Faculty of ArtsComenius University Bratislava

Additional Conditions for Admission to Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Arts in the academic year 2025/2026, required level of knowledge of Slovak, Olympiads

Additional Conditions for Admission: entrance exams (EE 1, EE 2), required level of knowledge of Slovak in the case of persons from abroad (CEFR), spôsob započítania úspechov na stredoškolských odborových olympiádach a iných súťažiach

For some selected study programmes at the Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, applicants from abroad are required to submit a proof of proficiency in Slovak at a specified level, usually level B2 (according the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, abbr. CEFR). In such cases the requirement for the given study programme is indicated by a note “B2 – proof required” on our website.
In this provision, the term “applicants from abroad includes  persons who have neither Slovak nor Czech citizenship or who in accordance with the Act No. 474/2005 Corpus Iuris do not have a certificate of a Slovak living abroad.
Persons required to submit a proof of their proficiency  in Slovak at the specified level shall submit either a certificate (original or a  certified copy) issued by an accredited institution  (e.g. a language school) or they shall take a (free) test at the Faculty of Arts.

 

List of used abbreviations:

EE“ = entrance exam.
GAP“ = General Academic Perequisites SCIO test.
EL test“ = English language SCIO test.
GL test“ = German Language SCIO test.
SL test“ = Spanish Language SCIO test.
specific exam (FiF UK)“ = test carried out at Faculty of Arts.
CEFR“ = required level of knowledge of Slovak in the case of persons from abroad (according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
PROOF“ = required a proof of proficiency in Slovak at a specified level (certificate or exam at Faculty of Arts)

Specialisations marked * are carried out in colaboration with Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Specialisations marked ** are carried out in colaboration with Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics.

Single discipline study programmes

Study programme EE 1 EE 2 CEFR Olympiad subject Level and category of the competitions (if applicable) Placings Note
Archaeology GAP B1
Archiving, Museology and Digitalization of Historical Heritage GAP B1 History Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
History of Arts GAP specific exam (FiF UK) B1
Aesthetics GAP B1
Ethnology GAP B1
Philosophy GAP B1 Human Rights Olypmiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
German Studies - German Language, Literature and Civilisation and Swedish Language, Literature and Civilisation GAP B1 German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
History GAP B1 History Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Information Studies GAP B1 Human Rights Olympiad of History Olympiad or Critical Thinking Olympiad or Geography Olympiad National round All participants Admission without the EE
Classical Philology GAP B1
Hungarian Language – Editing and Publishing GAP B1 Szép magyar beszéd (Nice Hungarian speech) or Simonyi Zsigmond középiskolások helyesírási versenye (Simonyi Zsigmond spelling bee) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Marketing Communication GAP specific exam (FiF UK) B1
Musicology GAP specific exam (FiF UK) B1
Pedagogy GAP B1 Student professional activity All participants Admission without the EE
Politology GAP B1 Human Rights Olympiad of History Olympiad or Critical Thinking Olympiad or Geography Olympiad National level All participants Admission without the EE
Psychology GAP B1
Religious Studies GAP B1
Romance Studies - French Language, Literature and Civilisation and Portuguese Language, Literature and Civilisation GAP B1 French Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Romance Studies - French Language, Literature and Civilisation and Romanian Language, Literature and Civilisation GAP B1 French Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Romance Studies - Portuguese Language, Literature and Civilisation and Romanian Language, Literature and Civilisation GAP B1
Romance Studies - Portuguese Language, Literature and Civilisation and Spanish Language, Literature and Civilisation GAP SL test B1 Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Romance Studies - Romanian Language, Literature and Civilisation and Spanish Language, Literature and Civilisation GAP SL test B1 Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Russian and East European Studies GAP B1
Slavic Studies GAP B2
Slovak Language and Literature GAP B2 – PROOF Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Sociology GAP B1 Human Rights Olympiad of History Olympiad or Critical Thinking Olympiad National round All participants Admission without the EE
Central European Studies (in English Language) EL test
East Asian Languages and Cultures - Chinese Language and Culture GAP EL test B1
Journalism GAP specific exam (FiF UK) B1 Human Rights Olympiad of History Olympiad or Olympiad of the Slovak Language and Literature National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE

Study programmes in the main field of study Philology aimed at Translation Studies and Interpretation

Study programme EE 1 EE 2 CEFR Olympiad subject Level and category of the competitions (if applicable) Placings Note
English Language and Culture and Arabic Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
English Language and Culture and Bulgarian Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
English Language and Culture and French Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad; French Language Olympiad EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; FL Olympiad: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; FL Olympiad: GAP test omitted
English Language and Culture and Greek Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
English Language and Culture and Dutch Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
English Language and Culture and Latin Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
English Language and Culture and German Language and Culture EL test GL test B2 English Language Olympiad; German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; GL competition: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; GL competition: German language test omitted
English Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place English language test omitted
English Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 – PROOF English Language Olympiad; Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; SL Olympiad: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; SL Olympiad: GAP test omitted
English Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture EL test SL test B2 English Language Olympiad; Spanish Language Olympiad EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; SL Olympiad: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; SL Olympiad: Spanish language test omitted;
English Language and Culture and Italian Language and Culture GAP EL test B2 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Arabic Language and Culture and French Language and Culture GAP B2 French Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Arabic Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture GAP B2
Arabic Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP B2 – PROOF Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Bulgarian Language and Culture and German Language and Culture GAP GL test B2 German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Bulgarian Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP B2 – PROOF Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Bulgarian Language and Culture and Italian Language and Culture GAP B2
French Language and Culture and Dutch Language and Culture GAP B2 French Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
French Language and Culture and German Language and Culture GAP GL test B2 French Language Olympiad; German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place FL Olympiad: GAP test omitted; GL competition: German language test omitted
French Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP B2 – PROOF French Language Olympiad or Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Greek Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture GAP SL test B2 Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Dutch Language and Culture and German Language and Culture GAP GL test B2 German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Dutch Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture GAP SL test B2 Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Latin Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture GAP SL test B2 Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Hungarian Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP B2 – PROOF Szép magyar beszéd (Nice Hungarian speech) or Simonyi Zsigmond középiskolások helyesírási versenye (Simonyi Zsigmond spelling bee) or Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
German Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP GL test B2 – PROOF German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute); Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place GL competition: German language test omitted; SL Olympiad: GAP test omitted
German Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture GL test SL test B2 German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute); Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place GL competition: German language test omitted; SL Olympiad: Spanish language test omitted;
German Language and Culture and Italian Language and Culture GAP GL test B2 German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Russian Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture GAP B2 – PROOF Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Slovak Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture GAP SL test B2 – PROOF Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad; Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Slovak Language Olympiad: GAP test omitted; Spanish Language Olympiad: Spanish language test omitted
Slovak Language and Culture and Italian Language and Culture GAP B2 – PROOF Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Spanish Language and Culture and Italian Language and Culture GAP SL test B2 Spanish Language Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE

Study programmes in the main field of study Training of Teachers

Study programme EE 1 EE 2 CEFR Olympiad subject Level and category of the competitions (if applicable) Placings Spôsob zapo-čítania
Teaching of English Language and Literature and Biology* GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place English language test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and Philosophy GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad; Human Rights Olympiad EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; HR Olympiad: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; HR Olympiad: GAP test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and Geography* GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place English language test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and History GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad; History Olympiad EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; History Olympiad: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; History Olympiad: GAP test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and Chemistry* GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad National round, regional round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place English language test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and Hungarian Language and Literature GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad; Szép magyar beszéd (Nice Hungarian speech) or Simonyi Zsigmond középiskolások helyesírási versenye (Simonyi Zsigmond spelling bee) EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; HL competition: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; HL competition: GAP test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and German Language and Literature GAP EL test B1 English Language Olympiad; German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; GL competition: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; GL competition: GAP test omitted
Teaching of English Language and Literature and Slovak Language and Literature GAP EL test B2 – PROOF English Language Olympiad; Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad EL Olympiad: National round, regional round; SL Olympiad: National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place EL Olympiad: English language test omitted; SL Olympiad: GAP test omitted
Teaching of Philosophy and Physics** GAP B1
Teaching of Philosophy and History GAP B1 Human Rights Olympiad or History Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of Philosophy and Mathematics** GAP B1
Teaching of Philosophy and Slovak Language and Literature GAP B2 – PROOF Human Rights Olympiad or Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of History and Hungarian Language and Literature GAP B1 History Olympiad or Szép magyar beszéd (Nice Hungarian speech) or Simonyi Zsigmond középiskolások helyesírási versenye (Simonyi Zsigmond spelling bee) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of History and German Language and Literature GAP B1 History Olympiad or German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of History and Slovak Language and Literature GAP B2 – PROOF History Olympiad or Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of Hungarian Language and Literature and German Language and Literature GAP B1 Szép magyar beszéd (Nice Hungarian speech) or Simonyi Zsigmond középiskolások helyesírási versenye (Simonyi Zsigmond spelling bee) or German Language Olympiad or Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goethe Institute) or Jugend debattiert international (Goethe Institute) National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of Hungarian Language and Literature and Slovak Language and Literature GAP B2 – PROOF Szép magyar beszéd (Nice Hungarian speech) or Simonyi Zsigmond középiskolások helyesírási versenye (Simonyi Zsigmond spelling bee) or Slovak Language and Literature Olympiad National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE
Teaching of German Language and Literature and Biology* GAP B1
Teaching of German Language and Literature and Geography* GAP B1
Teaching of German Language and Literature and Chemistry* GAP B1
Teaching of German Language and Literature and Slovak Language and Literature GAP B2 – PROOF Olympiáda z nemeckého jazyka alebo Internationale Deutscholympiade (Goetheho inštitút) alebo Jugend debattiert international (Goetheho inštitút) alebo Olympiáda zo slovenského jazyka a literatúry National round 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Admission without the EE