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Fire protection and Safety
The graduate profile for the master’s degree program in Fire Protection and Safety consists of:
1. knowledge—in the fields of fire protection and emergency services, fire safety of buildings and technological processes, fire-technical properties of materials and their evaluation, firefighting techniques and technologies, occupational safety and health, crisis management and civil protection, and people management, including supervisory activities;
2. Skills—analyze causes and identify problems in extinguishing complex fires and other emergencies, manage the processes of changing technical and technological procedures for the prevention of fires and emergencies, adapt general and specialized knowledge to develop plans and concepts for the Integrated Rescue System (IRS), organize and coordinate personnel and resources in the response to fires and other emergencies; creatively use tools to prevent and resolve crisis situations; prepare documentation, reports, technical assessments, and expert analyses in the areas of fire protection, occupational safety and health, and civil protection;
3. Competencies – independently analyze the situation and decide on the methods for carrying out rescue, fire suppression, and cleanup operations; propose fire safety solutions for selected technological systems, buildings, and specialized structures; prepare comprehensive documentation in the field of fire protection, occupational safety and health, and civil protection, develop a concept for education and training as part of professional and specialized training in the fields of fire protection, occupational safety and health, and civil protection.
Prospects of graduates
Career Opportunities for Graduates
Graduates of the master’s degree program in Fire Protection and Safety are prepared to work in mid-level and senior management positions within the Fire and Rescue Service (HaZZ) or other emergency response units of the Integrated Rescue System (IZS), within the state administration, public administration, and local government. They are prepared to work in the field of fire protection and safety as a fire protection technician and specialist, a safety technician, and a professionally qualified person in the field of civil protection at various levels of state administration, in public administration, and within legal entities and sole proprietorships. Graduates have the potential to hold management positions in the Integrated Rescue System (particularly the Fire and Rescue Service), at various levels of state administration, in public administration, at legal entities and among individual entrepreneurs as an independent professional responsible for designing and evaluating systems in fire protection, emergency services, occupational safety and health, crisis management, and civil protection. Graduates are prepared to continue their studies at the doctoral level in study programs within the field of Security Sciences.
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“The Technical University in Zvolen accepts electronic applications submitted through the University Portal; however, we recommend and prefer that applicants submit their applications directly through the TUZVO University Information System (UIS): https://is.tuzvo.sk/prihlaska/Submitting an application directly through the university’s system allows applicants to:
- a simpler process for filling out the application and submitting the required documents in one place directly within the UIS,
- immediate access to track the status and results of the admissions process,
- precise and up-to-date instructions for paying the application fee, with the option to pay directly in UIS.
Thank you.”
Conditions for international students
International students apply for and are admitted to study under the same conditions as applicants from Slovakia.
Without entrance examinations
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Conditions of admission without the entrance exam
1. Admissions process for students in the following fields of study: Woodworking, Economics and Management and Security Sciences
The admission of applicants is conducted through a selective admissions process without the applicant’s participation. The evaluation of the selective admissions process is based on the total points from three criteria.
Criterion 1: The results of the bachelor’s program are evaluated as the grade point average (GPA) for the 3rd or 4th year of the bachelor’s program, plus the GPA from the state examination and the defense of the thesis. The grade point average is calculated using the following scale: A=1; B=1.5; C=2; D=2.5; E=3. An applicant may earn a maximum of 100 points.
Criterion 2: Graduates of the same field of study receive a bonus of 10 points.
Criterion 3: Graduates of the Faculty of Wood Sciences receive a bonus of 10 points.
Total maximum of 120 points for the three criteria
Graduates of a study program in a related field are required to complete selected courses from the core curriculum of the Security Sciences program at the first level of study without receiving academic credit.
Coordinator for students with specific needs
Nikola Slašťanová, Eng.
yslastanova@is.tuzvo.sk
- Applications must be submitted EXCLUSIVELY electronically at https://is.tuzvo.sk/prihlaska/
The basic requirement for admission to an engineering or master’s program is completion of at least the first level of higher education.
All documents must be uploaded in electronic form to the e-application in the university system (UIS); it is not necessary to send them by mail.
You will find all information regarding the required documents after creating your e-application. Please have the following ready:
- a scan of your first-cycle university diploma,
- a scan of your state examination certificate,
- a scanned copy of the diploma supplement (a transcript of the results of the exams taken during the bachelor’s program, indicating the weighted grade point average for the bachelor’s degree),
- the electronic application for admission must be submitted during the application period,
- A separate application for university study must be submitted for each study program,
- International students apply for and are admitted to study under the same conditions as applicants from the Slovak Republic,
- Admission to the fields of study Woodworking, Economics and Management, and Security Sciences, Arts is passing the selective admissions process
- Information on registered applications will be published on the Technical University’s website, in the UIS university system under “Admissions Results” after entering the applicant’s birth number:
http://is.tuzvo.sk/prijimacky/verejne_vysledky.pl,
- The number of admitted students is determined separately for each degree program,
- the ranking of students admitted to study programs is determined based on the results achieved in the admissions selection process,
- the results of the admissions selection process will be published on the Technical University’s website, in the UIS system under “Admissions Test Results,” after entering the applicant’s birth number and following their evaluation at the following address: http://is.tuzvo.sk/prijimacky/verejne_vysledky.pl or on the faculty’s website https://df.tuzvo.sk/sk/vysledky-prijimacieho-konania,
- Applicants who complete the admissions process will be admitted to the program in order of the total number of points earned in the admissions process until the planned number of students to be admitted for the given study program is reached.
Form of entrance exam
selection processwithout the participation ofcandidates
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Apply the application for study
21.09.2026 - 30.06.2027
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- verified copy of the degree for applicant of other universities
- certified copy of certificate to candidates from other universities
- photocopy of the Diploma Supplement to candidates from other universities
Standard length of study: cost free
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 1250 €
E-application form: 35 €
Account Name: Technical University in Zvolen
Bank: State Treasury
IBAN: SK 19 8180 0000 0070 0027 1101
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IBAN account number: SK 19 8180 0000 0070 0027 1101
BIC-SWIFT code: SPSRSKBA
Bank: State Treasury, Radlinského 32, 810 05 Bratislava 15
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| Za akademický rok | Počet podaných prihlášok | Počet prijatých uchádzačov | Počet zapísaných uchádzačov |
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| 2025/2026 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| 2024/2025 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023/2024 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
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Last update: 24.09.2026 17:45