Department of Languages

 

In the Slovak and English Master´s Degree Study Programme in Pharmacy and the Slovak Bachelor´s Degree Study Programme in Medical and Diagnostic Devices, the Department of Languages of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, ​​provides teaching of Latin, English and German languages with a focus on professional terminology, communication, and practice in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. For international students, the Department provides teaching of the basics of the Slovak language with a focus on communication in a pharmacy.

Our teachers, who are dedicated to their profession, write professional articles, create teaching materials and textbooks aimed at professional foreign language training of pharmacy students. They provide consultations in the field of professional terminology and foreign language communication. Their active participation in domestic and international conferences, where they present the results of their scientific work, ensures that our students are connected to the global academic community.

The Department of Languages​​, in its current form, has been operating since the academic year 1993/94. Its immediate predecessor was the Department of Languages ​​and Social Sciences of the FPHARM CU, founded in 1991/92. A separate Department of Languages ​​at the FPHARM CU existed since 1989.

The Department heads were PhDr. Viera Bunčáková, CSc. (1976 – 1978), PhDr. Yvetta Gáfriková (1978 – 1983, 1989/90), PhDr. Emília Jozefíniová (1983 – 1986), PhDr. Tatiana Jarošová, CSc. (1986 – 1987), PhDr. Magda Kouřilová, CSc. (1987 – 1989), PhDr. Jana Illéšová (1990 – 1991), PhDr. Marta Bugárová (1991 – 1993), PhDr. Mária Klimecká (1993 – 1995), doc. PhDr. Ľudmila Ozábalová, PhD. (1995 – 2015), PhDr. Tomáš Hamar, PhD. (2015 – 2019), PaedDr. Viera Žufková, PhD. (2021 – till present time).

The Department of Languages ​​is a professional workplace accredited for professional teaching and examinations in the international UNIcert® system in two programmes: English for Pharmacists and German for Pharmacists. UNIcert® is a global education and testing programme that, as the only academic language education programme in Central Europe, provides professionally oriented language training, allows students to obtain a certificate of knowledge of a professional language, supports student´s mobility and certifies knowledge of a foreign language in the studied field for future employers.