for the academic year 2023/24
Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies STU in Bratislava pursuant to Act No. 131/2002 on Higher Education and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts, as amended, announces the commencement of the admission procedure for doctoral studies for accredited study program Applied Informatics - information on accreditation is available on the website of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in the Register of Study Programs (select Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava):
- Degree study programs
- Application deadline
- How to complete and submit the application form
- Dissertation thesis
- Documents required
- Admission fee
- Admission procedure
- Entrance examination
- Conditions of admission
- Framework content and method of verification of aptitude for studies
- Planned number of applicants admitted
Study programs
The Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology offers the following doctoral programs of study in the academic year 2023/24:
- Applied Informatics (in the field 18. Informatics)
Application deadline
till May 31, 2023
(starting from September 1, 2023)
How to complete and submit the application form
You can submit application electronically or deliver it on the prescribed form.
The electronic application form must be completed in the Academic Information System AIS.
The electronic application form will be launched on April 3, 2023 at 9:00 am. Instructions for its completion will be published in due course.
E-application: Academic Information System (AIS).
If using a paper application:
- Send the duly completed and signed application form with attachments and proof of payment (see fee information) to
Study department
FIIT STU in Bratislava
Ilkovičova 2
842 16 Bratislava 4
Slovak Republik - or deliver the duly completed and signed application form together with the attachments and the confirmation of payment (see fee information) to the Registry Office of the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technology STU in Bratislava (2nd floor, room 2.13).
Dissertation thesis
In the application form, the candidate shall indicate (after prior agreement with the supervisor) the topic of the dissertation and the name of the supervisor.
Documents required
The following documents must be attached to the signed application form:
- a curriculum vitae
- a motivation letter
- a draft of the thesis of the dissertation project in the range of 1 - 2 pages
- an official transcript of university diploma (verification can also be carried out by the study department staff), certificate of state examination (university studies) - not valid for applicants who have passed the diploma in the academic year of their studies. This does not apply to candidates who are finishing their master studies at FIIT STU in the year 2022/2023, or other awards (e.g. Dean's Award, Rector's Award, etc.)
- list of completed courses (within the framework of university studies with grades, confirmed by the faculty from which the applicant graduated) or a certified copy of the supplement to the master's diploma (in case you have not yet completed your studies at the time of submitting your application, copies of the documents and the list of completed courses will be submitted additionally to the application form)
- a list of your published and unpublished works, the peer reviews of these works (if any) and a list of the results of other professional or artistic activities
- In addition to the annexes required in the application form, the applicant must enclose with the application a receipt (copy) of payment for the material support of the admissions procedure.
- The documents attached to the application form are not returned to the applicant and remain part of the applicant's documents.
Admission fee
- 20 € - full time and external form of study - study in Slovak
- 40 € - study in English
Fees for material support of the admission procedure
| Method of payment of the fee: | by bank transfer |
| account number (IBAN): | SK83 8180 0000 0070 0008 5552 |
| SWIFT: | SPSRSKBA |
| variable symbol: | number assigned by the electronic application system or 3101 if the applicant does not use the electronic application system |
| constant symbol: | 0558 |
| in the "Message to the recipient" section, the applicant must indicate his/her name and surname | |
The proof of admission fee payment is neccesary to send along with the application form to the address of the faculty or deliver together with the application form to faculty studies department.
Tuition fee and study-related fees for actual academic year >>>
Admission procedure
- The admission procedure starts with the submission of an application form.
- Applicants who meet the basic conditions for admission, or are expected to meet them, and whose application contains all the requirements, will be invited to an entrance examination.
- The results of the entrance examination will be evaluated.
- The selection of applicants is based on:
- on the basis of the rankings established on the basis of the results of the entrance examination,
- the results of previous studies, publications, and significant achievements in professional activities in the field of computer science and information technology,
- the number of applicants the faculty plans to admit to doctoral studies.
- The decision to accept or not to accept an applicant, together with the reasons for it, will be notified in writing to the applicant at the contact/correspondence address given in the application form. The admission procedure will end with the decision on the outcome of the admission procedure.
Entrance exam
The exact date will be published in due course.
The entrance exam is written and oral.
The same professional requirements apply to international students as to domestic students.
As part of the admission procedure, applicants for doctoral studies will demonstrate knowledge in the field of their respective field of study. At the same time, they present the theses of the dissertation project in the context of the knowledge they have attained.
More detailed information about the entrance examination will be given to the applicant together with the invitation to the entrance examination. Each doctoral candidate will be notified in writing of the date and place of the entrance examination.
Admission requirements for international students
The same requirements apply as for home students. Applicants who have completed previous studies abroad will submit proof of recognition of their higher education for the purpose of continuing their studies in accordance with the applicable laws (www.stuba.sk/5545). The document must be submitted in documentary form, either as an original or a notarised copy.
Conditions of admission
General principles for determining the suitability of applicants
- The basic condition for admission to the doctoral program is the completion of a second-degree study program. This condition is also met by graduates of courses of study under the older regulations. Completion of a combined first- and second-degree program of study shall be considered as completion of a second-degree program of study.
- The competence of applicants for doctoral studies shall be assessed on the basis of
- the content and results of previous studies, which shall be supported by appropriate documents,
- on the basis of the results of the entrance examination.
Further conditions of admission to doctoral study programs at FIIT STU in Bratislava for the academic year 2023/2024 
were approved by the Academic Senate of the Faculty on February 7, 2023.
Framework content and method of verification of aptitude for study
The main objective of the entrance examination is to verify the applicant's professional competence to study in the chosen study program; to determine the applicant's prerequisites for independent creative activity in the field of informatics and information technology. The admission examination includes verification of the applicant's English language skills.
The written examination has a written and an oral part. It is thematically focused on the field of study. The language examination is part of the written part of the examination.
The evaluation of the admission procedure and the proposal of applicants for admission to doctoral studies in the relevant study program shall be carried out by a committee appointed by the dean of the faculty. Only those applicants who have successfully passed the language examination may be admitted to the studies. The selection of applicants is based on the order established on the basis of the results of the entrance examination, the results of previous studies, publication activity, significant achievements in the field of computer science and information technology.
Planned number of accepted applicants
| Planned number of students admitted to engineering studies for the academic year 2023/24 | ||||
| Študijný program: | Full-time | External | ||
| Applied Informatics in course degree 18. Informatics |
Slovak (D-AI) | English (D-AIxA) | Slovak (D-AI4) | English (D-AI4xA) |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
