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Comenius University
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public university in Bratislava, Slovakia
Key facts
- Former names
- Bratislava University of Czechoslovakia Slovak University
- Type
- Public
- Academic affiliations
- Erasmus , Utrecht Network
- Budget
- € 185 million (2020)
- Rector
- Marek Števček
- Academic staff
- 2,152 (2020–2021)
- Students
- 22,817 (2020–2021)
- Undergraduates
- 10,198 (2020–2021)
- Doctoral students
- 1,884 (2020–2021)
- Website
- www .uniba .sk
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1919
- Location
- Bratislava, Slovakia
- Also known as
- Univerzita Komenského
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.7634.6 · ISNI 0000 0001 0940 9708
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
- Official website
- uniba.sk
- Image
- Univerzita Komenského.jpg
- Students count
- 22536
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- Commons category
- Comenius University in Bratislava
- inception
- 1919-00-00
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 158.195.0.0/16
- native label
- Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
- P8168
- Mehmet Shehu
- P12749
- Aloe Blacc
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
Comenius University Bratislava (Slovak: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century Czech teacher and philosopher.
In 2020, Comenius University had about 23,000 students and 2,500 faculty members. As are most universities in Slovakia, it is funded mostly by the government.