Economics and Business Administration

Graduates of the Economics and Business Management programme are equipped with the knowledge to understand and evaluate economic processes in the enterprise and its wider environment. They are…

Living costs€830 a month in Nitra, rent included

€9,960

Living costs from SiT estimate from livingcost.org city data (Nov 2026), converted from USD at the ECB reference rate of 30 Oct 2026 (1 EUR = 1.1172 USD)

Who can apply to this programme.

• Conditions of admission The basic condition for admission to the bachelor's programme is the acquisition of a complete secondary or complete secondary vocational education. Additional information Applicants will be ranked according to their results as follows: Applicants whose grade point average is equal to or lower than 1.7 (from the end-of-year report cards for grades 1-3 and the mid-year report card in grade 4 of secondary school, or from the end-of-year report cards for grades 1-4 and the mid-year report card in grade 5 of secondary school). Candidates who took the first three places in the regional or national round of the Economic Olympiad. Applicants who achieve a percentile equal to or higher than 50 in the General Aptitude Test (GAT) in the basic version. Candidates who have achieved a percentile equal to or higher than 50 in the General Aptitude Test (GAT) Other applicants who take part in the admission procedure for all Bachelor's degree programmes, which is conducted in the form of written tests in two selection subjects, will be ranked on the basis of the evaluation of the results of the admission procedure. The decisive criterion will be the total number of points obtained in both tests. An applicant with specific needs will, at his/her request, have the form of the admission test and the way in which it is to be conducted determined, taking into account his/her specific needs, on the basis of an assessment of his/her specific needs. Conditions for international students Foreign applicants create a clause via the link: in the Degree Recognition Clause section. Foreign applicants (exceptions are applicants from the Czech Republic and applicants who have graduated from the Slovak language) who apply to study a study programme offered at the SPU in Nitra in the Slovak language must compulsorily pass an online test and an online oral interview aimed at determining the level of their linguistic competence in the Slovak language. The testing is provided by the SPU Language Centre in Nitra ( on two dates, which applicants will be informed about in advance. After passing the language test, the applicant will be issued with a certificate of the summary result of the online test and the online interview, which will correspond to the language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The test and the certificate are subject to a fee of € 30,-. If the applicant's level of language proficiency is below A1, the applicant will not be admitted to the course. If the applicant's language proficiency level is A1, the applicant has fulfilled one of the conditions for admission to the study, but will be required to attend a 30-hour paid Slovak language course organised by the Centre of Languages of the SPU in Nitra (course fee: 120,- €). Upon completion of the course, the applicant will be issued a certificate of completion. If the applicant's level of language proficiency is A2 or above, the applicant has fulfilled one of the conditions for admission to the course. Detailed information about the test and the course will be given on the Language Centre's website ( ). In addition to demonstrating language proficiency, foreign applicants for the Bachelor's degree in Slovak will be admitted on the basis of passing the General Academic Prerequisites (GAP) or General Academic Prerequisites (GAP) test and achieving a percentile equal to or above 50 on this test. The test is also provided online by Scio. The GAP test can be taken more than once, and applicants will always be credited with the best score. Testing dates, sample tests and application requirements are published at It is up to each candidate to apply for the GAP test and pay the associated costs (application form at The Faculty does not organise these tests and does not register or invite candidates to take them. A candidate who duly applies for the GAP exam will receive an invitation to sit the exam approximately 10 days before the exam by email from Scio. Foreign applicants for Bachelor's studies who apply to study a study programme offered at FEM SPU in Nitra in English will be admitted on the basis of passing the General Academic Prerequisites (GAP) test and achieving a percentile equal to or higher than 50 in this test. The test is also provided online by Scio. The GAP test can be taken more than once, and applicants will always be credited with the best score. Testing dates, sample tests and the conditions for applying for the test are published at It is up to each candidate to apply for the GAP test and pay the associated costs (application form at The Faculty does not organise these tests and does not register or invite candidates to take them. A candidate who duly applies for the GAP exam will receive an invitation to sit the exam approximately 10 days before the exam by email from Scio. As part of the admission process, a demonstration of English language proficiency will be required. IELTS, TOEFL and Cambridge certificates are accepted for admission. IELTS : we accept scores from 6.0 upwards in each section (Listening,Reading, Writing, Speaking), TOEFL: we accept iBT (online) scores: 80-90 points and PBT(paper-based test): 550-575 points, Cambridge: we accept a minimum of B2 or C1/C2. Without entrance examinations yes Conditions of admission without the entrance exam The entrance exam may be waived and the following applicants will be admitted: whose grade point average is equal to or lower than 1.7 /from the end-of-year report cards for grades 1-3 and the mid-year report card in grade 4 of secondary school, or from the end-of-year report cards for grades 1-4 and the mid-year report card in grade 5 of secondary school/ who have placed in the first three places in the regional or national round of the Economic Olympiad, The entrance examination may be waived and applicants who achieve a percentile equal to or higher than 50 in the General Aptitude Test (GAT) in the basic version will be admitted to study. The weights of all sections of the GCE test are identical. The test can be taken as part of the National Benchmarking Examinations (NBA), which are provided by Scio in several cities in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It is possible to take the VŠP test more than once, and the best result will always be counted. Testing dates, sample tests and conditions for applying for testing are published at The Faculty takes into account the results of both the Slovak version of the test (VŠP Z) and the Czech version (OSP Z). The candidate can decide which language version to take. It is up to each candidate to apply for the VŠP test and to pay the costs associated with it (application form at The Faculty does not organise these tests and does not register or invite candidates to take them. A candidate who duly registers for the VET exam will receive an invitation to sit the exam approximately 10 days before the exam by email from Scio. An invitation to sit the exam will be sent by email from Scio. All applicants who apply and meet at least one of the above conditions for waiver of the entrance exam will be conditionally admitted to study (without the entrance exam). For this reason, applicants who take the matriculation examination in the current school year must additionally provide evidence of their matriculation examination results.

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