Technical University in Zvolen
{{Short description|Public university in Zvolen, Slovakia}}
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| name = Technical University in Zvolen
| native_name = Technická univerzita vo Zvolene
| native_name_lang = Slovakian
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| established = 1952
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College of Forestry and Wood Technology
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| affiliation = ERASMUS/ IFCU, FUCE
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| rector = Rudolf Kropil
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| city = Zvolen
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| website = {{URL|http://www.tuzvo.sk}}
|address = T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen
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Technical University in Zvolen or Technická univerzita vo Zvolene is a public university located in Zvolen, Slovakia. This university is a member of European Forest Institute.{{cite web|title=Technical University in Zvolen|url=http://www.efi.int/portal/members/member_organisations/slovak_republic/technical_university_in_zvolen/|publisher=EFI|accessdate=19 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419095905/http://www.efi.int/portal/members/member_organisations/slovak_republic/technical_university_in_zvolen/|archivedate=19 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Technická univerzita vo Zvolene|url=http://www.portalvs.sk/sk/vysoka-skola/technicka-univerzita-vo-zvolene|website=PortalVS|accessdate=19 April 2015}}
History
The university was established as a higher degree college in 1952. At that time, it was named College of Forestry and Wood Technology{{cite book|author1=Eva Macková|author2=Ján Daniel|author3=Janka Morongová|author4=Elena Žíhlavníková|title=Slovenská lesnícka a drevárska knižnica, 1952-2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3NrbcipY7cC&pg=PA44|year=2002|publisher=Arbora Publishers|isbn=978-80-968868-0-7|pages=44–}} In 1991 the college acquired university status and was renamed to Technical University in Zvolen.{{cite web|title=About University|url=http://www.tuzvo.sk/en/about_university/about_university.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704235141/http://www.tuzvo.sk/en/about_university/about_university.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2006|publisher=TUZ|accessdate=19 April 2015}}{{cite book|author=Europa Publications|title=Central and South-Eastern Europe 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5J_gAU8c9NIC&pg=PA616|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-186-5|pages=616–}}{{cite book|author=Stanislav J. Kirschbaum|title=Historical Dictionary of Slovakia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wzefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA345|date=14 November 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8030-6|pages=345–}}
Faculties
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.tuzvo.sk}}
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