Automation
The study enables the graduate to acquire knowledge in the field of analysis and synthesis of automated control and information systems, especially for the area of information processing and transmission in the management of safety-critical industrial and transport processes. Graduates have theoretical knowledge of physical and mathematical, natural, social and other related sciences. The studies are completed by a state examination, which includes the defence of the bachelor thesis.
Prospects of graduates
AUTOMATION
(Field of study 2647 Cybernetics)
Graduate acquired education in the field of automation and process control with the support of information and communication technologies. He/she has knowledge and practical experience in application of safety-critical control and communication systems, implemented mainly on the basis of PLCs and industrial networks. He/she will be able to work in the operation of control and information systems at the process and operative level. Theoretical knowledge acquired during the bachelor study will create good prerequisites for further education, either within the further forms of university study or within lifelong education.
Software skills: C language, C++, MATLAB, PLC, ATMEL, MS ACCESS, HTML, CSS, Tia Portal.
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The basic condition for admission to the bachelor´s degree study (the first degree study programme) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology UNIZA is the full completion of secondary education or full secondary vocational education (Higher Education Act, No. 131/2002 Coll. as amended).
In the case of a foreign applicant or a student who completed secondary education abroad, the education is comparable with an education completed by a school leaving examination in the Slovak Republic. An applicant who completed secondary education abroad will submit along with the application form or more precisely no later than on the date of enrolment the decision on the recognition of the certificate of completion of secondary education recognized by a relevant institution in the Slovak Republic.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology UNIZA will not accept applicants who have already unsuccessfully studied two or more times at the FEIT Faculty UNIZA in any bachelor‘s degree study programme.
Written and oral proficiency in Slovak or Czech is required to study at the faculty. An applicant who has obtained his/her bachelor's degree abroad (except for the Czech Republic) and applies to study in the Slovak language shall submit a certificate/proof of proficiency in the Slovak language at least at the A2 level (it is possible to pass it at UNIZA before the admission procedure) with the application form for university studies, or at the latest at the time of enrolment for studies.
Full information on admission requirements is available at webe FEIT.
Additional information
pplication forms shall be submitted for the individual study programmes. If the applicant wants to apply for more than one study programme, it is necessary to submit individual application forms for each study programme separately whereas the payment of the respective admission fee is required.
Applicants fill in the electronic application form via the FEIT Faculty website (http://feit. uniza.sk/ in section Applicants for study) or the UNIZA university website https://vzdelavanie.uniza.sk/prijimacky/index.php or on the Portal VŠ (University Portal): https://
prihlaskavs.sk/sk/.
The required attachments must be included in the application form and sent electronically or by post to the FEIT Faculty UNIZA address by the stipulated deadlines.
If the application form is incomplete, the applicant will be asked to complete it.
In case of non-participation in the admission procedure or a failure in the admission procedure, the Faculty does not refund the admission procedure fee.
If the applicant wants to take part in the admission procedure at several faculties of UNIZA, the application forms must be submitted separately to each Faculty with the payment of the relevant fee.
Enclosures for the bachelor´s degree application form:
1. Curriculum Vitae;
2. Proof of payment of the admission fee;
3. Copies of the year-end reports from secondary school.
Upon completion of the school-leaving examination, applicants shall provide a certified copy of the school-leaving examination certificate and the year-end report from the final year of secondary school study by a deadline, which will be announced to each applicant in writing.
Conditions for international students
The basic and other terms and conditions of admission are applicable as for the applicants from abroad as for the applicants from Slovakia. Foreign students who study in a foreign language (i.e. not Slovak), pay the tuition fee as stated in Section 92, para 8 of the Higher Education Act. The tuition fee is specified by the UNIZA directive and for the respective academic year and it can be found on the university website. Foreign students who study in the Slovak language do not pay the tuition fee. Applicants from the Czech Republic who want to apply and study in Žilina can use the application form valid in the Czech Republic. Applicants who do not actively speak Slovak or Czech are required to successfully complete their language training (it is possible to attend the Slovak language courses at UNIZA). For foreign applicants who were admitted on the
basis of intergovernmental agreements, bilateral agreements or scholarships offered by the Slovak government, the terms and conditions stated in respective documents are applicable.
Without entrance examinations
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Conditions of admission without the entrance exam
Admission to study without an entrance exam for FEIT study programmes except for the study programme Multimedia Technologies:
Secondary school graduates who have been successful during their secondary school studies and have placed up to and including 3rd place in at least district level subject Olympiads in mathematics, physics and computer science, international and national competitions related to the content of the study programme, will be admitted without an entrance examination.
Coordinator for students with specific needs
Assoc. Prof. Ing. Mariana Beňová, PhD.
Tel. No.: 041/513 20 57
e-mail: mariana.benova@feit.uniza.sk
Admission examination for study programmes except study programme Multimedia Technologies
- All applicants for studies who do not meet the condition for admission without an entrance examination shall take an entrance examination.
- The entrance examination is conducted in the form of a test of knowledge of the secondary school curriculum.
- The individual questions of the test are from the following areas:
- general overview and knowledge acquired during secondary school studies
- mathematics of secondary school
- A candidate may receive between 0 and 100 points for correct answers.
- Study materials for the entrance exam are available on the Faculty website (http://www.feit.uniza.sk/).
- At the request of a candidate with specific needs and on the basis of an assessment of his/her specific needs in accordance with §100 (9) (b) of the Higher Education Act, the Dean shall determine the form of the entrance examination and the manner of its conduct, taking into account his/her specific needs and in accordance with Guideline No.198 Support for applicants for studies and students with specific needs at the University of Žilina.
- An applicant is obliged to present his/her identity card and hand in a copy of his/her school leaving certificate at the entrance examination. If the applicant does not have a matriculation certificate, he/she must submit it no later than the day of enrolment in university studies.
Entrance exams for the study programme Multimedia Technologies:
Applicants for the study programme Multimedia Technologies will undergo the entrance exams consisting of three parts:
• Presentation of the applicant‘s motivation to study the study programme;
• Evaluation of the achieved study results of the applicant and the general overview of the applicant;
• Presentation of the applicant‘s multimedia activities and knowledge in the scope of secondary school curriculum, including clarification of the procedures and techniques used.
Form of entrance exam
test
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Apply the application for study
01.01.2023 - 05.02.2026
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Performance of the entrance exam
20.06.2023 - 31.12.2023
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Send certificate to
12.06.2023
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Submit additional application form
11.03.2026 - 19.08.2026
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- leaving certificate (paper form)
- photography (electronic form)
- CV (paper form)
- medical certificate
- proof of payment
- medical certificate (paper form)
- certified copy of certificate to candidates from other universities (paper form)
Standard length of study: cost free
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 550 €
application form: 20 €
E-application form: 20 €
Admission fee:
Send € 20 to: Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina
Bank: Štátna pokladnica
IBAN: SK74 8180 0000 0070 0026 9917
const. symbol: 0308
variable symbol: 10331 - bakalárske štúdium
Payment method: The payment can be paid by bank transfer or postal order to the account above.
Proof of payment: The proof of payment is to be sent to the Faculty along with the application form.
Tuition fees - in accordance with the Higher Education Act, the information on the amount of the tuition fee for the relevant academic year will be published on the website of the University of Žilina within the stipulated deadlines.
With payment of the admission fee from the EU member states, the EES countries, territories that are considered a part of the EU (Treaty of Rome, Section 299) and SEPA countries, it is necessary to use BIC: SPSRSKBAXXX, IBAN: SK74 8180 0000 0070 0026 9917.
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Last update: 20.03.2026 09:06
