The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Holy See to Slovakia, H.E. Mons. Nicola Girasoli, opened the 35th edition of the subject Diplomacy in Practice on 20 February 2024. Before delivering his lecture, Ambassador Girasoli was received by Vice-Rector for International Relations, Boris Mattoš, who informed the guest of the University's international cooperation and internationalisation.

In the Niké SuperFinal of the Slovak Women's Volleyball Cup in Nitra, Slavia EUBA defeated the team of VK Nové Mesto nad Váhom 3:0 (25:8, 25:23, 25:11). The match, which lasted 73 minutes, brought Slavia EUBA their 16th Slovak Cup and the Stefan Pipa Trophy for the second time.

During the summer semester of 2023/2024, the University of Economics in Bratislava will welcome 104 exchange students from 21 countries in Europe, Asia, and America. The largest group consists of students from our partner institutions in France, Spain, Germany, and Portugal, who were sent through the Erasmus+ program. Students from the United States, India, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan are part of bilateral cooperation and the National Scholarship Program. We are also happy to welcome students from Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina coming through the Erasmus+ KA171 International Credit Mobility program.

The Rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava, Ferdinand Daňo, welcomed on his own request the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Slovakia, H.E. Apoorva SRIVASTAVA, on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, who was accompanied by Mr. Ivan Kozinka from the Embassy of India.

The University of Economics in Bratislava hosted the 13th edition of the Winter School in cooperation with the prestigious French university ESC Rennes School of Business. January 8, 2024 saw the opening of the event’s 13th edition attended by 16 foreign students from countries such as Colombia, Philippines, Mexico, India, Pakistan, China or Taiwan. Apart for students from ESC Rennes School of Business, for the second time, also students of the University of Economics in Bratislava attend teaching activities and had thus an opportunity to experience internationalization on their home ground in addition to being able to acquire expert knowledge.

In the winter semester of an academic year 2023/2024, we organized jubilee 10th edition of an international educational project Central Europe Connect - Joint Certificate Program (CEC), that enables short-term international student exchange at three economic universities in Central Europe. The CEC project is a joint project of the University of Economics in Vienna (WU), the University of Economics in Warsaw (SGH) and the University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA). Within this unique certified program, 20 students from each university attend lectures and discussions on the topics of economic development of the countries of the Central European region.

In the spirit of fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, the EUBA hosted the Danube Conference 2023 on November 9-10, building on its inception in 2017 at the Ulm University. Rooted in the ethos of sharing experiences and perspectives on emerging challenges, the conference has become a pivotal event in the academic calendar. The Quality Assurance Centre of the EUBA took the reins as the host, steering the international discourse toward ethical considerations in teaching and research and the transformative impact of AI on higher education.