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Universities in Slovakia
Slovakia has 26 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1400. 1 was founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.
UNIVERSITIES26
OLDEST1400
FOUNDED 1900+20
By founding era
Before 12000 · 0%
1200–15991 · 4%
1600–18991 · 4%
1900 or later20 · 77%
Date unknown4 · 15%
Oldest universities in Slovakia
The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.
1400Universitas Istropolitana
1647Ján Vojtaššák Seminary
1919Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University in Bratislava
1919Comenius University
1937Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
1949University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
1952Technical University in Zvolen
1952Technical University of Košice
1953University of Žilina
1959Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
1959University of Constantine the Philosopher
1992Matej Bel University
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