Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
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<strong>University</strong><br />
Campus<br />
The university creates favourable conditions for studies. The <strong>in</strong>frastructure is constantly improved<br />
by the renovation and development <strong>of</strong> laboratories and classrooms, equipped with<br />
modern technologies.<br />
The Center <strong>of</strong> Information and Communication technology<br />
The center provides operation and development <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation and communication technologies<br />
on SUA. It implements the conceptual <strong>in</strong>tentions <strong>of</strong> SUA development <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
and communication technologies, <strong>in</strong>formation systems and <strong>in</strong>formation security.<br />
The center‘s mission is to ensure the registration, operation and service <strong>of</strong> hardware and<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware computers, to realize production and ma<strong>in</strong>tenance <strong>of</strong> multimedia didactic applications.<br />
It also prepares the computer network conception <strong>in</strong> SUA, provides its enlargement,<br />
operation, Internet connection and <strong>of</strong>fers net services. Establishment and operation<br />
<strong>of</strong> regional node <strong>of</strong> nationwide computer network SANET and SANET2 is another feature <strong>of</strong><br />
the center.<br />
The <strong>Slovak</strong> Agricultural Library<br />
More than 520 thousands <strong>of</strong> library units concern<strong>in</strong>g agriculture and its related fields have<br />
been gathered <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Slovak</strong> Agricultural Library. The library also collects documents from<br />
majority <strong>of</strong> scientific areas. Around 10 thousand <strong>of</strong> users have access to more than 200 thousand<br />
loans. The access to documents is simplified by an automated lend<strong>in</strong>g system, which<br />
also provides the access to onl<strong>in</strong>e magaz<strong>in</strong>es and books for the university.<br />
SUA Editorial Center<br />
Focuses on the issue <strong>of</strong> scientific and technical literature for the <strong>Slovak</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Agriculture</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Nitra</strong>, concern<strong>in</strong>g mostly educational literature (study books, scripts, memoirs)<br />
and other pr<strong>in</strong>ted matter (anniversary volumes, authors and mercantile for university departments).<br />
Scientific journals such as Acta fytotechnica et zootechnica, Acta oeconomica<br />
et <strong>in</strong>formatica, Acta technologica agriculturae, Acta horticulturae et regiotecturae, Acta<br />
regionalia et environmentalica and Agrochemistry, are graphically and editorially processed<br />
by SUA Editorial Centre. The shop <strong>of</strong> study literature concern<strong>in</strong>g sales <strong>of</strong> periodical and nonperiodical<br />
literature, particularly from its own production, is a part <strong>of</strong> the editorial center.<br />
Agricultural Expert Institute <strong>of</strong> SUA<br />
Its function is to provide implementation <strong>of</strong> expertise <strong>in</strong> three areas: 1. Environmental pro-<br />
tection, branch: air purity, clean water, <strong>in</strong>dustrial and municipal waste, meteorology, an estimate<br />
<strong>of</strong> damage to the environment, nature and landscape conservation; 2. <strong>Agriculture</strong>,<br />
branch: estimated value <strong>of</strong> agricultural land, crop production (general and special), animal<br />
production (general and special), process<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> agricultural products (PAP) - pomiculture,<br />
PAP - v<strong>in</strong>iculture, PAP - beekeep<strong>in</strong>g, horticulture, estimated value <strong>of</strong> agricultural land; 3. Water<br />
management, branch: fishery and aquaculture, hydromelioration.<br />
The SUA <strong>University</strong> Farm, Ltd., Kolíňany<br />
It <strong>of</strong>fers the best conditions for practical tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and for check<strong>in</strong>g the results <strong>of</strong> scientific<br />
work. It has an area <strong>of</strong> more than 2270 hectares. All the spectrum <strong>of</strong> agricultural production<br />
is comprised <strong>in</strong> its plant and animal sample production. Through its production and economic<br />
results, the SUA <strong>University</strong> Farm demonstrates its high level <strong>of</strong> farm<strong>in</strong>g. It is equipped<br />
with modern technology <strong>in</strong> crop production us<strong>in</strong>g elements <strong>of</strong> precision agriculture and progressive<br />
technologies <strong>in</strong> animal husbandry. It provides resources for deal<strong>in</strong>g with bachelor‘s,<br />
master‘s and doctorial thesis by means <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation base <strong>of</strong> socio-economic <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
and consult<strong>in</strong>g activity.<br />
The Botanical Garden<br />
It serves as an educational and research facility. It is an area <strong>of</strong> 28 hectares. Its collections<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude numerous species and cultivated tropical, subtropical and temperate plants. A part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the garden is also a pomological collection with hundreds <strong>of</strong> fruit varieties, sample book<br />
<strong>of</strong> ampelography and vegetable sample book. The botanical garden cooperates with 350<br />
botanical gardens and arboretums around the world <strong>in</strong> free exchange <strong>of</strong> seed material.<br />
The <strong>University</strong> Vivarium<br />
The <strong>University</strong> Vivarium gathers more than twenty different exotic animals. Some <strong>of</strong> them<br />
were smuggled or kept illegally and the public authorities <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Slovak</strong> Republic have<br />
placed them there temporarily. Employees <strong>of</strong> the vivarium dedicate also a lot <strong>of</strong> attention<br />
to the environmental education <strong>of</strong> their visitors, above all k<strong>in</strong>dergarten and basic school<br />
pupils, who come to the vivarium <strong>in</strong> hundreds every year.<br />
Student Dormitories<br />
The <strong>Slovak</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Agriculture</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers its students hous<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> student dormitories<br />
Mladosť, Hospodárska, Prib<strong>in</strong>a, Antona Bernoláka and Poľnohospodár with the capacity<br />
<strong>of</strong> 2587 beds. There are TV rooms, computer labs, study rooms, kitchens, laundry rooms<br />
and cafeterias with refreshments available for students. For sport activities, there are sport<br />
grounds available <strong>in</strong> the dormitories and table tennis facilities. <strong>University</strong> students can d<strong>in</strong>e<br />
<strong>in</strong> two school canteens located <strong>in</strong> the dormitories Mladosť and A. Bernoláka.