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Public Health Care
Public health in the full-time form of study is single-discipline, organizationally divided into the first level of full-time higher education studies (6 semesters) - Bachelor (Bc.) and the second level of higher education studies (4 semesters) - Master (Mgr.) and the third level of higher education studies (6 semesters) - Doctoral (PhD.).
The curriculum is based on the vision of the development of public health as defined by international institutions (EU, World Health Organization, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ASPHER), it is designed to be in line with the Lisbon process.
The curriculum is a set of courses consisting of educational activities, which are mainly lectures, seminars, exercises, final thesis, project work, internship, excursion, professional practice, state examination. The study plan is composed of compulsory, compulsory elective and elective courses so that the minimum number of credits obtained by fulfilling the specified conditions is in accordance with the Study Regulations of the Faculty of Health and Social Work of the University of Trnava.
Prospects of graduates
A public health graduate should enter practice as a confident advocate for the independence of his or her profession and for modern trends in public health theory and practice. The graduate will find employment in the following organizations:
✓ State administration: ministries and departments of health, environment, public health offices,
✓ local government: issues of protection and promotion of public health, environmental influences on health, preventive programs,
✓ occupational health services: safety-technical service or occupational health service,
✓ hospitals and other health care facilities, in which it generally carries out program development and evaluation of the quality of services provided,
✓ as a researcher, focusing mainly on the study of the incidence, causes and consequences of communicable and non-communicable mass-occurring diseases, environmental and occupational health effects, among others,
✓ as a consultant for the preparation, implementation and evaluation of public health projects,
✓ pharmaceutical companies in clinical drug trials,
✓ providing lifestyle modification advice to individuals,
✓ labour inspectorates,
✓ educational institutions.
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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 higher education studies of the VZ study programme. Applicants who have completed the first cycle of higher education studies abroad must submit a decision on the equivalence of the education achieved in the study programme of the M.Sc. The admission procedure is another admission requirement to ensure that applicants with the necessary abilities and aptitudes are admitted to study. Applicants must submit:
1. medical fitness to study certified by a doctor - forms here
2. vaccination against Hepatitis "B" certified by a doctor
3. the results of the entrance examination will be published on the faculty's website,
4. applicants who demonstrate the highest level of aptitude for study, i.e. achieve the highest number of points, will be admitted to the course of 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, as part of the admission procedure.
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.
Conditions for international students
The conditions of admission of foreigners, foreign students or students who have completed their secondary school studies abroad are the same as the conditions of admission of students who have completed their secondary school studies in the Slovak Republic and are citizens of the Slovak Republic.
Proof of equivalence of education shall be provided by the applicant no later than on the day of the entrance examination.
Coordinator for students with specific needs
Doc. PhDr. Nadežda Kovalčíková, PhD.
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 higher education studies of the VZ study programme. Applicants who have completed the first cycle of higher education studies abroad must submit a decision on the equivalence of the education achieved in the study programme of the M.Sc. The admission procedure is another admission requirement to ensure that applicants with the necessary abilities and aptitudes are admitted to study. The applicant must submit:
1. medical fitness for studies certified by a doctor - forms here
2. vaccination against Hepatitis "B" certified 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 studies.
5. Applicants who have completed secondary school 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, as part of the admission procedure.
Form of entrance exam
The admission procedure consists of a written test on the knowledge of the bachelor's studies (epidemiology, occupational hygiene, basics of public health, nutritional hygiene, hygiene of children and adolescents, environmental hygiene, protection and promotion of health, state health supervision)
The admission procedure also takes into account non-specific assessment: participation in the School of Education and Science, in projects, in competitions. 1. Passing a test for which a maximum of 120 points may be obtained 2. 2 points will be awarded for each non-specific activity. a) SSCS b) Certificate in a foreign language c) Other activity-sports d) Other activity-cultural
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Apply the application for study
30.04.2025
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Performance of the entrance exam
16.06.2025 - 11.07.2025
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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
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Last update: 04.11.2024 11:47