Business Economics and Management in English
(full time, bachelor degree)
Graduate profile
The economic education, general knowledge and practical skills and intensive language training gives the graduates of the Faculty an excellent chance to find a job at home and abroad, in economic and managerial positions of the middle and top management in tourism, companies, tax and customs offices, in the financial market and commercial banking, in public services and regional development organizations and in state and local government.
Acceptance conditions
The admission conditions are the same for all study programs of the first degree of study at the faculty.
The basic condition for admission to Bachelor´s studies according to Act no. 131/2002 Coll. On universities and on the amendment of certain laws, as amended is the completion of secondary education or a complete secondary professional education. An applicant who fails to prove in the time of verification of fulfilment of the conditions for admission, that he/ she meets the admission requirements, can be conditionally admitted to the study if they do so on the day of enrolment for study at the latest.
Another requirement of the Faculty for full-time study is the successful passing of the entrance exam.
The entrance exam consists of written tests in one foreign language and the basics of economics. The foreign language can be chosen from English and German. The maximum score in each of the tests is 100 points.
Students interested in the Business Economics and Management programme in English will take the entrance exam in English (written tests in the English language and economics).
The total points of the applicant are calculated as the sum of the points earned in both parts of the entrance exam. The Dean determines the minimum number of points for successful passing of the entrance exam and admission to the particular study programme.
Applicants who take the entrance exam will be admitted to study in the order of the total number of points achieved in the admission procedure until the planned capacity of study programs in particular forms and places of study is full.
The Dean may accept an applicant who has met the conditions for admission to study but is not admitted to the chosen study program due to capacity reasons, to another form or other place of study of the chosen study program or to another study program.
The entrance exam is not required from the applicants for full-time study who:
1. passed the test of General Academic Prerequisites (GAP) – in Slovak or Czech language (“Všeobecné študijné predpoklady” (VŠP) or “Obecné studijní předpoklady” (OSP). Applicants whose percentile in the GAP test in Slovak or Czech language will be equal to or higher than 50, will be accepted for study. The GAP test can be taken within the National Comparative Exams provided by the Scio assessment centre in the academic year 2023/2024 at several places in Slovakia and the Czech Republic (the dates accepted by the Faculty will be announced on the Faculty and the Scio websites). The test can be taken more than once and the best result will be counted. The result of the VŠP or OSP test performed in previous years cannot be recognized. More information about VŠP or OSP are published on the SCIO website www.scio.sk (www.scio.cz),
2. took part in a regional round of the Economics Olympiad in 2023/2024 and who placed in the top 50th percentile of all participants in the regional round.
Students who have completed the previous degree abroad must have the diploma recognised in the Slovak Republic. The admitted students shall submit the document recognising the diploma no later than the day of enrolment.
Applicant for a study program taught in English, who has completed a previous level of education in a country outside the European Higher Education Area, is required to attach to his/her application form a notarized photocopy of the internationally accepted IELTS certificate - International English Language Testing System with a minimum entry score of at least 6,0 from all parts no later than April 30, 2024. A notarized photocopy of the certificate must be delivered to the faculty in a paper version (the electronic version is not sufficient) no later than April 30, 2024. The certificate sent only in the electronic version will not be accepted and the applicant´s application form will be cancelled.
Proof of fulfillment of the basic condition for the admission of applicants for a bachelor study who have been granted asylum, provided additional protection or provided temporary refuge.
An applicant for a bachelor study who has been granted asylum, provided additional protection or provided temporary refuge (hereinafter referred to as a “person with special legal status”) may fulfil the condition of achieving a full secondary education or a full secondary vocational education for the purpose according to §56 par. 1 of the Higher Education Act by submitting of the affidavid and passing of the test of General Academic Prerequisites (GAP), in which he/ she obtains a percentile equal to or higher than 20. A sample of affidavit is attached to this document. The GAP test can be taken by the applicant through SCIO company. More information will be published on the SCIO website www.scio.sk (www.scio.cz).
An applicant for a bachelor study who is a person with a special legal status, in addition to submitting an affidavit and passing a GAP test, must meet other conditions for admission to study under § 57 of the Higher Education Act – to pass the entrance exam successfully.
Unfinished secondary education or secondary vocational education cannot be replaced by an affidavit of a person with a special legal status.
Conditions of acceptance without exams
The entrance exam is not required from the applicants for full-time study who:
1. passed the test of General Academic Prerequisites (GAP) – in Slovak or Czech language (“Všeobecné študijné predpoklady” (VŠP) or “Obecné studijní předpoklady” (OSP). Applicants whose percentile in the GAP test in Slovak or Czech language will be equal to or higher than 50, will be accepted for study. The GAP test can be taken within the National Comparative Exams provided by the Scio assessment centre in the academic year 2023/2024 at several places in Slovakia and the Czech Republic (the dates accepted by the Faculty will be announced on the Faculty and the Scio websites). The test can be taken more than once and the best result will be counted. The result of the VŠP or OSP test performed in previous years cannot be recognized. More information about VŠP or OSP are published on the SCIO website www.scio.sk (www.scio.cz),
2. took part in a regional round of the Economics Olympiad in 2023/2024 and who placed in the top 50th percentile of all participants in the regional round.
Information for foreign students
Students who have completed the previous degree abroad must have the diploma recognised in the Slovak Republic. The admitted students shall submit the document recognising the diploma no later than the day of enrolment.
Applicant for a study program taught in English, who has completed a previous level of education in a country outside the European Higher Education Area, is required to attach to his/her application form a notarized photocopy of the internationally accepted IELTS certificate - International English Language Testing System with a minimum entry score of at least 6,0 from all parts no later than April 30, 2024. A notarized photocopy of the certificate must be delivered to the faculty in a paper version (the electronic version is not sufficient) no later than April 30, 2024. The certificate sent only in the electronic version will not be accepted and the applicant´s application form will be cancelled.
Proof of fulfillment of the basic condition for the admission of applicants for a bachelor study who have been granted asylum, provided additional protection or provided temporary refuge.
An applicant for a bachelor study who has been granted asylum, provided additional protection or provided temporary refuge (hereinafter referred to as a “person with special legal status”) may fulfil the condition of achieving a full secondary education or a full secondary vocational education for the purpose according to §56 par. 1 of the Higher Education Act by submitting of the affidavid and passing of the test of General Academic Prerequisites (GAP), in which he/ she obtains a percentile equal to or higher than 20. A sample of affidavit is attached to this document. The GAP test can be taken by the applicant through Scio company. More information will be published on the Scio website www.scio.sk (www.scio.cz).
An applicant for a bachelor study who is a person with a special legal status, in addition to submitting an affidavit and passing a GAP test, must meet other conditions for admission to study under § 57 of the Higher Education Act – to pass the entrance exam successfully.
Unfinished secondary education or secondary vocational education cannot be replaced by an affidavit of a person with a special legal status.
Application fees
Application fee: 40,00 €
Online application fee: 30,00 €
General information about the entrance exam
Candidates may only submit one application at one level of study and to one study programme.
The application must be sent to the Faculty by these deadlines – for the first level degree programmes, the deadline is 30th April 2024.
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- Academic year: 2024/2025
- Estimated number of accepted: 30
- Number of submissions: 25
- Number of submissions last year: 44
- Number of accepted last year: 29
- Years of study: 3
- Language: English
- Admission procedure date: 10.06.2024 - 21.06.2024
- Online application deadline: 01.11.2023 - 30.04.2024
- Special needs coordinator: doc. Ing. Radoslav Kožiak, PhD.
tel: +421 48 446 2014
e-mail: radoslav.koziak@umb.sk
Faculty of Economics
Tajovského 10
974 01 Banská Bystrica
tel: +421-48-446 21 11
fax: +421-48-415 27 93
http://www.ef.umb.sk/
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