Faculty of International Relations was established by a decree of the Rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava on 17 January 2000. At the time of its establishment, the Faculty comprised four departments, one of which was the Department of International Political Relations. The Head of the Department was Prof. PhDr. Ján Liďák, CSc. In the subsequent period, the Department was divided into the Department of Political Science and the Department of Humanities. On 1 September 2007, these departments were merged again into the Department of International Political Relations, and Assoc. Prof. PhDr. František Škvrnda, CSc. was appointed Head of the Department.
The position of Head of the Department of International Political Relations has been held by:
2007 – 31 August 2013: Assoc. Prof. PhDr. František Škvrnda, CSc.
1 September 2013 – 31 August 2015: Prof. PhDr. Karol Sorby, DrSc.
1 September 2015 – 31 December 2025: Prof. PhDr. Ľubomír Čech, CSc.
1 January 2026 – present: PhDr. Michael Augustín, PhD., MPA
The Department of International Political Relations has provided educational activities in accordance with approved study programmes across all faculties of the Bratislava University of Economics and Business. At present, the Department delivers teaching under approved curricula in full-time bachelor’s and master’s programmes, as well as in full-time and part-time doctoral studies at the Faculty of International Relations of the Bratislava University of Economics and Business, and in bachelor’s and master’s programmes at other faculties and units of the University of Economics in Bratislava.
Members of the Department of International Political Relations teach the following compulsory courses at the Faculty of International Relations: Political Science and International Politics at the bachelor’s level, and Cultures in International Relations, Political International Relations I, and Political International Relations II at the master’s level. Among elective courses, the Department provides instruction in The Constitutional System of the USA, Geopolitics, Sociology, Foreign Policy Analysis, History of International Relations, and others.
Academic staff and internal doctoral candidates of the Department are also actively involved in research activities as well as in other Faculty-related activities. In recent years, members of the Department have served as principal investigators or co-investigators in dozens of domestic and international research projects.
