www.trnava-live.sk: Prednádražie is awaiting the huge construction of a science park in the STU faculty campus.
The campus of the faculty will change beyond recognition over the coming years. Construction of the large university science park will begin in the area of the sports complex, this will be the first of its kind in Slovakia.
This Science Park gained financing from EU funds under the Operational Programme of Research and Development, as stated by the Ministry of Education.
The new facilities for the scientific work will be situated in the area of Prednádražie.
The project is expected to be completed at the beginning of summer in 2015.
Graphical information of the STU.
An agreement about the irreclaimable grants for the implementation of this unique project was signed on Friday the 15th March in the premises of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic by Dušan Caplovic and the Rector of the STU in Bratislava Robert Redhammer, along with the Dean of the Faculty of the MTF STU Oliver Moravčík.
The research project will be supported by an amount of at least € 42 million.
The largest part of the investment is € 35.7 million of EU funds and €4.2 million is from the state budget and five percent of the total - € 2.1 million will be financed by the university itself.
The existence of the science park at the MTF STU’s campus – Cambo, will bring a new scientific infrastructure at a global level to the research field of material engineering, ion and plasma technology, as well as automation and computerization of industrial processes.
"This will employ the top experts in the field of materials sciences and technology and will promote the transfer of knowledge into practice in the form of transfer of know-how, start - up or spin-off. This will not only contribute to improving the quality of education for young people at the university, but also to enhance the competitiveness of the Slovak Republic," stated the Department of Education’s press release.
The baseball and tennis courts have been moved due to construction of the science park.
Translation: Anthony James Ronald Atkinson
