SUMMARY Changing social and economical environment in Slovakia has a significant impact on the way of teaching and training the students at the Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava. Study becomes more open, which means a need to deal with an issue of the number of students, situation on the labour market, arising competition of […]

SUMMARY When considering the future direction of the FA STU and thus the education of the town and country planners in Slovakia, we cannot do without a view on European and world development. It is therefore inevitable to take into account the findings of analyses done by the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). […]

SUMMARY A basic problem of architectural education is to prepare architects for competition in the labour market. Most European universities attempt to provide universal education for the students, usually through a five-year study plan divided into two cycles and one year of practice, depending on individual characteristics in each country. The FA STU should very […]

SUMMARY General trends of spatial development as the change of the role of the cities and regions and possibilities of their development or restructuring of transport relations are influenced by the process of European integration. It is doubtless that the issues of integration and its relationship towards territorial development should be paid special attention to. […]