Between July 9 and August 3, 2018 the University of Economics in Bratislava organized already 14th internationally recognized summer school for Mexican students from the partner university Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico. The program of the summer school has been launched by Mr Boris Mattoš, vice-rector for international relations, who also welcomed the students at UEBA.
Twenty-two students from the EU, Switzerland, Russia, China and Turkey participated on the 31st summer school organized by the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) in Bratislava. ERSA is the largest academic organization which gathers together researchers and lecturers in the field of regional science, regional economics and politics. As Mr. Štefan Rehák, the organizer of the event said for the SITA news agency today, the ERSA Summer School takes place every year at a different European university. The University of Economics in Bratislava hosted the event for the second time. The event was organized by the UEBA’s Department of Public Administration and Regional Development. During the programme, students met with experts from prestigious European universities and institutions. The summer school was supported by the Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia.
The Commission of independent international researchers announced winning publications for the 2017 EU in Bratislava Award for best publication. In the category, university textbook Michal Páleš, PhD. was awarded for his Language R in Actuarial Analyzes by ECONOM publishing house. The team of authors, led by Zuzana Brokešová, PhD. receives prize in the category articles in domestic and international journals for the article Comparing a Risky Choice in the Field and across Lab Procedures published in the Journal of Economic Psychology. The award ceremony will be held during the opening ceremony of new academic year 2018/2019.
UEBA ranked among the Slovak universities that were evaluated in the U-Multirank project in 2018. The project offers multidimensional and user-oriented approach to the international assessment of higher education institutions.
