Visual Communication

Conditions of admission

Applicant to bachelor studies at AFAD can apply to maximally two of the following study programmes, and only in case when the given study programmes do not have admittance interviews set for the same date.

Applicant will fill in and send an online application by 2.12.2018 at the latest. After that, the applicant will print out the application, sign it and send it by postal mail by 3.12.2018 al the latest, together with the following attachments:

• CV
• Verified copy of school-leaving certificate
• proof of fee payment
• nostrification of a document issued by a Regional board of education (in case of documentation of completed education issued by an international school of the country without signed agreement on mutual acknowledgment of the documents’ equivalence)

• Candidate’s statement of declaration signed by the candidate:

  Candidate’s statement of declaration

  I hereby declare (name..............................., date of birth...................................., address...........................................) that my health condition is good and I do not suffer from any diseases which might be negatively affected by the contact with chemical or biological substances used in the teaching process.

  In ..............................                  Date ................................

  Candidate’s signature

  .................................................

to the address:

Rectorate of the University of Fine Arts and Design, study department
Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18,
814 37 Bratislava

Form of entrance exam

Admission exam will examine the level of knowledge, talent, thinking, skills and abilities in the terms of special demands given by the chosen bachelor study programme. Admission exam lasts 3 days and has two rounds. On the first day the first round is conducted, and on the next two days, the second round is conducted. Admission exam consists of the following parts:

First round

Test aimed at identifying general knowledge acquired during the secondary education in history, literature, art history, and orientation in contemporary art. Testing in English will be possible for international applicants, should they apply for such testing, but in case of their admittance the studies will be in Slovak language. 

Admission exam demonstration

Assessment of personal log of applicant’s artistic activity

Art tasks, which are specified according to the study programme the applicant has applied to.

Second round

Art tasks, which are specified according to the study programme the applicant has applied to. Interview before the department committee, where the applicant will show their orientation in the field they are applying to; part of the interview will be a discussion concerning their personal artistic activity log.

Department admissions committee

Given tasks and parts of the admissions are assessed by admissions committee, which consists of at least five members appointed by the AFAD rector. The committee members are the university teachers who teach at the study programme at the relevant department of AFAD and who have the artistic-teaching titles professor, docent, or assistant professor. The fifth member of the department admissions committee can be a university teacher who teaches at a different study programme at AFAD.

Members of the department admissions committee will assess tasks in both rounds using a six-point scale (0-5). Each task (including tests, personal interview and personal log) will be assessed individually, which means that applicant can earn maximally 25 points for each task (5 points from 5 committee members each). Advancement into the second round is conditioned by earning at least 50% of the maximum possible number for the tasks on the first day. The committee can, depending on a situation (e.g. small number of successful candidates) lower the admittance minimum to 45%.  Names of the applicants advancing to the second round will be disclosed the next morning, in the place where the admittance exam is being conducted.

• Apply the application for study

  21.09.2024 - 20.11.2024

• Performance of the entrance exam

  05.12.2024 - 14.02.2025

• Send certificate to

  01.09.2025

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Anticipated number of applicants to be accepted
12


Additions

• CV (paper form, electronic form)
• leaving certificate (paper form, electronic form)
• čestné prehlásenie o zdravotnej spôsobilosti vlastnoručne podpísané uchádzačom (paper form)
• doklad o zaplatení poplatku (paper form)
• zahraniční uchádzači a uchádzači, ktorí študovali v zahraničí doložia nostrifikáciu dokladu vydanú Krajským školským úradom (paper form)

Annual tuition fees
Standard length of study: cost free
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 900 €


The fee for admission procedure
application form: 50 €
E-application form: 50 €

Billing information

• Account owner: Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, 814 37 Bratislava, Slovenská republika
• Bank: ŠTÁTNA POKLADNICA, Radlinského 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia
• SWIFT: SPSRSKBAXXX
• IBAN: SK42 8180 0000 0070 0007 2516
• variable symbol 648 003
• Specific symbol: six-digit number starting with 20 and followed by a four-digit number consisting of application filing number, in front of which zeroes are to be added.
  An example: if an application filing number is 37, specific symbol will be 200037
• Additional information: applicant’s surname

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