Significant/Outstanding Events
University scientific, technical and artistic events
Scientific, artistic and professional events are organized to support the presentation, promotion and transfer of knowledge, research results and creative activities. In 2014, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (UKF) organised or co-organised 419 events in total of which 54 with international attendance and 365 national events (conferences & seminars - 188, promotion events - 55, exhibitions, festivals, concerts, sport activities and contests - 122). The following events are significant for promoting our University and its reputation not only in Slovakia but also abroad, and they also address our prospective applicants and future students:
Main events:
- "Week of Science and Technology in Slovakia": In order to popularize science and technology, the University regularly engages in the annual nationwide "Week of Science and Technology in Slovakia" under tehe auspecies of Ministry of Educatio, Science, Research and Sport of Slovak Republic. The aim of this activity is to improve the perception of science and technology in the society, popularize and present it to encourage the youth to study it, spread knowledge about science and technology and promote it because of its importance for the economic and social progress and solution of global problems and challenges.
- Events such as the Science Fair, full of challenges for the primary and secondary school students, or regular lectures with prominent Slovak scientists organised by Faculty of Natural Sciences for the general public held on a monthly basis in the Karol Spišák's Old Theater in Nitra, are very popular in the public eye.
- The Univerzum Gallery in Faculty of Education regularly hosts exhibitions of artistic activities of both UKF students and teachers and cooperating local and foreign artists.
- The regular on-campus activities within Faculty of Arts also include the Interdisciplinary Dialogs with invited lectures given by experts from Slovakia and abroad.
Other noteworthy events:
- The scientific and professional events at Faculty of Arts are closely linked to the research activities of the individual departments, the study programmes hosted by the departments and the professional profile of the employees. This area is represented by the artistic presentations of the art-oriented departments - Institute of Literary and Artistic Communication (ÚLUK), Department of Ethnology and Ethnomusicology (folk festivals) and Department of Cultural Studies (exhibitions, concerts, musical and other cultural events). The sheer number of these activities (up to 150 events on an annual basis) improves the visibility of Faculty of Arts in the eyes of professional and general public. Regular but less frequent events is the Philosophy and Methodology Seminar at ÚLUK, the Ethnological Days, History Days, Tourism Days, Hispanic Culture Days, French Culture Days etc.
- Faculty of Natural Sciences organised series of popularisation lectures on physics for primary and upper secondary school students, physical show for pupils and wide public. Furthermore, Department of Informatics joined the world-wide activity for pupils from more than 180 countries on learning about basics of programming. Faculty realised also environmental actions focused on increasing awareness of protecting our nature.
- Creation and presentation of artistic work of students and teachers for the culturally-aware audiences at home and abroad arising from the priorities of the Faculty of Education was realised through exhibitions in the university gallery, student´s workshops on different topics as well as student musical directed by Department of Music.
- Experiments in psychological research, seminars and presentations of students´ research works and their bachelor and master thesis, workshops about job meaning were the basic content of scientific-research events within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care.
- The organization of scientific, technical and artistic events plays an important role in improving the visibility of the Faculty of Central European Studies and its research activities not only on the regional, but also national level. The shared experience and its subsequent implementation in education and research allows a closer approximation to European norms and standards. Faculty organised contests and lectures on Hungarian Linguistics and Central European Studies, concerts and exhibitions of students´s works in the faculty premises.
Student research, professional and artistic activities:
A systematic guidance of students to research is extremely important. The Faculties hold an annual student competition for the students in Bachelor's and Master's study programs to allow them present their activities and knowledge (Student Scientific Professional and Artistic Activity - ŠVOUČ). The submitted student´s work is evaluated and assessed by the opponents and the defense is held in front of an expert panel. In addition to the above competitions, the students present their activities in visual art exhibitions and musical events (solo, chamber and choral performances). The doctoral students have the opportunity to participate in the scientific conferences organized at the individual UKF faculties. Additionally, the students can apply to receive financial support through the University Grant Agency projects. The Faculty of Natural Sciences uses the established system of scientific assistants to engage students with excellent academic ŠVOUČ results in the systematic scientific work at its departments and support them by special university scholarships. The objective of this program is to motivate students to scientific work and prepare the future applicants for doctoral study programmes.
