Comenius University

Comenius University Bratislava (Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, abbreviated UK) is the largest and oldest university in Slovakia, with its seat in the capital city. Founded on 27 June 1919, it takes its name from the Czech teacher and philosopher Jan Amos Comenius, and it placed joint 662nd in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.布拉迪斯拉发夸美纽斯大学（斯洛伐克语 Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave，简称 UK）是斯洛伐克规模最大、历史最悠久的大学，校址位于首都。学校创建于 1919 年 6 月 27 日，校名取自捷克教育家与哲学家扬·阿莫斯·夸美纽斯，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 662 位。

Its 13 faculties, twelve of them in Bratislava and one in the northern town of Martin, enrolled 23,214 students in the 2024-2025 academic year, together with about 2,500 faculty members, accounting for more than sixteen per cent of all students in Slovak higher education.学校设 13 个学院，其中 12 个在布拉迪斯拉发、1 个在北部城镇马丁，2024—2025 学年共招收 23214 名学生、教师约 2500 人，学生人数占斯洛伐克高等教育全部学生的一成六以上。

Comenius University is funded mainly by the Slovak government, offers instruction in Slovak and several foreign languages, and OpenAlex records 46,166 research works and 2,731,990 citations associated with it.学校主要由斯洛伐克政府拨款办学，以斯洛伐克语及数种外语授课；OpenAlex 记录其科研产出为 46166 篇论文与 2731990 次被引。

History

• The university is named after Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670), a Czech teacher, philosopher and bishop who is regarded as one of the founders of modern education and an advocate of universal schooling in the mother tongue.学校以捷克教育家、哲学家与主教扬·阿莫斯·夸美纽斯（1592—1670）命名，他被视为现代教育学的奠基人之一，主张以母语推行全民教育。
• Comenius University continues the academic tradition of the Academia Istropolitana, an institution of higher learning founded in Bratislava in 1465 by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, which is often described as the first university on Slovak territory.学校延续了 1465 年由匈牙利国王马加什·科尔温在布拉迪斯拉发创办的伊斯特罗波利塔纳学院的学术传统，该学院常被称作斯洛伐克土地上最早的大学。
• The university was established on 27 June 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia at the end of the First World War, and it was built with assistance from the older and better established Charles University in Prague.学校于 1919 年 6 月 27 日创建，时值第一次世界大战结束后捷克斯洛伐克成立不久，并在创办过程中得到历史更久、基础更厚的布拉格查理大学的协助。
• It was the first university in Slovakia to offer higher education in the Slovak language, replacing the Elisabeth University that had operated in Bratislava since 1912.它是斯洛伐克第一所以斯洛伐克语提供高等教育的大学，取代了自 1912 年起在布拉迪斯拉发办学的伊丽莎白大学。
• Elisabeth University was disbanded in 1919 by Samuel Zoch, the plenipotentiary commissioner of Slovakia, after its Hungarian professors refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the new Czechoslovak state.1919 年，斯洛伐克全权长官萨穆埃尔·佐赫解散了伊丽莎白大学，因其匈牙利籍教授拒绝向新生的捷克斯洛伐克国家宣誓效忠。
• Most of that university's professors, and some of its students, took refuge in Budapest, where Elisabeth University was re-established before later moving to Pécs and becoming the University of Pécs in Hungary.该校多数教授与部分学生避走布达佩斯，伊丽莎白大学在那里复办，其后迁往佩奇，发展为匈牙利的佩奇大学。
• Because Slovakia then had too few educated Slovak speakers, many founding professors of the new university, including its first rector Kristian Hynek, were Czechs recruited for the purpose.由于当时斯洛伐克受过高等教育且通晓斯洛伐克语的人太少，新大学许多创校教授、包括首任校长克里斯蒂安·海内克在内，都是为此延揽的捷克人。
• The Faculty of Medicine opened in 1919 and was quickly followed by the Faculties of Law and Philosophy in 1921, forming the university's original academic core.医学院于 1919 年开办，法学院与哲学院随后于 1921 年设立，构成学校最初的学术核心。
• Besides the humanities and social sciences, the Faculty of Philosophy trained many of the high-school teachers that Slovakia badly needed, helping to spread Slovak-language education.除人文与社会科学外，哲学院还培养了斯洛伐克急需的大量中学教师，推动斯洛伐克语教育的普及。
• In 1937 a new building for the Faculties of Law and Philosophy opened in the centre of Bratislava, including the Aula used for graduation ceremonies and other formal occasions.1937 年，法学院与哲学院的新大楼在布拉迪斯拉发市中心落成，其中的大礼堂供毕业典礼等正式场合使用。
• During the Second World War, when Slovakia was nominally an independent republic but under the influence of Nazi Germany, academic freedoms were reduced and the Czech professors were forced out of the university.二次大战期间，斯洛伐克名义上是独立共和国却处于纳粹德国的影响之下，学术自由受到限制，捷克籍教授被排挤出校。
• The university was renamed Slovak University in 1939 under the wartime regime, and the original name was not reinstated until 1954.学校于 1939 年在战时政权下更名斯洛伐克大学，直到 1954 年才恢复原有校名。
• The Faculty of Science opened in 1940 and the Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology was established in 1941, broadening the university beyond medicine, law and the humanities.理学院于 1940 年开办，罗马天主教神学院于 1941 年设立，使学校在医学、法学与人文之外进一步拓展。
• Academic freedom returned after the end of the war in 1945 but was cancelled again in 1948 when the communists took power and enforced the ideology of Marxism-Leninism at Czechoslovak universities.1945 年战争结束后学术自由得以恢复，但 1948 年共产党掌权、在捷克斯洛伐克高校推行马列主义意识形态，自由再度中断。
• New faculties were created in the decades that followed, mostly by splitting existing ones: Education in 1946, Pharmacy in 1952, Physical Education and Sports in 1960, Medicine in Martin in 1969 and Mathematics and Physics in 1980.此后数十年间主要通过拆分原有学院设立新学院：教育学院 1946 年、药学院 1952 年、体育学院 1960 年、马丁医学院 1969 年、数学与物理学院 1980 年。
• After the Velvet Revolution of 1989 the university created a democratic self-government and abolished the mandatory courses on Marxist ideology that had been imposed after 1948.1989 年天鹅绒革命后，学校建立民主自治体制，并取消了 1948 年后强加的马列主义意识形态必修课程。
• The Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology and the Evangelical Theological Faculty joined the university after 1989, completing its present structure of thirteen faculties.罗马天主教神学院与福音派神学院在 1989 年后并入学校，形成其如今 13 个学院的完整格局。
• The Faculty of Management was established in 1991 and the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences in 2002, as Slovakia's transition to a market economy created demand for professionals in those fields.管理学院于 1991 年、社会与经济科学学院于 2002 年设立，因斯洛伐克向市场经济转型而产生了对这些领域专业人才的需求。
• In 2000 the university implemented the European credit transfer system to improve student mobility and to strengthen ties with other European universities.2000 年，学校实行欧洲学分转换制度，以提升学生流动并加强与其他欧洲大学的联系。
• The university celebrated its centenary in the 2018-2019 academic year, marking a hundred years as Slovakia's oldest university, with student celebrations titled "100 Years with Amos".学校在 2018—2019 学年庆祝建校百年，纪念其作为斯洛伐克最古老大学的一百周年，学生活动以「与阿莫斯同行一百年」为题。
• Marek Števček became rector in 2022, and in 2026 the university introduced a new study programme in hockey training and coaching, the first of its kind in Slovakia, run by its Faculty of Physical Education and Sports.马雷克·什捷夫切克于 2022 年出任校长；2026 年，学校开设冰球训练与教练方向的新学程，为斯洛伐克首个此类项目，由体育学院承办。

Academics

• Comenius University has 13 faculties, twelve located in Bratislava and one, the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, in the northern city of Martin.学校设 13 个学院，其中 12 个位于布拉迪斯拉发，另有耶森斯医学院位于北部城市马丁。
• The faculties include Medicine (1919), Law (1921), Arts (1921), Natural Sciences (1940), Education (1946), Pharmacy (1952) and Physical Education and Sport (1960).这些学院包括医学院（1919）、法学院（1921）、文学院（1921）、自然科学学院（1940）、教育学院（1946）、药学院（1952）与体育学院（1960）。
• Further faculties are the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin (1969), Mathematics, Physics and Informatics (1980), Roman Catholic Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology, Management (1991) and Social and Economic Sciences (2002).其余学院为马丁耶森斯医学院（1969）、数学物理与信息学院（1980）、罗马天主教神学院、福音派路德神学院、管理学院（1991）与社会经济科学学院（2002）。
• Across those thirteen faculties the university enrolled 23,214 students in the 2024-2025 academic year at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, in Slovak and in foreign languages.在这 13 个学院中，学校 2024—2025 学年共招收 23214 名学士、硕士与博士层次的学生，授课语言包括斯洛伐克语与外语。
• Over sixteen per cent of all students in Slovak higher education study at Comenius University, giving it by far the largest student body in the country.斯洛伐克高等教育全部学生中有超过一成六就读于夸美纽斯大学，使其拥有全国最大的学生规模。
• The university employed about 2,500 faculty members around 2020, supported by government funding, and offers tuition-free study to students in Slovak-language programmes.学校在 2020 年前后拥有约 2500 名教师，经费由政府支持，并对修读斯洛伐克语项目的学生免收学费。
• Its Academic Senate consists of 65 elected representatives, with each faculty sending five members, three from the staff chamber and two from the student chamber.学校学术评议会由 65 名经选举产生的代表组成，每个学院推选 5 名成员，其中 3 名来自教职工团体、2 名来自学生团体。
• Comenius University is funded mostly by the Slovak government, as are most universities in the country, and its budget depends largely on state subsidies and student numbers.与斯洛伐克多数高校一样，学校主要由政府拨款办学，其预算在很大程度上取决于国家拨款与在校生规模。
• The university is a member of the ENLIGHT alliance of European universities, which fosters joint programmes and mobility across its partner institutions.学校是欧洲大学联盟 ENLIGHT 的成员，该联盟推动伙伴院校之间的联合课程与学生流动。
• It also belongs to the Utrecht Network, a European network for internationalisation and student exchange, and takes part actively in the Erasmus+ programme.学校也是乌德勒支网络的成员，这是一个致力于国际化与学生交换的欧洲网络，并积极参与 Erasmus+ 项目。
• Comenius University operates a Science Park that links its laboratories with companies and supports the commercialisation of research.学校设有科学园，将其实验室与企业对接，并支持研究成果的商业转化。
• Research at the university spans medicine, the natural sciences, mathematics and informatics, the humanities and the social sciences.学校的研究涵盖医学、自然科学、数学与信息学，以及人文与社会科学。
• The Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin trains physicians and runs research in partnership with the Martin University Hospital.马丁的耶森斯医学院培养医师，并与马丁大学医院合作开展研究。
• The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics is a centre for computer science, physics and mathematics teaching and research in Slovakia, and the Faculty of Pharmacy trains pharmacists for the country.数学物理与信息学院是斯洛伐克计算机科学、物理与数学教学与研究的中心，药学院则为全国培养药剂师。
• Researchers of the Faculty of Medicine collaborate with the University of Vienna on the cross-border Brainhealth initiative, studying how nutrition and exercise protect brain health.医学院研究人员与维也纳大学合作开展跨境「脑健康」计划，研究营养与运动如何保护大脑健康。
• The medical faculties of the university are closely tied to the university hospitals of Bratislava and Martin, where students receive their clinical training.学校各医学院与布拉迪斯拉发、马丁的大学医院紧密相连，学生在此接受临床训练。
• Comenius University publishes academic journals and scholarly works through its faculties and press, and its library system serves students across Bratislava and Martin.学校通过各学院与出版社刊行学术期刊与著作，其图书馆系统服务布拉迪斯拉发与马丁两地的学生。
• Doctoral study is organised in cooperation with the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and many of the university's doctoral candidates carry out their research in Academy institutes in Bratislava and elsewhere.学校的博士培养与斯洛伐克科学院合作开展，许多博士生在布拉迪斯拉发等地的科学院研究所进行研究。

Campus

• The seat and rectorate of the university are at Šafárikovo námestie 6 in Bratislava, in a main building constructed between 1931 and 1932 by the architects Friedrich Weinwurm and Ignác Vécsei.学校校部与校长办公楼位于布拉迪斯拉发沙法里克广场 6 号，其主楼由建筑师弗里德里希·魏因武姆与伊格纳茨·韦切伊于 1931 至 1932 年建造。
• The rectorate building is one of the most important functionalist structures in Bratislava, with a semicircular façade and a columned portico that have become a landmark of Šafárik Square.校长办公楼是布拉迪斯拉发最重要的功能主义建筑之一，其半圆形立面与柱廊已成为沙法里克广场的地标。
• Twelve of the thirteen faculties are located in Bratislava, spread across buildings in the city centre and its districts, while the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine stands in the historic northern town of Martin.13 个学院中有 12 个位于布拉迪斯拉发，分布于市中心与各城区的多栋建筑中，耶森斯医学院则坐落于北部历史城镇马丁。
• The Jessenius Faculty of Medicine and its associated hospital lie beneath Slovakia's ski slopes, giving the university a second academic centre far from the capital.耶森斯医学院及其附属医院位于斯洛伐克滑雪胜地脚下，使学校在首都之外拥有第二个学术中心。
• Bratislava lies within a triangle of three capitals, about 60 kilometres from Vienna and 200 kilometres from Budapest, which shapes the university's international links.布拉迪斯拉发地处「三都三角」之中，距维也纳约 60 公里、距布达佩斯约 200 公里，这一区位塑造了学校的国际联系。
• The Aula in the rectorate building is used for graduation ceremonies and other formal university functions, and a computer room in the main building is available to students.校长办公楼内的大礼堂用于毕业典礼及学校其他正式活动，主楼内另设供学生使用的计算机教室。
• The university operates the Ľudovít Štúr Dormitory, which underwent reconstruction with its first renovated rooms due to open in September 2026.学校运营着卢多维特·什图尔宿舍，该宿舍正进行改造，首批翻新的房间预计于 2026 年 9 月启用。
• The university's teaching buildings and libraries are woven into central Bratislava, within walking distance of the Danube riverfront, the old town and the city's cultural institutions.学校的教学楼与图书馆分布于布拉迪斯拉发市中心，步行可达多瑙河畔、老城与城市的文化机构。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Comenius University was placed joint 662nd, the highest position of any Slovak university.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，夸美纽斯大学并列第 662 位，为斯洛伐克各大学中最高。^[1]
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university stood in the 1201-1400 band, having been in the 1201-1500 band in 2026.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校位列 1201—1400 区间，2026 年则位于 1201—1500 区间。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking Comenius University was listed 801st.在 2026—2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中，学校位列第 801 位。
• The university did not enter the main table of the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities.学校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• Comenius University is the largest and oldest university in Slovakia and consistently ranks as the country's leading institution in global league tables.夸美纽斯大学是斯洛伐克规模最大、历史最悠久的大学，在国际榜单中持续位居该国院校之首。
• OpenAlex records 46,166 research works and 2,731,990 citations associated with the university, reflecting its broad research base across medicine and the sciences.OpenAlex 记录学校共 46166 篇论文与 2731990 次被引，体现其在医学与自然科学领域广泛的研究基础。
• As a member of the ENLIGHT European university alliance, Comenius University is recognised for its international cooperation in teaching and research.作为欧洲大学联盟 ENLIGHT 的成员，学校在教学与研究的国际合作方面获得认可。
• The university's size and breadth mean it supplies a large share of Slovakia's physicians, teachers, lawyers, managers and scientists.学校的规模与广度使其为斯洛伐克输送了大量医师、教师、律师、管理人员与科学家。
• Its Faculty of Medicine and the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin are the two principal medical schools serving Slovakia's health system.其医学院与马丁的耶森斯医学院是服务斯洛伐克卫生体系的两所主要医学院。
• The university celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2019, confirming its standing as the oldest higher-education institution in the country.学校于 2019 年庆祝建校百年，印证其作为该国历史最悠久高等教育机构的地位。
• Its medical students train at the Bratislava University Hospital and the Martin University Hospital, and the two medical faculties are the country's principal sources of new physicians.学校医学生分别在布拉迪斯拉发大学医院与马丁大学医院接受训练，这两个医学院是斯洛伐克新医师的主要来源。

Student life

• Comenius University has no single formal Latin motto, taking instead its name and guiding principle from Jan Amos Comenius, including his belief that learning should proceed spontaneously and in harmony with nature.学校没有单一的正式拉丁文校训，而是从扬·阿莫斯·夸美纽斯处承继其名称与办学理念，包括其「学习应自然自发、顺应天性」的主张。
• The university marks its anniversary on 27 June, recalling its establishment on that date in 1919, and held extended centenary celebrations across the 2018-2019 academic year.学校以 6 月 27 日为校庆日，纪念其 1919 年在该日创建，并在 2018—2019 学年举行贯穿全年的百年庆典。
• Residential life is centred on the university dormitories, among them the Ľudovít Štúr Dormitory, which is being modernised with its first renovated rooms due in September 2026.住宿生活以学校宿舍为核心，其中包括卢多维特·什图尔宿舍，该宿舍正进行现代化改造，首批翻新房间将于 2026 年 9 月交付。
• During its centenary the university ran student celebrations titled "100 Years with Amos", alongside academic ceremonies, exhibitions and alumni gatherings.建校百年期间，学校举办名为「与阿莫斯同行一百年」的学生庆祝活动，并配合学术庆典、展览与校友聚会。
• The university hosts a large international student community and supports incoming exchange participants through its Erasmus+ and Welcome Centre services.学校拥有规模可观的国际学生群体，并通过 Erasmus+ 与欢迎中心的服务接待交换生。
• Sports and physical education are promoted through the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, which in 2026 added a hockey training and coaching programme.学校通过体育学院推广体育运动，该学院于 2026 年新增冰球训练与教练项目。
• Student life is closely tied to Bratislava, a compact capital whose cafés, cultural venues and riverfront are within walking distance of the main faculties.学生生活与布拉迪斯拉发这座城市紧密相连，这座紧凑的首都的咖啡馆、文化场所与河畔都在主校区步行范围之内。
• The university's location within the Vienna-Budapest triangle lets students take part in cross-border academic and cultural activities across three countries.学校地处维也纳与布达佩斯之间的三角地带，使学生能够参与跨越三国的学术与文化活动。
• The university's Welcome Centre and its Erasmus+ office help international students settle in Bratislava and arrange buddy programmes and orientation events.学校的欢迎中心与 Erasmus+ 办公室协助国际学生安顿于布拉迪斯拉发，并安排伙伴计划与迎新活动。

Notable people

• Kristian Hynek, the university's first rector, was one of the Czech professors recruited to staff the new Slovak university when it was founded in 1919.首任校长克里斯蒂安·海内克是 1919 年新成立的斯洛伐克大学创办时延揽的捷克籍教授之一。
• Jan Amos Comenius, the 17th-century Czech pedagogue and philosopher after whom the university is named, is remembered for his work on reformed schooling and on pansophy, or universal knowledge.学校以其命名的 17 世纪捷克教育家与哲学家扬·阿莫斯·夸美纽斯，因推动学校改革与「泛智」学说而为后世所记。
• Samuel Zoch, the plenipotentiary commissioner of Slovakia, ordered the disbanding of Elisabeth University in 1919, an event that led directly to the founding of Comenius University.斯洛伐克全权长官萨穆埃尔·佐赫于 1919 年下令解散伊丽莎白大学，此举直接催生了夸美纽斯大学的创办。
• Zuzana Čaputová, President of Slovakia from 2019 to 2024, is an alumna of the university's Faculty of Law.2019 至 2024 年任斯洛伐克总统的苏珊娜·恰普托娃是学校法学院的校友。
• Robert Fico, a long-serving Prime Minister of Slovakia, studied at the university's Faculty of Law.长期担任斯洛伐克总理的罗伯特·菲佐曾在学校法学院就读。
• Iveta Radičová, who served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012, is also an alumna of the university.2010 至 2012 年任斯洛伐克总理的伊薇塔·拉迪乔娃同样是学校校友。
• Miroslav Lajčák, a diplomat who presided over the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, is an alumnus of the university.主持第 72 届联合国大会的外交官米罗斯拉夫·莱恰克是学校校友。
• Vladimír Palko, a former interior minister of Slovakia, is among the university's alumni in public life, as is the diplomat and writer Tomáš Raček.曾任斯洛伐克内政部长的弗拉基米尔·帕尔科是学校投身公共事务的校友之一，外交官兼作家托马什·拉切克亦然。
• Ján Vilček, a biomedical scientist, educator and philanthropist based at New York University, is an alumnus of the university.任职于纽约大学的生物医学科学家、教育家与慈善家扬·维尔切克是学校校友。
• Štefan Znám, a mathematician remembered for the Znám's problem in number theory, studied and taught at the university.以数论中「兹纳姆问题」闻名的数学家什特凡·兹纳姆曾在学校求学与任教。
• Marek Števček, a legal scholar and the current rector, has led the university since 2022.法学家、现任校长马雷克·什捷夫切克自 2022 年起领导学校。
• Rudolf Macúch, a Protestant theologian and an expert on the Mandaic and Samaritan languages, was an alumnus and later a professor of the university.新教神学家、曼达语与撒马利亚语专家鲁道夫·马楚赫是学校校友，其后并任学校教授。
• Eva Kolníková, a numismatist and archaeologist, and Emil Benčík, a journalist and translator, are among the university's alumni in scholarship and letters.钱币学家与考古学家埃娃·科尔尼科娃，以及记者兼翻译家埃米尔·本奇克，是学校在学术与文坛的校友代表。