Technical University of Košice

Technical University of Košice
Technická univerzita v Košiciach
Type Public
Established 1952
Rector Prof. Ing. Anton Čižmár, CSc
Administrative staff
 900 (educational) + 900 (site clerical)
Students 12,000 + 700 (postgraduate)
Address Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovak Republic, Europe, Košice, Slovakia
Nickname TUKE
Affiliations ERASMUS
Website www.tuke.sk

Technical University of Košice (Slovak: Technická univerzita v Košiciach) is the second largest university of technology in Slovakia.

University structure

Faculty of Aeronautics

The Faculty of Aeronautics was established on February 1, 2005 by Certificate of Incorporation of rector of Technical University of Kosice. Faculty of Aeronautics became the ninth faculty of university. The creation of the Faculty of Aeronautics was the result of the merger of previous Air Force Academy of General Milan Rastislav Stefanik and the Technical University of Kosice. Faculty of Aeronautics is institution with very long history in aviation and aerospace. It is continuing institution of previous Air Force Academy of General Milan Rastislav Stefanik, Military Aviation College and Military Aviation School, which all were predecessors of the present Faculty of Aeronautics. This faculty is now fully civilian aerospace institution.

Faculty offers wide range of possibilities in study and scientific research focused on aviation, aerospace and flight training. The study and research is guaranteed by many experts and specialists, many of which were before associated with both military Air Force and civilian aviation. The study program is guaranteed in Bachelor/Master/PhD. postgraduate technical areas in aerospace.

Scientific and educational departments

At present the Faculty of Aeronautics consists of these scientific and educational departments:

Space technologies and astronautics

Faculty has rich tradition in space technologies and astronautics. All former Czechoslovak and then Slovak astronauts were first trained in this institution (former Air Force Academy of General Milan Rastislav Stefanik). One of the main projects in space sector is a close co-operation in project of the first Slovak cubesat skCube. At present there is possibility to focus on study and research in various areas of space technologies, but these are mainly as part of the PhD doctoral program. One of the latest space technology projects is the dissertation of "Theoretical Concept of Satellite Navigation System for Mars", named as Mars GNSS FATIMA (from acronym Fix And TIme provisioning system for MArs). One of the main specializations in space technology is also the GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems.

Astronauts who studied here:

References

  1. ↑ ARRA (2013). "HODNOTENIE FAKÚLT VYSOKÝCH ŠKÔL 2012 Ranking fakúlt vysokých škôl v SR na základe porovnania ukazovateľov kvantity a kvality vzdelávania a výskumu Akademická rankingová a ratingová agentúra (ARRA) november 2012" (PDF). ARRA. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF file, direct download 1 MB) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014. HODNOTENIE FAKÚLT VYSOKÝCH ŠKÔL 2012 Ranking fakúlt vysokých škôl v SR na základe porovnania ukazovateľov kvantity a kvality vzdelávania a výskumu Akademická rankingová a ratingová agentúra (ARRA) november 2012

Coordinates: 48°43′53″N 21°14′41″E / 48.73139°N 21.24472°E / 48.73139; 21.24472

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