Overview

Founded in 1919 and situated in the capital Bratislava this is the largest university in Slovakia. It has been offering Medicine and Dentistry in English since 1993. Bratislava was part of the Austro Hungarian Empire for 500 years and was capital of the Hungarian kingdom in the 16th century. Its cuisine reflects the multicultural past Slovak Austrian (Schnitzel) and Hungarian (Goulasch). The old city with its beautiful architecture is a stark contrast to the concrete jungle of the socialist era. It nestles between the small Carpathian Mountains to the North and the Danube to the South and has excellent transport links: riverboat rail and road and an airport with the larger international airport of Vienna 60km away. The capital cities of Budapest Prague and Vienna are all within easy reach.