Financie

(full time, postgradual degree)

Graduate profile

The Finance study programme is based on acquiring knowledge, skills, and competencies in finance at the level of allowing graduates to efficiently communicate with the national and multinational scientific and professional community in all sectors of the national economy.

KNOWLEDGE: Doctoral study graduates in the Finance study programme have mastered appropriate methods of essential and applied research to solve problems in finance theory, banking and finance economics, financial management, public finance, the economics and management of innovations, quantitative finance, and finance macroeconometrics.

SKILLS: Graduates of this study programme are able to design and create research process in the field of finance independently, innovatively with academic integrity, focusing on various areas of finance. Depending on the character of the research problem and the research area, graduates are able to formulate research theses and hypotheses, evaluate and verify them scientifically, applying appropriately corresponding research methods. They have prerequisites for solving and verifying complex theoretical and practical problems and conducting extensive research in finance at various levels of the national economy as well as at the multinational level. Based on their findings, graduates are able to propose, verify, and implement research approaches in an innovative way. They are able to apply a range of quantitative methods in theoretical or applied finance at the micro as well as macro levels. Based on their findings, graduates are able to propose, verify, and implement research approaches in an innovative way. Graduates acquire specific methods of scientific work, the ability to apply specialised knowledge in theory and practice alike. They are also able to apply complex and new strategic approaches when solving a research task, using their specialized skills and techniques relevant to the selected topic, their ability to expand on new ideas, making novel contributions and thus further developing the field of Economics and Management.

COMPETENCIES: Graduates of the Finance study programme are not only able to apply constructive criticism and comprehensive evaluation when analysing a researched phenomenon, but also to predict its further development and adopt interim as well as long-term decisions. They are also able to creatively implement new findings in pedagogical, wider economic, and social practices, and participate in the creation of approaches to economic development with the emphasis on the area of finance. On top of that, they are able to solve complicated novel innovative research tasks and present their research findings in scientific and technical publications respected both by the national and international scientific communities. Thanks to their independent, critical, analytical, and conceptual thinking, doctoral graduates are able to present the results of their research in their own country as well as abroad. Thus, graduates can be employed in research institutes, in key institutions in state administration, in international institutions of a global and regional character when theoretical knowledge is at the centre of solving problems in economic practice. Their ability to further theoretical knowledge and use scientific methods of research makes them ideal candidates for scientific work. They can find employment to a full degree in leading managerial, strategic-planning, and analytical positions in private and public sector establishments related to finance at various levels of national or multinational institutions and companies. Graduates are competent to publish papers in journals of international quality, cope with issues in the field of finance at an international level and discuss scientific results and attained results in the field of finance at international forums and on online scientific platforms.

Acceptance conditions

All doctoral study programmes of the Economics Faculty of MBU have the same admission conditions.
The basic condition for admission to Doctoral study is completion of the Master study.
An applicant who does not prove that the basic admission condition for study has been met at the time of verification of compliance with the admission conditions may be admitted to the study conditionally, for study has bane met no later than the date designated for enrollment in study.
Another condition determined by the faculty is the successful passing of the entrance exam.
Before the admission process starts, the faculty announces the topics of dissertation theses, which are published on the faculty's website according to the academic year schedule, no later than February 13, 2026. Each of the listed topics has a designated supervisor. Applicants for doctoral studies must apply for one of the listed topics. After choosing a topic, the applicant should approach the supervisor and, with his/her cooperation, prepares a written dissertation project. Only one applicant can be accepted for one dissertation topic.  

Information for foreign students

Applicants for Doctoral study who competed their previous level of education abroad (except the Czech Republic) are obliged to submit their Recognition of the document of education obtained outside the territory of the Slovak Republic.
If an applicant for study does not submit a Clause on the recognition of the degree of education together with the mandatory annexes (in the case of applicants for Bachelor study who completed secondary education in one of the EU countries except the Czech Republic, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Russia, China or Iceland) or a verified copy of the Recognition of the educational document (in the case of other applicants) by the time of verification of the fulfilment of the admission conditions to the given faculty, he/ she can be admitted to the study with a condition. The applicant is obliged to submit the above-mentioned documents no later than the specified date of enrolment for university study.
A foreign applicant (except an applicant from the Czech Republic), applying for a study program taught in the Slovak language, is required to demonstrate knowledge of the Slovak language at level B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
A verified photocopy of the Slovak language proficiency certificate issued by Slovak language schools registered by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic in the Network of Schools and Educational Facilities of the Slovak Republic or issued by another University in the Slovak Republic which organizes or provides language or professional preparation for university study, is obliged to submit no later than the specified date of enrolment for university study.
A notarized photocopy of the certificate must be delivered to the faculty in a paper version (the electronic version is not sufficient).
The applicant who has passed his/ her school leaving exam in Slovak language or has completed (or will complete in the given academic year) a Bachelor´s degree or a Master´s degree in Slovak language is exempt from the obligation to submit a certificate of knowledge of the Slovak language at level B1.
An applicant who fails to prove compliance with the basic admission condition (§ 56 of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. On Higer Education Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts, as amended) and another specified condition (submission of a verified photocopy of a certificate of proficiency in the Slovak language at level B1) at the time of verification of compliance with the admission conditions (on the day when the admission committee is held) may be admitted to the study conditionally, provided that he/ she is obliged to prove compliance with the specified admission condition for the study no later than the specified date of enrolment for higher education studies.

Application fees

Application fee: 70,00 €

Online application fee: 50,00 €

General information about the entrance exam

The admission procedure provides an opportunity for applicants to prove that they meet certain admission requirements for study in order to become a student of a chosen study programme at the Faculty.
The admission procedure begins after the applicant delivers his / her written application form for study to the Faculty.
Applicant fill in the application
- in electronic form (information about the electronic admission and required enclosures will be published on the Faculty´s website);
- or in paper form (current application form for universities can be downloaded from the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic webpage).
EF UMB prefers applications in electronic form.
Applicants 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 3rd level degree programmes, the deadline is 29 May 2026. The electronic application for the third degree of study must also be confirmed with documentation in paper form.
Delivery address: Ekonomická fakulta UMB, referát VVČ a DrŠ, Tajovského 10, 974 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic