Matej Bel University
| Latin: Universitas Matthiae Belii | |
| Motto | Eruditio mores futurum |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1992 |
| Rector | Vladimír Hiadlovský |
| Students | 15,000 |
| Location | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | UMB |
| Affiliations | EUA, ERASMUS |
| Website | www.umb.sk |
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Coordinates: 48°43′59″N 19°08′44″E / 48.7331°N 19.1455°E
Matej Bel University (commonly referred as Matej Bel or UMB), (Slovak: Univerzita Mateja Bela) is a public research university in the central Slovak town of Banská Bystrica. The University was established on July 1, 1992 and inaugurated on October 23, 1992. It bears the name of Matthias Bel, an outstanding Lutheran scholar of the 18th century. As a collegiate university, it comprises six faculties that differ in character and history, each retaining substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs.
Academically, the Matej Bel University is noted for influential movements and curricula in international relations and economics.
Banská Bystrica has a long tradition in schooling and culture. In the 13th century there had already existed a parish school, later a town school. In the 17th century a Jesuit as well as Evangelical grammar schools were founded. Matthias Bel, after whom the University is named, studied and later worked as a rector at this school.
In the 1850s and 1860s the Catholic grammar school with Slovak as a tuition language became and important center of education in Slovakia. In the school year 1856 - 57 the first Teacher’s Preparation Study was founded in Banská Bystrica, where Slovak language was taught together with German and Latin, thanks to the bishop Štefan Moyses.
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