Transportation Engineering

Conditions of admission

Basic condition of admission
The basic condition of admission to the Bachelor's degree (first degree study programme) is the acquisition of a complete secondary education or a complete secondary vocational education (Act on Higher Education No.131/2002 Coll., as amended). In the case of a foreign applicant or a student who has completed secondary education abroad, this is comparable to the education completed by the matriculation examination in the Slovak Republic. An applicant who has obtained secondary education abroad shall submit a decision on the recognition of the document
on the completion of secondary education by the relevant institution in the Slovak Republic with the application for higher education, or at the latest on enrolment in the studies.

https://svf.uniza.sk/index.php/uchadzaci/vseobecne-informacie/prijimacie-konania

Additional information

Detailed Principles and rules of the admission procedure for the 1st degree of higher education study programmes provided by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Žilina in the academic year 2026/2027 will be published on the faculty's website by 30 September 2025. The admission procedure will take place in the form of a selection procedure in order to ensure that applicants with the necessary abilities and prerequisites will be admitted to the studies. The final decision on the outcome of the admission procedure will be taken by the Dean of the UNIZA Faculty of Science on the basis of the proposal of the UNIZA Faculty of Science Admissions Committee.

Applicants will be admitted without an entrance examination on the basis of the established overall average of grades on the end-of-year report cards in all subjects for the last three pre-secondary school years of study, applicants who have graduated from mathematics in the current school year with the established grades, applicants, applicants who in the current school year have passed the NPS (SCIO) tests in general academic prerequisites or mathematics and have achieved a percentile of at least 60, applicants who during their studies at secondary school have been successful solvers of the mathematical, physical, informatics Olympiad in the regional or national round, applicants who have been successful in the regional, national or international round of a major knowledge-based professional competition. Their number will be determined in such a way that the expected number of students admitted to the 1st year of study of the respective study programme is not exceeded.

Applicants who do not meet any of the conditions listed above will take an entrance examination, which is conducted in the form of a test of knowledge of the secondary school curriculum. The questions of the test are from secondary school mathematics and from the general knowledge survey.

All applicants who have already unsuccessfully studied at the UNIZA Faculty of Science twice or more in any bachelor's degree programme will take an entrance examination. 3 FCE UNIZA does not accept applicants who have been expelled from studies at FCE UNIZA on the basis of disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the University of Žilina in Žilina.

Study in the full-time bachelor study programmes will be opened only if the admission procedure conditions in individual study programmes are fulfilled by at least 15 applicants. The study programmes of bachelor's study programmes in the external form will be open only if the admission conditions for each study programme are fulfilled by at least 10 candidates. Studies in the Bachelor's degree programme Civil Engineering Structures (Civil Engineering Structures), taught in English, in the full-time form will be open only if at least 5 applicants meet the admission requirements. In case of a lower number of applicants, the dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of UNIZA will decide on the opening or non-opening of the respective study programme. The number of students admitted to individual study programmes may be modified on the basis of the current number of applications and capacity possibilities.

It is within the competence of the Dean of the Faculty of Science of UNIZA to supplement the number of admitted applicants for study programmes in the 1st year of Bachelor's studies to the expected number of applicants who: - met the conditions for admission in another Bachelor's study programme, but were not admitted because the capacity of the originally selected study programme was not met, - met the conditions for admission in another Bachelor's study programme, but the study programme was not opened because a lower number of applicants fulfilled the admission procedure conditions. Such applicants must also meet the admission requirements for the programme of study being supplemented.

In selected bachelor's degree programmes, a second round of admissions will be organised in case of vacancies. The list of bachelor study programmes for the second round of admissions will be published by 12 June 2024. The admission conditions and the format for the second round of admissions for bachelor studies are generally the same as for the first round of admissions.

Language prerequisites For the study programmes implemented by the Faculty of Science of UNIZA in Slovak language, written and oral proficiency in Slovak or Czech language at least at B1 level is required, which the foreign applicant shall prove by a certified document, otherwise the verification of the language level will be part of the entrance examination. Language training can also be completed at UNIZA. Knowledge of at least one world language (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian) is desirable. For studying study programmes that are conducted by the Faculty of Arts of UNIZA in English, written and oral proficiency in English is required at least at the B1 level.

Conditions for international students

For foreign applicants, the admission conditions apply as for applicants from the Slovak Republic.

Foreign students studying in a language other than the state language pay tuition fees according to the conditions specified in Section 92(8) of the Higher Education Act. The tuition fee is set by a UNIZA directive and published for the relevant academic year on the University's website. Foreign students studying in the Slovak language do not pay tuition fees. Applicants from the Czech Republic may use the form valid in the Czech Republic to apply for studies. Applicants who do not have an active knowledge of Slovak or Czech are required to successfully complete language training (possibility to take it at UNIZA). For foreign applicants admitted on the basis of interstate

agreements, bilateral treaties or for scholarship holders of the Government of the Slovak Republic, the conditions specified in the relevant documents apply.

Conditions of admission without the entrance exam

Applicants who do not meet any of the conditions listed above will take an entrance examination, which is conducted in the form of a test of knowledge of the secondary school curriculum. The questions of the test shall be from secondary school mathematics and from the general knowledge survey. All applicants who have already unsuccessfully studied at the UNIZA Faculty of Science two or more times in any bachelor study programme shall take the entrance examination. 2The UNIZA Faculty of Science does not accept applicants who have been expelled from studies at the UNIZA Faculty of Science on the basis of disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the University of Žilina. Studies in the full-time bachelor study programmes will be opened only if the admission procedure conditions in individual study programmes are fulfilled by at least 15 applicants. The study programmes of the bachelor's study programmes in the external form will be open only if the admission procedure conditions in each study programme are fulfilled by at least 10 applicants. Studies in the Bachelor's degree programme Civil Engineering Structures (Civil Engineering Structures), taught in English, in the full-time form will be open only if at least 5 applicants meet the admission requirements. In case of a lower number of applicants, the dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of UNIZA will decide on the opening or non-opening of the respective study programme. The number of students admitted to individual study programmes may be modified on the basis of the current number of applications and capacity possibilities.

Coordinator for students with specific needs

Doc. Ing. Mária Kúdelčíková, PhD.

Dean of the Faculty of Science for study and pedagogical activities Tel.: 041/513 62 73

email: maria.kudelcikova@uniza.sk

General information on the admission exam

One application is sufficient for studying at the Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Science of UNIZA, indicating the sequence of study programmes according to the applicant's interest. In case of interest in both forms of study (full-time and part-time) it is necessary to submit two applications, including two fees for the admission procedure.
Applicants fill in the form Application for Undergraduate Studies - 1st Degree or use the electronic form. The electronic application form can be filled in via the UNIZA website https://vzdelavanie.uniza.sk/prijimacky/index.php or the HEI portal
https://prihlaskavs.sk/sk/. All required attachments can be submitted electronically as scanned documents.
In case of incomplete application form, the applicant will be asked to complete it. Applications submitted after the deadline and electronic applications without the required attachments will not be accepted.
In case of non-participation or failure in the admission procedure, the faculty will not refund the admission fee.
If the candidate wishes to participate in the admission procedure at several faculties of UNIZA, the application must be submitted separately to each faculty with payment of the appropriate fee.
Attachments to the application form for bachelor studies:
- curriculum vitae,
- confirmation of payment of the admission fee,
- certified copies of the end-of-year report cards and high school leaving certificate,
- scan of the application form signed by the applicant (in case of electronic submission),
- in case of graduation - the result of the National Comparative Examination (SCIO) in mathematics or general studies
prerequisites,
- confirmation of successful participation in Olympiads or corresponding knowledge competitions (regional or higher rounds)
After passing the matriculation examination, applicants shall send to the faculty address, or upload electronically, a certified copy of the matriculation certificate and the end-of-year certificate from the last year of secondary school studies by the deadline to be notified in writing to each
applicant.

Form of entrance exam

Detailed Principles and rules of the admission procedure for the 1st degree of higher education study programmes provided by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Žilina in the academic year 2025/2026 will be published on the faculty's website by 30 September 2025. The admission procedure will take place in the form of a selection procedure in order to ensure that applicants with the necessary abilities and prerequisites will be admitted to the studies. The final decision on the outcome of the admission procedure
will be taken by the Dean of the UNIZA Faculty of Science on the basis of the proposal of the UNIZA Faculty of Science Admissions Committee.

• Apply the application for study

  31.03.2026

• Performance of the entrance exam

  - 10.06.2026

• Send certificate to

  05.06.2026

• Submit additional application form

  11.06.2026 - 14.08.2026

• Performance of the additional entrance exam

  24.08.2026

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Billing information

University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina

bank: State Treasury

account number in the form IBAN: SK59 8180 0000 0070 0026 9896

constant symbol: 0308

variable symbol: 10431 -bachelor studies

Method of payment: payment can be made by bank transfer or postal order to the above account.

Proof of payment: send proof of payment to the faculty address together with the application form or submit electronically.

The tuition fees are determined according to Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education as amended. Information on the amount of tuition fees for the relevant academic year will be published by the University of Žilina in Žilina on the website within the set deadlines.

When paying the fee from EU member states, contracting countries of the EEA, territories that are considered part of the EU (Article 299 of the Treaty of Rome) and countries that have voluntarily joined SEPA, use BIC: SPSRSKBAXXX, IBAN: SK59 8180 0000 0070 0026 9896.

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