Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovak: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university inSlovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century Czech teacher and philosopher. As are most universities in Slovakia, it is funded mostly by the government. As the greatest, oldest and outstanding national university of the Slovak Republic, Comenius University especially values its intellectual and universal relationship with the Slovak nation, where it has its roots and at the same time provides the foundation from which it will continue to look to the widest international horizons, enriching both itself and Slovakia. Comenius University has Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences and so on.