The rector of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc. received Maria-Louisa Marinakis, the Ambassador of Greece to the Slovak Republic at the Rectorate of the university on Tuesday 30 January 2018. The consul of the embassy in Bratislava Mr. Nikolaos Fouyas, the honorary consul in Košice prof. Liberios Vokorokos, … Continued

President Andrej Kiska awarded state honours to 25 personalities on Monday, 1 January 2018, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Slovak Republic. The Ľudovít Štúr Order I. class was awarded to Alexander Bröstl for his exceptional merits for the development of democracy, for the protection of human rights and freedom, and for … Continued

The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice belongs to the top 1 250 universities in the world according to the ranking of the U.S. News – Best Global Universities Rankings: The ranking includes 3 Slovak universities: – Comenius University in Bratislava (511th position) – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (894th position) – Slovak University … Continued

The SAFTRA Photonics company, which was founded in 2014 as a start-up of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice with prof. RNDr. Pavol Miškovský, DrSc. as founder and managing director, won the main award of the prestigious Startup Awards 2017. The award was granted during the finals of the seventh annual Startup Awards, which is … Continued

In October 2017, the third issue of the electronic medium urbanHIST Newsletter was published within the dissemination framework of EC-H2020 international project History of European Urbanism in the 20th Century (urbanHIST), where the Department of History, Faculty of Arts at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is one of the four main involved research centres … Continued

The Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice has established the Technology and Innovation Park TIP-UPJŠ with effect from September 4, 2017. The aim of the establishment is to support the activities primarily within the field of translational research in the development of new technologies and thus to contribute to the development of the Pavol Jozef … Continued

On the pilot Slovak round of the Falling Labs competition for young researchers and innovators, which was organised on September 29, 2017 as an event of the Researchers’ Night 2017 our university achieved a significant success. From the 56 applicants from 10 countries 18 young researchers had the possibility to present their breakthrough ideas and results … Continued

On the evening of Thursday, September 28, 2017 a fire started in one of the rooms of the Dean’s Office at the Faculty of Medicine of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. The fire started in a vacant and closed office, which was handed over to the construction company to ensure the insulation of the … Continued

On Monday, September 18, 2017 the ceremonial opening of the academic year 2017/2018 took place in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Medicine of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice with more than 7 000 enrolled students, from which 2 350 first-year students will start their studies on BA or MA level, or in a … Continued