Academic facilities

The Slovak Agricultural Library (SAL):

Off campus location: Štúrova street 51, 949 01 Nitra
Tel & fax: +421-37-6517 743
e-mail: slpk@uniag.sk
http://www.uniag.sk/slpk

Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday , Thursday, Friday 8 am. – 5 pm.
Wednesday 8 am. – 6 pm.

The library stock is in excess of 500,000 holdings. The main priority of the SAL is to provide users with a variety of high-quality services. The SAL has participated in developing the secondary information resources and CD databases. The Library houses a variety of documents of both domestic and foreign origin especially related to agriculture and the natural sciences and also peripherally to the social sciences. In addition to usual library services, it also offers a wide range of bibliographic services.
The Library covers a set of 51 partial libraries located in the departments of the University.
The borrowing system can be found on the university web page mentioned above.

Centre of Computer Technology and Computer Science (CCTI)

Location within campus: staff responsible are in the main University building on the 1st floor.

Tr. Andreja Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra
Tel: +421-37-6508 864
Fax: +421-37-6511 560
e-mail: Peter.Skrovina@uniag.sk
http://www.uniag.sk

Each of the four Faculties has its own Computer Laboratories available for the students to use. Students need to be registered at the Faculty computer desk point.
The Centre of Computer Technology and Computer Science is an information work place aimed at completely providing for the needs of the University in the computer sciences.

The Centre's activities are:
to create and develop application software,
to build and control the University computer network,
to provide consultancy and training courses in the use of computers, intended for the students and staff of the University,
to build up a regional node of the Slovak-wide computer network SANET.

The role of Audio and Video Centre is to produce audio and video teaching tools for the University. It provides all services related to the production of video films e.g. dramaturgy, and screening of films in cooperation with specialist advisors, shooting, control, cutting, animations and titles. Another task of the Centre is to provide technical assistance in the lecture rooms using modern audio-visual devices to create multimedia presentations computer support. The Centre is equipped with the latest technology of the top world producers.

The University Experimental Farm in Koliňany aims at implementing practical training and helping to research and verify topics of diploma and dissertation theses. Its research and development activities are wide-ranging, too. For research purposes, collections of samples of crop production, vegetable growing, viticulture, orcharding, medicinal aromatic plants and breeds of beef cattle, sheep, goats, pheasants, bees and fish have been set up. The farm covers 2.245 ha of arable land. Animal production is focused on beef cattle and milk production. Every year, part of the land is utilized according to the requirements and needs of the University.
The farm is located 15 km from Nitra, direction Banska Bystrica (Zlate Moravce) close to the main road. It is a big, white building, 6 floors high (the only such building in the village).

Tel: +421-37-934 314
Fax: +421-37-936 315

The Institute of Education, Research and Consulting in Koliňany is a purpose-built facility of the Slovak Agricultural University aimed at education and research activities, specialist consultancy, advertising activities, certification of the quality of plant and animal production, and the creation of collections of samples.

Location the same as above.

Tel: +421-37-936 914 or 936 915
Fax: +421-37-936 238

The main task of the University Publishing and Editorial Centre is to print textbooks and publish a variety of scientific, specialist and advertising materials for the needs of the University offices and institutes. The Centre also edits and prints proceedings from scientific and specialist conferences. The latest computer systems are used to process publications. The sales room for the distribution and sale of publications is part of the Centre. In addition, the Centre also provides the following services: editing, type matter, binding, laminating, xerography.
Located in the main University building on the 6th floor.
Tel: +421-37-6508 565, e-mail: ves@uniag.sk

The Botanical Garden was founded in 1982 and its activities focus on research, cultural work and public education. It also participates in the formation and maintenance of gardens and parks located on the University campus.
Providing its rich collections of various plants for teaching purposes, the Botanical Garden also shares in the educational process of some University departments. Its research activity focuses upon the study of the biology of endangered flora species of Slovakia.
Thanks to sponsorship, it can implement international scientific expeditions, its sphere of interest being some countries of Latin America – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador - and North Africa. It also keeps contacts with the world through the exchange of seeds and by taking part in international exhibitions and shows.

Located on the University campus.

Tel: +421-37-6508 732, e-mail: botzah@uniag.sk