Admission conditions and how to apply

The basic admission requirement for a first-cycle degree programme under Section 68(b) of Act No. 300/2025 is either a complete secondary education or a complete secondary vocational education.

There are no written or oral entrance interviews for the degree programme. Management in Tourism and Hospitality (D/E) a študijný program Project management (D) nerobia. Prijímacia komisia kvalitatívne vytvorí poradie uchádzačov o štúdium na základe hodnotenia výsledkov štúdia z profilových predmetov pre jednotlivé študijné programy, a to:

• Management in Tourism and Hospitality: Slovak language and literature, history (or equivalent subject), economics (or equivalent subject), a foreign language (one of the world’s major languages) studied at secondary school,
• Project Management: Slovak language and literature, English (applicants must have a good command of English – minimum level B2), history (or equivalent subject), and economics (or equivalent subject) at secondary school.

Another qualitative criterion will be the overall result of the school-leaving examination (or its equivalent) and the academic achievements throughout secondary school.  

Applicants wishing to study in AR 2027/2028 must submit their application electronically via the AIS2 system on the IM UCM website or by a method authorised by the institute by 30 April 2027. Applicants must save their application once it has been uploaded to the AIS2 system or via CEP (the application status ‘REGISTERED’ is not sufficient). Applicants may also submit their application by post, in person, via the UCM e-application system, or via CEP: https://prihlaskavs.sk/sk/

Applicants must specify only one degree programme on each application form.

Electronic application HERE!

• Biography.
• Achievements during secondary school (e.g. placings in district, regional and national academic competitions and contests)
• Proof of payment: the applicant must upload proof of payment to the attachments section of the application form, not a bank statement.
• verified documents on education:

1. Applicants due to sit their school-leaving examinations in 2027 must upload a transcript of their marks (from their electronic school record) for Years 1 to 3 (4-year course) or Years 2 to 4 (5-year course) to their online application. If it is not possible to upload the transcript of marks, or if the applicant fails to upload it correctly, they must submit certified copies of their school reports for these years (certified by the secondary school, or alternatively by a notary or the local registry office) to the IM admissions officer (by post or in person). The applicant must submit a certified copy of their school report (certified by a notary or the local registry office) from their final year of secondary school and a certified copy of their school-leaving certificate to the IM admissions officer (by post or in person) immediately upon completing their studies at the relevant secondary school, no later than 11 June 2027.
2. Applicants who took their school-leaving examination before 2027 must submit, to the IM academic officer (in person or by post), certified copies (by a notary or the registry office) of their school reports for Years 1 to 4 (4-year course) or Years 2 to 5 (5-year programme), together with their school-leaving certificate, by 30 April 2027.

Documents attached to the application will not be returned to the applicant; they will remain permanently part of the applicant’s study application documents, which are archived at the IM UCM in Trnava. There is no entitlement to a refund of the admission fee.

An applicant who has completed full secondary education or full secondary vocational education abroad shall demonstrate that they meet the basic admission requirement for a bachelor’s degree programme in accordance with Act No. 422/2015 Coll. on the recognition of educational documents and professional qualifications and on amendments to certain acts, as amended:

• a decision on the recognition of a foreign educational qualification issued by the Regional Education Authority
• a foreign educational qualification, together with a certificate of recognition of the level of that qualification (hereinafter referred to as the ‘certificate of recognition’), provided that such a certificate is available for the qualification in question.

The recognition certificate may be used only in conjunction with the foreign qualification to which it relates. The foreign qualification must be submitted as an officially certified copy, together with an official translation into Slovak. For the purposes of continuing one’s studies, the recognition clause, together with the relevant foreign educational qualification, is deemed to constitute a decision on the recognition of that qualification. If a recognition certificate is not available for the relevant foreign qualification, the applicant is obliged to ensure its recognition in accordance with the relevant legislation governing the academic recognition of qualifications.

The admission requirements for international applicants to the Slovak-language Bachelor’s degree programmes are the same as those for students from the Slovak Republic. International students enrolled on degree programmes taught in Slovak must demonstrate a good command of the Slovak language (at least B1). This proficiency must be demonstrated by means of a certificate or other evidence.

All applicants must have full legal capacity in accordance with the laws of the Slovak Republic.

Applicants must submit all documents relating to the admissions procedure to the IM’s academic officer, either by post or in person.

The basic condition for admission to a second-cycle degree programme under Section 68(b) of Act No. 300/2025 Coll. is either a first-cycle university qualification or a second-cycle university qualification. The total number of credits obtained from previous university studies leading to that qualification, together with the number of credits required for successful completion of the second-cycle study programme to which the applicant is applying, must total at least 300 credits.

Graduates from other fields of study must sit an entrance examination covering subject areas aligned with the core knowledge of the bachelor’s degree programme in that field of study Economics and Management. Prijímacia skúška bude realizovaná ústnou formou, pričom uchádzači budú o jej obsahu a podmienkach vopred informovaní.

Applicants wishing to study in the 2027/2028 academic year must submit their application electronically via the AIS2 system on the IM UCM website or by a method authorised by the institute by 30 April 2027. Applicants must set the status of their application, whether submitted via the AIS2 system or via CEP, to ‘SAVED’ (the status ‘REGISTERED’ is insufficient). Applicants may also submit their application by post, in person, via the UCM e-application system, or via CEP: https://prihlaskavs.sk/sk/

Electronic application HERE!

• curriculum vitae,
• a copy of the university degree certificate, officially certified (by the registry office or a notary),
• a copy of the state examination certificate, officially certified (by the registry office or a notary),
• a copy of the diploma supplement, officially certified (by the registry office or a notary),
• proof of payment of the application fee, nie o pohybe na bankovom účte.
• Applicants must submit certified copies of their educational qualifications to the IM study officer, either by post or in person, by 11 June 2027 at the latest.

An applicant who sits the state final examination for the first cycle of higher education in the academic for the 2026/2027 academic year and, as at the date of the admissions process, has not yet been awarded a degree, shall provide a certificate of enrolment and A certified transcript of completed course modules. Applicants must submit all documents relating to the admissions procedure (by post or in person) to the IM study officer.

Applicants who are graduates of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at UCM in Trnava do not need to provide copies of their degree certificate, state examination certificate or degree supplement.

An applicant for an engineering degree programme who has completed their studies outside the Slovak Republic is required to submit a decision recognising a qualification obtained abroad, issued by a higher education institution that offers degree programmes in the same or related fields of study, as stated on the qualification, or, where no such higher education institution exists in the Slovak Republic, by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic.