Faculty of Science P J Šafárik University Košice

Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia 2003

Mission High level education in line with European standards High quality multidisciplinary research Service to the society Priorities Quality comparable with EU higher education institutions International dimension in education and science Autonomy and academic standards

Structure of the Faculty BIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY and ECOLOGY Departments Animal Physiology Botany Cell Biology Genetics Zoology and Ecology Laboratory Molecular Biology Diagnostics Division Didactics of Biology INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY Departments Biochemistry Inorganic Chemistry Organic Chemistry Physical and Analytical Chemistry Division Didactics of Chemistry CHEMISTRY GEOGRAPHY INFORMATICS MATHEMATICS PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCES

BIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY CHEMISTRY GEOGRAPHY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS Departments Geometry and Algebra Mathematical Analysis PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCES

BIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS Departments Biophysics Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics of Condensed Matter Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics Division Didactics of Physics CHEMISTRY GEOGRAPHY INFORMATICS INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Department Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology Detached unit in Rožňava MATHEMATICS PHYSICS SOCIAL SCIENCES

Education Higher education consisting of three main cycles (3 -5 -8(9)) Credit system since 1998/99 in line with the European credit accumulation and transfer system (ECTS)

Education Bachelor´s and Magister´s (equivalent to MSc. ) degree programmes in BIOLOGY - animal and human physiology - botany - cell and molecular biology - genetics - plant physiology - zoology CHEMISTRY - biochemistry - inorganic chemistry - physical and analytical chemistry

Education ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY - chemistry in environment - ecology of animals - ecology of plants INFORMATICS - computer systems and networks - information and knowledge systems (Bc. only) - information technologies for healthy and socially disabled MATHEMATICS - mathematical management - financial and insurance mathematics PHYSICS - astronomy and astrophysics - biophysics - nuclear physics - physical engineering of materials - condensed matter physics

Education Joint (two-subject) Mgr. degree programmes for secondary school teachers´ preparation are offered in combination of biology, chemistry, geography, informatics, mathematics and physics

Education Ph. D programmes in Analytical Chemistry Biochemistry Biophysics Discrete Mathematics Genetics Inorganic Chemistry Nuclear and subnuclear Physics Organic Chemistry Physics of condensed matter and Acoustics Physiology of animals Programme and information systems Theory of teaching in Mathematics Theory of teaching in Physics

Education Increasing number of students Undergraduate Postgraduate 1 2 3 4 5 6 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03

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Research Teaching and research are twin components of the Faculty mission, forming the cornestone upon which all other activities are founded. Research topics BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY Cell factory as a source of biomedicine Biodiversity of plants and animals Carcinogenesis and cancer therapy CHEMISTRY New compounds with biological activity New materials and methods for research and industry Structure and properties of new compounds

Research INFORMATICS Fuzzy techniques Neural networks Logical programming MATHEMATICS Graph theory, cycles and colourings Algebraic structures Differential equations Topology and thin sets PHYSICS New materials Magnetism at low and ultra-low temperatures Biomedicine - mechanism of action PEDAGOGY & PSYCHOLOGY Creative teaching Prevention of drug dependence Theory of teaching of natural science Socio-economic inequalities in health

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Service to the society Faculty of Science provides several kinds of study programmes, courses and certificate programmes for the university graduates, which comprise: Ø possibility for teachers to extend their teaching abilities studying other subject Ø achievement of the pedagogical qualification Ø educational programmes and short-term courses for public institutions and enterprises Ø other forms of enhancement of qualification Ø educational activities in the framework of INFOVEK Ø e-learning - implementation of information and communication technologies

Service to the society Links between the Faculty of Science and industry Ø Oriented research for US STEEL SLOVAKOFARMA CHEMKO

Faculty staff Total number of employees: 350 Number of teachers and researchers

Faculty staff Full-time Professors and Associate Professors

Strengthening faculty/university management Specific feature of the Institutional development plan is: Ø implementation of information technologies Ø adoption of the university structure that fit better with the university dimension of higher education Ø professionalism of the faculty/university management

Budget Faculty budget (~2. 2 mil. EUR) Faculty budget (~2. 3 mil. EUR) Faculty budget (~2. 9 mil. EUR) Governmental money for education Governmental money for research National grants and other sources Foreign funds

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