At the Joint Research Centre we have:
  • Connected research teams
  • Common research areas
  • Shared infrastructure
  • Supporting projects and grant calls
  • Cooperation with industry and practice

The cooperation between STU and EUBA is based on the need to systematically link research activities, teams and infrastructure. Previous projects have shown the potential of interdisciplinary cooperation, which needs to be developed in a coordinated and long-term manner.
At the same time, there is a need for clearly defined thematic areas and stable research teams that are able to respond to current challenges.

The aim is to create an integrated model of research teams and thematic areas that will enable efficient coordination of research, strengthen cooperation between universities and increase their competitiveness in the European area.
Emphasis is placed on linking technical and economic disciplines and promoting interdisciplinary solutions.

The research is organised into thematic areas, within which interlinked teams work together. The Centre provides coordination of activities, project support, sharing of data and infrastructure, and linking research with practice and partners.
Part of its functioning is the systematic search for project opportunities and the development of cooperation at national and international level.

The Centre contributes to higher quality research, better participation in grant calls and effective transfer of knowledge into practice. It strengthens cooperation between universities and supports the emergence of innovative solutions with a real impact on society and the economy.
At the same time, it creates a stable environment for thedevelopment of researchers and the long-term building of an innovation ecosystem.

Research teams

1. FinTech and financial innovation (FEI STU + NHF EUBA):

  • doc. Ing. Tomáš Ondruška, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Peter Árendáš, PhD.,
  • Ing. Ľubomír Darmo, PhD.

2. Economics and Management in the Energy Sector (B.Sc. programme FEI STU + FPM EUBA):

  • prof. Ing. Helena Majdúchová, CSc.,
  • doc. Ing. Nora Grisáková, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Zuzana Skorková, PhD.,
  • prof. Ing. Anton Beláň, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Žaneta Eleschová, PhD.,
  • Ing. Jozef Bendík, PhD.

3. Economics and Management in the Energy Sector (Ing. programme FEI STU + FPM EUBA):

  • prof. Ing. Anton Beláň, PhD. ,
  • doc. Ing. Žaneta Eleschová, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Andrea Šagátová, PhD.,
  • Ing. Matúš Ludva
  • Martin Bezák
  • József Bence Szigeti
  • prof. Ing. Helena Majdúchová, CSc.,
  • doc. Ing. Nora Grisáková, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Zuzana Skorková, PhD.,
  • Ing. Jozef Bendík, PhD.,
  • Ing. Slávka Šagátová, PhD.,
  • in cooperation with TPA AUDIT, s.r.o., Jadrová energetická spoločnosť Slovenska, a. s. and OKTE a.s.

4. Electronic Engineering and International Business (FEI STU + OF EUBA):

  • doc. Mgr. Elena Kašt’áková, PhD.,
  • prof. Ing. Soňa Ferenčíková, PhD.,
  • prof. Ing. Zuzana Kittová, PhD., M.B.L.-HSG,
  • in cooperation with SARIO

5. Management in Nuclear Energy (FEI STU + FPM EUBA):

  • doc. Ing. Andrea Šagátová, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Branislav Vrban, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Peter Bokes, PhD.,
  • doc. RNDr. Zuzana Hajduová, PhD.,
  • Ing. Bc. Peter Štetka, PhD.,
  • Ing. Katarína Procházková, PhD.

6. Urbanism (FAD STU + OF EUBA):

  • prof. Ing. Eva Hanuláková, PhD.,
  • prof. Ing. Ferdinand Daňo, PhD.,
  • doc. Ing. Peter Drábik, PhD., MSc.
Joint projects

Name of the project: UNIVNET – Implementation of foresight and R&D activities in the search for new technologies and techniques for maximally efficient waste recovery, especially in the automotive industry, in order to minimize negative environmental impacts and save primary energy and raw material resources (NHF)
Project number: 0201/0007/20
Year of submission: 2019
Budget: 300 000,00 EUR

Objective: The aim of the project is to carry out foresight and research and development activities in the search for new technologies and techniques for maximally efficient recovery of waste, especially in the automotive industry, in order to minimize negative impacts on the environment and to save primary energy and raw material resources.

Brief Description: The project focuses on two research areas. The first area is predictive models on new vehicle sales, focusing on the shares of electric and hybrid sales. The research focuses on the conflict between market-driven demand for new cars and the factors that determine it and the regulations from the European Union. The second research area examines the national economic implications of the transition to electric vehicle production in Slovakia and the identification of scenarios of successful and unsuccessful production transformation. At the same time, the project aims to investigate the investment intensity of this transition and its implications for employment and other national economic variables and investment needs for building EV battery production capacity.

Research team: Project leader or responsible researcher/coordinator: Lábaj Martin, prof. Ing. PhD.

Co-researchers of the project: Ochotnický Pavol, prof. Ing., CSc. Sivák Rudolf, Dr. h. c. prof. Ing. PhD.; Lábaj Martin, prof. Ing. PhD.; Alexy Martin, doc. Ing. PhD.; Belanová Katarína, doc. Ing. PhD.; Válek Juraj, doc. Ing. PhD.; Kušnírová Jana, doc. Ing. PhD.; Jančovičová-Bognárová Kristína, Mgr. Ing. PhD.; Káčer Marek, Mgr. PhD.; Majzlíková Erika, Ing. PhD.; Rabatinová Marcela, Ing. PhD., prof. Ing. Ľubomír Šooš, PhD.

www.univnet.sk



Project number: APVV-20-0338
Year of submission: 02/2020
Budget: EUR 200 000
Aim: To identify the key success factors that enable firms to survive and grow in the technological revolution
Brief description: The project examines the impact of digital transformation, artificial intelligence and innovation on business competitiveness. It focuses on exploring the factors that influence economic growth and the ability of firms to survive in the conditions of the so-called Sixth Kondratieff Wave (mainly associated with innovation, digitalization and artificial intelligence).
Research team:principal investigator: prof. Ing. Pavel Ochotnický, PhD (EUBA), prof. Ing. Ivan Kotuliak, PhD. (STUBA) + Matej Bel University and University of Prešov

Project number: NFP401101C651
Year of submission: 02/2025
Budget: EUR 1 034 117,92
Goal: To implement strategic R&D in the field of transformation of sw solutions using progressive artificial intelligence tools. The project will be implemented in cooperation of 5 partners – University of Economics in Bratislava, FEI STU Bratislava, Asseco Central Europe, a. s. as a large enterprise, Ardaco, a. s. as a medium-sized enterprise and the Centre for Scientific and Technical Information as a research organisation. Each of the partners will pursue sub-objectives within their main activity, all of which will be directed towards designing new approaches and tools for transforming sw solutions. Each partner will bring its perspective to this common goal, such as evaluation and methodologies in terms of economic aspects, the use of LLM and digital twins, security and legislative aspects. Together they will thus create a comprehensive research for the subject area of transformation of sw solutions.
Brief description:The project is focused on the use of advanced artificial intelligence tools to streamline and improve the process of transforming sw solutions into new technologies. The results will result in higher efficiency and quality of the solved processes and thus increase competitiveness in the industry. The main output of the project will be trained LLM models and digital twins used within the proposed new architectures and sw tools suitable for transformation of sw solutions with complex security and economic aspects addressed. The outputs will be validated under laboratory conditions thus moving the knowledge base from TRL 2 – TRL 5.
Research team:Ing. Miroslava Čukanová, PhD., Mgr. Radúz Dula, PhD (EUBA), Bc. Andrej Holič (STUBA) + Asseco Central Europe, a. s., Ardaco, a. s., CVTI

Project Number: NFP401402D278
Year of submission: 2024
Budget: 549 590,33 EUR for EUBA
Aim: The aim is to enhance the quality of the student and staff experience and to create an environment in which every member of the academic community can develop to their full potential.
Brief description: The project develops and links counselling and support services at STU and EUBA to better support both students and staff – particularly in the areas of adaptation, mental health, inclusion and quality of learning.
Research team. Ida Ivanova, Assoc. Ing. Jana Péliová, PhD., Mgr. Alexandra Šušková-Jurkovičová

Project number: NFP401101C597
Year of submission: 02/2025
Budget: EUR 1 006 257,64
Aim: The aim of the project is to implement a strategic V-V in the field of predictive maintenance, production quality and logistics using progressive AI tools in the horizon until30.09.2029 with clearly defined project deliverables.
Brief description: the project will be implemented in cooperation of 5 partners – PredictiveDataScience, s.r.o. and Optima Ideas,s.r.o. as micro-enterprises, MFT STU based in Trnava and OF EU in Bratislava as public research institutions and Asseco Central Europe, a.s. as a large enterprise. The project builds on their previous activities and will be implemented through 5 main V-V activities that will run in parallel. Each partner will concentrate on one comprehensive activity during the whole duration of the project – industrial research in the field of predictive maintenance and production quality using AI and LLM (PredictiveDataScience, s.r.o.), in the field of Video Vision, AI and their use in security systems (Optima Ideas, s.r.o.), in the field of Video Vision, AI and their use in security systems (Optima Ideas, s.r.o.), and in the field of video vision (Optima Ideas, s.r.o.) and in the area of SW tools, solution architecture and use of AI in production, logistics and operations processes (Asseco Central Europe, a.s.), and independent V-V in the area of production and maintenance processes (MTF STU, based in Trnava) and in the area of production processes, logistics and economic aspects of implementation of innovative solutions (EU in Bratislava).
Research team:Mgr. Mgr. Radúz Dula, PhD., Ing. Miroslava Čukanová, PhD., prof. Ing. Prof. Ferdinand Daňo. Ing. Ing. Roman Lacko, PhD., doc. Ing. Martin Kuchta, PhD., doc. Ing. Peter Drábik PhD. MSc, doc. Ing. Róbert Rehák, PhD.

Project number: NFP401101C528
Year of submission: 02/2025
Budget: EUR 757 197,53 for EUBA
Aim: The main mission of the project is to develop a sustainable, creative and innovative academic-industrial environment in the semiconductor sector that leads to a functional and internationally competitive ecosystem. The overall strategic objective is focused on research and design of power electronic devices based on advanced broadband semiconductor materials, analysis of their electrical and material properties, development and design of accurate models for circuit simulations, analysis of methods and design of advanced techniques for their encapsulation for industrial applications, investigation of reliability and development of models for lifetime prediction under application conditions using AI and big data processing. The project covers the entire development chain necessary for the creation of new advanced electrical components, their encapsulation in Slovakia and thus their implementation in electronic systems manufactured or developed in Slovakia.
Brief description: Microelectronics is a key industrial sector that forms the basis of modern technologies, from automotive to telecommunications to energy and healthcare. Its development directly influences the innovation potential of the economy, increases its competitiveness and promotes the digitisation of industrial processes. Investment in semiconductor R&D enables the creation of new high value-added jobs and strengthens the country’s technological sovereignty. At the same time, advances in microelectronics are contributing to reducing energy intensity and improving the efficiency of electronic systems, which are key to sustainable economic growth in the 21st century.
Research team:Ing. Alena Donovalová, PhD., doc. Mgr. Elena Kašt’áková, PhD., Assoc. Ing. Anton Kuzma, PhD., Assoc. Ing. Juraj Marek, PhD. Prof. Ing. Ľubica Stuchlíková, PhD.

Programme: Teaming Horizon Europe
Year of submission: 04/2025
Status: rejected
Budget: EUR 15 000 000
Aim: To develop and apply artificial intelligence to support innovation, digitalisation and efficient functioning of organisations, linking research with practice and ensuring ethical use of AI
Brief description:The project focuses on research and application of artificial intelligence to support digital transformation, innovation and efficient decision-making in the economy and practice. The project aimed to link academic research with technological solutions and also emphasised the ethical and trustworthy use of AI.
Research team:Paula Puškárová (EUBA), Juraj Marek (STUBA)

Project number: 001EU-2-1/2025
Year of submission: 07/2025
Budget: € 39 999,60
Aim: The project pursues three main objectives: to align the management standards of both universities, to build the competencies of leaders through training, mentoring and coaching, and to create a sustainable leadership development system.
Brief description: The project will create a coherent and harmonised system for the development of leadership and management competences of STUBA and EUBA managers. The training will be based on modern standards of leadership development, adapted to the specificities of the academic environment and the principles of Industry 5.0, which, in addition to innovation, also emphasizes the values needed to cope with a climatically and socially unstable environment.
Research team:Puškárová Paula, Romanová Anita EUBA, Blštáková Jana EUBA, Seifertová Andrea EUBA, Strémy Maximilián STUBA, Cuninka Peter STUBA, Bittera Mikuláš