🇸🇰 How to apply to university in Slovakia

There is no central application system: you apply to each institution directly. Programmes usually start: September.

Checked on 23 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.

The essentials

Application system: None — apply to each institution on its own website.
When programmes start: September.
International applicants: International students apply directly to the faculty or university; there is no central application. EU/EEA students study under the same conditions as Slovak students and need no visa.
Language: Slovak for Slovak-taught programmes and English (or the teaching language) for foreign-language programmes, at the level each faculty sets.

Key dates

Each faculty sets its own admission criteria, deadline and required documents; we found no national calendar to cite. Check the faculty's admission notice early — non-EU applicants also need time for the residence permit.

The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.

Your checklist

The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Slovakia, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Choose a programme and faculty and read its admission conditions, deadline and documents on the university's website.
2.Apply to the faculty directly and pay any application fee it charges.
3.Sit the entrance exam, interview or other assessment, if the faculty sets one.
4.Receive the admission decision and the faculty's confirmation of admission.
5.Non-EU students: apply in person for temporary residence for the purpose of study — usually at the Slovak embassy — with the confirmation of admission, a criminal-record statement, proof of financial means and passport photos; documents issued abroad must be translated into Slovak by a certified translator and apostilled or legalised.
6.Within three working days of arriving, report your stay to the Foreign Police; within three working days of collecting the residence document, take out health insurance.
7.Within 30 days of collecting the residence document, submit a medical report confirming you have no disease that threatens public health.

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Next steps

Sources

Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 23 October 2026. Dates change every year.

European Commission, EU Immigration Portal — Student, Slovakia