PEC
European Science Teachers:
Scientific Knowledge, Linguistic Skills and Digital Media
Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave
Bratislava is one of the youngest capitals in Europe. It was one of the most important cities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was a mixing pot of various nations and nationalities who lived together in peace and harmony.
Bratislava’s location on the banks of the river Danube at the crossroads of ancient trading routes right at the heart of Europe predestined it to become a meeting point of various cultures.
Nowadays Bratislava is experiencing a boom once more. It welcomes tourists, business people, students, and others who work and live hear. They all can admire special unique charm of the capital of Slovakia.
The Slovak Republic is one of the World’s youngest nations, formed in 1993 after its split with the Czechs, dissolving the seventy-four year old Czech and Slovak union. Slovakia’s premier university, Comenius University as it is known in English, is only seventy-five years older having been established in 1919, making it a relatively young university by world standards. Though the school itself is young the tradition of higher education in what is now Slovakia goes back further. The current university replaced the Hungarian established Elizabethan University, which had been created to stand against the rising Czech influence, and Czech and Slovak nationalism and unity. When the first Czecho-Slovak Republic was founded in 1918 one of the first things done was to close the Elizabethan and replace it with Comenius University in 1919. Since that time it has played crucial role in the development of culture, science and education in Slovakia. Comenius university belongs among the best universities in Europe. Its faculties keep contacts with partners abroad and the mobility of professors and students contributes to high standard of the university.
Comenius University Faculty of Arts is one of the oldest faculties. Its history started in the academic year 1921/22. Since then the faculty is a significant pedagogic and research institution. Its departments have close contacts with faculties in Europe and participate in various research projects. The faculty is known also by numerous publications of its professors and seniour lecturers.
The Department of British and American Studies is one of the largest among 33 departments of the Faculty of Arts. There are almost 500 students who study to become teachers and interpreters and translators. The graduates are very successful as teachers and interpreters. Its research and publications are focused on teacher training and training interpreters and translators.
