Technická univerzita vo Zvolene

The Technical University in Zvolen (TUZVO) has a unique position in university educational system of Slovakia, because we are the only university providing univestity education in the field of forestry, wood sciences, ecology and environmental and manufacturing technology. It follows up a rich and very old tradition of technical university studies in Slovakia, which dates back to the establishment of the Mining Academy in Banska Stiavnica in 1762, where are the Forestry Institute was establishet in 1 807. These facts give evidence that technical and forestry studies in Slovakia originated among the first ones in the world, and, together with mining university studies, point out a high level of mining and forestry in our country in the past, considering the significance of these production branches in the countrys economy at that time.