitting applications for recognition of exams at FoA CPU in Nitra
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/denne_studium/formulare/postup_uznavanie_skusok.pdf
Disciplinary Rules of Faculty of Arts for studentshttps://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/predpisy_formulare/dff-disciplinarny-poriadok-ff.pdf
Disciplinary Committee of Faculty of Arts
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/struktura-fakulty/komisie-fakulty
Admission procedure guide of Faculty of Arts CPU in Nitra
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/zasady-prijimacieho-konania
Study offer at Faculty of Arts CPU in Nitra
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/ponuka-studia/
Evaluation of teaching and teachers by students at the Faculty of Arts
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/hodnotenie-vyucby-a-pedagogov-studentmi
(Annual) Report on Education of CPU
https://www.ukf.sk/intranet/vyrocne-spravy/73-moja-ukf/4353-vyrocne-spravy-za-rok-2020
Annual Report of CPU Faculty of Arts
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/images/dokumenty/aktualne_dokumenty/VS-ff-2020.pdfŠVOUČ
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/veda-a-vyskum-2/studentska-vedecka-odborna-a-umelecka-cinnost
Directive on the implementation of mobilities within the Erasmus+, other scholarship programmes and bilateral agreements
Information for students regarding mobilities at CPU in Nitra https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/erasmus-bilaterarne-dohody
Erasmus+
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus/erasmus-bilaterarne-dohody
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/erasmus
Other mobility grants
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/saia-n-o
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/projekt-euraxess-mobilita-vyskumnych-pracovnikov
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/daad
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/ivf
https://www.ukf.sk/granty/ine-mobilitne-programy/stipendia-erasmus-mundus
International relations
https://www.ukf.sk/medzinarodne-vztahy
CPU membership in international organizations
https://www.ukf.sk/medzinarodne-vztahy/clenstvo-ukf
CPU Internationalisation Strategies in 2019-2025
https://www.ukf.sk/medzinarodne-vztahy/strategia-internacionalizacie-ukf
Study guide
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/organizacia-studia/sprievodca-studiom
Admission procedure fees
https://www.ff.ukf.sk/prijimacie-konanie/poplatky-za-prijimacie-konanie
Services for students