Not a common study program.

The main goal of the education in the study program Architectural Creation in its Bachelor degree (BA) is to provide a general basis and complex knowledge, skills, and competence in the field of architectural designing. Formulation of an architectural concept, design, and the project is realized alongside the study and creation of visual art and design, the study of mathematics and geometry in architecture, of construction and technical disciplines and materials, the latter ones being synthesized at the end of the study within this program in a complex architectural project. The Bachelor's degree provides the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for the creation of architectural and urban works based on particular courses in typology, space structuralization (geometrization and mathematization), contraction (building constructions, statics, and construction physics), visualization and representation (physical and digital), a materialization of work, including projects of urban and landscape environment. Architectural designing is realized in the preparatory course and afterward in particular architectural studios, according to their specializations. The studios are the center cores of the Bachelor study. The students acquire introductory and essential knowledge, skills, and abilities for architectural designing in the contexts of historically approved, established and up-to-date, and tested procedures of creation.

The education in architectural studios is realized in cooperation with other artistic, scientific and technological disciplines, with regard to a broader context and the autonomy of architectural creation. It leads to overcoming conventional standards and to the ability to formulate autonomous procedures, strategies, and programs in the Master's degree of study. The education in basic designing is supported by the cooperation of the studios, as well as by knowledge in other subjects focusing on philosophy, aesthetics, cultural history, theory of art, architecture, urbanism, and land art. 

The main learning outcomes

The Bachelor graduates can work as members of a creative group/studio and are able to design architectural and urban work, according to the demands of authorized design studios, companies, and consortiums and in accordance with the requirements of the Slovak Chamber of Architects (SCA). With the following work experience in designing and project coordination, and after successfully passing exams, they are capable of acquiring the authorization certificate issued by the SCA. The BA graduates are able to understand, critically analyze, evaluate and interpret the contents of art, design, architectural and urban work (text, object, or a collection of objects), including the problems that might result from them.

The BA graduates are able to formulate, analyze, interpret and present their works in their mother language and in the English language. Thanks to their abilities in designing, presentation and coordination, they have the potential to work in the domestic or international environment, particularly in architecture and urbanism. They are able to critically evaluate and further develop their abilities and skills in the second or third degree of study and in life-long education.

The BA graduates are able to interact culturally and socially. They are able to pursue individual and teamwork and take responsibility for their individual part and the overall outcome of the project task. During their study, they acquire a basis to understand, respect, and support diversity, otherness, and the unique merit of people across cultures and societies.

The Bachelor graduates (BA) of Architectural Creation (AC) are able to create designs and realize projects individually or in a team, in all their fields (artistic, technical, and technological) and stages (from preparatory to a complex project). The graduates are further able to critically reevaluate traditional interpretations of history, theory, and design, as well as to interpret their own work in the domestic or international context.

The Bachelor study course prepares the students for further higher education at home or abroad. It allows them to develop basic standard and experimental analog or digital visualization, modeling, and designing procedures and tools.

The graduates are qualified for work in a broad artistic, architectural-urban and cultural practice, in private or public institutions, or in Civil Service. They can work in inter- or transdisciplinary teams (overlapping with the fields of design, visual arts, video, photography, film, scenography, etc.). Further, they can work in the field of exhibition architecture (gallery, museum, Kunsthalle), as professionals in the services of a municipality (in the field of architecture, territorial development, landscape development, monuments preservation, and nature protection).

AFAD has prepared a system structure to communicate and monitor the data and assessment reports about the graduates’ employment perspectives:

- A survey for the graduates (job in the studied specialization, field, form). The survey is prepared and monitored by the Academic Senate AFAD. Further, there has been The Support and Counseling Center for Students AFAD.

- The Visibility Monitoring (architectural and urban competitions, prizes, professional press, and other media, exhibitions, citations, architectural and public media of graduates and students). (Monitored by The Office for Quality)

- Statistics from the Labor Office. (Monitored by The Office for Quality)

- Information and assessments from relevant institutions and external experts (the list of relevant institutions and external experts is gradually broadening: Slovak Chamber of Architects, Slovak Architects Association, Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic, Slovak National Gallery, Kunsthalle, city and regional galleries, and other cultural institutions, local municipalities, educational institutions – Faculty of Architecture and Design of Slovak Technical University, Secondary School of Design in Bratislava (SŠUP), Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM), Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (AVU), Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology, Brno, architectural offices in Slovakia, for example, Gufgut, Plural, Totalstudio, GFI, and abroad Zaha Hadid Architects London) (Monitored by The Office of Quality)

Successful graduates:

Imro Vaško: professor at UMPRUM, architect, awarded Martin Kusý Award (https://www.umprum.cz/web/cs/architektura/architektura-iii/prof-ak-arch-imrich-vasko-50),

Igor Marko: architect Marko & Placemakers (http://markoandplacemakers.com/),

Šimon Šicko: co-founder of Pixel Federation (https://portal.pixelfederation.com/sk/),

Vít Halada,architect in the studio N/A and docent at Department of Architectural Creation AFAD, awardee of CeZaAr, Dušan Jurkovič Prize (http://www.nla.sk/),

Dana Čupková, a docent at Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, co-founder and director of EPIPHYTE Lab (https://soa.cmu.edu/dana-cupkova),

Michal Šištík, architect, founder of ae7 Bratislava Office (https://ae7.com/leadership/michal-sistik/ ),

Adriana Španielová, finalist of the international prize Archprix 2015, architect at ae7 Bratislava Office,

Aleš Šedivec and Tomáš Tokarčík, architects in totalstudio, awardees of CeZaAr (https://www.totalstudio.eu/), 

Ján Ťupek, architect and creative director in the architectural office GFI,  (https://www.gfi.sk/custom/about/?listTeam-partner_id=270&do=listTeam-more)

Martin Uhrík, architect and docent at the Faculty of Architecture and Design of Slovak Technical University (https://www.fa.stuba.sk/va-datalab/ludia.html?page_id=7210 ),

Richard Kilo, architect in the studio Kilo Honč, awardee of CeZaAr (https://www.kilohonc.com/), Peter Buš (architect, pedagogue at Kent School of Architecture and Planning, (https://www.kent.ac.uk/architecture-planning/people/1072/bu%C5%A1-peter ), 

Martin Gsandtner, senior architect in Zaha Hadid Architects London (https://www.zaha-hadid.com/),

Danica Pišteková, architect and head of studio at the Department of Architectural Creation AFAD, architect in the WOVEN studio (www.woven.sk),

Katarína Máčková, Maroš Greš (MIB Bratislava) (https://mib.sk/organizacna-struktura/architektonicke-sutaze/) ,

Kristína Gumulák Rypáková, pedagogue at the Department of Architectural Creation AFAD, architect in the sam-architects studio (https://sam-architects.at/team/), 

Nikola Beim, architect and designer in the startup birdkids, awarded the National Design Award 2021 (https://www.birdkids.io/),

Tomáš Labanc, architect in Labancstudio (https://www.labanc.studio/about),

Peter Malaga, architect in UN Studio Hongkong (https://www.unstudio.com/en/page/10101/peter-malaga ),

Martin Varga and Martin Kvitkovský (architect in “ô” architekti, awardees of CeZaAr (https://oatelier.sk/),

Martin Zaiček, Andrea Dillhoffová, employees of the Slovak Chamber of Architects, (www.komarch.sk) 

To fulfill the condition of a regulated profession, it is required that a BA graduate also completes the MA degree. Almost 100% of BA graduates continue in the MA degree of study at AFAD or at other universities with architectural specialization. Without the MA degree, they will not be allowed to pursue the profession of an architect. That is why no feedback from employees is relevant in the case of BA graduates. One of the members of the Accreditation Board is the director of one of the Slovak Chamber of Architects offices. She will evaluate the quality of the study program.

The study plan of the study program is prepared by the main appointed pedagogue of the study program Architectural Creation and is based on the common meetings with other appointed pedagogues of the particular study program and the rest of the pedagogues involved in the education of the particular study program. Representatives of students from the particular study program are also involved in the discussion. They communicate students' suggestions for the study plan. The meetings also focus on the opinions of students collected in surveys of AFAD, referring to the BA study plan of Architectural Creation.

The concept of the study plan is eventually presented by the main appointed pedagogue of the Architectural Creation to be evaluated by the Program Board AFAD, preceded by the pro-rector for the study. Among the members of the Program Board AFAD there is also a representative of the student section of the academia and an external specialist in architecture.

The main appointed pedagogue of the study program considers remarks and suggestions of the Program Board and eventually he/she passes the study plan within the overall description of the study program to further processes of the study program evaluation within the internal system of educational quality assurance at AFAD (detail information in the Internal evaluation report AFAD).

In the study program Architectural Creation, the profile courses have a specific character in the context of the art study, particularly in the case of education in studios. The education in studios is the most important segment of the study program, due to its content, the character of procedures, the complexity of outcomes, and time requirements. Among the compulsory specialized subjects of the study program, there are the key courses from the exact sciences and constructional courses (Mathematics and Geometry in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Constructions and Materials), as well as the complex history-based course Visual Arts in the Cultural Context that prepares students in the area of art history, architecture, philosophy, aesthetics, and culture. The history-based courses are concluded with an examination by an examination board after the 4th semester. The follow-up theoretical and interpretational courses Problems of Visual Media (Architecture) and Picture Analysis (Architecture) and Studio course belong to the compulsory basis of the BA study in the study program Architectural Creation. The successful completion of Architectural Creation concludes with the defense of a BA project (a complex project and civil engineering). The successful completion of the subjects Problems of Visual Media (Architecture) and Picture Analysis (Architecture) concludes with the common state exam after the 8th semester. Detailed information is in the table below: Study Plan.

Further compulsory courses in architecture develop skills of classical drawing specialized in architecture and design (Drawing-Design and Architecture), digital skills oriented to architectural designing (Basics of Digital Drawing for Architects, Basis of Digital Modeling-Rhino), and last but not least important knowledge in the relationship between architecture and urbanism (Urbanism - projects for a city).

At the beginning of their study (1st grade), the students attend the compulsory course (Introduction to the Study) that offers information, orientation, and knowledge from all study programs of the BA studies at AFAD. The goal is to develop relationships among study programs and interest in the overlaps of media in the course of study. The compulsory theoretical course Problem of Slovak Visual Art contributes to the complex knowledge in the field of visual art in Slovakia.

The study program Architectural Creation is completed by a group of compulsorily optional courses, divided into specialized practical ones (Drawing-Design and Architecture, Digital Depiction, Modelling and Designing, Digital Fabrication/Robotic Lab/CAM, Creative Programming, Creation of Games and Interactive Environments) and specialized theoretical courses (Foreign Language, English Conversation - 1st Grade, Psychological-Philosophical Exploration of Presence, Reading, writing and Argumentation, Religion and Art, Philosophy of Culture, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Phenomenological Aesthetics). These courses offer the basis of specialization in required skills and knowledge, and at the same time, they deepen the interdisciplinarity of the program Architectural Creation at the art school.

Additional group to the compulsory basis and the compulsory optional courses is represented by optional courses (Basics of Computer Modeling, Modeling in MAYA Program, Digital Image Processing (Photoshop), Vector Graphics (Illustrator), Layout Basics (InDesign), Photography Basics I, II, Screenprinting on Fabric, Painting Basics/ Color Theory, Marketing for Artists, Graphic Space and Object, Bioart and Nature Art, Dramaturgy of Visual Art Material, Basics of Design, Models Constructions Technologies, Painting and Decoration Techniques in Glass Processes, TECHNO-logy, Video clip and Postproduction, Design and Construct - 1st Grade, Introduction to the Chinese Culture and Language – 2nd Grade). These courses offer basic knowledge and skills in the study and in reflection of other media from other study programs at AFAD.

The optional courses are broadened by additional ones (Specialized Workshop - 1st Grade, Specialized Excursion - Biennale Venice - 1st Grade, Specialized Excursion - 1st Grade, Short-term Educational Course - 1st Grade). In the forms of workshops, courses, excursions, or short-term education, they dynamically react to current issues by inviting renowned professionals or through the internationalization of the school in cooperation with foreign pedagogues and professionals. Here also belongs the course Supplementary Internship - 1st Grade that allows the opportunity to practice in an external environment of a broader spectrum of architectural, urban, design, and cultural professions.  

The specificity of the learning process in this study program is an external traineeship (Traineeship - 1st Grade) that can take place in architectural, urban, or design studios and companies. The traineeship is intensive during the whole semester and the main intention is a creative process. As such it can be accepted as a supplement to studio education. More information is on AFAD website.

More on organizational rules:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/pracovne-staze/?v=8X0Q4WO0

The students are encouraged to international mobility in the form of a study internship at foreign partner schools where they are confronted with educational approaches and gain experience in a different cultural and geographical environment. They set their artistic and architectural outcomes in an international context and they get an opportunity to become part of the international artistic, cultural and architectural-urbanistic world and networks.

Within a broader learning process, BA students are integrated into ongoing architectural and urbanistic research projects at the Department of Architectural Creation AFAD, in the form of studio assignments or through exhibitions, publications, or other presentations (grant scheme KEGA - Cultural and Educational Grant Agency Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic), further through international presentations of art-research and architectural activities (mainly FPU - Slovak Arts Council, Tatra Banka Foundation, etc.)

More on organizational rules:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/mobilita-studentov/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/vyskum-a-granty/?v=VOP0l4OQ

The decisive evaluation tool of learning results is the periodical semestral evaluation by a committee (the members of the committee are pedagogues of the study program Architectural Creation, also pedagogues of the Department of Theory and History of Art, and external experts). This evaluation also includes a compulsory presentation of a student´s results from the Studio Course and a defense of the realization process and the outcome. This is followed by a discussion of the committee, present students, and external experts. The process is concluded by the evaluation of the committee and verification by the school committee consisting of the members of the Pedagogical Board AFAD. The results of the students´ semestral works combine the partial results of profile course Studio with the results of other specialized and theoretical courses in a particular semester, or even in a previous semester of a particular study program. The results of the semestral evaluations are discussed and analyzed with the AFAD management at the meetings for the Pedagogical Board AFAD where there are critically reflected and evaluated the results of the educational process. The students´ results of the education are eventually publicly presented (the school exhibition in all AFAD buildings, other galleries and exhibition spaces, online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or AFAD Facebook, Instagram, or website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/ and the department´s social media https://sk-sk.facebook.com/KATVSVU/. It creates a space for a broader critical discussion with the external environment about the results of education.

-  individual parts of the study program (modules, courses, and other relevant school and extracurricular activities, if they contribute to the achievement of the required learning outcomes and allow to obtain credits) in the structure of compulsory, compulsory optional, and optional courses,

in the table of the study plan; https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

The students of the study program Architectural Creation follow first the Preparatory Course and then continue in one of the four permanent studios (or in a Lab: Studio of Guest Professor - 1st Grade, if open in a particular semester). They acquire skills, experience, and competencies in designing, visualization, and modeling their own projects, in accordance with the focus of a studio and a student him/herself. The students can choose a studio according to their own preference, they can migrate among the studios or stay studying in one long term. A student can choose his/her own combination and sequencing of studio programs. A student can realize the BA thesis, a complex project in a studio according to his/her own choice, in accordance with requirements. The selection process:

-    profile courses of the relevant study path (specialization) marked in the study program:

in the table of the study plan; https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    for each learning part/course - defying the learning outcomes, related criteria, and rules of their assessment so that the learning objectives of the study program are met (they can be stated only in the Course information sheets, in the Learning outcomes section, and in the Course completion requirements):

in the table of the study plan and in ILP in AIS;

     https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    prerequisites, co-requisites and recommendations for the design of the study plan:

in the table of the study plan and in ILP in AIS;

     https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    for each learning part of the study - defined plan/course the applied educational activities (lecture, seminar, exercise, final work, project work, laboratory work, internship, excursion, field practice, professional practice, state exam, etc. or their combinations) suitable for achieving learning outcomes,

in the table of the study plan and in ILP in AIS;

     https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    methods by which the educational activity is delivered – present, distant, combined (in accordance with the Course information sheets):

in ILP in AIS;

-    outline/syllabus of the course:

in ILP in AIS;

-    student workload ("extent" of individual courses and educational activities separately):

in ILP in AIS;

-    credits allocated to each part based on the learning outcomes achieved and the workload involved:

in the table of the study plan and in ILP in AIS;

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    the person responsible for the course (or a partner organization/person ) with an indication of the contact details:

in the table of the study plan and in ILP in AIS;

     https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    course teachers (or participating partner organizations/persons) (may also be mentioned in Course information sheets):

in the table of the study plan and in ILP in AIS;

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

-    places where the courses are taught (if the study program is delivered at several workplaces):

All the profile, specialized, and theoretical courses take place in the AFAD building at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, or online via MS Teams. In the case of courses provided by other departments, they take place in the AFAD building at Drotárska cesta 44 or at Koceľová 23.

Detail structure of credits for individual parts of the study is in the table of the study plan below.

–  number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies is 191 credits (ECTS).

– the number of credits for compulsory optional courses and the number of credits for optional courses required for the proper completion of studies is a minimum of 59 credits (ECTS).

To acquire a sufficient number of credits during his/her study, a student chooses compulsory optional courses that need to be followed during at least seven semesters.

–  number of credits required for proper completion of studies is a minimum of 240 credits (ECTS) during the entire BA study, including the credits for the BA thesis defense and the state examination of 10 credits (ECTS)

– the number of credits for the final thesis  (course: BA Thesis. Complex ProjeCt (consultations, realization)) 10 credits (ECTS) and for the defense of the final thesis 4 credits (ECTS) for the proper completion of studies.

– the number of credits required for proper completion of studies for design and artistic performances in addition to the final thesis in the art study program Architectural Creation (course Studio Course) 70 credits (ECTS).

The rules for verification of learning outcomes:

The decisive verification tool of learning results is the periodical semestral evaluation by a committee (the members of the committee are pedagogues of the study program Architectural Creation, also pedagogues of the Department of Theory and History of Art, and external experts). This evaluation also includes a compulsory presentation of a student´s results from the Studio Course and a defense of the realization process and the outcome. This is followed by a discussion of the committee, present students, and external experts. The process is concluded by the evaluation of the committee and verification by the school committee consisting of the members of the Pedagogical Board AFAD.

The school committee is proceeded by the vice-rector for study and students are excluded from it. Each head of the Studio presents semestral assignments, the process of education, and the results of students´ works. He/She characterizes and emphasizes remarkable students´ results and notes the poor students´ results, introducing individual evaluations by the committee (from A to FX). This is followed by a debate. The results of the students´ semestral works in Studio Course combine the partial results of the profile course Studio with the results of other specialized and theoretical courses in a particular semester, or even in a previous semester of the study program Architectural Creation. The students´ results of the earning process are eventually publicly presented (the school exhibition in all AFAD buildings, other galleries and exhibition spaces, online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or AFAD Facebook, Instagram, or website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/ and the department´s social media https://sk-sk.facebook.com/KATVSVU/.

The students' assessment and the possibilities of appealing against the assessment:

1. The assessment of students´ results within the study course is mainly realized:

a) in the form of a continuous monitoring of students´ results in individual courses during a particular part of the study (progress stages, partial assignments, participation in workshops, thematic workshops, written tests, individual assignments, semestral works, presentations in seminars, etc.), detailed specifications are in ILP in AIS (information sheets to courses),

b) in the form of examination after a particular period, in the case of historiographical courses (Visual Arts in Cultural Context I - IV) it is an examination by the examination committee, with at least three pedagogues in the committee.

1.    Evaluation by grades is classified according to the classification scale regulated by the decree nr. 614/2002 Z. z. with six classification grades on the scale:

A - excellent (excellent results) = 1

B - very good (above-average results) = 1,5

C - good (average results) = 2

D - satisfactory (acceptable results) = 2,5

E - sufficient (results fulfill minimum criteria) = 3

FX - insufficient (further work required) = 4

2.   Within the study program Architectural Creation, there are the following optional courses Supplementary Traineeship - 1st Grade, Specialized Workshop, Specialized Excursion, and Short-term Course evaluated as absolved/failed.

3. The student evaluated with the grade FX in specialized, practical, and theoretical courses is eligible for two retakes, providing he/she has fulfilled the requirements of the evaluations so far. The student evaluated with FX in the Studio Creation (including the Preparatory Course in Architecture) and the BA thesis (consultations, realization) and has fulfilled the requirements of the evaluation so far, is eligible for one retake. If a student needs to repeat any course, including the Studio Course (including the Preparatory Course in Architecture) and BA thesis (consultations, realization), he/she is eligible for one retake.

A student can appeal to other universities for acceptance of the courses absolved in the study program architecture and urbanism or related programs nostrificated by the Slovak Chamber of Architects. The courses absolved at other universities are accepted at AFAD on the basis of a summary of a student's study results, prepared by a particular university. At the same time, the appeal must be submitted on the official form issued by AFAD (detailed instructions can be found in the form Appeal for Courses Acceptance). The acceptance of courses is possible within 5 years after their completion and it is decided by a pedagogue or the main pedagogue of the study program Architectural Creation managing the education process, on the basis of the summary of a student's study results or comparison of ILP or other forms of a course description. On the basis of the suggestion of the main pedagogue of the study program Architectural Creation, absolved courses are accepted by the vice-rector for study. The summary of a student's study results and the decision about acceptance of the courses becomes a part of the personal study documentation of each student of AFAD.

The themes of the final thesis: Bachelor´s Thesis: Complex Project are formulated individually for each student by a BA thesis supervisor. They are approved by the main pedagogue of the study program in AIS (Academic Information System). The detailed description of the thesis defense and evaluation in the study program Architectural Creation is described in part d) of this document.

– procedures and possibilities of mobilities for students are published on the AFAD website

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/mobilita-studentov/studijne-pobyty-pre-studentov/?v=8X0Q4WO0 

– the rules of academic ethics and the consequences for not adhering to them are summarized in the Codex of Ethics AFAD and in the Disciplinary Order for Students AFAD, and are published on the AFAD website: Codex of Ethics AFAD: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex/ 

Disciplinary order for students AFAD:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf 

– procedures applicable to students with special needs are summarized in the Internal Regulation 3/2020, the rector´s directive to ensure a generally accessible environment for students with special needs

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/studenti-so-specifickymi-potrebami/?v=8X0Q4WO0, it includes:

– an application form for modification of a form and procedure of the entrance exam with regard to his/her special needs,

– an application form to be listed among students with specific needs and agreement with the examination of specific needs.

AFAD notifies a student via its website (requirements and instructions for the admission procedure) about the possibility to apply. Each case is considered individually and the applicant is notified prior to the admission procedure via his/her email provided in his/her application form. The information about the applications is communicated via the AFAD website and the AFAD Support and Counseling Center (https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/5XDjmj7j/podporne-a-poradenske-centrum-pre-studentov-vsvu-v-bratislave/). Consequently, the application will be approved by the coordinator for students with special needs and vice-rector for study. After the application is approved, the student receives the confirmation and is consulted about his/her individual options for access to the educational process. The pedagogues of the study program Architectural Creation will be informed as well. In the case of special needs that are not supported by AFAD, the academy ensures the improvement of the conditions.

– procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.

Students can submit various suggestions and appeals in writing, by post, email, or via physically designated boxes in the school buildings:

– via the AFAD Support and Counseling Center that passes their suggestion, according to the character, to the Ethics Commission AFAD, or the Commission for Study Issues by the Academic Senate, AFAD, or to the vice-rector for study

– through the study referee who passes the suggestion to the vice-rector for the study,

– directly to the members (pedagogies, students representatives) of the Commission for Study Issues by the Academic Senate, AFAD who decide about the procedure, according to the character of the suggestion,

– directly to the members of the Ethics Commission AFAD who decide about the procedure, according to the character of the suggestion. In some cases, a common solution by all mentioned institutions or their representatives is possible.

STUDY PLAN

Study program: Architectural Creation

Filed of Study: Art

Degree of Study: 1.

Form of Study: daily

Standard Length of Study: 4 years

Academic Title: Bc. (BA)

Language: the primary program language is Slovak, partially English. Detailed information about languages is in ILP of the courses

Number of classes per week/ form of education AT – Studio Course, P – lecture, S – seminar, C – practice, ŠS – state examination, PS – traineeship, E – excursion, BV – lectures in blocks

A separate attachment is in pdf and in AIS.

A current academic year plan is prepared by the AFAD rector after consultations with vice-rectors and is published before 30 June of a current calendar year (the Study Plan AFAD, Article 7 (5).

The academic calendar is published on the AFAD website, in the study guide - BEDEKER, and in AIS (Academic Information System). Students are informed about the academic calendar and a current schedule, and about their updates, via emails, Instagram, and Facebook.

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/P7kgK675/

https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/

https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad

The person responsible for the realization, development, and quality of the study program: Architectural Creation and the main pedagogue of the profile course: Studio

Hájek, Petr, prof. Ing. Mgr., akad. arch.

Position: professor, head of the department

Profile course specialization Ateliér Virtuálne štúdio

E-mail address: hajek@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18214

List of persons responsible for the profile course: Studio of the study program: Architectural Creation

Halada, Vít, doc. Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: associate professor, head of the studio

Profile course specialization Ateliér architektúry II

E-mail address: halada@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11742

Studený, Ján, doc. Ing. akad. arch. Mgr. PhD.

Position: associate professor, head of the studio

Profile course specialization Ateliér architektúry III A3

E-mail address: studeny@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11818

Pišteková, Danica, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: functional position of associate professor, head of the studio

Profile course specialization Ateliér Architextúry: telo a priestor

E-mail address: pistekova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/29125

List of persons responsible for the profile course: Preparatory Course in Architecture of the study program: Architectural Creation

Mitášová, Monika, prof. Ing. arch., PhD.

Position: professor

Profile course specialization - a permanent reviewer of studio creation

E-mail address: mitasova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15913

Additional list of persons responsible for the profile course: Preparatory Course in Architecture of the study program: Architectural Creation

Holocsy, Zoltán, Ing. arch., PhD.

Position: lecturer

E-mail address: holocsy@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11745

A separate attachment in PDF.

List of teachers of the study program, see the table of the study program above (4., c)

Hájek, Petr, prof. Ing. Mgr. akad. arch.

E-mail address: hajek@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18214

Halada, Vít, doc. Mgr. art., ArtD.

E-mail address: halada@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11742

Studený, Ján, doc. Ing. akad. arch. Mgr. PhD.

E-mail address: studeny@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11818

Pišteková, Danica, Mgr. art., ArtD.

E-mail address: pistekova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/29125

Brádňanský, Benjamín, Ing. arch.

E-mail address: bradnansky@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/14668

Kolláthová, Júlia, Mgr. art., ArtD.

E-mail address: kollathova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/22912

Tholt, Tomáš, Ing. arch., PhD.

E-mail address: tholt@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

no entry

Gumulák Rypáková, Kristína, Mag. arch., ArtD.

E-mail address: rypakova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20461

Olejňák, Patrik, Mgr. art.

E-mail address: olejňak@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/34116

Shawkat, Sabah, doc., Ing., PhD.

E-mail address: shawkat@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11770

Schlesinger, Richard, Ing., Mgr. art., PhD.

E-mail address: schlesinger@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25639

Holocsy, Zoltán, Ing. arch., PhD.

E-mail address: holocsy@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11745

Fekete, Ján, doc., akad. mal.

E-mail address: fekete@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18211

Mészárosová, Katarína, RNDr., PhD. - externistka

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/12637

Králik, Juraj, Ing., PhD. - external

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/12754?do=filterForm-submit&surname=Kr%C3%A1lik&university=706000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5

Budiaková, Mária, doc., Ing., PhD. - external

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11837

Dlhý, Dušan, Ing., PhD. - external

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/12663

Eva Jankovichová, doc. Ing., PhD. - external

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11839

Zervan, Marián, prof. PhDr., PhD.

E-mail address: zervan@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8608

Mitášová, Monika, prof. Ing. arch., PhD.

E-mail address: mitasova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15913

Hodásová, Barbara, Mgr., Mgr. art., PhD.

E-mail address: hodasova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8797

Lacko, Norbert, Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: lacko@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11760

Tkáčik, Ladislav, doc., Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: tkacik@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8606

Jablonská, Beata, Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: jablonska@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11786

Kančevová, Naďa, Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: kancevova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25380

Grúň, Daniel, doc., Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: grun@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11741

Kralovič, Ján, Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: kralovic@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25964

Dobrovičová, Monika, PaedDr., Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: dobrovicova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5084

Šarkan, Martin, Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: sarkan@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8746

Kolesár, Zdenko, prof., PhDr., PhD.

E-mail address: kolesar@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11754

Čarný, Ladislav, prof., akad. mal.

E-mail address: carny@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11718

Máčaj, Peter, Mgr., PhD.

E-mail address: macaj@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11858

In the study program Architectural Creation, the topics of final theses are formulated individually for each student by the heads of studios:

Hájek, Petr, prof. Ing. Mgr., akad. arch.

E-mail address: hajek@vsvu.sk

Halada, Vít, doc. Mgr. art., ArtD.

E-mail address: halada@vsvu.sk

Studený, Ján, doc. Ing. akad. arch. Mgr. PhD.

E-mail address: studeny@vsvu.sk

Pišteková, Danica, Mgr. art., ArtD. - funkctional position of docent

E-mail address: pistekova@vsvu.sk

Reference to the research/art/teacher profiles of the supervisors of final theses are published in AIS and will be available on demand of referees.

Lukáš Mráz, Bc.

E-mail address: lukas.mraz@student.vsvu.sk

Lea Englartová 

E-mail address: lea.englartova@student.vsvu.sk

Pišteková, Danica, Mgr. art., ArtD.

study advisor

E-mail address: pistekova@vsvu.sk

Halada, Vít, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.

study advisor

E-mail address: halada@vsvu.sk

Consultations by an individual appointment via email.

Tatarková, Mária, Ing.

study officer and accommodation coordinator

E-mail address: tatarkova@vsvu.sk

Kozáková, Sylvia, Ing.

AIS administrator

E-mail address: kozakova@vsvu.sk

Jančařík, Tomáš, Mgr. art.

career counselor

E-mail address: jancarik@vsvu.sk

Šarkan, Martin, Mgr., PhD.

counselor - psychologist

E-mail address: sarkan@vsvu.sk

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/5XDjmj7j/podporne-a-poradenske-centrum-pre-studentov-vsvu-v-bratislave/

List and characteristics of Architectural Creation classrooms:

The profile course Studio Course and the compulsory optional and optional specialized practical courses take place in studios and workshops. The rooms are available for all BA students in Architectural Creation for a direct learning process (theoretical and practical teaching, consultations and discussions of pedagogues and students) and indirect learning (individual work of a student on a semestral assignment or final thesis). The workshops are used by students according to the character of their semestral works or final theses, or for assignments within specialized practical courses. Part of the studios and workshops infrastructure are storage rooms for materials.

Studio rooms: The profile course the Preparatory Course in Architecture and the four permanent Studios in Architecture are taught by four heads of studios together with 4 assistants. Each studio has one room reserved. Teaching in studios is organized vertically, students in Bachelor´s, Magister´s, and doctoral levels meet in one space, one time. Depending on a number of students in a particular academic year, a particular studio, it makes about 2 square meters of space per student. Basic projection facilities are the standard equipment of each studio (computer, projector, and wifi connection). Additional equipment depends on the specific requirements of each studio (inventory lists will be available for the accreditation committee by their personal visit to the school).

Workshops and storage rooms: a workshop with a milling cutter and essential tools for physical model construction belongs to the facilities of studios. A separate room for 8 persons with a 3D printer and equipment for virtual reality (oculus, compatible computer) is part of the studio education. Another space supporting the studio education is a room with 3D printers (plotter and facilities for smaller formats printing).

The studios and workshops are situated in the attics of the AFAD building at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18.

The students of Architectural Creation can also use classrooms and workshops in the building in Drotárska cesta 44, according to their selected courses in other study programs.

Examples:

Digital room: about 60 square meters. Respective equipment of the digital room according to the inventory list (inventory lists will be available for the accreditation committee by their personal visit to the school).

Workshops and labs: metal foundry, plastering workshop, carving workshop, molding workshop for metal casting, metal workshop, serigraphic workshop, printing workshop, etching workshop, dark rooms, photo studio, gypsum workshop, glass modeling workshop, smelter workshop, cutting room (classroom in editing), painting technology workshop, CNC cutting machine. The students of Architectural Creation are free to use also workshops of other study programs of the school. Workshop rooms can be reserved by filling out a form, the time schedule is managed by a workshop supervisor. The workshop supervisor is responsible for the health protection and safety of the students. He/She also supervises manipulation with the equipment and material. The workshops serve for the realization of semestral assignments and final theses of students, and they are also places for the practical teaching process.

Material: The school provides the essential material for the study programs. The students of Architectural Creation are provided with the material for their physical models (cardboard, binding material), and 3D printed models (coils and threads). Consumables for the realization of semestral works or final theses are covered by students themselves, by the school, or by a studio of the Department of Architectural Creation within grant and research projects.

The workshops are situated in the school buildings (Drotárska cesta 44 a Koceľova 23).

Lecture and seminar rooms: 5 + 5 rooms - a total of about 362 square meters. Each lecture room is equipped with technology corresponding to its character: computer, projector, projection screen, audio equipment, and wifi connection (inventory lists will be available for the accreditation committee by their personal visit to the school).

The lecture and seminar rooms are situated in the building at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18.

Medium Gallery: in total about 150 square meters. The gallery serves for the presentation of students´ creative outcomes, accompanying presentations and discussions, or other social activities of students and pedagogues of AFAD.

The Medium Gallery is situated in the building at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18.

The Teaching Center for Communication and Visualisation Kremnica - the historical building for school workshops, seminars, and conferences. It provides accommodation facilities (about 30 people) and conference rooms. The center offers sufficient technical and technological facilities. The purpose of such a center is to provide a space for an intensive training week as a part of studio education. In the Teaching Center, the students concentrate on a specific theme in the form of a block teaching, or a specialized workshop, sometimes with students from a partner studio of a foreign university. The purpose of this practice is an interaction between schools, concentrated creative activities, and cross-studio cooperation. 

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/Y7veB1Ob/vybudovanie-vyucboveho-centra-komunikacie-a-vizualizacie/

Future: AFAD plans to build the Technological Pavilion containing the following centers: the Center of Wood and Stone Workshop, the Center of Precision Metal Casting, the Center for Surface Treatment, the Center for Modeling Treatment, the Center for Textile Printing, Dyeing, and Processing, the Center for Audio-Visual Production, the 2D and 3D Printing Center, the Chemical-Technological Lab, the Photography Processing Center, the Painting Technologies Center, and the Center of Specialized Education and Presentation. 

b. Artotéka - data storage of art schools and reference storage AFAD

c. free Internet connection - wi-fi in all school buildings (Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23, and the Teaching Center for Communication and Visualization Kremnica)

d. AIS (Academic Information System) including:

- ILP - courses information sheets

- courses schedule

- a study plan of a study program

- all internal regulations and internal documents regarding the study management

https://ais2.vsvu.sk/ais/start.do

a. the Academic Library and the related reference libraries at the departments, electronic bibliographic database, online book catalogs, encyclopedias, e-books, e-journals, and access to significant databases of international galleries and universities, general portals and databases:

- for example scientia.sk, SpringerLink, Slovak National Bibliography

- for example Metropolitan Museum of New York, University of Cambridge

- for example minedu, EU, Slov-lex

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/akademicka-kniznica/?v=8X0Q4WO0

b. Artotéka - data storage of art schools and reference storage AFAD

c. free Internet connection - wi-fi in all school buildings (Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23, and the Teaching Center for Communication and Visualization Kremnica)

d. AIS (Academic Information System) including:

- ILP - course information sheets

- course schedule

- a study plan for a study program

- all internal regulations and internal documents regarding the study management

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/akademicka-kniznica/?v=8X0Q4WO0

e. tools for distance education: MS Teams (for distance education and communication), e-mail

f. information channels: website, school e-mails, Instagram, Facebook

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/

https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/

https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad

https://www.facebook.com/KATVSVU

https://www.instagram.com/katvsvu/

https://www.instagram.com/a3_studeny/

https://www.instagram.com/onbodiesandspace/

The form and process of study are defined in the Study Regulations AFAD (Article 3, Forms and Methods of Study, (5 - 8).

As standard, AFAD uses a combined system of teaching, defined in ILP (Course Information Sheets), including the case of distance teaching only. Any change in the teaching procedure is discussed beforehand with the main pedagogue of a study program and then with the vice-rector for study, usually in the period of May - June of a previous academic year, in the process of control of individual ILP for a following academic year). Exclusively distance teaching is applied by the order of the AFAD rector, particularly in cases such as a state of emergency.

The study program Architectural Creation is defined as an academic-oriented, artistic, as preparation for a regulated profession (architectural-urbanistic). AFAD has a system of traineeships and supplementary traineeships in cooperation with various types of institutions and companies in the domestic and external international environment. Alongside permanent partners, cooperation with new partners is being processed. Procedures are published on the school website and in the study guide BEDEKER.

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/pracovne-staze/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/

Partners:

Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava (MIB) - memorandum of cooperation - cooperation in studio assignments and other assignments elaborating a topic of public space (consultation, discussions, administrative help with temporary public interventions, traineeships for students, etc.),

UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, ČVUT - Faculty of Architecture CTU in Prague, FaVUT - Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology, Brno, FAD STU - Faculty of Architecture and Design of Slovak Technical University, Bratislava - guests by monitoring of the realization process or final theses defense in studios or in committee of final theses, partners in grant projects,

local municipalities and their platforms - local partners in organizing students´ exhibitions and workshops (for example, the Department of the Main Architect, Prievidza, the City Curator, Trnava).

Social-cultural events of AFAD are organized in the space of the galleries Medium and HIT and public spaces of the school. The gallery species are mainly used for exhibitions of the AFAD students and pedagogues. At the same time, they also serve as a communication platform for public lectures, discussions, and for other social events. Through its open-call scheme, the gallery presents exhibition projects of our partners from abroad and the results of our international cooperation. Among the periodically presented international cooperation projects, there is the Month of Photography, the festival Šperk stret, Poster Triennial Trnava, White Night, etc.). Further, there is the Teaching Center for Communication and Visualisation Kremnica for workshops and block teaching. It provides accommodation facilities, conference rooms, and digital and material equipment. The Center is intensively used for workshops, conferences, seminars and meetings with international partner institutions, it enhances internationalization, interaction, and common creative activities. Thanks to its favorable geographical location, it is used all year long for sports activities as an accompanying program to the main program.

The students of Architectural Creation can participate in the mobility programs Erasmus+ (projects KA 103 and KA107), CEEPUS, programs based on bilateral agreements, and the National Scholarship Program mobilities for students, pedagogical and non-pedagogical staff. Alongside the standard mobilities, students also participate in other artistic-research projects, creating international platforms with particular international partners of AFAD and cooperating in particular artistic, architectural, exhibition, presentation, research, and innovative projects.

To pursue mobility of the study program Architectural Creation, intended for international experience, AFAD has established a broad network of partnerships in most EU countries, other European countries (the countries of Western Balkan, Ukraine, Georgia), Asia (China, Japan, India, Israel, Turkey) and America (USA, Mexico). The students of Architectural Creation will also have the opportunity to participate in a number of international workshops, lectures, seminars, courses, and meetings with guest pedagogues from abroad. There is also an opportunity of the same significance for the students to pursue part of their study by a guest pedagogue within their primary study course. Foreign students studying at AFAD within the Erasmus + program will contribute to the development of contact and future cooperation.

The students of Architectural Creation will be able to take advantage of the AFAD membership in international networks (Cumulus, ELIA). International students´ presentation activities are also supported by Slovak representative bodies and cultural institutes abroad. Besides scholarships, artistic/research, and presentation projects, the students will have an opportunity to participate in traineeships and internships in particular foreign institutions and specialized studios within the Erasmus + program.

All the possibilities, instructions, and regulations are published in detail on the AFAD website, where they are updated continuously. They are also defined in the Internal Regulation AFAD - rector´s directive: Erasmus Policy Statement Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava.

Complete information, instructions, and realization of international mobility (from application to acceptance of credits):

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/aktualne-vnutorne-predpisy/?v=8X0Q4WO0 

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0 

(forms for the individual study plan and acceptance of student mobility in AIS)

An applicant has a general insight into the current art scene, culture, and society. He/She is interested in modern specialized and nonspecialized literature in the environment, landscape design, architecture, and urbanism, is interested in events in the fields of architecture and urbanism, exhibitions in galleries and museums, and domestic and international architectural works. The applicant proves his/her more profound interest in knowledge in the Architectural Creation study program in his/her basic orientation in the current domestic and international architectural issues, he/she can critically analyze it and express his/her opinion. He/She is able to interpret written or visual information into the architectural language in a 2D or 3D drawing and model. The applicant is familiar with the terminology in architecture and its specializations. He/She has good communication skills and shows sufficient empathy in dealing with people, and is able to work individually and in a broader creative collective.

The applicant has knowledge and skills in the field of visual arts generally, and specifically in the field of architectural design. During the entrance examination, he/she responds to assignments, showing his/her creative ambitions, using critical and analytical thinking, understanding the context, showing artistic skills (drawing/painting), mastering perspective, spacial vision and orientation (creation of 3D structures from 2D assignments and vice versa, transforming a spatial situation into a 2D plan), understanding of spatial context and proportions, having knowledge in basic techniques, tools and materials of modeling, an in scaling.

The entrance examination to the Bachelor´s degree is divided into two rounds:

Prior to the first round, the applicant saves the following digital documents on the online data storage (https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk): CV, motivation video, portfolio of works (free artworks and assignments - for the study program Architectural Creation, the updated assignments can be found of the school website). The entrance examination committee, designated by the rector, calls the meeting, according to the academic calendar. The committee consists of the pedagogues of the study program with the art-pedagogical titles professor, docent, and assistant. A pedagogue from another study program in AFAD can also be a committee member. Each member of the entrance examination committee evaluates portfolios.

A minimum of 50% of the maximum score is required for passing the first round. In some cases (a small number of successful applicants), the committee can shift the limit to 45% of the maximum score. The successful applicants are informed about the results via the school website within 30 days after the first round of the examination. Further, the successful applicants received the invitation for the second round by post.

The second round has a face-to-face form and lasts two days. The applicants work on practical assignments, reflecting on the specialization of the study program to test the applicants´ qualifications for the study program Architectural Creation and abilities to react to various assignments in a short time. The assignments are known only at the examination and the deliberately broad spectrum of topics is to test the applicants in different skills and capacities, preferably in a combination of practical modeling skills with conceptual, analytical, and interpretation skills. The outcomes of such assignments are most commonly a series of sketches, analyses, drawings, collages, and models in precise scales, but also texts, small interventions in studios, and simple orthogonal architectural visualizations.

The committee also considers the applicant´s talent and his/her capability to complete the Bachelor´s degree. The significant part of the entrance examination in the second round is the interview to demonstrate orientation in global cultural and social issues and in the study program Architectural Creation, as well as communications skills. The process of examination is transparent, with the presence of the whole committee, and the interview should demonstrate its inclusive character.

The committee also considers the applicant´s talent and his/her capability to complete the Bachelor´s degree. The significant part of the entrance examination in the second round is the interview to demonstrate orientation in global cultural and social issues and in the study program Architectural Creation, as well as communications skills. The process of examination is transparent, with the presence of the whole committee, and the interview should demonstrate its inclusive character.

The entrance examination results will be discussed by the rector´s advisory board, will be recorded in a report, and will be presented to the AFAD rector for approval.

The criteria and requirements of acceptance are published on the school website and are annually updated at the beginning of the academic year. A need for up-to-dateness derives also from the development of the study program and progress in technical and technological abilities.

The internal regulation on the entrance examination in AFAD (a reference to the internal regulation):

% získaných bodov. Uchádzači/ky, ktorí/ré postupujú do druhého kola prijímacej skúšky sú informovaní/né a výsledky zverejnené prostredníctvom webu školy najneskôr do 30 dní od konania 1. kola. Zároveň je postupujúcim uchádzačom a uchádzačkám zaslaná pozvánka na druhé kolo prijímacích pohovorov.

Druhé kolo sa uskutočňuje prezenčnou formou a trvá dva dni. Uchádzači/ky pracujú na praktických úlohách a zadaniach, ktoré reagujú na zameranie a špecializácie študijného programu tak, aby preverili pripravenosť na študijný program Architektonická tvorba a schopnosť v krátkom čase reagovať na rozmanité zadania. Zadania sú zverejnené vždy až v momente zadávania a zámerne široká paleta ich tém má preveriť kvality uchádzačov/čiek z viacerých strán, a to ideálne v kombinácii praktických modelovacích zručností s koncepčnými, analytickými a interpretačnými. Výstupom takýchto úloh sú zvyčajne série skíc, analýz, kresieb, koláží, modelov v presne zadaných mierkach, avšak aj textov, malých intervencií v priestoroch ateliéru, ako aj jednoduchých ortogonálnych architektonických zobrazení.

Komisia tiež posudzuje mieru talentu uchádzača/čky a jeho/jej schopnosti zvládnuť bakalársky stupeň štúdia. Významnou súčasťou prijímacieho konania v druhom kole je aj pohovor uchádzača/čky pred hodnotiacou komisiou, ktorý má preveriť všeobecný kultúrny a spoločenský rozhľad, prehľad diania vo zvolenom študijnom programe Architektonická tvorba a komunikačné schopnosti. Uchádzač/ka je prijímaný/ná transparentne pred celou komisiou a ústny pohovor zabezpečuje inkluzívnu formu prijímacieho konania.

Výsledky prijímacích pohovorov sa prerokujú na kolégiu rektora/rektorky a zaznamenajú sa v zápisnici a predkladajú sa ako návrh na prijatie rektorovi/rektorke VŠVU.

Kritériá a požiadavky na uchádzačov/čky sú zverejnené na webe školy a každoročne aktualizované na začiatku akademického roka. Aktualizácia kritérií a požiadaviek súvisí aj s vývojom možnosťami a rozvojom študijného programu a s rozvojom určitých technických alebo technologických zručností.

The internal regulation on the entrance examination in AFAD (a reference to the internal regulation):

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-9-2021-vnu-torny-predpis-o-priji-macom-konani-na-vs-vu.pdf 

Criteria and requirements for the applicants:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/#7 

The entrance examination in the study program Architectural Creation:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/architektonicka-tvorba/

The entrance examination is:

• reliable - the applicant has to prove he/she is prepared for the BA study by his/her portfolio, in some cases also by results of his/her previous study, and in the interview of the committee,
• fair - a collective evaluation of the examination results, discussion about the works, and the interview of applicants is the guarantee of a fair evaluation,
• transparent - requirements, procedures, and criteria of the acceptance process are published on the school website, updated, and elaborated annually.

AFAD offers each applicant possibility of individual consultation:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/konzultacie/?v=LRJ8jJO2

AFAD has prepared tools for monitoring, evaluating, and collecting students´opinions and feedback of the school graduates on the issues of the study program quality and its improvements.

1. Semestral works and final theses are publicly displayed within the regular event Prieskum. Within its framework, all students, regardless of quality, are presented in a form of a school exhibition or BA exhibitions in the school buildings, other galleries and cultural institutions, or in a public space. Prieskum is open to experts and the lay public.
2. Student survey (The School Functioning, Education Process, Teaching of Theoretical and Specialized Courses, Teaching in Studios). The survey is realized and evaluated by representatives of the student part of the Academic Senate AFAD, the Committee for Teaching of the Academic Senate AFAD, and cooperation with the Support and Counseling Center for Students AFAD.
3. Written suggestions by post, e-mail, and post boxes of the AFAD vice-directors, The Academic Senate AFAD, the Ethical Committee AFAD, the Study Office AFAD, the International Office AFAD, and the Support and Counseling Center for Students AFAD.

The results of student feedback and related measures to improve the study program quality are described in the Regulation for the internal quality assurance system of higher education in the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

The results of students´ and graduates´ feedback and related measures to improve the study program quality are described in the Regulation for the internal quality assurance system of higher education in the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

1.    Study Regulations AFAD:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/studijny-poriadok-v-zneni-d1.pdf, 

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_1_2020-dodatok-2-k-studijnemu-poriadku.pdf

2.      Internal Regulations on the Admission Procedure to the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-9-2021-vnu-torny-predpis-o-priji-macom-konani-na-vs-vu.pdf

3.      Bachelor´s Study Completion (Internal Sheet) (its updated version for a particular academic year is published v AIS, and is e-mailed to the students in the final grade).

4.      Internal Regulation 3/2020, the Rector´s regulation on a generally accessible environment for students with specific needs:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_3_2020-studenti-specificke-potreby.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/studenti-so-specifickymi-potrebami/?v=8X0Q4WO0  

5.      Disciplinary Order for students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf

6.      Internal Regulation on Tuition Fees and Other Fees AFAD:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_2_2020-skolne-poplatky-2020-2021_oprava.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-1-2022-vnutorny-predpis-o-skol_ak-rok-2022-2023_uz_clr.pdf

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/skolne-a-poplatky/?v=8X0Q4WO0

7.      Codex of Ethics:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2019-eticky-kodex.pdf

8.      Internal Regulation AFAD nr. 5/2017 (Rules of Procedure of the Academic senat AFAD):

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2017_rokovaci-poriadok-as-vsvu.pdf

9.      Selection Procedures Regulations VŠVU:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/zasady_vyberoveho_konania_na_vsvu_platne_od_01092013-5239a3d7ec881.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_2_2021-vseobecne-kriteria-na-obsadzovanie-funkcii-profesorov-a-docentov.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_7_2021-konkretne-kriteria-na-obsadzovanie-funkcii-profesorov-a-docentov.pdf,

10.  Internal Regulations and Information on organization of international mobilities AFAD:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/mobilita-studentov/?v=8X0Q4WO0,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/student-na-vymennom-pobyte/?v=BO335VOZ,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_7_2019-realizacia-erasmus-plus.pdf, https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/strategia-internacionalizacie/?v=8X0Q4WO0,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/erasmus-charter-for-higher-education-2021-2027.pdf

11.  Information on study and study organization:

ECTS manual: https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/ects_prirucka-521ca2201cef2.pdf

Study organization:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0, 

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/?v=LRJ8jJO2

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/ukoncenie-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0

12. Files to be downloaded: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/subory-na-stiahnutie/