Landscape and Garden Architecture

A candidate may apply for more than one study programme implemented at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering (within one admission fee) on one application form (electronically),

• Applicants who graduated earlier than in the year 2026 shall send photocopies of their high school diplomas for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of high school - they do not have to be certified and a certified copy of the high school diploma (notary, registry office) to the following address: the Study Department of the Faculty of Agriculture and Landscape Architecture of the University of Agriculture and Landscape Architecture in Nitra, Tulipánová 7, 949 76 Nitra
• Applicants who graduate in 2026 send a photocopy of the report cards for the 1st, 2nd and third year of secondary school, or a statement of grades for the above mentioned years confirmed by the secondary school to the following address: the Study Department of FZKI SPU in Nitra, Tulipánová 7, 949 76 Nitra.
• Applicants who graduate in 2026 shall immediately after passing the matriculation examination electronically via the University Information System (UIS) upload a scan of the matriculation certificate and a certified copy of the matriculation certificate (notary, registry office) shall be sent to the address: Study Department of FZKI SPU in Nitra, Tulipánová 7, 949 76 Nitra.
• Applicants for studies shall attach to the electronic application a curriculum vitae and a copy of the matriculation certificate, proof of payment of the fee for material security of the admission procedure.
• Invitation to the entrance talent test and admission interview or admission decision will be sent only to applicants who attach proof of payment of the fee for the admission procedure to the application form
• Nincomplete applications (e.g. without proof of payment of the fee) will not be accepted,
• Faculty will send information to applicants for study about the method of conducting the talent entrance examination and conducting the interview one week after the closing date for applications, and, if necessary, further information about the admissions procedure after the complete application for study has been registered.
• The Faculty of

COORDINATOR FOR WORK WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS AT FZKI SPU V NITRE:

Prof. Ing. Miroslava Kačániová, PhD. - Vice-Dean for Foreign Relations and Public Relations; tel.: 037/ 641 5425; miroslava.kacaniova@uniag.sk

INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN APPLICANTS, RESP. FOR Candidates who have graduated abroad

In addition to the required attachments, foreign applicants or applicants who have graduated abroad are required to attach a Decision on Recognition of Education Document to the Application Form (http://www.uniag.sk/en/admission-requirements/). Decision on the recognition of a diploma is issued by the competent Regional Office of School Administration according to the place of residence of the applicant. The procedure for the processing of the above-mentioned documents is set out on the website of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic

https://www.minedu.sk/uznavanie-ukonceneho-vzdelania-na-zakladnych-a-strednych-skolach/.

In the case of a foreign applicant without a residence permit in the Slovak Republic, the decision is issued by the Regional Office of School Administration in Nitra, J. Vuruma 1, 949 01 Nitra application for recognition of an educational document.

The basic condition for admission to studies according to §56 (1) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts, as amended, is the acquisition of a complete secondary education or a complete secondary vocational education. In the case of persons who have been granted asylum, subsidiary protection or temporary refuge, this requirement may be demonstrated by an affidavit and a general aptitude test. Details will be determined by the faculties in the admission requirements.

Foreign applicants (the exceptions are applicants from the Czech Republic and applicants who have graduated from the Slovak language) who apply to study a study programme offered at SPU in Nitra in the Slovak language and in a combination of Slovak and English must compulsorily pass an online test and an online oral interview aimed at determining the level of their linguistic competence in the Slovak language. The testing is provided by the SPU Nitra Language Centre (https://cj.uniag.sk/sk/domov/) on two dates, which applicants will be informed about in advance.

After passing the language test, the applicant will be issued with a certificate of the summary result of the online test and the online interview, which will correspond to the language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The test and the certificate are subject to a fee of € 30,-.

If the applicant's level of language proficiency is below A1, the applicant will not

admitted to the study.

If the applicant's language proficiency level is A1, the applicant has fulfilled one of the conditions for admission to the study, but will be obliged to attend a 30-hour paid Slovak language course organised by the Centre of Languages of the SPU in Nitra (course fee: 120,- €). The course will run from 25 August 2025 to 5 September 2025. Upon completion of the course, a certificate of completion will be issued to the applicant.

If the applicant's level of language proficiency is A2 or above, the applicant has fulfilled one of the admission requirements.

Detailed information about the test and the course will be provided on the SPU Nitra Language Centre website (https://cj.uniag.sk/sk/domov/).