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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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

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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Erasmus+ Mobilities in Numbers
Academic year 2017/2018
Faculty of Arts MBU:
Students Outgoing Incoming
Study
Placement
Teachers
Administrative staff

13. 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.

14. 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 

15. 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

16. SAIA - Search for Offers

17. 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.

18. Journals Faculty of Arts

19. 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
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20. List of Projects Contact person:
Mgr. Milena Konopkova Tajovského 40, Banská Bystrica Phone: +421 (0)

21. 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 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.