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    Law

    (external, bachelor degree)

    Field of study: Law

    Form: external

    Degree: bachelor degree

    Language: English, Slovak

    Department: Faculty of Law

    Plan of study: Recommended plan of study

    Description of the study programme:   SK

    Informačné listy:   SK EN

    Graduate profile

    Graduates of Bachelor´s Degree Study (Bc.)

    Graduate from the study field Law during the study acquires scientific and practical knowledge, manages basics of theory and methodology, yields preconditions for the acquisition of other scientific areas related to the field of law; graduate may apply his/her knowledge in all legal professions and administrative functions, in the judiciary, in the prosecution service, in corporate practice, in government; he/she can actively work in the field of international relations and diplomacy, in the spheres of international law and economics.
    Graduates are able to:
    - Apply the legal standards in core areas of legal practice according to the principle of lawfulness;
    - Use the law in the management of social processes;
    - Acquire special knowledge of legal disciplines according to the needs of practice, respond creatively to regulatory developments and new content of legal regulations and implement them in practice;
    - Apply the legal rules adopted within the European Union.

    Conditions of acceptance without exams

    Admission procedure to the 1stlevel of higher education study is without admission examination. The basic requirement for admission to the Faculty is completion of secondary education or secondary vocational education. Admission procedure at the first level of higher education studies without receiving tests.

    Number of applicants accepted will be in accordance with the approved plan of the number of applicants accepted for the academic year 2024/2025.

    Additional information

    The admission procedure for each degree begins with the acceptance of the application form by the faculty; the fee is non-refundable.

    Due to the automated processing of fees in the information system, we only accept non-cash payments.

    A copy of the proof of payment of the fee for the admission procedure (account statement, internet banking statement) must be pasted on the 3rd page of the application form.

    Payment of the fee for admission procedure must be paid by applicant for study, or by another person authorized by him/ her through bank transfer no later than the last day, when it is possible to apply for study. An application for study without payment of fee admission in the specified amount will not be accepted.

    If the applicant submits an electronic application, he / she must send to the faculty also a paper application form, duly completed, signed and with all required attachments.

    The faculty does not confirm the acceptance of the application form.

    The Faculty of Law, Matej Bel University does not require medical certificate attesting fitness for higher education; an application will be accepted without medical certificate.

    The application does not need to list the subjects and results of the secondary school evaluation, nor the subjects and the results of the secondary school-leaving examination.

    On the third page of the application form a handwritten signature of the applicant must be given. The applicant by its signature gives consent to the processing of personal data that are useful for the assessment of the admission procedure. The application shall not be accepted without paying a fee for the admission examination. Please enclose proof of payment of the bank transfer payment to the application form (a payment order is not a proof of payment!).

    In one form of the "Application form for higher education study" only one type of study is given. In case of interest in both types of study two applications must be submitted, i.e., one for the Full-Time and one for the Part-Time Study and to pay twice the fee for admission procedure.

    Part of the application for BACHELOR'S DEGREE STUDY(1st level – Bc.) is also CV (with signature of the applicant) and certified copy of secondary school-leaving examination certificate (we do not accept faxed certified copy). If the applicant takes the school-leaving examination in the relevant academic year, he/she will bring a copy of the secondary school-leaving examination certificateno later than on the date for enrolment in the study. Admission procedure results will not consider results from secondary school, neither the results of secondary school-leaving examination.

    Every study applicant (relevant for all levels of study) who fails to prove meeting of the basic requirements for admission to study at the time of verification of the fulfilment of the requirements for admission may be conditionally accepted to study provided that he/she must prove the fulfilment of the requirements for admission no later than on the date for enrolment in the study.

    Application fees

    Application fee: 60,00 €

    Online application fee: 50,00 €

    General information about the entrance exam

    Full-Time and Part-Time Bachelor's Degree Study– no admission examination.

    10 May 2024 - on this day it will be will decided on admission to study.

    Number of applicants accepted will be in accordance with the approved plan of the number of applicants accepted for the academic year 2024/2025.

    • Academic year: 2024/2025
    • Estimated number of accepted: 150
    • Number of submissions: 25
    • Number of submissions last year: 0
    • Number of accepted last year: 0
    • Years of study: 3
    • Language: English, Slovak
    • Admission procedure date: 10.05.2024 - 10.05.2024
    • Online application deadline: 01.11.2023 - 30.04.2024
    • Special needs coordinator: COORDINATOR FOR WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

      JUDr. Lucia Petríková, PhD. (office no. 250)

      048/446 32 50; E-mail: lucia.petrikova@umb.sk


      Important information for students with specific needs along with the necessary forms is also available on the faculty web site:

      https://www.prf.umb.sk/studium/informacie-pre-studenta/sprievodca-studiom-pre-studentov-so-specifickymi-potrebami.html
    Faculty of Law

    Faculty of Law


    Komenského 20
    974 00 Banská Bystrica

    tel: +421-48-446 31 11
    fax: +421-48-412 51 27
    http://www.prf.umb.sk 

    GPS: 48.744842,19.146209