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More and more students are keen to implement their own ideas in short-term projects, through various challenges and competitions, the organization of events, in startup teams or even through creating their own companies. We gradually set up co-workrooms to support these activities in so far unused spaces and premises of the Faculty.

According to the memorandum of cooperation with the Slovak Business Agency (SBA), students and employees of the Faculty of Commerce also have the possibility to be engaged in an acceleration, traineeship or incubation program and use the modern co-working premises and FabLab in the SBA (Twin City Bratislava, the MHD stop – Bus 88) to support their own business activities.

Gallery of students´ business companies:

University Dance Center – Martin Harvan, Igor Révay
Boomex Marketing Agency – Karin Zušťáková, Bibiána Sotáková
www.izberatel.sk – Kristián Kováč
Jokerit TV – Michal Dubovan

Students are focused on using the project teaching partnerships in order to prepare their own themes of final theses. Such application theses are aimed at addressing more complex issues of business and social environment, by using various exploratory, research, analytical, modelling and creative methods.

In addition to the standard outputs (bachelor and diploma theses), students have the opportunity to present the results of their projects, club solutions, entrepreneurial activities and other particularities at the traditional semester events:

Regionfest and the Christmas university;
Winefest and Spring university.

Project-based learning is the main didactic method for the realization of educational and training activities in the Talentway program. It is a demand-oriented method (self-directed learning – SDL), the key starting point is the assignment (project), the students are divided into teams and determine what theory must be used to achieve the objectives.

During the problem-solving activity the students do regular interim presentations, and the comprehensive results are then presented at the end where the experts from the industry are invited. The evaluation is aimed at the skills of students, it is done collectively and given not only the supervisors, but also experts from the industry.

Professional clubs represent forms of dual education, when practical training is carried out under the guidance of experts from practice, usually during one semester. Teaching usually uses innovative educational methods, such as project-based forms of teaching or problem-based learning or design thinking.

The basic starting point for project-based learning is an assignment (project), which students solve in teams. Within the created project teams, they determine the schedule of planned activities, milestones of work tasks, partial goals and responsibility for meeting the set goals. They also decide for themselves what knowledge they need and search for information, data that they need to successfully achieve the set goals, or. solve the assignment, problem. In project teaching, the teacher plays a passive role - he supervises the fulfillment of the set goals, coordinates and guides students in solving projects.

During the project solution, students consult with experts from practice - the project topic initiators. They present the achieved results on an ongoing basis, and then present the comprehensive results at a final presentation with the participation of experts from practice. The assessment is focused on the students' abilities, is collective and is provided not only by the club supervisors, but also by experts from practice or the students themselves.

Depending on the selected club, students complete a series of professional workshops, lectures, work in 3-4-member teams on practical assignments, participate in excursions, intern with partners from practice, present the results of their work, organize final events at which they present their results or present the acquired marketing, presentation or business skills.

At the beginning of the semester, students, based on their own decision, choose from the current offer of professional clubs and academies those that best suit their preferences. Their number and structure change regularly so that the faculty offers its students the most interesting and up-to-date. We offer the following professional clubs for students:

Retail Academy - in cooperation with Lidl Slovensko, v. o. s.;
Agrobio Club - in cooperation with WineloversClub and various Slovak wineries;
Foodie Club - in cooperation with Nestlé Slovensko, a. s.; Unilever Slovenská republika, Budiš, a. s., and other entities in the food sector;
Media Club - in cooperation with CREATIVE PRO, s. r. o.;
Mercedes Club - in cooperation with Motor-Car Bratislava, spol. s r. o.;
Travel Club - in cooperation with travel agencies and other entities in the tourism industry;
Internship - in cooperation with international companies;
Animations in tourism - in cooperation with tourism entities;
Foto-Lab - focusing on marketing communication, digital media, product photography and other creative activities using professional technology;
SARIO club - focusing on business activities on the domestic and foreign markets;
Createc club - focusing on the food sector.
Business strategies - in cooperation with Atlas Copco, the club is focused on business and marketing of an internationally operating company.
Brokerage - the club is focused on financial literacy.
Cirkular Slovakia - in cooperation with companies whose activities are oriented towards sustainability.
Creative Pro - in cooperation with Creative Pro, it is focused on PR and the work of an advertising agency.
EXIM banka - in cooperation with EXIM banka, the club is focused on the system of bank organization, its purpose and significance for international business.
HoReCa - focused on hotels, restaurants, cafes, their operation and connection to service to the population and tourism.
Bratislava Airport – focusing on flight operations and tourism.
McCarter – cooperation with McCarter is focused on the business activities of a manufacturing company, holistic marketing.
Plzeňský Prazdroj – cooperation with Plzeňský Prazdroj is focused on the business and marketing of a manufacturing company.
Proxenta (creative coconuts) – in cooperation with Proxenta, a dynamic service enterprise, wide-ranging forms of services.
Telekom – in cooperation with Slovak Telekom, focused on a complex of services and holistic marketing of a telecommunications company.
Unilever – cooperation with the multinational company Unilever is focused on the business activities of a manufacturing company, holistic marketing.

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In every year of study, students are involved in addressing selected assignments through professional subjects under the guidance of academics, as well as in cooperation with experts from the industry. All assignments deal with real problems in the particular sector of industry, the best solutions are also applied to businesses. Project assignments are divided into selected business areas – network retail, B2C, or B2B environment, media, finance, health, digital products, etc. The selected subjects are:

I. degree - Bachelor study

1^st year: Marketing
2^nd year:Entrepreneurship in practice – clubs
3^rd year: Professional experience and other selection courses

II. degree - Master study

1^st year: innovation management, product management, marketing information systems
2^nd year: professional experience, marketing communication and other selection subjects

Comprehensive information on the course of a co-operation with the industry in selected subjects is provided to students before the start of the semester. According to them, they have the option to select an area in which they will be able to address the project. The kick-off workshops, which are held mostly directly in the partner organization area, they learn about the details of the assignments, as well as with the mentors from the industry.

Entrepreneurship in practice at the Faculty of Commerce represents a platform for supporting the connection of students with practice through activities that also enable the systematic and comprehensive development of their personality. Entrepreneurship in practice enables students to:

professional profiling in the field of business, marketing, international trade and tourism,
close cooperation with partners from practice who participate in lectures, exercises, and lead workshops,
specialization for a future profession in a specific industry,
acquiring practical experience during their studies,
revealing and developing strengths,
working in a team that is formed with regard to the team roles that students hold,
gaining important contacts with specialists, managers and experts from selected areas of business and the social environment (networking).

Entrepreneurship in practice provides students with the opportunity to directly cooperate with practice, by involving students in solving practical tasks, problems and challenges of varying difficulty assigned by partners from practice, to gain experience in working in a team, to create their own final thesis topics, but also to establish their own businesses.

Every student at the Faculty of Commerce completes Entrepreneurship in practice, thanks to which they gain practical experience, engage in direct cooperation with partners from practice who lead professional workshops, and participate in the management of seminar and final theses through consulting activities. Students also have the opportunity to complete a practical internship in these companies.

Entrepreneurship in Practice as a platform to support connecting students with practice includes:

teaching selected subjects of study programs using innovative educational methods (e.g. project-based learning, problem-based learning, design thinking),
professional clubs and academies (practical education, professional practice),
interdisciplinary connecting of student teams from various faculties and universities, including foreign ones,
assigning and processing seminar and final theses in direct cooperation with practice,
entrepreneurial activities of students.

The results of activities within the Entrepreneurship in Practice platform are also regular faculty events organized by students in cooperation with partners from practice: