Slovakia

Country: Slovakia

Full-time programmes in Slovak at public universities are free whatever your nationality, while programmes in English cost €500–12,200 a year according to SAIA. Slovakia has 20 public, 3 state and 11 private institutions with more than 5,000 programmes, and a minimum budget is around €350 a month. Learn when to apply, how your school certificate is recognised and how many hours you can work while studying.

Young woman walking through the open-air folk museum in Stara Lubovna towards a wooden church

According to SAIA, the agency that runs the official Study in Slovakia portal, Slovakia has three groups of higher education institutions:

20 public institutions (verejné vysoké školy) – 9 classical universities, 5 universities of technology, 3 arts and music academies, a university of economics, a university of veterinary medicine and pharmacy, and an agricultural university,
3 state institutions (štátne vysoké školy) – military, police and medical,
11 private institutions (súkromné vysoké školy) – operating with government approval.

You will find all programmes (more than 5,000) on the Ministry of Education's portal portalvs.sk.

Universities in Slovakia – profiles

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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