Although a week later, due to the rainy conditions of the original date of 9/6/2023, volunteers from the University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA) met for the fifth time, in full commitment, at the largest corporate volunteering event in Slovakia, Our City 2023 (NM'23), with the apt slogan on the T-shirt "MY HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE". From the current source of the organizing Pontis Foundation, it follows that EUBA has contributed 188 volunteers so far. This year, it participated again successfully as the only university in Slovakia.
The Department of International Mobility (IMD) of the University of Economics in Bratislava organized a photography contest for exchange students from partner universities from 13 February to 13 April 2023. The competition aimed to promote and support technical and creative skills in photography as a form of artistic expression. The theme of this year's photography competition was "Bratislava by my eyes", where students had the opportunity to show how they perceive Bratislava and Slovakia because photography says more than a thousand words.
The winter and summer semesters of the academic year 2022/2023 brought together total number of 30 students from 19 different countries at an event organized on a semester basis. The International Mobility Department organized six Snack&Chat events where incoming exchange students met and discussed various topics and went through various activities. The six productive events were held on October 20, November 24, December 1, 2022, March 28, April 18, and May 09, 2023.
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The University of Economics in Bratislava organized its 14th edition of the International Teaching & Training Week 2023 from April 24 to 25, 2023, with the subtitle Erasmus+ Key Action 107 – International Credit Mobility (ICM).
On 20 April 2023, Rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava Ferdinand Daňo received a delegation of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), comprising Joybrato Mukherjee, DAAD President and Antje Schlamm, Head of the DAAD Central Europe Desk. The delegation was accompanied by Stefan Kruschke, Head of the Culture and Press Department at the German Embassy. Also present on behalf of EUBA were Boris Mattoš, Vice-Rector for International Relations and Radoslav Štefančík, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Languages. The topics discussed involved research cooperation between Germany and Slovakia and support for Ukrainian students.
The University of Economics in Bratislava, represented by its Rector, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Ferdinand Daňo, PhD., signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Aj Ty v IT civic association, represented by its CEO, Ing. Petra Kotuliaková, PhD., on Monday, 17 April 2023.
Students in the study programme Financial Markets and Investment (Department of Banking and International Finance and Department of Insurance at the Faculty of National Economy, EUBA), together with students at the Tsinghua PBCSF, Beijing, China and Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, participated actively in the International Central Banking Week organised by the Hochschule der Deutschen Bundesbank in Hachenburg, Germany on 15 - 22 April 2023. The week filled with excellent lectures and workshops on current monetary policies in the Eurozone, financial literacy and cryptocurrency market regulation that were held at the University of Hachenburg and at the Bundesbank in Frankfurt was concluded by the Fort Fantastic contest, smoothly won by our students.
After an isolating pandemic period, we were very happy to meet again for the realization of the next edition of SF´23 (Sustainability Festival 2023). Previous editions were held during s series of Sustainability Week events, but this one, held in April, was fresh, creative, and inspiring...., in short, the spring's dynamic creativity was beneficial for the festival's success in all dimensions in a truly revitalizing way.
The 16th edition of the Model Conference of the Faculty of International Relations was held at the University of Economics in Bratislava on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
In the summer semester of an academic year 2022/2023, we are organizing already the 9th edition of an international educational project Central Europe Connect - Joint Certificate Program (CEC), that enables short-term international student exchange at three economic universities in Central Europe. The CEC project is a joint project of the University of Economics in Vienna (WU), the University of Economics in Warsaw (SGH) and the University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA). Within this unique certified program, 20 students from each university attend lectures and discussions on the topics of economic development of the countries of the Central European region.
An inaugural ceremony for the Rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava, Prof. Dipl. Ing. Ferdinand Daňo, PhD., and for the Deans of the EUBA faculties was held in the University's Assembly Hall on March 21, 2023. Prof. Dipl. Ing. Erika Pastoráková, PhD. was inaugurated as the Dean of the Faculty of National Economy; Assoc. Prof. Dipl. Ing. Peter Drábik, PhD., MSc., was inaugurated as the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce; Prof. Mgr. Erik Šoltés, PhD. was inaugurated as the Dean of the Faculty of Economic Informatics; Assoc. Prof. Dipl. Ing. Anita Romanová, PhD. was inaugurated as the Dean of the Faculty of Business Management; Dr. h. c. Prof. RNDr. Michal Tkáč, CSc. was inaugurated as the Dean of the Faculty of Business Economy in Košice; and Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Radoslav Štefančík, MPol., PhD. was inaugurated as the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Languages.
