Mathematics of Data Analysis and Finance

An applicant for the second cycle of studies for the academic year 2026/2027 must have completed a Bachelor's degree in a programme of study in the same or a related field of study as the one for which he/she is applying.
The entrance examination for the second degree of study in both full-time and part-time form of study
in the academic year 2026/2027 will be held as follows:
1. applicants for study programmes of the Faculty of Business Administration of the MBU may be admitted without entrance examinations on the basis of a proposal of the person responsible for the study programme in case the number of applicants for the study programme does not exceed the planned number. The basic condition for their admission will be the successful completion of a bachelor's degree in the same or a related field of study as the one to which they are applying;
2. if the number of applicants for a given study programme significantly exceeds the planned capacity of the faculty, the applicants will be admitted on the basis of the results of the entrance examination (written tests). The entrance examination may also be conducted online. The decision on the form of the entrance examination is the responsibility of the person responsible for the study programme. The successful candidate must achieve a minimum pass mark of 50 % in the written test (in the case of a combined subject teaching programme, the pass mark relates to the test for each subject).

The written tests will be written:
- from the pedagogical-psychological basis and the subjects of the SP (approbation subjects) in the scope of the university curriculum of the first degree for the study of biology, physics, geography, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, as well as approbation subjects implemented at the PF or FF UMB,
- from the pedagogical-psychological basis and from the overview of the technical application of mathematics and physics in the scope of the university curriculum of the first degree for the study of the teaching of technology,
- in applied informatics within the scope of the university curriculum of the first degree for the study of applied informatics,
- in geography and geology within the scope of the university curriculum of the first degree for the study of applied geosciences,
- in mathematics within the scope of the university curriculum of the first degree for the study of mathematics in data analysis and finance,
- in biology, ecology, monitoring and information systems within the scope of the university curriculum of the first degree for the study of environmental biology.

Conditions of admission to teacher study programmes, where one of the subjects is a subject implemented at the Faculty of Physical Education and Biology of the MBU, can be found on the faculty website (www.pdf.umb.sk).

Conditions of admission to teacher study programmes, where one of the subjects is a subject implemented at the Faculty of Physical Education and Biology of the MBU, can be found on the faculty website (www.ff.umb.sk).

Conditions of admission to teacher study programmes where one of the subjects of admission is physical education implemented at the Faculty of Physical Education and Health Sciences of UMB can be found on the faculty's website (www.ftvsz.umb.sk).

Applicants for Master's studies who have completed a previous degree abroad (except for the Czech Republic) are obliged to deliver by post or in person an officially certified copy of the decision on the recognition of a document of higher education in the relevant field of study obtained outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. Information on the recognition of documents of higher education is published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic:
https://uznavanie.minedu.sk/en/navigator/10
or on the website of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica:
https://www.umb.sk/uchadzac/uznavanie-dokladov-o-vzdelani.html.

If the applicant does not deliver an officially certified copy of the decision on the recognition of a document of higher education by the time of verification of the fulfilment of the conditions for admission to the faculty, he/she may be admitted to the study with a condition. The applicant is obliged to submit the aforementioned documents no later than on the specified date of enrolment in the university studies.

Candidates enrolled in study programmes of the Faculty of Business Administration of the MBU may be admitted without entrance examinations on the basis of a proposal of the person responsible for the study programme if the number of applicants for the study programme does not exceed the planned number. The basic condition for their admission will be the successful completion of a Bachelor's degree in the same or a related field of study as the one for which they are applying

COORDINATOR FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS
doc. PaedDr. Patrik Voštinár, PhD. (no. dv. F 132); 048/ 446 7132;
email: patrik.vostinar@umb.sk

The application deadline for bachelor's and master's degree programmes, both full-time and part-time, is 30 April 2026. For bachelor's degree programmes with physical education, the application deadline for the first round is 28 February 2026 and for the second round is 1 May to 31 May 2026. The postmark date is the date of the postmark.
An applicant may apply for multiple degree programs, and a new application must be submitted and documented for each program. A copy of proof of fee payment must be attached to each application. Without proof of payment of the fee, the applicant's application will not be accepted and will be returned.
The amount of the fee for the admission procedure for one study programme of full-time and part-time study is 35,- € (in case of sending also an electronic application 32,- €). In case of multiple applications, the amount is the same.
The fee is not refundable for applicants who have failed the entrance examinations or have not taken part in them. In case the applicant fails to attend the entrance examination for serious reasons, part of the fee will be refunded to him/her on the basis of an application, which must be delivered to the Study Department of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the MBU by the date of the entrance examination (the date of postmark is decisive).

written form

• Apply the application for study

  01.11.2025 - 30.04.2026

• Performance of the entrance exam

  10.06.2026 - 12.06.2026

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Billing information (also posted on www.platby.umb.sk):

1. Payment of the fee from EU countries:
Account name: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica
Name and address of the bank: the State Treasury, Radlinského 32, 810 05 Bratislava 15
Account number/IBAN: SK75 8180 0000 0070 0009 5590
SWIFT/BIC: SPSRSKBA
VS (variable symbol): 5032 (for Master's applicants)
KS (constant symbol): 0308 - non-cash payments
S (specific symbol): birth number (for applicants from the Slovak Republic)
date of birth in DDMMYYYY (for foreign applicants)
Recipient message: applicant's name and surname
2.
Name of the account: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica
Name and address of the bank: Všeobecná úverová banka, a. s, Mlynské Nivy 1, 829 90 Bratislava
Account number/IBAN: SK75 8180 0000 0070 0009 5590
SWIFT/BIC: SUBASKBXXXXXX
VS (variable symbol): 5032 (for applicants for Master's studies)
KS (constant symbol): 0308 - non-cash payments
SS (specific symbol): birth number (for applicants from the Slovak Republic)
date of birth in the form DDMMYYY (for foreign applicants)
Recipient's message: applicant's first and last name

Payment by postal order is not accepted due to the impossibility to identify the payer in the University's information system.

The payment of the admission fee must be made by bank transfer by the applicant or his/her authorised person no later than on the last day on which the application form can be sent. An application for studies without payment of the admission fee in the specified amount will not be accepted.

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