RUŽOMBEROK (November 9, 2009) - The Catholic University in Ružomberok meets the criterium of KZU6 of the Ministry of Education of SR according to which the number of students in the study programmes of the first and second degrees (bachelor and master degrees) per calculated registered number of teaching staff with obtained university education of the third grade (PhD.), “docent“ (college lecturer) or professor must be in the evaluated period 20 at most. On the date of 30th of October 2009, the calculated number of students (5 571.1) per number of teachers (281.16) was 19.81.
RUŽOMBEROK (October 14, 2009) - The Catholic University in Ružomberok awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Cause to Professor Michael Novak, a philosopher and politologist for merits in development and spreading of Christian ideals are of international importance and response. The title of Doctor Honoris Causa was conferred upon him during the Ceremonial Assembly of Academic Community and the encounter of the Scientific Board at the Rectors’ hall on the 14th of October 2009. Professor Tadeusz Zasępa, Rector of the CU, stated that Professor Novak belongs to recognized authority in the world with a strong bearing on Slovakia which his ancestors come from. “His deeds in favour of our country and university prove that.”
RUŽOMBEROK (September 30, 2009) - The Catholic University in Ružomberok awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Cause to Professor Július Paštéka and Archbishop Dominik Hrušovský on September 30, 2009. The ceremony took place on the occasion of the opening of the academic year 2009/2010 at the Catholic University together with the Assembly of the Academic Community and encounter of the Scientific Boards of the university and faculties.
RUŽOMBEROK (August 25, 2009) – The Complex Accreditation of higher education institutions differs from accreditation of particular study programmes. The aim of the complex accreditation is to review the relative performance of the institutions to identify its type in 24 spheres of research and fulfilling another criteria, as determined by rules of the Accreditation Commision as published at www.akredkom.sk. Spheres of research were evaluated according faculties. And the average of results of faculties is the evaluation for a university as the whole.