Danubius University (Slovakia)

Private College in Sládkovičovo, Slovakia

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Danubius University
Vysoká škola Danubius

Other name	DU
Former names	University of Sládkovičovo (2005-2014)
Type	Private university
Established	31 May 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-31)
Academic affiliations	Erasmus Programme
Rector	Peter Plavčan
Students	452
Location	Sládkovičovo, Slovakia
Website	vsdanubius.eu

The Danubius University (until 2014 University of Sládkovičovo) is a private university established in 2005 in Sládkovičovo.

The university has three faculties:

Janko Jesenský Faculty of Law
Faculty of Public Policy and Public Administration
Faculty of Social Studies

Controversy

Between 2007 and 2015, the university maintained a Czech campus in Brno, granting Law degrees to many leading politicians of Czech Social Democratic Party. The campus was denied Czech accreditation due to serious concerns about the quality of education provided there.

In the midst of 2020 plagiarism scandals of the Speaker of the National Council Boris Kollár, the Prime Minister Igor Matovič vowed to close down "artificial universities that deform the education system", including the Danubius University. Nonetheless, the school remained open and continued receiving generous subsidies from the Government.

Danubius university denied all allegations, stating it provides high quality education and since its relaunch under the new name in 2015, it "no longer has any political connections."

References

"Vysoká škola Danubius | Portál VŠ". www.portalvs.sk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
"Prehľad vysokých škôl - CVTI SR". www.cvtisr.sk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
"Vysoká škola v Sládkovičove zmení svoj názov". www.najpravo.sk (in Slovak). 13 January 2014.
"Zanikla pobočka školy, kde se ze sociálních demokratů stávali právníci". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 30 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
"Kopanec do zadku celej vlády: Bez hanby zrušiť umelo vytvorené školy v Skalici a podobné bludy". plus7dni.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 24 June 2020.
Beblavý, Miroslav (20 September 2020). "Ako Matovičova vláda zrušila Sládkovičovo". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
Plavčan, Peter (25 September 2020). "Reakcia vedenia Vysokej školy Danubius na článok Miroslava Beblavého". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 September 2022.

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