Slovak Medical University

Slovak Medical University in Bratislava
Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita v Bratislave
Type	State
Established	1 September 2002
Rector	prof. MUDr. Peter Šimko, CSc.
Location	Bratislava, Slovakia
Website	www.szu.sk, eng.szu.sk

The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava - SMU (Slovak: Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita v Bratislave) is a state "college of university type" seated in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was created by law from 25 June 2002 with effect from 1 September 2002 and replaced the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine (Slovenská postgraduálna akadémia medicíny). The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava (SMU) is an educational institution proudly keeping the tradition of education of healthcare workers in specialized studies and continuous lifelong education in Slovakia.

The Slovak Institute for Postgraduate Education of Physicians, established on May 1, 1953 in Trenčín, laid the foundations of education of healthcare professionals in Slovakia. From July 7, 1966, the Institute moved into new premises in Bratislava, under a new name – The Institute of Further Education of Physicians and Pharmacists, which remained until 1991. On July 1, 1991, the name was changed to the Institute for Further Education of Professionals in Healthcare, and later, resulting from requirements in practice, the last change on November 1, 1998 transformed it into the Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine in Bratislava.

On September 1, 2002, the Slovak Medical University was founded in Bratislava by Act No. 401/2002 Coll. of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on the establishment of the Slovak Medical University, as a state university of higher education.

The Slovak Medical University in Bratislava is the only university in Slovakia that provides monothematic education for healthcare professions in all three degrees of higher education, and at the same time, the only institution that has guaranteed complex education of healthcare workers in Slovakia under various names since 1953.

International medical faculty

SMU has an English programme along with a Slovak language programme. It was opened in the academic year of 2012/2013, it is fully accredited and listed on the World Directory of Medical Schools (http://www.wdoms.org/).

Faculties

The university has four faculties:

Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Public Health Studies
Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies
Faculty of Health (est. 2005 in Banská Bystrica)

External links

Official site of the university

Universities and colleges in Slovakia

Public colleges	Comenius University in Bratislava* University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice* University of Prešov in Prešov* University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava* University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice* University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra* Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica* University of Trnava* Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Technical University of Košice University of Žilina in Žilina Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín in Trenčín* University of Economics in Bratislava Slovak University of Agriculture* in Nitra University of Technology in Zvolen Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica Catholic University in Ružomberok* Selye János University in Komárno*

State colleges	Police Academy in Bratislava Slovak Medical University in Bratislava* General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš

Private colleges	Pan European University Bratislava International School of Liberal Studies College of Public Administration Economics and Management Dubnica Technology Institute in Dubnica nad Váhom St. Elizabeth College of Health and Social Work in Bratislava Security Management College in Košice International Business College ISM Slovakia in Prešov Central European College in Skalica College in Sládkovičovo College of Management in Trenčín

* university

Coordinates: 48°10′07″N 17°05′18″E / 48.1685°N 17.0884°E / 48.1685; 17.0884

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