Basic Information
The Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava is a scientific and educational institution preparing qualified experts in various fields of humanities, capable of deepening the contribution of Slovak scholars to a common cultural heritage of the Europe region and the whole mankind as well. The Faculty was founded as one of the five founding faculties of Comenius University in 1919. Its primary task then was educating Slovak intelligentsia, predominantly secondary-school/high-school teachers and other professionals in humanities.
The scientific and educational activities of the Faculty of Philosophy are based on the following groups of branches: philosophical sciences, philological, pedagogical and psychological sciences, political science, history and archeology, religious studies, library and information science, arts and cultural studies, journalism.
The Faculty of Philosophy enrolls students from abroad as well, either for the whole course of studies or for its part, within their course of studies at foreign university. Several departments are ready to provide individual courses in world languages after a preliminary agreement.
