Rector
prof. RNDr. János Tóth, PhD.
He was born on January 4 1962, in Nové Zámky. He earned a degree in Mathematical Analysis in 1986 from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Comenius University in Bratislava. From 1986 to 1989, he worked as a mathematics teacher at a high school in Nové Zámky, from 1989 to 1998 as an assistant professor, and from 1989 to 2001 as an associate professor at the Department of Mathematics of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. From 2001 to 2009, he taught at the University of Ostrava in Ostrava as an associate professor, and from 2004 to 2008, he served as the head of the Department of Mathematics at J. Selye University as an extraordinary professor. From 2009 to 2017, he was the rector of J. Selye University in Komárno. Since February 1 2017, he has been vice-rector of J. Selye University. He has been an extraordinary professor at the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Economics and Informatics at J. Selye University. From 2018, he was a full professor at the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Economics and Informatics at J. Selye University.
1. TEACHING
For almost 39 years, he has worked as a teacher, including 36 years at various universities. He was the supervisor of 5 dissertations, 13 rigorous, 56 diplomas, and 10 bachelor's theses at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, the University of Ostrava in Ostrava, and the J. Selye University in Komárno.
At J. Selye University, he is the supervisor of the bachelor's and master's degrees in Mathematics.
He is the mathematics supervisor in the doctoral programme on the theory of teaching mathematics and computer science.
From the beginning of his teaching career, he has gladly guided young, talented mathematicians. Three of his students at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra earned awards under his supervision. He supervised the rigorous theses of 13 students. Many of his former students today include associate professors and even faculty leaders.
So far, he has held a total of 490 semester hours, of which 184 semester hours at the Department of Mathematics at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 180 at the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Ostrava, and 200 at the Department of Mathematics at J. Selye University. Some of the subjects he has been teaching are Mathematical Analysis, Linear Algebra, Measure Theory, Topology, Complex Analysis, Set Theory, Theoretical Arithmetic, Number Theory, Cryptography and Number Theory, Functions and Series, Discrete Mathematics, Didactics of Mathematics, Metric Spaces, Differential Equations, School Mathematics in the Light of Higher Mathematics, Introduction to Number Theory, Selected Topics in Number Theory, Scientific seminar for doctoral students.
2. SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
At the beginning of his professional career, he focused mainly on the theory of real functions. Later, in number theory, he specialized in analytical number theory and the distribution of sequences. He achieved his first scientific results in his thesis. At the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Comenius University in Bratislava, he earned his PhD in Algebra and Number Theory. He obtained the scientific-pedagogical title doc. (associate professor) in the Theory of Teaching Mathematics field at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra in 1998. In the field of Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava, he was appointed as professor in 2018.
He has led seven scientific research grants (GAČR, VEGA, KEGA) and participated in twelve other scientific research projects. He has created beneficial and effective cooperation between mathematicians from France, Great Britain, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Romania, and Slovakia. As a result of these cooperations, they had joint publications. Some of his students and colleagues participated in a few of these joint publications.
He has published his scientific results in more than 124 publications, of which 111 were in scientific journals. 60 of his publications are registered in the WoS and Scopus databases, and more than 65 of his publications can be found in the American Mathematical Reviews register. About 20 foreign and domestic scientists participated in his publishing activities. There are a total of 275 citations in the citation indexes of his work. He was invited to hold more than 30 lectures in various European countries, such as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Czechia, Poland, Greece, etc.
As a lecturer, he was an active participant of several important conferences and workshops in the field of number theory: Eger (1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007), Ostravice (1997, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017), Czieszyn (1998, 2002), Liptovský Ján (1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015), Sopron (2008, 2016), Lille (2001), Graz (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), Bratislava (2004, 2006, 2008), Bedlewo (2006), Nitra (2000), Saint Etienne (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009), Katowice (2006), Malaga (2006), Malenovice (2007, 2009, 2017), Smolenice (2007, 2012), Ostrava (2008, 2013, 2013, 2013, 2014, 2017), Debrecen (2009), Liverpool (2008), Warszawa (2010), Tatranská Bukovina (2010). Stará Lesná (2011).
He is a member of the editorial board of Uniform Distribution Theory, Acta Universitatis Sapientia, and Acta Oeconomica Universitatis Selye. He has built important and beneficial domestic and international connections in their previous scientific, research, and pedagogical activities. He has gained important experience applicable to his further professional and management activities.
He is a member of the Scientific Board of J. Selye University, the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Economics and Informatics of J. Selye University, the Scientific Board of the University of Prešov in Prešov, and the Scientific Board of Eszterházy Károly Catholic University (Eger).
Since 2017, he has been a member of the presidency of the Council for Higher Education of Slovakia.
3. AWARDS, HONORS, SCIENTIFIC PRIZES
In 2012, he was awarded the "Honorary Professor" award from the University of Óbudai Egytem. In 2013, he received the scientific honour, the Medal of János Aranya, from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 2016, he received the title of an honorary citizen from the University of Eszterházy Károly Egyetem. In 2017, he earned a silver medal from the University of Prešov. In 2017, he gained the "Pro University" award from the University of Óbudai Egytem. In 2019, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit by the President of Hungary.
4. RECTOR
2009 – 2013 and 2013 – 2017
FIRST AND SECOND TERM
During his first and second terms as rector, which lasted eight years starting on February 1, 2009, J. Selye University underwent several important changes. It developed significantly compared to the previous period. He used his leadership qualities in several different areas during these years.
The creation of the current image of the university and the forming of the structure of units and departments, which enabled the university's transparent and regular function, were of paramount importance. The organizational regulations, rector's decrees and internal regulations necessary for this were created by the university's management at the time, based on which and according to which the university has been operating ever since.
An outstanding moment in the university's history is the university's achievement of university status in 2016. After the first unsuccessful complex accreditation process, which included the period from 2004 to 2008, the university, with the new management at its head, completed the period 2009-2014 in such a way that it achieved university classification after submitting the second complex accreditation self-assessment. The creation and opening of the doctoral study program of Business Economics and Management were key to this, so on September 2, 2016, they fulfilled the last, so far missing, KZ-3 criterion.
Under his leadership, four significant projects promoting the development and modernization of the university were implemented. The large-scale project realized in 2009-2010 included two different areas. The results of the project were the renovation of the building of the then Faculty of Economics and The Officers' Pavilion, as well as the equipment of laboratories and classrooms, and the introduction and development of ICT systems, which played an important role in the university's development. The second was entitled Increasing the Quality of Education through the Design and Innovation of Study Programs, the Development of Human Resources and Career Counselling. Its goals were the innovation of study programs, the opposition of completed and renewed study programs, the language and IT training of employees teaching at the university, and the support of career counselling. As a result of the tender, the university's ICT rooms and language laboratories were equipped with modern technology. The third such large-scale tender success is the EU grant awarded to build and modernize JSU's infrastructure, thanks to which the university created a data centre with servers, data storage, visualization software, a security data backup centre, and a high-capacity external power generator.
Thanks to the fourth tender, with a total cost of almost 5 million, a Nanotechnology and Supramolecular Laboratory and an Intelligent Robotics Centre, unique in Central Europe, were created, with which the university mobilizes its research groups and develops scientific research.
Science and scientific publications have always played an important role in his life, as evidenced by the fact that during his years as a rector, the university repeatedly occupied high positions in the report on the publication activities of public higher education institutions in Slovakia.
Achieving these successes required strategic decisions and cohesive and coordinating work for the university's leaders, faculty, and staff.
2025 – 2029
FIRST TERM
The President of the Slovak Republic has appointed him as the rector of J. Selye University in Komárno, effective February 1st 2025, following the decision of the Academic Senate and the Board of Directors of J. Selye University.
