Institute of Hydrology

Slovak Academy of Sciences

Water is a strategic resource for today, but mainly for the future


Institute of Hydrology Slovak Academy of Sciences is a scientific research institution, which provides a comprehensive research and teaching in the field of environmental science and water management in order to disseminate knowledge on the circulation and quality of water in nature.

• Our years of experience and a unique combination of scientific expertise of our employees enable us to propose viable solutions to current problems of hydrology in Slovakia, but also in terms of the whole world ..

• We are the only scientific institution in Slovakia, which examines the sources of surface and ground water complex in terms of their quantity and quality, to associate a variety of disciplines.

• Conduct independent research focused primarily on the acquisition of genuine knowledge
  • about the hydrological cycle (causes floods, respectively. Drought mechanism of flow and transport of substances in the aquatic environment, .....)
  • about the impact of the global, regional and local events on water resources in the country (climate change, human activity, pollution, ...)

  both in Slovakia and on a global scale.

• Our work is based on theoretical, laboratory and field research, and we have the opportunity to use the results directly from its own experimental watersheds. Our offices are located in Bratislava, Liptovský Mikuláš and Michalovce. They are equipped with leading-edge technology. 

• We have built

Centre of Excellence for Integrated River Basin Management in changing environmental conditions.

The center was completed by another project

Completion of infrastructure of hydrological research stations.

• We cooperate with the scientific communities of scientific institutes and universities at home and abroad. We are involved in two centers of excellence:

Center of excellence for protection and use of land and biodiversity.

Centre of Excellence integrated flood protection area.

Slovak Committee
for Hydrology - NC IHP UNESCO

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

Acta Hydrologica Slovaca

Selected meteorological data measured at Jalovecky creek basin