Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava

The Philosophical Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava looks forward to its 100th anniversary in 2021.

It is the faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava.

The Faculty of Arts of Comenius University Bratislava was established in 1921 as one of the three founding faculties of the first Slovak university. Its establishment marked a significant step in the educational and cultural history of the young Czechoslovakia, which had emerged after the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1918.The goal was to create an intellectual center in Slovakia that would strengthen national identity while maintaining a European focus. In its early years, the faculty was heavily influenced by Czech professors, as there were still few Slovak academics. Nevertheless, it quickly developed into a center of vibrant intellectual exchange and played a central role in the development of modern humanities and social sciences in Slovakia.Over the decades, the faculty has experienced turbulent times—from the intellectual flowering of the interwar period to the ideological restrictions of the communist era to the opening and internationalization after 1989. Today, it stands for academic diversity, critical thinking, and the connection between tradition and the present.