Our BCE study programme is for those willing to learn to independently analyse business and economic problems as well as to propose the possibilities of using business opportunities within different types of trade facilities, to present them to relevant stakeholders or the professional public. Based on their knowledge of the economics of the business entity and the environment in which it operates, you will be able to propose solutions for the optimal functioning of the business entity and implement them. You will be prepared to work effectively as a team leader; to organise the work of subordinates as well as your own professional and career development. This will make you the valuable source for the business environment.
Program structure
The curriculum of the programme consists of compulsory, compulsory elective and optional courses. The compulsory courses, such as Marketing, International Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Market Research, Theory of Trade and Services will give you a solid basis for your future career. The compulsory elective courses will give you the opportunity to widen the specific knowledge related to commercial entrepreneurship in more details and the possibility of optional courses will enrich you in the areas you are interested in.
Study plan and schedule
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Schedule will be available approximately 2 weeks before the start of a semester.
Admission requirements
The program is open to applicants with complete secondary education who pass all parts of a written entrance examination consisting of: Aptitude test and English language test. Applicants who passed the admission test but have not finished their secondary education by the date of admission can be given a conditional offer and have to present the proof of finished secondary education no later than on the enrolment day.
Disclosure: We reserve the right to not open the program in case not enough number of eligible candidates is selected. In such case, the application fee will be returned to the candidate based on written application for a refund (signed, scanned and delivered by an e-mail).
Entrance examination
General information:
- The entrance examination consists of an Aptitude test and English language test, each consisting of 25 questions.
- Entrance examination will be during the last week of March, 2025.
- Each candidate who successfully completes an online application and pay an admission fee will receive an invitation to entrance examination one month prior to examination.
- The date of the entrance examination stated in the invitation to the entrance examination is binding.
- The evaluation of the tests will be in progress on the day of the entrance examination using computer technology (automated evaluation). After answering all the questions and sending the test, each candidate will see the sum of the points obtained for all answers.
- The candidate can obtain a maximum of 200 points for the results of the entrance exam. The sum of the points obtained from all parts of the entrance examination will be used to create a qualitative ranking of candidates. According to the overall result of the entrance examination, the applicants will be ranked so that the number 1 will be awarded to the applicant with the maximum number of points and the highest order number will be given to the applicant with the minimum number of points.
- Applicants will receive notification of the overall result of the admission procedure in written form at the registered address within 30 days from the end of the entrance examination.
Aptitude test: Successful completion of the "General Study Prerequisites" test requires basic knowledge of economy and economics, international economic relations, law, and political science within the scope of the secondary school curriculum in civics and the field of financial literacy in the third level according to the National Financial Literacy Standard version 1.2. The candidate is expected to be able to think logically and know the basics of mathematics within the scope of high school curricula.
Language test: The compilation of the tests assumes that the candidates master the subject matter in the prescribed scope of secondary school vocabulary and grammar. Vocabulary includes the vocabulary needed in everyday situations (shopping, traveling, eating, etc.), thematic areas of everyday life (family, school, work, city, environmental protection, etc.}, and knowledge of culture, history, and nations speaking the relevant foreign language. In grammar, all grammatical phenomena are tested, both basic and specific, which are necessary for adequate communication.
All applicants are allowed to take the admission test only once in a given year.
Please note that we are not granting any waivers from either part of the entrance examination.
There is also a possibility to take the exam with SCIO company (It is the implementer and guarantor of National Comparative Exams in Slovakia and Czech Republic) which offers to take a professional tests for acceptance exam. Read more on website: https://www.scioexams.com/.
Succesful passing of the exam in General Academic Prerequisites (General skills and aptitudes test) and English Language with a score of 60 percentile of each test gives the applicant permission to become a student of EUBA. All parts of the test must be successfully completed until March 15, 2025 (GAP test being held on March 1, 2025 and English test being held on March 1, 2025 at latest).
How to apply and required documents
Each applicant needs to submit an online application form. It is necessary to add scans of required documents to an online application or send them to an e-mail
Required documents
- Completed online application form
- Certified true copy of the secondary school graduation certificate in English or Slovak (hard copy sent by post + scan sent by e-mail) *
- Certified true copy of the Recognition of secondary school graduation certificate (hard copy sent by post + scan sent by e-mail) **
- Proof of payment of the application fee 90€
* If you do not have your diploma at the time of submitting an application form, you can still apply, but please sent us your diploma along with transcript of records as soon as possible upon receiving it.
**Please note that you have to provide us a certified true copy of the recognition of your diploma issued by a foreign education institution by enrollment day. You can download the application and find more information about nostrification.
The candidate is obliged to deliver certified true copy of the secondary school graduation certificate and certified true copy of the recognition of secondary school graduation certificate on the day of enrollment to the study at the latest. An additional condition is the obligation to pay a tuition fee (1 500 €).
Knowledge you acquire
The study programme focuses on the development of economic knowledge and competences in the context of business management, entrepreneurship and marketing activities of an enterprise. The professional profile of the graduate enables graduates to acquire adequate abilities to evaluate the behaviour of consumer and business entities on the market, the application of new information technologies in commerce and to analyse competitors and relevant markets. The graduates have also knowledge of ways of communication and cooperation with managers and specialists of other professions.
Job opportunities after graduation
The graduates of the study programme Commercial Entrepreneurship are prepared to successfully perform the full range of professional tasks related to the activities of the commercial enterprise in particular, preparation and practical implementation of the basic business functions of the enterprise.
3 good reasons to join the program
- successful graduates of the programme have a wide range of opportunities for employment not only in trading companies, marketing agencies, but also in the whole spectrum of small and medium-sized companies,
- the programme provides a comprehensive education as a business economist with an emphasis on the knowledge and skills of trade and marketing practice,
- the link between the programme and practice provides graduates with an excellent starting point for future employment.
