University of Prešov

University of Prešov
founding	1996 (1959)
Sponsorship	state
place	Prešov , Slovakia
Rector	René Matlovič
Students	12,995 (2007)
Website	www.unipo.sk

The Prešov University in Prešov , Slovak Prešovská univerzita v Prešove ( PU for short ), is a public law university in the Slovak city ​​of Prešov .

The university was established in 1996 when the former Prešov part of Pavol-Jozef-Šafárik University with its seat in Košice was dissolved . Hence the unusual name.

The university is known u. a. because of their German institute, which is one of the most traditional in Slovakia. The nationwide Prešov short story competition is held here every year .

Faculties

The university is divided into eight faculties.

• Philosophical Faculty
• Greek Catholic Theological Faculty
• Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Management
• Pedagogical Faculty
• Orthodox theological faculty
• Faculty of Sports
• Faculty of Health Care

See also

• Prešov short story competition

Web links

Commons : University of Prešov in Prešov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• University website (Slovak, partly also in English)
• Information about the university (Slovak, as of 2006; PDF file; 3.11 MB)
• Study guide (Slovak, as of 2008; PDF file; 1.41 MB)
• TV news in STV2 (German, Slovak subtitles)