International Relations

(external, masters degree)

Acceptance conditions

Applicants for full-time and part-time master's studies at Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations Matej Bel University in one of the accredited study programs must have completed a bachelor's degree.
Applicants for the study in electronic form must send the application for the 1st round of the admission procedure no later than April 30, 2024.
Applicants for the 2nd round of the admission procedure must send the application in electronic form no later than June 14, 2024.
Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations prefers to file an electronic application. If the applicant does not have the opportunity to fill in the electronic application, he can send a paper application to the address Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, Kuzmányho 1, 97401 Banska Bystrica for the 1st and 2nd round of the admission procedure in the same terms. Certified copies of all documents required for the electronic version are attached to the paper application.
Applicants for a master's degree who apply for study in the same academic year in which they complete their bachelor's degree will send an electronic application. A certified copy of the diploma of completion of the bachelor's degree and the supplement to the diploma shall be submitted by applicants for study for the first round of the admission procedure by June 18, 2024 and for the second round of the admission procedure by July 9, 2024. Applicants who do not prove the fulfillment of the basic conditions of admission to study by a specified date, they will be admitted to study conditionally. Applicants are required to deliver certified copies of the diploma of completion of the bachelor's degree and the supplement to the diploma no later than on the day designated for enrollment in the relevant form and degree of study. Otherwise, applicants will not be enrolled.

Applicants for a master's degree who have completed a bachelor's degree in the academic years preceding the year of applying for the master's degree will send an electronic application, attaching a scan of the bachelor's degree with a clearly visible stamp and signatures of the dean of the faculty and the rector of the university. A certified copy of the diploma of completion of the bachelor's degree and the supplement to the diploma shall be submitted by applicants for study for the first round of the admission procedure by June 18, 2024 and for the second round of the admission procedure by July 9, 2024. Applicants who do not prove the fulfillment of the basic conditions of admission to study by a specified date, they will be admitted to study conditionally. Applicants are required to deliver certified copies of the diploma of completion of the bachelor's degree and the supplement to the diploma no later than on the day designated for enrollment in the relevant form and degree of study. Otherwise, applicants will not be enrolled.
Applicants for a master's degree from abroad who apply to study in the same academic year in which they complete their bachelor's degree will send an electronic application. Certified and officially translated copies of documents confirming the completion of the previous degree at the bachelor's degree level, together with their recognition by the relevant university, which carries out the same or related study program, shall be submitted by applicants for the first round of admissions by June 18, 2024 and for the second round of the admission procedure by July 9, 2024. Applicants who do not prove the fulfillment of the basic conditions for admission to study by the set deadline will be admitted to study conditionally. Applicants are required to deliver certified copies of the diploma of completion of the bachelor's degree and the supplement to the diploma no later than on the day designated for enrollment in the relevant form and degree of study. Otherwise, applicants will not be enrolled.
Applicants for a master's degree from abroad who completed their bachelor's degree in the academic years preceding the year of submitting the master's degree application will send an electronic application and place in its attachments scans of documents confirming completion of the previous bachelor's degree. Certified and officially translated copies of documents confirming the completion of the previous degree at the bachelor's degree level, together with their recognition by the relevant university, which carries out the same or related study program, shall be submitted by applicants for the first round of admissions by June 18, 2024 and for the second round. round of the admission procedure by July 9, 2024. Applicants who do not prove the fulfillment of the basic conditions for admission to study by the set deadline will be admitted to study conditionally. Applicants are required to deliver certified copies of the diploma of completion of the bachelor's degree and the supplement to the diploma no later than on the day designated for enrollment in the relevant form and degree of study. Otherwise, applicants will not be enrolled.

Conditions of acceptance without exams

If, on the basis of the submitted list of completed bachelor's degree examinations confirmed by the relevant study department, applicants have a weighted study average for all years of bachelor's degree lower than 1.50 (inclusive), the study programs will be International Relations, Security Studies, Political Science, Security Studies (joint study program), Political Science (joint study program) conditionally admitted without entrance examinations in an administrative procedure on the basis of the submitted documents.
All the other applicants are obliged to pass the written entrance exam.

Additional information

If the applicants have not passed the final exam in Slovak language and are applying for the master's study program, which is conducted in the Slovak language, they will submit a certified copy of the document confirming knowledge of the Slovak language at the B1 level no later than on the day of enrollment.

Application fees

Application fee: 60,00 €

Online application fee: 57,00 €

General information about the entrance exam

It is necessary to send the application form separately for every study degree.
Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of the Matej Bel University reserves the right to cancel the admission exams. Dean´s decision is based on the sufficient number of students who apply to study a particular studying program.
If there are not sufficient applications to make a studying program viable, dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of the Matej Bel University reserves the right to cancel the studying program.
Applicants for studies who completed the previous level of education abroad are obliged according to § 33 and § 39 of Act no. 176/2022 Coll., amending Act no. 422/2015 Coll. on the recognition of documents on education and on the recognition of professional qualifications and on the amendment and supplementation of certain laws, as amended, to present the recognition of documents on education obtained outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. The applicant must submit the decision on the recognition of education documents no later than on the day designated for enrollment in the relevant form and level of study.