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An exciting new offer to study abroad is available to students of Public Health in UCC!
Students in the BSc Public Health Sciences will be able to apply for a semester abroad with Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia.
From the 2025-2026 academic year onwards, students in second year of the BSc can submit their Expressions of Interest to apply for this opportunity in 3rd year.
This exchange is building on a collaboration developed by Dr Monica O’Mullane (School of Public Health) who worked in the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health & Social Work, in Trnava University as college lecturer (2010-2016). A former colleague working in the Department, Dr Jarmila Pekarčíková, came to UCC in April 2024 as part of the staff Erasmus programme.
Trnava is known locally in Slovakia as ‘little Rome’ because of the number of churches spotted around the picturesque town with much of the beautiful Gothic architecture still intact. In terms of rail travel and connectivity, Trnava is 30 minutes from Bratislava, two hours from Vienna and five hours from Prague. Trnava is well located and connected in the heart of central Europe!
More information on living in Trnava for students, interested in this Erasmus opportunity, is available here.