Security Studies

(full time, 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, 2026.
Applicants for the 2nd round of the admission procedure must send the application in electronic form no later than June 12, 2026.
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.

Information for applicants completing a bachelor's degree in the academic year 2025/2026

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 4, 2026 and for the second round of the admission procedure by July 7, 2026. 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 for studies in the same academic year in which they complete their bachelor's degree shall submit an electronic application.
Applicants for a master's degree who have completed their previous level of education abroad (except in the Czech Republic) are required to deliver by post or in person an officially certified copy of the decision on the recognition of a document on higher education in the relevant field of study obtained outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. Information on the recognition of higher education qualifications is published on the website Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic:
https://uznavanie.minedu.sk/en/navigator/10
or on website Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica: https://www.umb.sk/uchadzac/uznavanie-dokladov-o-vzdelani.html.

Information for applicants who completed their bachelor's degree before the 2025/2026 academic year

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 4, 2026 and for the second round of the admission procedure by July 7, 2026. 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 for studies in the same academic year in which they complete their bachelor's degree shall submit an electronic application.
Applicants for a master's degree who have completed their previous level of education abroad (except in the Czech Republic) are required to deliver by post or in person an officially certified copy of the decision on the recognition of a document on higher education in the relevant field of study obtained outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. Information on the recognition of higher education qualifications is published on the website Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic: https://uznavanie.minedu.sk/en/navigator/10
or on website Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica: https://www.umb.sk/uchadzac/uznavanie-dokladov-o-vzdelani.html.

Conditions of acceptance without exams

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 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 applicants for study have not passed the Slovak language school leaving exam and are applying for a bachelor's degree in a study program conducted in the Slovak language, they must submit a certified copy of a document confirming knowledge of the Slovak language at level B1, issued by language schools registered by Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic: and School Facilities of the Slovak Republic (registered state language schools: https://www.cvtisr.sk/buxus/docs/JH/stat_zus.pdf and private language schools: https://www.cvtisr.sk/buxus/docs/JH/sukromne_sasz.pdf).

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.