Faculty of Arts

Faculty profile

Since its establishment in 1993, the Faculty of Arts at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra has established itself as a modern educational, scientific and artistic research institution. Today, it represents a mature and respected educational institution in Europe.

The mission of the faculty is to develop education, science, morality, art and culture in the spirit of national, universal, human and democratic traditions. The Faculty of Arts provides preparation of experts in several fields of science, culture, media and art. It educates employees of state and public administration and those in the social sphere, while it also prepares teachers for the second level of primary schools and secondary schools.

Study programs are closely related to scientific research and artistic activities of departments and other specialized institutes throughout Europe. The Faculty provides education at all three levels of university studies: bachelor, master and doctorate. Flexibility is guaranteed through a wide choice of study programs and their specialized obligatory or elective lectures and seminars. Students can apply for fellowships at foreign universities and exchange programs.

The attractiveness of studying at the Faculty is shown by the high number of students in full-time, or part-time study programs, and a constant stream of new applicants. Besides Slovak students, dozens of foreign citizens study at the Faculty to fulfill their own interests and ideas about social involvement.

The scientific-research activities of employees and students are closely related to the key educational objectives of faculty. Research topics cover a wide range of humanities and social sciences in the fields of basic and applied research and innovative teaching methods. The latest findings from research in cultural and educational projects lead to organizing scientific events and publishing of scholarly works.

In implementing its mission, the Faculty cooperates with many educational, cultural and scientific institutions in the Slovak Republic (Ludovit Stur Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics SAS, Institute of Slovak Literature SAS, Institute of World Literature SAS, Institute of History SAS, Institute of Archeology SAS, Institute of Political Sciences SAS, Institute of Ethnology SAS, Institute of musicology, National Institute for Education and others).

But just as intensively, it promotes cooperation and exchange of information and students with international organizations. The Faculty cooperates with many European education and research institutions in the framework of the Erasmus +, CEEPUS, International Visegrad Fund and other European grant schemes, thanks to which the Faculty has  the opportunity to participate in mobility of students, graduates, teachers and researchers; project and research cooperation, dissemination of knowledge and experience . In addition to these programs, the Faculty also develops cooperation with non-EU or non-EU member states on the basis of bilateral agreements on cooperation with institutions in North and South America and Central Asia.

Admission procedure

Accommodation and boarding