TUKE caters for a wide range of educational needs not only in the East­‑Slovak region, but throughout Slovakia and Central Europe, as in many specializations it is the only centre of education and research in this area. TUKE closely co­‑operates with other universities and with industrial organizations throughout the region and the Slovak Republic.

In recent years there has been considerable increase in demand from foreign students to study, whereby TUKE has been established on international scale as a distinguished education institution. Students from forty countries attend the university.