Laboratory Testing Methods in Health Care

Conditions of admission

The basic condition for admission to the two-year Master's degree programme in the full-time form of study (completed by obtaining the degree "Mgr") is the completion of the first cycle of the study programme Laboratory Investigation Methods in Health Care. Applicants who have completed the first cycle of higher education abroad must submit a decision on the equivalence of the education obtained in the study programme Laboratory Investigation Methods in Health Care. The admission procedure is another admission requirement to ensure that applicants with the necessary skills and aptitudes are admitted to the course. Applicants must submit:
1. medical fitness to study certified by a doctor - forms here

2. vaccination against Hepatitis "B" confirmed by a doctor
3. the results of the entrance examination will be published on the faculty's website,
4. the applicants who demonstrate the highest level of aptitude for studies, i.e. achieve the highest number of points, will be admitted to the study.
5. Applicants who have completed higher education studies abroad shall submit nostrified documents of education in accordance with Act No. 422/2015 Coll. on the Recognition of Documents of Education and on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts.
6. Those applicants who have not passed the matriculation examination from Slovak or Czech language must also pass a test from Slovak language - level B1, which will be prepared by the faculty and in which it is necessary to achieve a minimum of 60% success rate.

Additional information

Applicants who have completed their undergraduate studies in the academic year 2023/2024 and earlier will send all necessary attachments with their application . Applicants who will complete their Bachelor's degree in the academic year 2024/2025 will submit all necessary attachments except for the documents of completion of Bachelor's degree - diploma, certificate, diploma supplement - according to the instructions of the faculty. The faculty will send an invitation to the applicants one month before the admission examination. Applicants who will not have been issued documents of completion of higher education in the relevant study programme on the date of the entrance examination shall submit a certificate of successful completion of bachelor studies in the relevant study programme.

The faculty shall issue a certificate of successful completion of bachelor studies in the relevant study programme.

Attachments to the application
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Proof of payment of the admission fee of 40,-€
3. Certified evidence of completion of the Bachelor's degree - diploma, certificate and diploma supplement (applies to applicants who completed their studies in the academic year 2023/2024 and earlier applicants who will complete their Bachelor's degree in the academic year 2024/2025 will submit a certificate of attendance and a transcript of results of studies for the closed period
4. a certificate of medical fitness to study in the medical field, including a certificate of vaccination against Hepatitis - forms here
5. Evidence of participation in the SIC, certificate in AJ, or diplomas for sports or cultural activity

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Conditions for international students

The conditions of admission of foreigners, foreign students or students who have completed university studies abroad are the same as the conditions of admission of students who have completed university studies in the Slovak Republic and are citizens of the Slovak Republic.

Proof of equivalence of education shall be provided by the applicant at the latest on the day of the entrance examination.

Coordinator for students with specific needs

Doc. PhDr. Nadežda Kovalčíková, PhD.

General information on the admission exam

The basic condition for admission to the two-year Master's degree programme in the full-time form of study (completed by obtaining the degree "Mgr") is the completion of the first cycle of the study programme Laboratory Investigation Methods in Health Care. Applicants who have completed the first cycle of higher education abroad must submit a decision on the equivalence of the education obtained in the study programme Laboratory Investigation Methods in Health Care. The admission procedure is another admission requirement to ensure that applicants with the necessary skills and aptitudes are admitted to the course. Applicants must submit:
1. medical fitness to study certified by a doctor - forms here

2. vaccination against Hepatitis "B" confirmed by a doctor
3. the results of the entrance examination will be published on the faculty's website,
4. the applicants who demonstrate the highest level of aptitude for studies, i.e. achieve the highest number of points, will be admitted to the study.
5. Applicants who have completed higher education studies abroad shall submit nostrified documents of education in accordance with Act No. 422/2015 Coll. on the Recognition of Documents of Education and on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts.
6. Those applicants who have not passed the matriculation examination from Slovak or Czech language must also pass a test from Slovak language - level B1, which will be prepared by the faculty and in which it is necessary to achieve a minimum of 60% success rate.

Form of entrance exam

The admission procedure consists of a written test on the principles of laboratory methods in healthcare and the fundamentals of the core subjects of laboratory medicine (histology, haematology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology and genetics). The admission procedure also takes into account non-specific assessments: participation in the SVOČ, in projects, in competitions.
Methodology of the admission procedure assessment:
1. Passing a test from which a maximum of 120 points can be obtained
2. 2 points for each non-specific activity.
a) ŠVOČ
b) Certificate in a foreign language
c) Other activity
d) Other activity

Only candidates who satisfy point 6 in the Admission Requirements section may take the written test on the principles of laboratory methods in health care.

• Apply the application for study

  30.04.2025

• Performance of the entrance exam

  16.06.2025 - 11.07.2025

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Anticipated number of applicants to be accepted
10


Additions

• CV (paper form)
• doklad o zaplatení poplatku (paper form)
• medical certificate (paper form)
• Bachelor diploma (paper form)
• vysvedčenie o štátnej skúške (paper form)
• dodatok k diplomu (paper form)
• (paper form)

Annual tuition fees
Standard length of study: cost free
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 950 €


The fee for admission procedure
application form: 40 €
E-application form: 40 €

Billing information

Invoicing details: Bank:State Treasury | Account:7000241201/8180

IBAN: SK85 8180 0000 0070 0024 1201

Variable Symbol: generated VS for payment to bidder = bidder's personal number without R generated

through the electronic application form, or without the symbol if the applicant sends the application form by post only

Specific symbol: 30002 | Additional information: Surname and forename

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