The beginnings of higher agricultural education in Slovakia are closely linked to the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, where the Department of Forestry and Agricultural Engineering was established and lectures started in the academic year 1941/1942. In 1946, the Slovak National Council established a separate University of Agricultural and Forest Engineering (UAFE) in Košice. An important milestone in the history of the Slovak Higher Agricultural Education was the year 1952, when UAFE in Košice was closed, two separate universities were established – the University of Agriculture in Nitra and the University of Forestry and Wood Technology in Zvolen. The University of Agriculture was renamed to the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra in 1996.
The University cultivates close and productive links with its local and regional community and will continue to expand its work at the international level in both teaching and scientific research. We have a strong tradition of collaborating with businesses and industry and playing an active role in economic regeneration. Finally, we recognize that our future success and direction will be dependent on how we embrace and respond to new information and communication technologies.