J. Selye University ( hu, Selye János Egyetem, sk, Univerzita J. Selyeho) is the only
Hungarian-language university
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...
in
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
. It was established in 2004 in
Komárno
Komárno, ( hu, Komárom, german: Komorn, sr, Коморан, translit=Komoran), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom, Öregkomárom, Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian; is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. ...
(Hungarian: ''(Rév)Komárom'') and it has three faculties. It is named after
Hans Selye
János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye (; hu, Selye János; January 26, 1907 – October 16, 1982) was a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to s ...
( hu, Selye János), a 20th-century Hungarian endocrinologist (see:
Education in Slovakia
Education in Slovakia consists of a free education system based on 10 years of compulsory school attendance.
General characteristics
Most schools, especially universities, are owned by the state, though since the 1990s there are also church-own ...
). The number of students attending the university has increased from 1731 in 2015 to 1894 in 2020.
Faculties
*Faculty of Economics and Informatics
*Faculty of Education
*Faculty of Theology
Gallery
image:Tiszti Pavilon, now Selye János University, 2007 Komárno.jpg, J. Selye University
image:Tiszti pavilon2.JPG, J. Selye University
image:Komárom216.JPG, Faculty of Pedagogy
image:Hans Selye.JPG, Bust of Hans Selye
János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye (; hu, Selye János; January 26, 1907 – October 16, 1982) was a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to s ...
References
External links
official web page
Education in Slovakia
Educational institutions established in 2004
2004 establishments in Slovakia
Hungarians in Slovakia
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