Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is a public university founded in 1959 as the second classical university in Slovakia. It is named after Pavel Jozef Šafárik, a 19th-century Slovak philologist, poet, and historian. The university provides higher education based on the newest scientific findings in a wide international context and cooperates very intensively with academic institutions all around the world. Its mission is to provide higher education based on the newest scientific findings in a wide international context, following the European trends and goals laid down by the Bologna Declaration and by other foundational documents. Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is a member of University Autonomy in Europe, European University Association and a signatory university of Magna Charta Universitatum.