Nursing

Prospects of graduates

Nursing graduates - Level 1, are able to fulfill the requirements of a discipline that integrates nursing theories with scientific knowledge from other disciplines necessary for the delivery of health services to the public in prevention as well as care in illness, rehabilitation, and follow-up care. Graduates are able to provide nursing care to an individual, family, group, or community in health or illness and to contribute to health, healing, or dying naturally with dignity. Graduates of the nursing program will be employed in outpatient and inpatient health care settings. They may practice independent nursing practice within the framework of current legislation. They have the prerequisites for continuing their specialisation and certification studies; successful graduates who have obtained the degree of "Bachelor" (B.Sc.) may continue their studies in a follow-up programme at the second level of education in the field of nursing (M.Sc.). The study meets the requirements set out under Directive 2013/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the training of nursing staff and enables them to enter the labour market within the European Union.

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Conditions of admission

1. Secondary education completed by the matriculation examination.

2. Completed application form for university studies (form available at ŠEVT or download https://www.minedu.sk/prihlaska-na-studium-vypis-z-danoveho-priznania-a-ine-formulare/) includes:

certified copy of the matriculation certificate
Applicants who are graduating in the current school year shall provide a certified copy of the matriculation certificate and a copy (uncertified) of the end-of-year certificate from the 4th year additionally (§ 58 (1) of Act No. 455/2012 Coll., Art. amending Act no. 131/2002 Coll. on higher education as amended) before the enrolment deadline in order to send the decision on admission to the study in time.
Without submitting a certified copy of the school-leaving certificate, the applicant will not be enrolled in the study (§ 59 (3) of Act No. 455/2012 Coll., as amended, which stipulates that the applicant shall not be admitted to the study. No. 455/2005 of the Act on the Education of students, which amends Act No. 455/2005 of the Act on the Education of students. 131/2002 Coll. on higher education as amended).
copies (uncertified) of the end-of-year report cards for the entire study at the secondary school + listing the grades with the calculated average in the application form (not compulsory, only in the case of the condition of selection of applicants according to the study average during the study)
student applicants who have studied at a foreign secondary school - Decision on recognition of equivalence of the educational document (photocopy of the decision must be officially certified) at the same time also provide an uncertified copy of the foreign educational document,
resume (signed)
certification of medical fitness to practise - from a doctor (for medical fields only),
in the application form on page 3, the applicant for the external form of study shall provide details of employment,
proof of payment by deposit into an account

General information about the admission procedure:

An applicant may apply for more than one programme of study (each application is subject to an admission fee), and only one programme of study may be indicated on any one application form.
The College reserves the right not to open the first year of study of a study programme for which a sufficient number of applicants have not applied.
An applicant who has paid the admissions fee and has not been admitted by decision will not be refunded the fee.
An applicant who is not admitted on the basis of an incomplete application will also not be refunded the fee.
The registered application form with documents remains in the records and archives of the HEI - it is not returned.

Specific conditions of admission:

Conditions of PK are identical to the general conditions of the HEI + specific conditions:

Day form:

completion of a full secondary vocational education with matriculation
complete upper secondary general education with secondary school leaving certificate (gymnasium)
medical fitness to practise according to Decree No 364/2009 of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (doctor's certificate to be included in the application form)
(confirmation from the employer on the job classification and length of professional experience if the applicant is working at the time of submitting the application - optional)

External form:

complete upper secondary vocational education with a secondary school leaving certificate
completed general upper secondary education with a secondary school leaving certificate (gymnasium)
medical fitness to practise according to Decree No 364/2009 of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (doctor's certificate to be included in the application form)
(confirmation from the employer on the job classification and length of professional experience if the applicant is working at the time of submitting the application - optional)

The college reserves the right to make changes during the ongoing admissions process, before the closing date for applications.

Additional information

The school does not accept electronic applications !

Undergraduate applicationsshould be sent to:

St. Elizabeth's College of Health and Social Work

Study Department

Palackého No. 1, P. O. BOX 104

810 00 Bratislava

In person submission of the application:

Delivery office of the University of St. Elizabeth, Nám. 1. mája č. 1, Bratislava

Contact the study department: STUDY DEPARTMENT.

Without entrance examinations
yes

Conditions of admission without the entrance exam

Admission interviews are held only for selected study programmes - as specified in the Specific Conditions of Admission.

General information on the admission exam

Admission interviews are held only for selected study programmes - as specified in the Specific Conditions of Admission.

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Additions

leaving certificate (paper form)

Annual tuition fees
Standard length of study: 1140 €
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 1140 €

The fee for admission procedure
application form: 65 €

Billing information

St. Elizabeth's College Reduces winter term tuition fees in the 1st year of study in the academic year 2025/2026

by 10% for prospective 1st (B.Sc.) degree students who send their application file by 28.2.2025 (inclusive)
by 10% for candidates for 2nd (Mgr.) degree who send their application file by 31.3.2025 (inclusive)

In addition to tuition fees, students are required to pay enrollment fees annually. The amount of the enrolment fee is:

for the 1st (Bachelor's) degree 139 €.
for 2nd (Mgr.) degree 209 €.

For more detailed information, please refer to Rector's Directive 1/2025 on the amount of tuition and fees associated with studying at the St. Elizabeth's University of Health and Social Work in Bratislava, n.o. in the academic year 2025/2026.

ACCOUNT NUMBER, BANK, VS:

Account number:
IBAN: SK02 1100 0000 0026 2674 8634
BIC (SWIFT): TATRSKBX
Bank address: Tatra banka, a.s., Hodžovo nám. 3, 811 06 Bratislava
Variable symbol:
- date of birth (in the form DDMMYYYY), or birth number
- graduates of VŠZ and SP St. Elizabeth's will indicate their student identification number
In the memo field, indicate the name of the applicant

School does not accept electronic applications !

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