FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF PREŠOV IN PREŠOV

UNIVERSITY OF PRESOV
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT (FM)
16 Konštantínova Street, 080 01 Prešov,
Tel.: +421 51 4880580, +421 51 4880585 Tel/Fax: +421 51 4880510
Email: viktoria.ali-taha @unipo.sk, juraj.tej@unipo.sk, marcela.strisova@unipo.sk
http://www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu
http://studujmanazment.sk

Application forms are to be sent to the following address:

University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Management, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia

Deadline for submitting applications for: Bachelor’s study until 31 March 2019
Master’s study until 31 March 2019
PhD study until 31 May 2019

The period of admission procedure (assessment):

a) For the applicants for bachelor’s and master’s study until 30 June 2019
b) For the applicants for PhD study until 31 August 2019

The administrative fee for admission procedure:

a) Applicants for bachelor’s study: € 30
b) Applicants for master’s study: € 30
c) Applicants for PhD study: € 50
d) Electronic application: € 20

Account number: 7000199613/8180

IBAN – SK89 8180 0000 0070 0019 9613
SWIFT - SPSRSKBA
Variable symbol: identification number (without a forward slash)
(A name and surname of the applicant have to be written in the message for the recipient and/or a note)

Recipient’s address:
University of Prešov in Prešov
Faculty of Management
Konštantínova 16
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia

Dates of Open Days will be announced on the faculty website

Open Days are held in a Michal Bosák lecture hall of the Faculty of Management, M120, Konštantínova 16, Prešov

All further specifications will be published on the faculty website: www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu in compliance with law requirements.

Accredited study programmes SF AD Y EN

Applicants for study in the Slovak language:

 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management FT Bc. 3 80

 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management PT Bc. 4 80
 Tourism, Hotel and Spa Industry field of study: 8.1.1 Travel and Tourism FT Bc. 3 60
 Tourism, Hotel and Spa Industry field of study: 8.1.1 Travel and Tourism PT Bc. 4 40
 Environmental Management field of study 4.3.3 Environmental Management FT Bc. 3 20
 Environmental Management field of study 4.3.3Enironmental Management PT Bc. 4 15
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management FT Mgr. 2 100
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management PT Mgr. 3 80
 Environmental Management field of study 4.3.3Enironmental Management FT Mgr. 2 20
 Environmental Management field of study 4.3.3Enironmental Management PT Mgr. 3 15
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management FT PhD. 4 1
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management PT PhD. 5 8
 Environmental Management field of study 4.3.3Enironmental Management FT PhD. 4 1
 Environmental Management field of study 4.3.3Enironmental Management PT PhD. 5 6

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Applicants for study in the English language:

 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management FT Bc. 3 20
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management PT Bc. 4 15
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management FT PhD. 4 1
 Management field of study: 3.3.15 Management PT PhD. 5 20

SF – study form; AD – Academic degree; Y – length of study in years; EN – enrolled number of students (planned)
Full-time study in all study programmes (and all degrees) is f r e e of c h a r g e at the Faculty of Management.
Part-time study is charged a tuition fee - the fees will be published on the faculty website www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu in compliance
with legal requirements

Each applicant for the study at the Faculty of Management can submit more applications for different study programmes after his or
her consideration.

For each above-mentioned study programme (at all levels and forms of study) a separate ranking order of candidates for admission to
study is always created. As well as a separate ranking order of candidates for admission to study in English.
In the admission procedure at the Faculty of Management, 18 separate ranking orders for admission to study are created.

Admission requirements
A) Admission requirements for the first-degree study (bachelor’s study)
 The basic requirement for admission is the completion of a full secondary education or vocational secondary education, in all cases
including a school leaving examination (‘maturita’).
 A duly completed and signed application form for study supplemented by additional documents sent by the deadline in one of the
following ways (a or b):
a) A duly completed electronic application form for study sent via the internet (the application form is available in the MAIS
system at www.unipo.sk) as well as a printed and signed electronic form sent to the faculty address including the
following enclosures:
- a structured curriculum vitae,
- an original proof of the admission fee payment,
- an officialy verified copy of a school leaving examination (‘maturita’) certificate must be enclosed.
b) A completed and signed Ševt application form with all necessary documents sent to the faculty address:
- a structured curriculum vitae,
- an original proof of the admission fee payment,
- an official verified copy of a school leaving examination (‘maturita’) certificate must be enclosed.
 If the applicant does not submit all the aforementioned documents related to the admission to study, he or she will be excluded
from the admission procedure.
 An administrative fee for the admission procedure is to be paid by bank transfer, or by postal money order, a proof of fee payment
must be enclosed to the application form.
 Applicants taking their school leaving examination in the 2018/2019 academic year are to send a verified copy of a school leaving
examination certificate by post to the address of the Faculty of Management by 15 June 2019 at the latest.
 The applicant for the study at the Faculty of Management can submit more applications for the study - that applies to the study
programmes as well as to the forms of study.
 Further information about applicants’ admission to bachelor’s study will be published on www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu. We
recommend applicants to follow the website.
 Applicants with special needs are recommended to contact a coordinator before submitting the application form. The coordinator for
students with special needs is PhDr. Tatiana Lorincová, PhD. (tatiana.lorincova@unipo.sk).
 Applicants for a study programme in the English language indicate this option on the 1st page of the application form in the entry
„Study programme “ – „Management – programme in the English language“

B) Admission requirements for the second-degree study (master’s study)

 The basic requirement for admission to a master’s study programme at the Faculty of Management is completed first degree
higher education study (bachelor’s study).
 Moreover, all applicants who are not graduates of the Faculty of Management are required to demonstrate the level of
knowledge within the scope of core subjects of the relevant bachelor’s study programme:
 Management in the field of study 3.3.15 Management accredited and studied at the Faculty of Management
 Environmental management in the field of study 4.3.3 Environmental Management accredited and studied at the
Faculty of Management

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 A duly completed and signed application form for study supplemented by additional documents sent by the deadline in one of the
following ways (a or b):
b) A duly completed electronic application form for study sent via the internet (the application form is available in the
MAIS system at www.unipo.sk) as well as a printed and signed electronic form sent to the faculty address including the
following enclosures:
- a structured curriculum vitae,
- an original proof of the admission fee payment,
- an officialy verified copy of a diploma and certificate
- a transcript of records (including a weighted average of all bachelor’s study results).
b) A completed and signed Ševt application form with all necessary documents sent to the faculty address:
- a structured curriculum vitae,
- an original proof of the admission fee payment,
- an officialy verified copy of a diploma and certificate
- a transcript of records (including a weighted average of all bachelor’s study results).

 An administrative fee for admission procedure is to be paid by bank transfer or postal money order, a proof of fee payment has
to be enclosed.
 If the applicant does not submit all the aforementioned documents related to the admission to study, he or she will be excluded
from the admission procedure.
 Applicants for master’ s study taking the final state examinations of the first-degree study (bachelor’s study) in the 2018/2019
academic year are required to apply for the study (like other applicants) by 31 March 2019 and to send verified documents on a
successful completion of the first-degree study by the 2 July 2019 at the latest – i.e. a verified copy of a diploma and state
examination certificate as well as of a transcript of records (including weighted arithmetic average of overall bachelor’s study
results) and other necessary enclosures (a structured curriculum vitae, a proof of an admission fee payment).
 The applicant for the study at the Faculty of Management can submit more applications for study - that applies to the study
programmes as well as to the forms of study.
 Further information about applicants’ admission to master’s study will be published on www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu. We
recommend applicants to follow the website.
 Applicants with special needs are recommended to contact a coordinator before submitting the application form. The
coordinator for students with special needs is PhDr. Tatiana Lorincová, PhD. (tatiana.lorincova@unipo.sk).

C) Entry requirements for the third-degree study (PhD study)

The basic requirement for the admission to a PhD study programme is a completed second level of higher education (master’s or engineer
study) and a successful admission interview in front of a committee. If the applicant is able to report successful results gained in SCIO
test (GAP - General Academic Prerequisites), those will be taken into account in the overall assessment of the applicant.
All entry requirements for the PhD study programme are published on the website www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu- Science and
Research – Doctoral Study. We recommend applicants to follow the website for specifications.
 Applicants for full-time PhD study taking their graduate state examination (master’s or engineer study) in the 2018/2019 academic
year have to apply for the study by 31 May 2019 (as other applicants). By 2 July 2019, they have to send verified documents on a
successful accomplishment of the second-degree programme (a diploma and state examination certificate) and if applicable, a SCIO
test certificate (GAP – General Academic Prerequisites).
 The applicant for the study at the Faculty of Management can submit more applications for study - that applies to the study
programmes as well as to the forms of study.
 If the applicant does not submit all the aforementioned documents related to the admission to study, he or she will be excluded from
the admission procedure.

D) Entry requirements for foreign applicants for study in the Slovak and English
language (in case they have not completed their previous education in Slovakia or
the Czech Republic):

The requirement for the admission to study is the submission of a document on recognition of equivalence of education
(nostrification).
A foreign applicant for bachelor’s study is the applicant who has received his or her secondary education outside the territory of
the Slovak Republic.
A foreign applicant for master’s study is the applicant who has completed the first level of higher education study outside the
territory of the Slovak Republic. For the purpose of admission requirements for second-degree study, a foreign applicant is not:
 the applicant who has undertaken his or her study in the Czech Republic, in case the language of instruction was Czech
 the applicant who has undertaken his or her study at a foreign higher education institution in the Slovak Republic, in case the
language of instruction was Slovak or Czech
In the case of ambiguity, the commission will decide on a candidate’s status.

a) Foreign applicants for bachelor’s degree study have to meet the following entry requirements:
The basic requirement for entering bachelor’s degree study at the Faculty of Management is a completion of full secondary education or
vocational secondary education with a school leaving examination. Further requirement for admission to the first-degree study in Slovak

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includes the proof of the Slovak language competence for study. In justified cases, the academic senate of the faculty may moderately adapt
these conditions on the basis of the Dean’s proposal.

Admission procedure for bachelor’s study is specified in point A and is the same for all applicants for bachelor’s study. In line with
that, specific entry requirements for foreign applicants for bachelor’s study are as follows:

1. For foreign applicants for the study at the Faculty of Management in the 2019/2020 academic year, 31 March 2019 is the last day for the
submission of the application form.
2. The appropriate application form must be fully completed and signed by the applicant and handed in including the required enclosures by
the given date.
3. The following documents have to be enclosed to the application form by 15 June 2019 at the latest:
 verified documents on completion of full secondary education or vocational secondary education translated by a certified translator
 statement on the recognition of equivalence of secondary education issued by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and
Sport of the SR – ie transfer of school leaving examination grades to the Slovak grading system
 decision on recognition of equivalence of educational documents (the so-called nostrification) issued by Department of Education of
the respective District Office (in the SR)
 a curriculum vitae and a covering letter (in the Slovak language)
 the proof of administrative fee payment
4. Evaluating applicant’s language competence for studying in the Slovak language is a part of admission procedure. Evaluation is carried
out in a written and oral form in Slovak and is compulsory for all the applicants without exception. The applicant has to pass it
successfully.
5. The invitation to language competence examination will be sent to the applicant at least 14 days before the exam itself. An applicant can
take a test on language competence only once.
6. The Dean of the faculty makes a decision on admission to the study based on the admission committee proposal. He also delegates
members of the admission committee.
7. The decision on the results of admission procedure will be sent in writing within 30 days of the verification of fulfilment of the
requirements (including legislative ones) for admission to the study.
8. The applicant who is denied a place may ask for re-examination of this decision. The application is to be submitted to the Dean of the
faculty within eight days of the receipt of the decision about refusal.
9. The applicant who is denied a place at the faculty has the right to examine his or her admission documentation in the presence of the
people appointed by the Dean. He or she has to submit a written application within 8 days of the receipt of the Dean’s decision.

b) Foreign applicants for a master’s study have to meet the following requirements:
A basic requirement for entering the second-degree study at the Faculty of Management is a completion of the first level of study (bachelor’s
study). Further requirements for second-degree study at the Faculty of Management include the results of a taken differentiating test. In
justified cases, the academic senate of the faculty may moderately adapt these conditions on the basis of the Dean’s proposal.

Admission procedure for master’s study is specified in point B and is the same for all applicants for master’s study. In line with that,
specific entry requirements for foreign applicants for master’s study are as follows:
1. The deadline for submission of the application form is 31 March 2019.
2. The appropriate application form must be fully completed and signed by the applicant and handed in including the required enclosures
by the given date
3. The following documents have to be enclosed to the application form by 02 July 2019 at the latest:
 verified documents on completion of the first level of higher-education study translated by certified translator (a diploma, state
examination certificate, a document with the weighted average of all bachelor’s study results)
 a decision on recognition of equivalence of education documents (the so-called nostrification)
 a curriculum vitae (in the Slovak language)
 the proof of an administrative fee payment
4. A differentiating test administered in a written form in the Slovak language is compulsory for each applicant. The applicant has to pass it
successfully.
5. The invitation to the differentiating test will be sent to the applicant at least 14 days before the exam itself.
6. The Dean of the faculty makes a decision on admission to the study based on the admission committee proposal. He also delegates
members of the admission committee.
7. The decision on the results of admission procedure will be sent in writing within 30 days of the verification of fulfilment of the
requirements for admission to the study (including legislative ones).
8. The applicant who is denied a place may ask for re-examination of this decision. The application is to be submitted to the Dean of the
faculty within eight days of the receipt of the decision about refusal
9. The applicant who is denied a place at the faculty has the right to examine his or her admission documentation in the presence of the
people appointed by the Dean. He or she has to submit a written application within 8 days of the receipt of the Dean’s decision

c) Foreign applicants for doctoral degree study have to meet the entry requirements under the letter „C“.
Self-payers are accepted on the basis of a contract - in compliance with legal rules in force.

The admission procedure – applicable to all bachelor’s study programmes at the Faculty of Management

1. The admission procedure for bachelor’s study:

Applicants for bachelor’s study will be accepted without entrance examination.

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In the case of their interest, applicants can take an OPTIONAL SCIO test (for a more detailed information visit www.scio.cz).
Applicants for the first level of study (bachelor’s) who will reach a percentile of over 50 (inclusive) in the optional SCIO Test of
General Academic Prerequisite will be accepted automatically and in preference to other applicants - disregarding the average mark
in school leaving examination, under the condition they submit a valid school leaving examination certificate. Those applicants will be
offered admission without being assessed by the algorithm. However, they have to submit their school leaving examination certificate to be
enrolled.

All the applicants for the first-degree study (bachelor’s study) ranked on a scale from the best results to the number of students set by the
faculty’s capacity will be offered admission.
The ranking order of applicants for the admission to bachelor's study is created solely on the basis of the study results from secondary
schools with the option of including bonuses. The ranking order is created by the algorithm published on faculty website
www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu. Firstly, the order is created by calculating arithmetic average of the grades from school leaving
examination certificates taking into account a type of a secondary school.

For the admission to bachelor's study, grades from all secondary school leaving examination certificates from all types of secondary
schools will be assessed in the following categories:
- Graduates of grammar schools,
- Graduates of other vocational secondary schools.

Each applicant shall be ranked among candidates for acceptance – even if he or she has not taken the school leaving examination in
mathematics and foreign languages.
The applicant has to submit a valid school leaving examination certificate by the set deadline.

The order of the best applicants for the first-degree study (bachelor’s study) is determined by the following factors:
1) The multiplication of the arithmetic average of grades from a school leaving examination and a coefficient for a type of a secondary
school (a compulsory part)
2) A bonus system decreasing the coefficient (an optional part)
2a) A bonus for the SCIO Test of ‘General Academic Prerequisites’, for more detailed information see the document – Algorithm for
a Bachelor’s Study
2b) school leaving examination grades in the main subjects, that is mathematics, and foreign languages (English, German, French,
Russian, Spanish) that will systematically be taken into consideration.

In case two or more applicants rank equally, better results from a final secondary school year certificate will be used to determine their
place on the list of the candidates offered admission. The Faculty of Management will additionally request this certificate.

8 separate lists of the best applicants will be created for all 3 bachelor’s study programmes:
- A separate list of applicants for the full-time study in the Slovak language for the Management study programme
- A separate list of applicants for the part-time study in the Slovak language for the Management study programme
- A separate list of applicants for the full-time study in the Slovak language for the Tourism, Hotel and Spa Industry study programme
- A separate list of applicants for the part-time study in the Slovak language for the Tourism, Hotel and Spa Industry study
programme
- A separate list of applicants for the full-time study in the Slovak language for the Environmental Management study programme
- A separate list of applicants for the part study in the Slovak language for the Environmental Management study programme
- A separate list of applicants for the full-time study in the English language for the Management study programme
- A separate list of applicants for the part-time study in the English language for the Management study programme

All applicants for study are recommended to follow the faculty website www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu, where all approved
specifications for the 2019/2020 academic year will be published

Within the study of management, students will study subjects creating their graduate profile – particular study plans are available on the
faculty’ s website www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu - Study – Accredited Study Programmes.
Students studying Management study programme have to choose one of the four compulsory optional blocks of course units at the
enrolment. These blocks provide students with deeper insight into one of the following areas:
 Trade, marketing and psychology of trading
 Human resources management
 Managerial informatics
 Management of tourism and hotel industry

Bachelor’s study graduates of any of the three study programmes at the Faculty of Management (Management; Tourism, Hotel and Spa
Industry; Environmental Management), may continue their study at the faculty by studying an accredited Master’s Study Programme
Management after meeting all entry requirements. Students enrol for one of the following specialisations – compulsory optional blocks of
subjects:
 Trade, marketing and psychology of trading
 Managerial informatics
 Human resources management
 Management of tourism and hotel industry

or they may continue in accredited Masters’s Study Programme Environmental Management after meeting all entry requirements.
2. The admission procedure for master’s study:

In the case of their interest, applicants can take an OPTIONAL SCIO test (for a more detailed information visit www.scio.cz).
Applicants for the second level of study (master’s study) who will reach a percentile of over 50 (inclusive) in an optional SCIO Test of
“General Academic Prerequisites” will be accepted automatically and in preference to other applicants. This is disregarding the
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the requirement for submitting a state examination certificate and a diploma of a completed first-degree study (bachelor’s study) must
be met.
Those applicants will be offered admission without being assessed by the algorithm under the condition they submit a document on a
completion of the first cycle of higher education study.

Ranking order of all applicants for the master’s study at the Faculty of Management is created in the following way:
2. 1. Without taking an entrance examination (and without doing a differentiating test i.e. on the basis of a final numerical value
(consisting of the average of grades from bachelor’s state examination and a weighted average of overall study results at the
Faculty of Management)). This is applicable to those applicants for the masters' study (two-year full-time and three-year part-time)
at the Faculty of Management who are graduates of accredited bachelor’s study programme provided by the Faculty of
Management. The applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of the arithmetic average calculated from grades in their bachelor’s
state exam and a weighted arithmetic average of overall bachelor’s study results - ranking from the best average (this arithmetic
average is called a ‘final numerical value’in the algorithm).
The applicants who are graduates of the bachelor’s study programme at the Faculty of Management may request to do a
differentiating test (defined in section 2.2). They submit a written and duly signed application to the Dean of the faculty by 31
March 2019. If the applicant asks for a differentiating test and does not do it (the applicant is informed about the date in the
invitation letter), it results in ‘failure’. A grade ‘failure’ means that the applicant does not meet the requirements for the admission to
the master’s study.
2.2. On the basis of the average of grades in a bachelor’s state examination, a weighted average of overall bachelor’s study and
the differentiating test on the selected areas of bachelor’s study programme curriculum at the Faculty of Management. If
students have not completed their first-degree (bachelor’s) study in the accredited study programme at the Faculty of Management,
they are obliged to do the following differentiating test:
A differentiating test is a written test on topics selected from core curriculum of the bachelor's study programme
Management/Environmental Management at the Faculty of Management (depending on the study programme applicants are
applying for). Selected topics are published on faculty website (www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu). The final grade in the
differentiating test, the arithmetic average of grades in applicant’s bachelor’s state examination and a weighted average of overall
study results determine a final numerical value calculated by the algorithm published on the faculty website (www.unipo.sk/fakulta-
manazmentu). This value plays the same role as the final value calculated for the graduates of the study programme at the Faculty of
Management who are ranked according to the average grade in bachelor’s state examination results and a weighted average of
overall study results (as defined in point 2.1without a differentiating test). Applicants who gain their ‘final numerical value’in this
way gain their fair position in the final order of applicants.
Overall ranking of all applicants for the master’s study in the given form of study is created on the basis of defined final numerical values
determined by the algorithm according to the respective points, 2.1 or 2.2.
All applicants for the master’s study ranked on the scale from the best final numerical value (the lowest) to the set number of candidates
in line with the faculty’s capacities setting limits to a maximum number of accepted applicants for master’s study at the Faculty of
Management will be offered admission.
4 separate overall ranking lists of the best applicants will be created according to the previously described algorithm:
– A separate of list of applicants for the full-time study in the Slovak language for the study programme Management
– A separate list of applicants for the part-time study in the Slovak language for the study programme Management
– A separate list of applicants for the full-time study in the Slovak language for the study programme Environmental Management
– A separate list of applicants for the part-time study in the Slovak language for the study programme Environmental Management
3. Admission procedure for doctoral study (PhD):

Applicants for the doctoral study will be accepted after meeting entry requirements defined in the previous text in the section ‘entry
requirements – C- Entry requirements for the third level of study (doctoral study)’ that is on the basis of the entrance exam assessed by the
examination committee.
Applicants who have passed SCIO test (GAP – General Academic Prerequisites) may supply test results that will be taken into
account in overall applicants’s assessment.
Two separate lists of successful applicants for admission will be created - a separate list of applicants for the full-time and part-time study.
More detailed entry requirements and information on admission procedure for doctoral study at the Faculty of Management are published
on the website www.unipo.sk/fakulta-manazmentu - Science and Research –PhD Study.

The admission procedure for the doctoral study (PhD study) in the English language is the same as for other applicants for the
doctoral study.

General information on admission procedure

An applicant for study may submit more application forms. The application form must be completed and submitted with all additional required
documents. The administrative fee for the admission procedure is to be paid by a postal money order, one part of which is to be glued on the
third page of the application form. The application form must be signed by the applicant.

Coordinator for applicants (students) with special needs: PhDr. Tatiana Lorincová, PhD. (tatiana.lorincova@unipo.sk)
Coordinator for foreign applicants (students): Mgr. Vladimír Čema, PhD. (vladimir.cema@unipo.sk)

Graduates’ employability
Employability of graduates of an economic study programme Management
The economic study programme Management creates prerequisites for graduates’assertion at the labour market in companies and other
organisations, mostly at economic positions and in the case of their personal qualities and experience in managerial areas at different levels of
management. A profile of the economic study programme Management graduate is determined by compulsory subjects such as

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macroeconomics, microeconomics, finances and currency, accounting, calculations and budgets, corporate planning, operations management,
financial and economic analysis, informatics, IT in management and management of information systems, business economy, corporate
finance, entrepreneurs in small- and medium-sized companies, monitoring and controlling, marketing, management, human resources
management, national economy, world economy and international economic relations, psychology, social psychology, law, methods and
methodology of social research, statistics etc.(see more detailed study plans of accredited study programmes at http://www.unipo.sk/fakulta
manazmentu/vzdelavanie/akreditovanestudijneprogramy .) Students can choose one of the four compulsory optional blocks of subjects
deepening curriculum in a particular area: ‘Human resources management’, ‘Trade, marketing and psychology of trading’, ‘Managerial
informatics’, or ‘Management of tourism and hotel industry’ (for more detailed information see study programmes). The faculty is working on
compulsory optional blocks of subjects for other areas.
The study creates prerequisites and provides opportunities for its graduates to become accelerators of desirable changes in companies and other
organisations. They can also set up new companies (and create new jobs). (Naturally, a macroeconomic environment, a situation in the country,
economic crises and other aspects of the surroundings may strongly affect the employability of graduates from all types of higher education
institutions, and place increased demands on graduate’s personality). Apart from basic economic-managerial education, graduate’s ability to
take various managerial positions is influenced by their other capabilities, personal qualities and experience. Our aim and ambition are to
contribute to the increase of competitiveness of enterprises based on qualification, knowledge and graduates’ capabilities.
Graduates of bachelor’s study (according to a selected compulsory optional block of subjects) focus on one of the four areas:
- Trade, marketing and psychology of trading
- Managerial informatics
- Human resources management
- Management of tourism and hotel industry

Upon completing the second degree of study (master’s study), graduates with personal qualities and experience may assert themselves at higher
economic and managerial positions, as well as in research and education institutions. According to a selected block of compulsory optional
subjects they focus on one of the following areas into which they gain a deeper insight:
- Trade, marketing and psychology of trading
- Managerial informatics
- Human resources management
- Management of tourism and hotel industry
A graduate may be awarded a “PhDr.” academic degree upon passing examina rigorosa and defending a rigorosa thesis in the economic study
programme Management in the study field 3.3.15 Management.
Upon completing a doctoral study, that is the third level of education, the graduates may be employed at universities, other research and
scientific institutions, as well as at the top management positions requiring the highest degree of study and personal qualities.

Employability of the graduates of the study programme in the area of services Tourism, Hotel and Spa Industry:
The study creates knowledge prerequisites for the students who can assert themselves in the following areas: graduates of the first level of
study in the field of study 8.1.1 Travel and tourism, study programme ‘Tourism, Hotel and Spa Industry’ are being trained to become qualified
experts in the area of tourism, hotel and spa industry. They are familiar with fundamentals of economic functions of tourism, have an overview
of research methods applied in tourism, mainly quantitative, qualitative methods, methods of regionalisation, cartographic methods etc. A
special emphasis is put on professional economic, managerial, psychological, legal and marketing methods suitable for tourism businesses.
The graduates become familiar with the fundamentals of hotel industry technologies, gastronomy, have an overview of basic terminology,
theory, physiotherapy, methodology, balneology and spa industry.
Graduates understand complex phenomena of tourism holistically in interaction with tourism participants, and regional tourism conditions.
Specific features of the ‘tourism, hotel and spa industry’graduates are their ability to communicate in at least two foreign languages, to organise
the event and tourism animations, and to actively participate in tourism business as a practical expert, entrepreneur, or in middle management
positions.
Graduate’s theoretical knowledge includes fundamentals of economic, psychological, and legal categories required by tourism businesses, the
knowledge of basic tourism terminology and methodology, fundamentals of management and tourism marketing, being familiar with
regionalisation of tourism in Slovakia, regionalisation of European and world tourism destinations, fundamentals of balneology, physiotherapy
and spa services, and the knowledge of cartography.
Practical knowledge and capabilities include the capability for creating a business plan in a tourism enterprise and spa establishments, for
maintaining the quality of services provided by tourism enterprises and spa establishments, for using available communication media to gain
information in tourism, to do active marketing activities in tourism, to monitor topical tourism and hotel and spa industry products, and to
adjust to their dynamics. Moreover, graduates demonstrate communicative competence in two foreign languages. They are able to define the
background of tourism destinations, understand issues of gastronomy technology, oenology and regional gastronomy and oenology.
Additional skills and capabilities include the ability to organise tourism events and animations, to arrange tourist guides, to analyse,
communicate and network in the tourism business. Practical skills are acquired during work placements, and terrain training (in total three
subjects). Tourism, hotel and spa industry graduates are ready for positions in the middle and high management in tourism enterprises (private
and state ones) in administrative and self-governing institutions focused on tourism (tourist information offices, cultural information centres,
Slovak agencies for tourism), as well as for the positions of tourist guides, hotel supervisors, catering supervisors, spa establishment operators,
a position of an economist and expert in spa establishment, marketing, travel agency director, and other economic positions and in case of
personal qualities and experiential prerequisites, for other managerial positions as well.

Employability of graduates in an economic and natural scientific study programme Environmental Management:
Graduates can assert themselves (depending on their personal qualities and experiential prerequisites) as environmental managers, i.e. as
leaders or coordinators in the area of environmental protection, as well as environmental science and economy. He or she knows the rights and
duties of establishment keepers in relation to environmental protection and basic information on newly implemented systems of environmental
management in the public and economic spheres.
The graduates achieve competence in creating, modifying and applying the environmental policy to various levels of state administration, self-
governance and the third sector. They use acquired knowledge to increase environmental awareness of inhabitants. They manage pedagogical-
psychological instruments of forming public opinion and of involving inhabitants of different ages in sustainable life development within life-
long education.
Capabilities for setting up and managing companies in various areas of business are being developed: environmental services, environmental
consultancy as well as in industrial businesses.

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A broad foundation of economic and managerial disciplines creates prerequisites for graduates’ assertion in eco businesses as well as other
businesses in the position of an economist – a manager with insight into the sustainable development of enterprises and with a high level of
environmental awareness.
The graduates are familiar with environmental aspects and effects; they are aware of principles of rational use of natural resources and
legislative limits and standards in the area of the environment. They can apply this knowledge to managing environmental processes including
prevention of ecological risks and accidents.
The graduates develop their capabilities for managing the impact of technological production operations on the environment. They can assert
themselves in processes regarding the evaluation of the impact of activities on the environment. And wherever it is necessary, they are able to
analyse components of environmental processes. They can propose environmental processes and implement them and they can make effective
managerial decisions concerning sustainable development. Graduates develop their abilities relating to the implementation of environmental
management systems and their operation, as well as to coordination and control of resources and processes focused on environmental problem
solutions.
Graduates may participate in environmental projects; they are trained to search for opportunities for environmental project funding and to
determine expenses incurred by damaging the environment.
Upon completing the second degree of study (master’s study), graduates with personal qualities and experience may assert themselves in higher
economic and managerial positions, as well as in research and education institutions.
Graduates of the study field Environmental Management (second degree) are familiar with the system of progressive management, decision-
making, coordinating and the control of resources, processes and relations in organisations focused on solving the environmental problems.
They know and are able to use the systems of environmental management and environmental audit resulting from internationally recognised
documents. They coordinate the activity of interested parties by solving the environmental problems at regional and local level. The graduates
support the constructive way of life of the citizens in urban and rural systems, they are familiar with mechanisms for affecting citizens’ public
opinion and they can use the tools for managing different target groups. They are able to create and apply educational and training
programmes, they can simulate, shape and model virtual mechanisms of the behaviour of natural and human systems and their harmonic or
disharmonic (pathologic) effects on the environment, they are aware of the methods of identification, diagnosis and management of individuals
as well as target groups.
A graduate may be awarded an “RNDr.” academic degree upon passing examina rigorosa and defending a rigorosa thesis in the economic and
natural scientific study programme Environmental Management in the study field 4.3.3 Environmental Management.
Upon completing doctoral study, i.e. the third level of study, the graduates may be employed at universities, other research and scientific
institutions, as well as at the top management positions requiring the highest degree of study as well as personal qualities.

In Prešov, 17 September 2019 prof. Ing. Róbert Štefko, Ph.D.

Dean

Published by: Vice-Dean for Education 20 September 2019