Public Health

Public health is:

A single-discipline study, organizationally divided into the 1st level of higher education (Bc.) and the 2nd level of higher education (Mgr.), with the possibility of specialization in the following areas: infectious disease control, health management, occupational health.
Focused on protecting and improving population health through health education, health promotion, research and disease prevention strategies.
Focused on the knowledge and application of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary population-based and population-oriented methods of research, teaching, service, and practical application of various disciplines. These include: biology, chemistry, biophysics, medicine (hygiene, epidemiology, medical microbiology, environmental health, occupational medicine, social medicine, health education, prevention-oriented parts of clinical disciplines), anthropology, sociology, statistics, computer science, communication, nursing, law, engineering sciences, etc.

The curriculum is designed to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills to:

observe and evaluate the health status of the population in relation to the living and working environment and lifestyle, psychosocial and cultural factors and their impact on health and disease;
guide the protection and promotion of human health and apply the principles of health promotion to the organisation of health care;
use epidemiological principles and methods and statistical techniques to generate scientific knowledge and estimate community health needs as well as plan and evaluate programs to protect and promote human health;
work in multidisciplinary teams;
prepare documents and apply public health regulations in practice; use health inspection methods;

Prospects of graduates

state health institutes, factory health services, research institutes focusing on infectious diseases, non-infectious mass diseases, occupational medicine, occupational hygiene and physiology, pharmaceutical companies - researcher, hospitals - hospital hygienist, health promotion centres, health counselling centres, non-state organisations focusing on the protection and promotion of people's health, state administration in the field of health protection and occupational health.

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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 downloadable from 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 admission decision in time. Without submitting a certified copy of the matriculation certificate, the applicant will not be enrolled in studies (Section 59(3) of Act No. 455/2012 Coll. amending Act no. 131/2002 Coll. on higher education as amended).
copies (uncertified) of the end-of-year report cards for the entire secondary school studies + statement of grades with the calculated average in the application form
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) and at the same time provide an uncertified copy of the foreign educational document,
Curriculum Vitae (signed)
certificate of medical fitness to practise - from a doctor (for medical disciplines 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:

completion of upper secondary vocational education with matriculation
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)

Additional information

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

Annual tuition fees
Standard length of study: 550 €
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 550 €

The fee for admission procedure
application form: 60 €
E-application form: 60 €

Billing information

St. Elizabeth's College Reduces winter term tuition fees in the 1st year of study in the academic year 2024/2025

o for candidates for 1st (Bachelor's) degree who send their application file by 29.2.2024
- by 20% - in full-time study
- by 10% - in part-time study
o for candidates for 2nd (Mgr.) degree studies who send their application file by 31.5.2024
- o 20% - in full-time form of study
- o 21% - in part-time form of study (also applies to the MCHP study programme in full-time form)

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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