Pavol Jozef Šafárik University continues its successful cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Slovakia. Together they organized the Cleveringa Lecture 2019 on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 10 AM in the Historical Hall of UPJŠ in Košice on the topic of “EU cooperation: seeking greater internal stability and external authority”. … Continued

European union cooperation: The need for more internal stability and external authority

On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, a roundtable was held at the Slovak University of Technology on the topic: “Proposals for the Improvement of Science, Research and Higher Education in Slovakia”. The event was organized by the rectors of 4 research universities (STU, UK, TUKE, UPJŠ), chairman of SAS and chairman of the Learned Society of … Continued

Scholars at Risk (SAR) is an international network of more than 500 member institutions and thousands of individuals working to protect vulnerable universities, academics and students. Pavel Jozef Šafárik University in Košice also became a member. Scholars at Risk helps more than 350 scientists every year, provides refugee positions at partner universities for scientists unable … Continued

On Friday, September 27, 2019, representatives of the Embassy of the French Republic in Slovakia and the European Parliament Office in Slovakia visited the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice. The joint meeting at the Rectorate of UPJŠ in Košice was attended by Ambassador of the French Republic to Slovakia J. E. Christophe Léonzi, … Continued

The Slovak Academy of Sciences, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, the Technical University of Košice and the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The main objective is to create a group of top scientific and educational institutions of the Slovak Republic, which will cooperate with each … Continued

On Friday, October 4, 2019, a meeting of the University representatives with representatives of HC Košice and Ness Košice, s.r.o. Both companies were attended by the Executive Director of HC Košice Norbert Koch, Program Director and Coordinator for Cooperation with Universities of Ness Košice, s.r.o. Martin Junger and PR & Marketing Director from Ness Košice, … Continued

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice has been participating for several years in the International Peace Marathon in Košice and in the regular support of patients with multiple myeloma. The 96th MMM was no exception. On Sunday 6th October 2019 UPJŠ in Košice again supported an excellent idea and contributed to raising awareness of this … Continued

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, a nine-member group of representatives of local governments, university, state agency and youth organizations from the northern part of Norway from Kirkenes, Tromsø and Bodø visited the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice. The meeting was held in the reconstructed Grand Meeting of the Rectorate of UPJŠ in Košice … Continued

UPJŠ leadership and members of the UPJŠ Extended Rector’s College, in response to Fridays For Future Slovakia’s call for involvement in the Climate Strike, call on employees and students to support this activity. We believe that there is no need for organized leave to support the Climate Strike, but that students and staff, if actively … Continued

     

The president of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová appointed five university rectors on June 26, 2019: p. Pavol SOVÁK, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice p. Peter KÓNYA, University of Prešov in Prešov p. Stanislav KMEŤ, Technical University of Košice p. Mária HEINZOVÁ, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava p. René BÍLIK, University of Trnava On … Continued