Terms of use

The Technical University of Košice is an educational institution under public law for the provision of the public service of higher education, with the city of Košice as the seat of the University Senate, the Rectorate, the management and the central services of the University.

General Terms and Conditions of Use

Access to and use of this website and all those associated with the Technical University of Košice corresponding to its Bodies, Services, Faculties, Schools, Departments and Institutes (hereinafter the Portal) confers the status of user and implies the acceptance of each and every one of the terms contained in these General Conditions, without prejudice to the fact that access to any of the services or contents that may be obtained through these pages may be subject to the acceptance of additional Specific Conditions.

The Technical University of Košice may modify these conditions, which will be published, and the user must periodically access them in order to be aware of any changes.

Contents

The information and contents of this Portal may not be used in contradictory processes with the Public Administration, and the University is in no way responsible for the application or specific use that may be made of it, nor for any discrepancies that may exist between the printed documents of the competent Administration and the electronic publication on these pages.

The Technical University of Košice may freely modify or delete the information contained in the Portal or its design, presentation and configuration in order to ensure that it is permanently updated and free of errors.

As the updating of information is not immediate, we suggest that you always check the validity, currency and accuracy of the information and content contained in the Portal.

The user undertakes to make good use of the contents of this Portal, which may never be used for activities that are illicit or harmful to the rights and freedoms of third parties, or that may be contrary to morality, good practices and customs and public order.

In any case, the use of the information provided through the Portal is the sole responsibility of the user, who may not pass on to the Technical University of Košice any consequence derived directly or indirectly from accessing the Portal, in particular in relation to the adoption of decisions on the initiation, development or result of administrative procedures, which must be checked with the competent centres, bodies or offices.

Safety

The Technical University of Košice adopts the necessary security measures in the use of information technologies, however these are not infallible and the user must be aware of this.

For this reason, the University accepts no responsibility for any damage, harm, loss, anomalies, malfunction or deterioration that may occur in users’ equipment or systems as a direct or indirect consequence of accessing this Portal, or that may be caused by viruses, Trojans or other computer programmes.

In this regard, please remember that all users of technologies provided by the Technical University of Košice must know, accept and apply the ‘Regulations for the use of computer and communications resources’.

Likewise, it shall not be liable in cases where it is not possible to guarantee the availability and continuity of the operation of the Portal and the non-existence of operational failures, interruptions in the service or transmission, or errors in access to it or its content due to force majeure or accidents or in any other case not attributable to the University or necessary for the correct provision of the service in the event of maintenance stoppages.

Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Property

This Portal is the property of the Technical University of Košice. The Intellectual and Industrial Property rights of this Portal, the CSS and HTML code, pages, screens, the information they contain, their appearance, design, logos, brands and other distinctive signs that appear on it, are the exclusive property of the University, except for those elements whose authorship or ownership is explicitly indicated.

Any improper use of the same by any person other than their legitimate owner will give rise to the exercise of the actions that legally correspond to the University and, where appropriate, to the liabilities that may arise from such exercise.

The total or partial reproduction of the contents of the Portal is authorised, provided that its public origin is expressly mentioned. If any information contained therein is quoted, its integrity and meaning will be respected.

Links

The Technical University of Košice assumes no responsibility for links to other websites that may be included in the Portal from time to time with the aim of providing users with more information and expanding the resources available to them, as it has no control over them. In the event of accessing their contents, users do so under their own responsibility and in accordance with the conditions of use to which they are subject.

In particular, the website includes hyperlinks to social networks such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc., related to our entity. Once the user accesses them, he/she will be subject to the legal framework established for each of them.

Websites that include links to this Portal may not include false, inaccurate or confusing indications that may mislead those who access them.

Prohibited acts and errors

Any user who is aware of any irregular action that may modify or alter the contents, violate intellectual and industrial property rights, impair the proper functioning or prevent access to this Portal, actions that are expressly prohibited, should report this situation to the General Secretariat of the Technical University of Košice by any of the means of contact provided on the Portal.

Likewise, if you detect any error, please inform the University through the same channels.