International Cooperation
The Faculty of Arts has developed various forms of international pedagogic and scientific cooperation with a number of renowned partners, not only in the neighbouring countries, but also with famous universities in Europe and on other continents. To name but a few – the Masaryk University in Brno, Charles’ University in Prague, South-Bohemian University in České Budějovice, Palacký University in Olomouc, Loránd Eotvos University in Budapest, P. Pázmany Catholic University in Piliscsaba, Szeged University in Szeged, F. Schiller University in Jena, E. Karls University in Tubingen, K. Franzens University in Graz, Blais Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand, Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University in Paris, University in Poitiers, North-French University in Arras, University in Alcal, University in Zaragoza, University of Bolton (United Kingdom), University in Oulu (Finland), Dalarna University (Sweden), Linkoping University (Sweden), Ankara University in Ankara (Turkey), University in Sakaryi, universities in Poland, Bulgaria, Russian Federation, Byelorussia and Ukraine (Uzhgorod National University, M. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University in Kyiv, Lviv State Ivan Franko University), St.Pius X Teachers Training College Tatum (Kamerun).
Faculty bodies and individuals participate in various international projects and grants within the framework of international programmes. F aculty staff are awarded individual foreign grants; they publish abroad, give presentations at international scientific conferences and at professional seminars in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, as well as in Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, Austria, Greece, India, Canada, China, Turkey and elsewhere, not to mention other events thanks to invitations from Slovak embassies and other foreign bodies. Many faculty staff are members of a variety of international organisations, professional boards abroad and editorial boards of foreign periodicals.
Based on bilateral agreements with partner institutions and within the framework of diverse international programmes, the faculty carries out study stays for instructors and students abroad. The number of students sent for a period of one semester to foreign universities every year is continually increasing, as is the number of foreign students coming for short-term and long-term stays to the faculty.
A number of foreign guest lecturers stay and work at the faculty. They come from various countries, such as Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain, Ukraine, the USA and the United Kingdom.
The faculty keeps strong contacts with institutions active in the field of international cooperation, such as the Slovak Academic Association for International Cooperation, SAIA, Fulbright Commission, Civic Education Project, Open Society Fund, Jan Hus Education Foundation, the British Council, DAAD, USIS. The faculty also cooperates with a number of foreign embassies and foreign cultural institutions, such as the French Institute of the French Embassy, French Alliance, Association of Jan Hus-France, Pro Helvetia and others.