TUKE has secured sufficient spatial, material, technical and information resources for study programmes, which are a guarantee for achieving the set objectives and learning outcomes. These include, in particular, lecture halls, classrooms, study rooms, laboratories and laboratory apparatus and other necessary equipment, technical means and equipment, studios, workshops, project and art studios, science and technology parks, technology incubators, school enterprises, practice centres, training schools, teaching and training facilities, sports halls, sports grounds, university library, access to study literature, information databases and other information resources, information and communication technologies and external services. The corresponding funding is declared annually in the TUKE Annual Management Report. (SP 8.1)
If the educational activities are provided by distance or combined methods, TUKE has secured systems for course content management and learning management and students are guaranteed access to course content, other study materials and information and communication technologies designed for online communication with the student (Microsoft Teams, CISCO Webex, Learning Management System (LMS) MOODLE, etc.). (SP 8.2)
TUKE has a support staff of study advisorswhose competence and number correspond to the needs of students and teachers of the study programme in relation to the educational objectives and outcomes. Their task is to inform students about the structure of the relevant study programme, about the choices of courses and to provide them with consultations in drawing up their personal study plans, to alert the management of TUKE or the faculty to possible problems in the educational process and to cooperate with the study department of the faculty in solving the students' study issues. (SP 8.3)
TUKE maintains binding partnerships that enable the participation of relevant stakeholders in quality assurance, implementation and curriculum development. (SP 8.4)
In addition to science, research and education, TUKE also supports social, cultural and sports activities that are accessible to the general public. Career and socio-psychological counselling – assistance in the process of adaptation to university studies, especially for foreign students, is provided by a university-wide Support and Services Department for TUKE students (The Career Counseling Office, The Social-Psychological Support Office).
TUKE provides students with adequate social security, sports, cultural, spiritual and social activities during their studies. (SP 8.6, SP 8.7).
Social support – provision of social scholarships, pregnancy scholarships, scholarships from TUKE/faculty own resources and pregnancy scholarship.
Sports activities – organised sport in the SLAVIA TUKE a Akademik TU sports clubs.
Department of Academic Sports offers students a diverse physical education programme that meets their expectations and a variety of opportunities for staff to participate in physical activities and relaxation. Another significant role is active engagement in improving students' physical fitness and performance in order to implement an active lifestyle.
The OAŠ also provides the training and representation of the University's most outstanding athletes at university events (Finals of Universities, Academic Championships of Slovakia, Slovak Universiade). OAŠ organises autumn and spring sports days for TUKE students as well as one-time sports events, tournaments in different sports and various physical education courses (boating, swimming, skiing, cycling).
Within the framework of physical education (compulsory and elective), TUKE students have the opportunity to choose from various types of sports: basketball, badminton, bodyweight, body work, fitness, football, floorball, mountain biking, karate, Nordic Walking, Pilates, the SM-System, table tennis, tabata, hiking, and volleyball, including physical education courses (e.g. mountain biking, wakeboarding and water skiing course, ski and snowboard course, summer sports course, hiking course, fit-camp).
For these sports and physical activities, TUKE has its own stadium with natural grass and a tartan athletics track, an artificial grass pitch, six gyms, a specialised fitness room, a baseball field and a specialised table tennis room. In 2023, the OAŠ established a diagnostic room to assess the functional state of the body, somatometric measurements, prevention and regeneration of the body.
Cultural activities – Collegium Technicum choir, Jahodná folklore ensemble, Borievka folklore ensemble, Campus Gallery exhibition space, TUKE Symphony Orchestra is being created. Current information is disseminated by student television and radio.
Spiritual counselling – TUKE University Pastoral Centre
Advice on mobility – Section for International Relations and Mobility
Social activities – university clubs V-klub, T-klub.
General advice, orientation in the organisation of studies and the TUKE campus, study opportunities and extracurricular activities: Support and Services Department for TUKE students.
TUKE publishes a university journal called HALÓ TU.
The offer of TUKE extracurricular activities for students is available in the Student Life section.
Students of the SP have access to and support in participating in domestic and international mobility and internships. Mobility and internships are long-term (ULYSSEUS, CEEPUS) or short-term (projects according to the specific offer, internships in private companies). Support on the TUKE Erasmus+ website. Technical University of Košice is part of the strong Ulysseus consortium of six major European universities and research centres. The Ulysseus Alliance is one of 50 European universities. The Alliance, led by the University of Seville (Spain), together with the involvement of five other complex universities in Europe and two universities of applied sciences, will allow students, researchers and graduates to move freely between partner universities, undertake internships in companies and carry out high-impact research projects. More detailed information is available on the ulysseus.eu website. (SP 8.8)
TUKE provides individualized support and creates appropriate conditions for students with specific needs within the TUKE Access Centre (BBC TUKE). TUKE is one of two methodological centres for students with specific needs in Slovakia, which are established on the basis of Section 100(8) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education and on Amendments and Additions to Certain Acts. BBC TUKE has been fulfilling its main function in the spirit of the Higher Education Act as a support centre for students with specific needs, both during the admission procedure and during the study itself, for 22 years (establishment on 1 July 2000). These activities include the assessment of the abilities of students with specific needs and the preparation of proposals for appropriate assistive technologies, support services and educational methods to increase their self-sufficiency in their studies and the overall level of access to educational resources. On the basis of this assessment, the student is placed in the appropriate category in accordance with the Decree of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic No. 458/2012 on the minimum entitlements of students with specific needs, and recommendations for individual forms of support for students with specific needs are developed. In this activity, it cooperates closely with the study departments of individual faculties, vice-deans and coordinators for the support of students with specific needs. In addition to these main tasks, BBC TUKE also performs technical advisory activities, provides technical resources and implements trainings for users of special technology, including software, methodological and training activities for supporting students with specific needs before and during higher education. (SP 8.9)
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