Applicants and Admission

To be admitted for studies at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava an applicant needs to submit the online application form, and then pass the entrance tests specified by the study program. After the applicant is admitted for studies he/she needs to apply for the recognition of his/her secondary education in Slovakia, enroll for studies and apply foe the temporal residence stay permit. All administrative steps are chronologically described below.

ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS

1st step - Submit online application form

Applicants need to submit the online application form, which is available on this website. Application deadline for the online application form is February 28, 2025 (23:59 CET). Application form submitted after the application deadline will not be included in the selection process. Please, do  nor forget to upload the confirmation of finishing your secondary education and confirmation of payment for the admission proceedings, to the online application form. 

The payment for admisson proceedings is usually automatically generated by the application platform. In case you are not able to find the payment order, you may pay using information below.

Bank transfer information:
Bank: Štátna pokladnica
Bank code: 8180
IBAN: SK36 8180 0000 0070 0008 3100
V symbol: 26
Swift address of the bank: SUBASKBX
Name and address of the recipient: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta, Gondova 2, 811 02  Bratislava)

Payment for the admission proceedings need to be conducted until February 28, 2025. 

2nd step - Pass the entrance examination

After an application applies for studies, he/she will be informed by a letter about the time and place of the entrance examination for studies (approximarely mid of March). For more information about the entrance examination please  refer to the section "Entrance Examination"

Entrance exams are organized through SCIO web page, three exam sessions will be available. For more information, please refer to "Entrance Examination" part. 

3rd step - Letter of acceptance and recognition of secondary education

The applicant is informed about the results of the admission exams by a letter. If the applicant is admitted for studies, he is required to inform about his/her intention to study at the faculty by the return slip which needs to be send electronically (instructions to this procedure are included in the letter of acceptance).

This letter contains also an information about the accommodation possibilities in Bratislava. You may apply for the accommodation using our web system. All necessary information is included in the letter.

If the applicant wants to study in Slovakia, he/she has to apply for the recognition of his/her secondary education. For further information about this process, please refer to the section "Recognition of the Secondary Education Completed Abroad". 

4th step - Participate in the enrollment procedure for studies

The final step to be admitted for studies and to become a student of the Faculty of Arts is to participate in the enrollment procedure. This procedure takes place in September, usually during the first half of the month. The date and time of the procedure is announced to the applicant in a letter of acceptance.

The enrollment can be conducted only in case the recognition of the secondary education is concluded and the accepted candidate already has a confirmaton of the recognition. Otherwise the enrollment for studies is not possible even though the applicant was accepted for studies.