Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia
The European Commission is represented in Slovakia through a local office based in Bratislava.
Its task is:
- explain to the broad and professional public the impact of EU policies in Slovakia;
- act on behalf of the European Commission in Slovakia;
- mediate EU-related information to the government, other authorities and stakeholders in Slovakia;
- inform the Commission in Brussels of important political, economic and social developments in Slovakia;
- provide press and media services - information for the media on the development of EU policy making, other events in the Union and various events of the Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia;
- organize information activities and events for the broad and professional public.
https://ec.europa.eu/slovakia/home_sk
The University of Economics in Bratislava
The University of Economics in Bratislava (UEBA) is considered to be one of the most important educational and scientific-research institutions in the Slovak Republic. The UEBA is a public Higher Education Institution focusing on Economics, Business, and Management. The mission of the UEBA is to provide quality higher education in all three levels of university education in a complex of economic and management degree programs and selected study programs in the humanities and informatics sciences; the development of knowledge based on the freedom of creative scientific research in the fields of business, economics, informatics, humanities and social sciences; and thus contributing to the development of the knowledge society of Slovakia and the European area.
Facts and Figures:
- Number of Faculties / Schools: 7 (6 of them with the seat in Bratislava and 1 in Košice)
- Number of graduates: 100 000
- Number of Students: 8 000
- Number of academic staff: 600
- Number of Study programs: 61
- Courses taught in foreign languages: 90
- Number of Double Degrees: 10