Erasmus Student Network Slovakia (ESN Slovakia) is a non-profitl student organisation. Our mission is to represent international students, thus provide opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of Students Helping Students. One of the local sections is ESN Kosice.

Description of the Section

The character of our section is rather special. We were established
for the purpose of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University. Moreover, we cooperate with
two other universities in the city and take care of their Erasmus students;
therefore, we have to be organized quite well. Difficulties in managing the section
are relieved in connecting Erasmus students thus sharing ESN spirit among them.

History of the Section

To trace the beginning of ESN UPJŠ Košice we do not have to go far back
in time, only to 2009. Founders of the section, Norbert Ostro and Mária
Juraševská, have done the most difficult job negotiating with universities and
becoming salient; however, much work is still to be done in order to be fully
efficient.

Partnership universities

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
in Košice belongs to accomplished institutions of education and science not
only in Slovakia but also in Europe. At present the University has five
faculties – Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of
Public Administration and Faculty of Arts – which prepare physicians and
dentists, experts in natural sciences, mathematics and informatics, teachers,
lawyers, specialists for public administration and specialists for psychology,
philosophy and theory of communication. The graduates of our University which
is the second oldest in Slovakia, have a very good reputation all over the
world.

The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice

The University of Veterinary
Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice is the only institution in the Slovak Republic
offering higher education in the veterinary field. It has been providing the
veterinary education in English for 15 years. Nowadays the University offers
two English study programmes: 6-year degree programme for secondary-school
graduates and 4-year degree post-BSc. programme for bachelors in agricultural,
veterinary or biological sciences, both leading to the degree of Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine (DVM).

The Technical University of Kosice.

The Technical University of
Košice was founded in 1952, but its roots must be sought much deeper in the
past to as early as 1657 the Universitas Cassoviensis was established in Košice.
In 1991, the College was renamed to the Technical University of Košice. Today
it has nine faculties, Faculty of Heavy Engineering, Faculty of Mining, Faculty
of Metallurgy, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Professional Studies, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies, Faculty
of Economics, Faculty of Arts and The Faculty of Aeronautics.