The activity focuses on the creation of joint study programs between UKF and UMB and can be considered the core of the project. The starting point for identifying joint study programs are the fields – study disciplines in which the consortium universities have accredited rights to create, modify, and conduct bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral study programs.
Joint study programs will deepen cooperation between the faculties of the universities, contribute to intensifying research and development, publication activities, and other creative activities of internationally recognized quality, contribute to intensifying international cooperation and the mobility attractiveness of the consortium universities, and increase the level of internationalization.
UMB and UKF have identified joint study programs that will be created, approved in accreditation processes in accordance with current legislation, and offered from the academic year 2026/2027. These are the following joint study programs:
- Bachelor’s Study Program
Study Field: Philology (UKF) and Political Science (UMB)
Study Program Name: Central European Studies and International Relations
- Master’s Study Program – combining 1st and 2nd cycle
Study Field: Teacher Education and Educational Sciences
Study Program Name: Teacher Education for Primary Education and Special Pedagogy in Inclusive Practice
Note: Compared to the average, UKF achieves above-average results in the field of Teacher Education and Educational Sciences in the VER evaluation.
- Doctoral Study Program
Study Field: Mathematics
Study Program Name: Mathematics and Methodology of Mathematics
Note: Compared to the average, UMB achieves above-average results in the field of Mathematical Sciences research in the VER evaluation.
- Doctoral Study Program
Study Field: Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Study Program Name: Historical Development of Ecosystems and Landscapes
Note: Compared to the average, UMB and UKF achieve above-average results in the field of Environmental and Ecological Sciences research in the VER evaluation.
- Doctoral Study Program
Study Field: Social Work
Study Program Name: Applied Social Work (Full-time)
Note: Compared to the average, UKF achieves above-average results in the field of Social Work research in the VER evaluation.
- Doctoral Study Program
Study Field: Social Work
Study Program Name: Applied Social Work (Part-time)
Note: Compared to the average, UKF achieves above-average results in the field of Social Work research in the VER evaluation.
Activity guarantor for UKF is the Vice-Rector for Education, prof. PaedDr. Jana Duchovičová, PhD.
Activity guarantor for UMB was the Vice-Rector for Education, doc. RNDr. Jarmila Kmeťová, PhD. MBA, until June 4, 2025. From June 5, 2025, the Vice-Rector for Education is doc. PaedDr. Miriam Spodniaková Pfefferová, PhD.