Explore medicine, dentistry and veterinary study in Slovakia, with established university communities in Bratislava and Košice.
Slovakia’s study options here are based in Bratislava and Košice. Comenius University dates from 1919, the medical faculty at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University from 1948, and veterinary education at the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice from 1949.
Bratislava places medical students in Slovakia’s capital and its teaching hospitals. In Košice, students can choose university accommodation or private apartments and access the city’s cultural and sporting facilities. The veterinary university has a self-contained campus, with practical training extending to animal hospitals, farms and a zoo.
Comenius University in Bratislava and Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice offer medicine and dentistry.
The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice offers veterinary medicine. Students progress from subjects such as anatomy, nutrition and physiology to practical work with small and large animals.
Entrance assessments form part of admission to these programmes, with biology and chemistry featuring in the Košice medical and veterinary routes. Medical Doorway’s exam listings provide the university and programme details for published assessments, including Comenius University.
