Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (SUA) has attained the position of one of Slovakia’s leading universities in the period since it was founded in 1952. The University is consistently rated in the top group for the high quality of its teaching and research in the Slovak Republic. The University cultivates close and productive links with its local and regional community and will continue to expand its work at an international level in both teaching and scientific research. It has also a strong tradition of working in collaboration with business and industry and playing an active role in economic regeneration.

In order to increase the attractiveness for international cooperation and support transparency and academic recognition and quality of mobility implementation, SUA, as one of the first Slovak universities, introduced a credit education system ECTS. In 2009, by the decree of the Ministry of Education SUA was included into the higher education institutions of university type  and  one year later it was awarded the prestigious ECTS Label by the European Commission.

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra provides education in the field of agriculture and related research areas such as: agrobiology, food resources, sustainable agriculture, agricultural production, biotechnology, food technology, engineering of agricultural machinery and equipment, computerization and automation of agricultural equipment, operation of energy facilities on agricultural production, gardening and landscape design, economics and management, international trade in agricultural commodities, marketing, development of rural tourism, project management for rural development, lifelong learning, etc.