Study in Slovakia
Low-cost EU medical and technical degrees in the centre of Europe.
What makes Slovakia worth considering
Slovakia offers affordable, EU-recognised degrees with a particular reputation for medicine and veterinary science. Bratislava sits within an hour of Vienna, giving students access to two capitals and a growing automotive industry.
Affordable EU degrees
Tuition and living costs are considerably lower than Western European equivalents.
Medical and veterinary strength
Long-established English-taught medicine, dentistry and veterinary programmes.
Automotive industry
One of the highest rates of car production per capita in the world, with engineering demand to match.
Central location
Bratislava is roughly an hour from Vienna and well connected across central Europe.
Free in Slovak
Programmes taught in Slovak are tuition-free at public universities.
Small class sizes
Smaller cohorts mean closer contact with teaching staff.
Key facts
Popular courses
- Comenius University Bratislava
- Slovak University of Technology
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
- University of Veterinary Medicine Košice
- Technical University of Košice
- University of Economics Bratislava
- Jessenius Faculty of Medicine
- Slovak University of Agriculture
About Slovakia
Country facts
Slovakia is a landlocked central European country of about 5.4 million people, bordering Austria, Czechia, Poland, Ukraine and Hungary. Slovak is the official language and Bratislava, on the Danube, is the capital.
Higher education system
Slovak higher education is delivered by public, state and private universities. Degrees follow the Bologna three-cycle structure, while medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and some law programmes run as long single-cycle degrees.
Admission requirements
- Secondary school certificate with science subjects for medical programmes
- Entrance examination for medicine and dentistry
- IELTS 6.0 or medium-of-instruction letter
- Apostilled and translated documents with nostrification
- Medical fitness certificate
- Proof of accommodation and funds
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