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Dear friends!
Eruditio via sapientia est. Learning is the way of wisdom. That is the credo of more than forty-years'
history of our alma mater, the flagship of university education for agriculturalists. Several generations
of professionals, attending our university, form the face of agricultural sector of our country since the
middle of the last century.
The Slovak University of Agriculture offers a wide range of possibilities at its six faculties. Students can
choose the way of their professional life that will provide good living and prosperity for the country.
When translating it into numbers, the University awards degrees in 40 study programmes of bachelor,
31 programmes of master‘s and in 20 programmes of doctoral study. The study programmes are
supplemented with high quality foreign language training, access to information and communication
technologies, wide range of professional training courses and the opportunity to complete a part of
study at prestigious foreign universities.
The traditional fields of plant and animal production, biodiversity, ecology, the issue of safe food,
sustainable development, the use of alternative sources of energy and applied informatics characterize
the educational and research profile of our university. The university has the active part of European
and even global education area because of its educational and research activities. Our effort is
to be a modern and open university that reflects the needs of the period in agro-food sector in local,
regional and global scale. We want to provide a chance for young people to realize their dreams,
ambitions and new thoughts. Those who want to are a guarantee of development in every field of
human activity and they represent the basis of knowledge society needed in Europe.
Located in ancient town of Nitra, the Slovak University of Agriculture wants to follow a dignified and
presumptuous way, providing high quality education using the knowledge of our ancestors as well as
new approaches necessary for the 21st century.
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Dr. h. c. prof. Ing. Peter Bielik, PhD.,
Rector of Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra