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Slovakia

Slovak higher education has three cycles:

Bachelor (bakalárske) – usually 3–4 years,
Master (magisterské; in technical fields inžinierske) – usually 1–2 years after a bachelor's degree,
Doctorate (PhD) – usually 3–4 years.

Some programmes, such as medicine, are single-cycle. The academic year is split into a winter and a summer semester.

Slovakia – bachelor's programmes
Slovakia – integrated (single-cycle) programmes
Slovakia – master's programmes

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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