Public Higher Education Institutions

Short description

The University of Žilina (UNIZA) is a modern university-level institution with a rich tradition. It currently educates nearly 8,000 students across seven faculties in 169 accredited study programs. Over its 70-year history, it has produced over 93,000 graduates, specializing mainly in transport, engineering, management, marketing, and humanities. UNIZA’s graduates are highly sought after by employers, proving the quality and practical readiness of their education. UNIZA participates in over 200 national and 65 international research projects and hosts around 60 scientific events annually. It boasts modern laboratories and research centres supporting innovation and business incubation. With more than 150 international partnerships, UNIZA excels in student and staff mobility programs, especially within the Erasmus framework. It aims to continue its dynamic growth, offering high-quality education and fostering international cooperation in both science and education.

List of faculties

Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Security Engineering

Faculty of Management Science and Informatics

Faculty of Humanities

Scientific research/artistic projects

The following projects represent the most relevant scientific research activities of the University of Žilina (UNIZA) in recent years:

HUMANITA – CE0100248 – Human-Nature Interactions and Impacts of Tourist Activities on Protected Areas;

H-EUROPE RETIME – 101147113 – Urban Adaptation and Alert Solutions for a TIMEly (re)Action;

H-EUROPE OPTIMAL – 101057029 – Automated Maskless Laser Lithography Platform for First Time Right Mixed Scale Patterning;

H-EUROPE EWALD – 101086250 – Earth Observation for Early Warning of Land Degradation at European Frontier;

H-EUROPE WinWin4WorkLife – 101132580 – Healthy, inclusive, and sustainable remote work

futures as a Win-Win for employees and employers in urban, rural and cross-border areas.

International relations

The University of Žilina (UNIZA) is a member of the prestigious partnership of the Alliance of European Universities – the PIONEER Alliance (https://pioneer-alliance.eu/), which unites 10 universities, more than 130,000 students and 17,000 teachers and staff across Europe. The PIONEER Alliance is created on the basis of shared professional expertise in the field of cities and the joint creation of ecosystems. UNIZA has been implementing the PIONEER+ project since January 2025. This project is focused on networking universities, supporting the development and circulation of talents, supporting the creation and transfer of challenge-based knowledge, and transforming incentives and institutional models. The goal of the PIONEER Alliance is to shape the future of inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and provide students in all forms of study with specialized knowledge and skills in a European environment with an emphasis on Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities) and thus contribute to the European dimension of education not only at partner universities. Members of the PIONEER alliance will focus on issues of sustainable development and urban planning in the joint PIONEER+ project from 2025 to 2028. PIONEER member institutions are Université Gustave Eiffel (FR), Avans University of Applied Sciences (NL), Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon (PT), Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FI), TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences (DE), Huelva University (ES), IUAV Università di Venezia (IT), UTB – Tomas Bata University in Zlín (CZ), University of Žilina (SK) and Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH) as an associated partner.

University of Žilina

Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic

Rector

prof. Ing. Ján Čelko, CSc.

Rector´s office

+421 41 513 51 00

rektor@uniza.sk

https://www.uniza.sk/index.php/en/

Number of students in 2024/25: 7,361

Number of scientific degree lecturers in 2024/25: 1,412

Established in 1953