Admission Requirements to the Master’s Degree Studies

E-application   Study Programmes

Information on the admission procedure for academic year 2025/2026 will be published in January 2025. The admission procedure is planned to open on 1^st February, 2025.

Master study is an extension of bachelor study and the second stage of the university education. It is finished by the master thesis defence and state examinations.

Only study programmes Electronics and Photonics and Space Engineering are offered for study in English. The other programmes are only in Slovak.

Admission procedure schedule

	1st  round	2nd round*
Deadline for submitting application	May 31, 2024	July 12, 2024
Admission examination date	June 18-20, 2024	August 19-20, 2024
Meeting of the admission board	July 8, 2024	August 21, 2024

* 2. admission round will not open for study programs: Applied Informatics, Nuclear and physical engineering

Admission requirements

• Admission procedure at the STU
• General admission requirements
• Rules and Conditions for Admission to Study Programmes at STU
• Further admission requirements for the master study programmes at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of STU for the academic year 2024/2025.
• Incoming Foreign Students in Slovakia 

Contact person for applicants: Ing. Eva Hladůvková e-mail: eva.hladuvkova@stuba.sk
Faculty Postal Address:
Ing. Eva Hladůvková
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Slovak University of Technology
Ilkovičova 3
841 04 Bratislava
Slovakia

Application form

For applicants for master studies, the admission procedure shall commence if, by the deadline set by the Dean, the application is submitted to the faculty. The application must be submitted electronically without a guaranteed electronic signature by using the Academic Information System (AIS), which enables the applicant to verify his/her registration in the AIS from the date of its submission until the date of the admission procedure. E-APPLICATION FORM 

Documents required

The applicant shall enclose the following documents to the application form:

• the transcript of courses and grades obtained during the entire previous university study confirmed by the faculty or university that issued the certificate and a certified copy of the diploma;
• copies of documents/certificates of significant achievements of his / her professional activity in the study area for which he / she is applying, e.g. participation in a student scientific conference or student professional event (competition), or publication of papers/articles in conference proceedings or journal;
• confirmation (copy) of payment of the fee for material provision of the admission procedure. In case of filing an electronic application and payment by transfer with the correct variable symbol according to the instructions for filling in the electronic application, it is not necessary to attach a confirmation of payment of the fee;
• a candidate with specific needs attaches a request to modify the form and manner of the entrance examination;
• an applicant who applies for a study programme conducted exclusively in English shall enclose a document proving knowledge of English language at least at B1 level, which may be a certificate of English language proficiency, a document of passing a state language examination in English, TOEFL, IELTS, etc. The condition of demonstrating knowledge of the English language is also considered to be met if the applicant has completed previous higher education studies conducted exclusively in English.
• an applicant applying for a study programme conducted in the Slovak language shall attach a document proving knowledge of the Slovak language at least at the B1 level. Proof of having passed the matriculation examination in the Slovak language or in the Czech language is also considered proof of knowledge of the Slovak language. The condition of proving knowledge of the Slovak language is also considered to be fulfilled if the applicant has completed previous university studies conducted in the Slovak language or in the Czech language.
• a candidate who has obtained the education necessary to fulfil the basic admission requirement  at a recognized higher education institution located outside the territory of the Slovak Republic shall submit the decision on recognition of the education certificate for the purpose of continuing studies issued by a recognized university in the Slovak Republic.

Recognition of documents

The candidate who does not fulfil the basic admission conditions at the time of their verification may be admitted conditionally, subject to the requirement to prove the fulfilment of the basic admission conditions by the day on the enrolment date at the latest. The date of the meeting of the admission board shall be considered as the date of verification of fulfilment of the conditions. 

Admission fee

The faculty requires the prospective students to pay a fee for the material provision of the admission procedure . The amount of fee is determined by the internal organizational and management standards issued by the Rector for the respective academic year.
In the academic year 2024/2025 the admission fees are as follows:

• €20 for studies in Slovak language,
• €40 for studies in English language.

An applicant who fails to pay the fee for the material provision of the admission procedure within the deadline for submitting application will not be invited to the entrance examination and will be notified of the decision not to be accepted to the study for failure to fulfil the further admission condition. 

Process of the admission fee payment: bank transfer
From SEPA countries:

Beneficiary‘s bank:	Statna pokladnica, Radlinskeho 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia
IBAN:	SK06 8180 0000 0070 0008 4998
BIC/SWIFT:	SPSRSKBA
Variable symbol:	registration number of your electronic application form assigned by Academic Information System (AIS)
Payment receiver:	FEI STU, Ilkovicova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia

From other countries:

Beneficiary‘s bank:	Statna pokladnica, Radlinskeho 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia
Beneficiary’s intermediary bank:	Vseobecna uverova banka, a.s.,  Mlynske Nivy 1,  829 90 Bratislava,  Slovakia
IBAN:	SK06 8180 0000 0070 0008 4998
BIC/SWIFT:	SUBASKBX
Variable symbol:	registration number of your electronic application form assigned by Academic Information System (AIS)
Payment receiver:	FEI STU, Ilkovicova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia

  

Tuition fee

There is no tuition fee for master degree study programmes offered in English language.
Tuition Fee and Study-Related Fees 

Increased planned numbers of accepted applicants

The Dean determines the number of applicants he intends to admit to study master degree programmes (Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Rules and Conditions of Admission to the study of first, second and third degree study programs at STU). In the case of a larger number of applicants for one of the study programmes, the dean is entitled to accept a maximum of 50% more applicants than the published number of applicants for the given study programme.

	Slovak		English
Study programe	On-site method	Distance method	On-site method
Applied Electrical Engineering	20	-	-
Applied Informatics	135	-	-
Applied Mechatronics and Electromobility	90	40	-
Electrical Power Engineering	60	-	-
Electronics and Photonics	40	-	10 (min. 4*)
Nuclear and Physical Engineering	15	-	-
Space Engineering	20	-	10 (min. 3*)
Robotics and Cybernetics	100	-	-
Multimedia Information and Communication Technologies	50	-	-
total	530	40	20

* The Dean may set the minimum number of admitted applicants necessary to open a study programme. If less than the minimum number of candidates meet the admission criteria for the study programme, the Dean may decide not to open the study programme. In this case, candidates who have fulfilled the conditions for admission to the study programme in question will be offered another study programme in which there are still vacancies.

Entrance examination  

The main objective of the entrance examination is to verify the candidate's ability and prerequisites to study in the chosen degree programme. A maximum of 60 points can be earned for the entrance examination.

If the entrance examination is remitted, the applicant will receive 60 points for the entrance examination as if he / she has passed the entrance examination.

The entrance examination shall be remitted to the applicant for the relevant master degree programme who has completed a previous higher education and is a graduate of a bachelor degree programme as shown in the table below:

The entrance examination may also be remitted to the applicant for the relevant master study programme, who is enrolled in the last year of the bachelor study programme and on the ground of fulfilment of his /her study duties it is possible that he / she will successfully complete the studies the academic year 2023/2024 as shown in the table above.

The applicant who applied for the study of master study programmes performed in English is not remitted.
List of questions related to the subjects of the entrance examination:

• Electronics and Photonics
• Space Engineering

Evaluation of the admission procedure results

The admission of a candidate for master studies is decided by the Dean of FEI STU based on the recommendation of the admission board.

The evaluation of the admission procedure and the recommendation of applicants for admission to study in the relevant master study programme shall be prepared by the admission board appointed by the Dean of the FEI STU.
The ranking of candidates will be based on the total number of points earned by the individual candidates, calculated as the sum of the points scored for:

• entrance examination (maximum of 60 points)
• results of previous higher education (maximum of 40 points) - based on the weighted average of study (WAS) given in the transcript of completed courses or calculated on the basis of the submitted documents, where the points for the WAS (P_WAS) are calculated as follows:

a) if WAS <3.0, then P_WAS = 60-20*WAS,
b) if WAS ≥ 3.0, then P_WAS = 0.

• further activities beyond previous university studies - participation in student scientific conferences or student professional event (contest), or a paper / article published in conference proceedings or journal  - a candidate can earn 10 points if he/she can reliably demonstrate any of these activities.

The minimum total number of points required for admission to master studies is 60 points, of which at least 30 points must be earned for the entrance examination.

The admission of a candidate for master studies is decided by the Dean of FEI STU based on the recommendation of the admission board.

If more applicants than planned meet the admission criteria for the relevant study programme, then those applicants who have demonstrated the highest level of ability to study shall be preferred. The order of admitted students is established on the basis of the points achieved for the entrance examination, the assessment of the results of previous university studies and activities beyond the completed previous university studies.

If less than the minimum number of candidates meet the admission criteria for the study programme, the Dean may decide not to open the study programme. In this case, candidates who have fulfilled the conditions for admission to the study programme in question will be offered another study programme in which there are still vacancies.

Decision on the outcome of the admission procedure will be delivered to the applicant in his own hands. 

Scholarship

Information about scholarships for foreign students is provided by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic 

Students/applicants with special needs

If a part of the verification of abilities for study consists of the admission exam, an applicant with special needs shall be, at his/her request and based on the evaluation of his/her special needs, determined a form of the admission exam and method of taking it, taking regard of his/her special needs. The applicant with special needs shall deliver the request to modify the form and method of taking the admission exam, together with the written application for study.

Facilities for students and applicants with special needs