Faculty of Public Health Studies

The Faculty of Public Health was established concurrently with the Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies and the Faculty of Specialized Health Studies under the Slovak Medical University. The University itself was founded by Act No. 401/2002 Coll. on the establishment of the SMU and amending Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on higher education and amending Act No. 209/2002 Coll. effective from September 1st, 2002.

Faculty Mission

To provide curricular education to students and public health professionals in accordance with the current study plan for the academic year in question.
To ensure practical education in Slovak public health authorities and in scientific and academic positions at the SMU, in accordance with the valid syllabus and ECTS letters.
To offer continuous education.

Faculty Focus:
prevention of infectious and non-infectious diseases
protection and promotion of health
increase in life span (to decrease premature mortality)
improvement in life (to fully exploit health potential), increase in health (lower morbidity, limit adverse effects of illness)
increase in quality of life (life without illness, without disability)
decrease in work inability
positive impact on health determinants
improved health of population
raising managers for public health
proliferation and formation of knowledge, values, and habits necessary for the protection, support, and development of health of both the individual and society as a whole.

Educational Activities of the Faculty:

Pre-graduate study in environmental health
Bachelor?s degree ? first tier (undergraduate)
Master?s degree ? second tier (graduate)
Doctorate study ? third tier
Offering specialization study in fields of public health - single three-year part-time study programme for all categories of health care workers with higher education ? School of Public Health (SPH) ? Master of Public Health (MPH) (qualification management study programme).
Providing specialization study to physicians with sub-specializations in public health.
Educating health care workers in preparation for careers in public health.
Specialization study for assistants with higher education in public health, DAHE, IZP in public health fields.