1. ARRIVAL: You should arrive at least one week before the beginning of the semester. Orientation Week will take place before the beginning of the semester where you will have a chance to meet your teachers and schoolmates. ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2. ACCOMMODATION: We offer you affordable accommodation at one of our dormitories since it is quite difficult to find a rented room or apartment in Nitra recently. Please let us know about the exact dates of your arrival and departure as soon as possible so that we can reserve it in time and while the rooms are still available.
3. DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE SENT TO US BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL:
a) UIS registration form
b) Application for accommodation
c) Arrival form
d) Notice of the Stay
4. AFTER YOUR ARRIVAL: Once you arrive, please let us know that you are already here at imrd@uniag.sk . Our office (Centre of International Programmes) is at Farská 24.
5. REGISTRATION AT SUA: Please visit the International Relations Office located in the main university building: Tr. Andreja Hlinku 2, pavilon AE, 3rd floor, room 304.
You will need:
a) Passport (non-EU citizens) or national ID (EU citizens)
b) Copy of entry visa (non-EU citizens if applicable)
c) Copy of health insurance valid in Slovak Republic during the ENTIRE period of your stay
d) Passport size picture in ELECTRONIC form for the students card
e) 13 EUR deposit for student card
f) 10 EUR per semester for internet connection
Student card:
a) Pay the deposit (13 EUR) at pavilon AE, 1st floor, room 105 to Ms Lucia Candráková (Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 11:00)
b) Take your receipt and photo (in electronic form) and go to the 4th floor, room 408 to Ms Gabriela Hvizdová (Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 15:30) where your card will be made.
c) NOTE: Keep your receipt, because at the end of your stay, you can return your card (you will need the receipt as well) and you will receive your deposit back at the same place where you will pay for your card (pavilon AE, 1st floor, room 105 to Ms Lucia Candráková (Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 11:00) ).
d) Activation: the card will become active the next day and credit for meals (if you wish to get your meals at SUA canteens) can be uploaded to it at the Cash Desk Office: Tr. Andreja Hlinku 38 (at the reception turn left and the cash desk office will be on your left side, behind the glass door).
WIFI connection at the dormitory:
a) Network: EDUROAM
b) You can use Login and Password that you have from your university for EDUROAM network or username obtained from the International Relations Office after registration into our University Information System (UIS).
c) IT support: Marek Urban or Ing. Ľuboš Határ , pavilon AE (main building), 1st floor, on your right at the end of the corridor.
d) Please note that the wifi connection might not cover all of the rooms and therefore it is better to bring a cable.
Connection via cable at the dormitory:
a) Pay the fee 10 EUR at pavilon AE, 1st floor, room 105 to Ms. Lucia Candráková (Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 11:00)
b) Bring the receipt of the payment to the IT office: pavilon AS (building of the Faculty of Economics and Management), left wing, 3rd floor, room 316 to Karol Kania or Mr. Ján Fráter.
6. REGISTRATION WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN NITRA
a) In case you are staying at the SUA dormitory, reporting your residence at the foreigners police is not necessary, since the dormitory will do it for you automatically.
b) In case of accommodation outside the university dormitories, EU citizens must report within 10 days after arrival to SR, non-EU citizens must report within 3 days after arrival to Slovakia at the local Foreigners Police Office (Oddeleie cudzineckej polície), Kalvárska 2.
Office hours:
Monday: 7:30 – 12:00 ... 13:00 – 15:00
Wednesday 7:30 – 12:00 ... 13:00 – 16:30
Friday 7:30 – 12:00
For stays exceeding 90 days, non-EU citizens must apply for Temporary Residence Permit.
7. RECOMMENDATION FOR NON-EU STUDENTS: In order to avoid lengthy and costly procedures at the foreigners police, we recommend to our NON-EU students who have temporary residence in Ghent or other EU partner countries to reduce their stay to the maximum of 90 days (including arrival and departure), because otherwise it is necessary to ask for temporary residence permit at the foreigners police. If you decide to stay longer, we will of course assist you. However, it is necessary to inform us about this as soon as possible, because some of the required documents might be very complicated to obtain (e.g. document proving a clear criminal record- note that you might and probably will be asked for this document from both your home country and the EU country that you currently reside in). You can find more information here: https://www.mic.iom.sk/en/residence/temporary-residence.html and here https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/consular_info/residence_of_foreigners_in_territory_of_slovakia .
8. COURSE REGISTRATION (UIS SYSTEM):
a) Please download and fill in the Exam Record form- HERE
b) Send the filled in Exam Record to imrd@uniag.sk until the end of FEBRUARY for the Summer Semester and end of OCTOBER for the Winter Semester. Please KEEP the original Exam Record document- you will need it later.
9. ERASMUS BUDDY AND LOCAL ERASMUS STUDENT NETWORK:
The local Erasmus Student Network (ESN) will be notified about your arrival and they will assign your own „Erasmus buddy“ to you. Erasmus buddy is a local student who can help you with the process of registration, better immersion into student life at SUA. The ESN also organizes trips and fun activities during the semester. The level and frequency of interaction with your Erasmus buddy or the local ESN are entirely up to you.
10. PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
For more practical information, please refer to: http://www.uniag.sk/en/practical-information-for-exchange-students/
11. DEPARTURE:
a) Exam Record form: get all the grades (including the dates when they were awarded) and signatures from your teachers and bring it to us at the Centre of International Programmes at Farská 24.
b) Accomodation- check out: you need to check out from the dormitory one day before or on the day of your departure. Ask for the „check- out form“ (odhlasovací lístok) at the reception. Then find the cleaning lady to check your room and sign the paper, then check the payments with Ms Jaroslava Uharčeková (or other representative) who will also sign the paper. Please scan it and send it to imrd@uniag.sk . You will need to present the check out form at the dormitory reception upon your departure.
IMPORTANT: while you can arrive on week-ends or during the public holidays it is not possible to check out during those days.