The aim of the BUDDY programme is to encourage students to feel comfortable at university and to have easier access to university information and services.

Who is BUDDY?

BUDDIES are UEBA student volunteers who provide support and assistance to students in adapting to the university environment and promoting mental health.

What can a BUDDY help you with?

BUDDYs can help you with the following issues:

• Provide you with information about studying and put you in touch with various university sources of help,
• support you during challenging periods related to school (e.g. exam period, credits, reduced motivation to learn...),
• provide you with information about important university structures,
  help you to navigate the University's information resources (web, social networks,...) and its premises,
• and much more.

How to get BUDDY?

If you are interested in getting a BUDDY, fill out the following application: https://forms.office.com/e/bJPbwyZVzG

An assigned BUDDY (possibly from your faculty) will get back to you by email within a few days.

How to become a BUDDY?

In order to make the BUDDY program at FAJ EU Bratislava functional, we need a strong team of BUDDIES. Feel free to fill out the following application: https://forms.office.com/e/cyB78V59qe

Contact person:   

doc. Mgr. Ing. Katarína Seresová, PhD., email: katarina.seresova@euba.sk

Organisational structure and sources of Buddys support

‘We are working to ensure that equal opportunities mean equal chances for all!’

• individual counselling for applicants/students with specific needs;
• individual pre-entry counselling for students with visual and hearing impairments (personal consultation in sign language);
• individual technical support in the AiS system;
• counselling on individual timetables for fulfilling study obligations;
• individual tuition in selected subjects for students with sensory impairments;
• support in the providing of study literature, lecture handouts and assignments from exercises;
• assistance with audio recordings of lectures and seminars;
• transcription of lectures and seminars;
• scanning and copying of notes and teaching texts;
• processing of literature into accessible form;
• conversion of teaching texts into audio form;
• loan of aids and assistive technology (dictaphone, magnifying glass, communication system);
• extended loan time for professional literature in the Slovak Economic Library (SEL);
• interpretation into Slovak sign language;
• transport service for students with reduced mobility;
• priority accommodation in barrier-free areas of the student dormitory for students with reduced mobility;
• reserved parking space at the barrier-free entrance;
• priority enrolment for selected lectures, exercises and examinations;
• adjustment of the designated tuition fee in case of extra length of study;
• dedicated study space equipped with IT technology and assistive technologies.

Obtaining the status of a student with specific needs

Once you have enrolled in your first or upper year, you have the right to apply for special needs status at the beginning of the academic year or during the academic year (at the latest before the start of the exam period).

The first step is to make personal contact with the faculty coordinator of the relevant EU faculty. The coordinator will guide you in applying for a specific needs assessment and in being granted reasonable adjustments and support services.

Together with the application, you will submit supporting documents, in particular, medical certificates and/or CPPS certificates, on the basis of which the coordinator will make a recommendation for the granting of the status of student with specific needs and address it to the Dean of the Faculty.

The decision of the Dean of the Faculty grants you the status of a student with specific needs and entitles you to reasonable accommodations and support services for one academic year. Reasonable accommodations and support services are set up so that their transformation into an accommodating form of study does not lower the academic standards of the program of study.

Health certificates

• Proof of disability (if you have a disability - a disability card)
• a medical certificate from a medical specialist
• certificate of learning disability

Important notices

• A student holding a disability card is not automatically classified as a student with specific needs.
• Specific needs status is granted and valid for one academic year.
• Support services and reasonable adjustments are set up so that the organisation of studies of students with specific needs corresponds to comparable conditions to those of regular students.
• The status of a student with special needs is not a tool to reduce the curriculum, but a support tool to create adequate conditions that take into account the student's disability. Reasonable adjustments and support services are provided in a way that does not lower the academic standards, requirements for the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences necessary for the qualification in the programme of study.
• Medical reports and health information are confidential. This information is handled exclusively by the Coordinator for Students with Special Needs.

Forms to download:

Žiadosť o úpravu formy a spôsobu vykonania prijímacej skúšky na štúdium na EU v Bratislave a súhlas s vyhodnotením špecifických potrieb [.docx]

Žiadosť o zaradenie do evidencie študentov so špecifickými potrebami a súhlas s vyhodnotením špecifických potrieb [.docx]

Potvrdenie o zdravotnom znevýhodnení [.docx]

Potvrdenie o poruchách učenia [.docx]

Žiadosť o primerané úpravy a podporné služby [.docx]

Záznamový hárok evidencie priebehu individuálneho harmonogramu plnenia študijných povinností [.docx]

Žiadosť o zapožičanie kompenzačných pomôcok k štúdiu študenta so špecifickými potrebami [.docx]

Dohoda o sprostredkovaní študijných materiálov [.docx]