MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY BANSKÁ BYSTRICA, SLOVAKIA Faculty of Arts MBU MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY BANSKÁ BYSTRICA, SLOVAKIA

About university Banská Bystrica has had a long tradition of education and culture. Matej Bel Universty was founded 1. july 1992. Faculty of Arts Faculty of Economics Faculty of Education Faculty of Law Faculty of Natural Sciences Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations

Faculty of Arts - Departments of English and American Studies of German Studies of Roman Studies of Slavic Languages of Slovak Language and Communication of Slovak Literature and Literary Science of Translation Studies of Ethics and Applied Ethics of European Cultural Studies of History of Philosophy of Physical Education and Sports of Social Cultural Studies and Ethnology

Research Language and literature (linguistics and communucation, translation and interpreting, sociolinguistics and mediology, didaktics, literary history) Humanities and social sciences (consumer society and lifestyles, culture heritage, gender issues, Slovak history, methodology, applied ethics, cultural studies) Sports (kinantropology, education, humanities)

Programmes of Study Teaching study programmes in Bachelor's and Master's degrees: Non-teaching study programmes in Bachelor's and Master's degrees: English Language and Literature German Language and Literature French Language and Literature Russian Language and Literature Slovak Language and Literature Physical Education and Coaching History Philosophy Slovak Language and Literature European Cultural Studies Applied Ethics Applied Ethnology (only bachelor) History / Museology Slovak Language and Culture for Foreign Students (only bachelor) Recreology (only bachelor)

Translation and interpreting Programmes of Study Translation and interpreting English Language and Culture German Language and Culture French Language and Culture Italian Language and Culture Spanish Language and Culture Polish Language and Culture Russian Language and Culture

Doctoral degree study programmes Translatology Systematic Philosophy Applied Ethics Slovak History Slovak Language Literary Science General Linguistics Sports Educology Sports Humanistics Sports Kinantropology

International Collaboration The Faculty of Arts is engaged in interantional cooperation on the basis of the Bologna declaration and supports the international mobility of students and teachers.

Why Visit and Study at the Faculty of Arts? attractive mountain environment of Banská Bystrica city offers a lot of opportunities for both summer and winter sports and hiking lower living expenses for student that in the capital city according to the reiting of the Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA), the Faculty of Arts of Matej Bel university produces the most professionally successful graduates out of all the faculties of humanities in the Slovak Republic guest lectures by Slovak and foreign scientists, teachers and professional experts hight-quality technical eqiupment of study an lecture room, access to internet connection own modern swimming pool and gyms, refurbished boarding houses and canteens – all easily accessible

Students Life Students can participate in sports, performing arts and other activites provided by Matej Bel University: Sports Club (athletics, karate, triathlon, gymnastics, technical sports, judo, hiking, and rock-clibing) Physical Education Club (slowboarding, siing, tennes, swimming, and speedmedminton) The University Choir MLADOSŤ The University Folkore Group MLADOSŤ Student Pon Francophone Association Student Universtiy Cultural Association AIESEC ESN UMB EAC – Euroatlantic Centre Student History Association Form for International Cooperation FOMES Active German Speaking Students Club Max van der Stoel Association

Erasmus+ More than 115 partners universities from Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Latvia, Malta, Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Turkey

Erasmus+ Mobilities in Numbers Academic year 2017/2018 Faculty of Arts MBU: Students Outgoing Incoming Study 32 24 Placement 40 1 Teachers 49 63 Administrative staff 11 6

Erasmus Student Network ESN UMB which started in the academic year 2009/2010 and it provides help to international students in the beginning of their studies at the University.

ESN UMB – Event examples Welcome week Erasmus Welcome day Bowling International Village Haluškovica (competition in cooking halušky) Beer marathon Trip to Kriváň Carnival Party Table football tournament SocialErasmus week Visiting orphanage and playing with children Erasmus 25th anniversary programme Ski + Aquapark trip to Jasna and Tatralandia Trip2Somewhere (Krakow, Budapest, Barcelona) (national trip) Baking gingerbread for homeless people Trip to Bojnice And many many others 

Scholarships and Grants (come and study in Slovakia) Slovak Academic Intormation Agency (SAIA) In 2005, the National Scholarship Programme for the Supports of Mobility of University Students, PhD Students, University Teachers, Researchers and Artists was established by the approval of the Government of the Slovak Republic. Provided scholarships for Master students doctorands university teachers and researchers http://www.scholarships.sk/en/

SAIA - Search for Offers https://grants.saia.sk/Pages/ProgramZoznam.aspx

Editorial Office Faculty of Arts of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica is a pedagogical and scientific institution which covers a wide spectrum of studies. That is the studies and reviews sections are divided into the following sub-sections: Ethics, Ethnology, Philosophy, Historical Science, Culturology, Linguistics, Literary Science, Didactics, Translationogy, Sport Studies. The studies and reviews sections are divided into the following sub-sections: Ethics, Ethnology, Philosophy, Historical Science, Culturology, Linguistics, Literary Science, Didactics, Translationogy, Sport Studies.

Journals Faculty of Arts

Project Management Office Project manager provides coordination, administration and document control support to project teams in achieving project goals. This includes, but is not limited to: searching for funding schemes, searching for existing projects/potential partners in the preferred area of interest, building databases to provide information on submitted and implemented projects, keeping documentation to manage and record key project information, providing administrative and management support during the key stages of the project performance, providing administrative and management support for the project application, assisting in completing the application form, communicating with the funder or project partners, electronic submission of the applications for funding and submission of paper copies, applying for the project change, presenting a draft agreement to the legal department to make drafting suggestions, monitoring project performance and preparing monitoring reports ....

List of Projects Contact person: Mgr. Milena Konopkova Tajovského 40, Banská Bystrica E-mail: milena.konopkova@umb.sk Phone: +421 (0) 48 446 7413 http://www.ff.umb.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty-a-granty/

I hope that our information will be helpful for you and we can start cooperation between our universities not only in mobility programmes as well as research, publishing books or EÚ projects. Detailed information you can find at our web page https://www.ff.umb.sk/en/ THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.