International Relations

Collaboration between the Faculty and Other Universities and Research Institutions Abroad

The Faculty’s collaboration agreements primarily concern institutions where the focus is on practice, and whose activities have a similar scientific research and teaching focus. In addition to relations with our traditional partner organisations, in recent years relations have been developed with non-European countries, based on project collaboration stemming from bilateral intergovernmental agreements between the Slovak Republic and non-European countries. This has been achieved via applications to European mobility and education programmes. The FEVT has engaged in collaboration with education institutions of a similar profile in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Finland, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia and Germany. Recently it has stepped up collaboration with partners in Poland, specifically with Koszalin University of Technology and Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.

Mobility and Mobility Projects

Most of the mobility of the Faculty staff and students is undertaken within the European LLP/ERASMUS+ and CEEPUS programmes. ERASMUS+ is the EU’s flagship education and academic training programme. It is aimed at higher education mobility and collaboration among higher education institutions in Europe. ERASMUS+ also promotes collaboration between higher education institutions via intensive programmes, multilateral networks and projects. The Faculty of Environmental and Manufacturing Technology has the most CEEPUS programme networks within the University as a whole and during the period of interest participated in the following programmes:

CII-SK-0310-06-1314 / 07-1445 Non Traditional Processes in Production Technologies and Integration of the Study and Research in the Eastern and Central Europe Universities

Network partners:                  

• Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
• Poznan University of Life Science, Poznan, Poland 
• Warsaw University of Life Science, Warsaw, Poland
• Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
• Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary

CIII-PL-0701-03-1415 Engineering as Communication Language in Europe

Network partners:

• Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
• Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
• University of Split, Croatia
• University of Rijeka
• Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
• University of South Bohemia, České Budejovice, Czech Republic
• Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Kecskemét College, Hungary
• Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary
• Szent István University, Hungary
• University of Nyíregyháza, Hungary
• University Sts. Cyril and Methodius – Skopje
• Technical University of Moldova
• University of Montenegro, Montenegro
• Koszalin University of Technology
• Lublin University of Technology
• State School of Higher Education in Chelm
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
• University of Kragujevac
• University of Novi Sad
• Technical University in Košice, TU Košice
• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, STU Bratislava
• Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SPU Nitra
• J. Selye University

CIII-RS-0507-04-1415 Research, Development and Education in Precision Machining

Network partners:

• University of Banja Luka
• University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia
• Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Ústí nad Labem
• University Sts. Cyril and Methodius – Skopje
• Koszalin University of Technology
• "1 December 1918" University of Alba Iulia
• University of Novi Sad
• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, STU Bratislava
• University of Ljubljana

CIII-RS-1012-02-1617 Building Knowledge and Experience Exchange in CFD

Network partners:

• Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Environmental and Manufacturing Technology
• Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Power Engineering Faculty
• Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TU Košice
• University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy BOKU Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering
• University of Zenica, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Faculty of Engineering
• University of Segedin, Faculty of Engineering
• University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
• University of Montenegro, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Food Technology Plovdiv, Technical Faculty
• University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences
• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  Recently in its efforts to exploit mobility opportunities and further collaboration in education and science, the Faculty has concentrated on KA1 – Learning Mobility of Individuals. This involves the mobility of higher education students and staff between programme countries and partner countries and enables European higher education institutions to collaborate with partner institutions outside the European Union via the international mobility of individuals. In this regard, the Faculty has initiated first steps with the Ukrainian National Forestry University, Lviv, and the Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University.

Membership of Slovak and foreign organisations

The Faculty of Environmental and Manufacturing Technology is represented in the editorial boards of Slovak and foreign journals, within international organisations, in councils, committees and commissions based in Slovakia and abroad, for example Česká společnost pro povrchové úpravy (Czech Society of Surface Treatment) AEBIOM, AEE–Association of Energy Engineers, Agronomy Research, CEBC, Springer, European Acoustics Association, ASENEM (Association of Energy Managers), ASTFE (American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineering),

As an integral part of the University, the Faculty is a leading spiritual institution in society. A healthy society relies on the health of its universities and its departments, while the success of our generation depends on our ability to identify and motivate young people. We, therefore, seek to support the best and promote them to management positions in the academic sphere.   

Why is it important for us to retain technical subjects? The labour market increasingly demands qualified specialists with a technical education (without the technical side the economy would collapse).

We believe that in the future the FEVT will continue to provide technical education that is highly competitive in Europe’s education sector and that it will continue to be based on good quality scientific research. Our students must play their part in this as well.