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SMÚ Develops the National Measurement Standard for Radionuclide Activity to Support Safer Nuclear Medicine
The Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ), the national metrology institute of the Slovak Republic, has launched a new applied research and developme…
The Slovak Republic at the 28th Meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)
The 28th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) is taking place in Versailles, France, from 13 to 15 October 2026, bringi…
29th DUNAMET Meeting in Slovakia
The 29th DUNAMET Meeting took place in Pezinok, Slovakia, on 29–30 September 2026, bringing together representatives of the Slovak Institute of Met…
20 May 2026 – World Metrology Day: Metrology as a Foundation for Trustworthy Decision-Making
World Metrology Day, held on 20 May each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of measurement for modern society, the economy a…
International Erasmus+ Students from the Czech Technical University in Prague Visited the Slovak Institute of Metrology
On 29 April 2026, the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ) hosted a study visit by 20 international students from several European universities spec…
Ján Andrej Segner Awards Presented to SMÚ Employees
During the 61st Conference of the Calibration Association of the Slovak Republic, held on 21 April 2006 in Piešťany, SMÚ staff members Ing. Pavol M…
SMÚ Reaffirms the Strength of Its Quality Management System at the EURAMET TC-Q Meeting
From 25 to 27 March 2026, the EURAMET Technical Committee for Quality (TC-Q) met in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the Centre for Physical Sciences and Tec…
Joint Use of a Training Classroom of the External Training Institution of SMÚ and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
The management of the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ) has provided a newly established training classroom within its External Training Institut…
Call for Slovak Research and Scientific Organisations to Participate in the European Partnership on Metrology in Cooperation with the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ)
The European Partnership on Metrology (EPM) is an institutionalised partnership established by a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Cou…
Metrology Experts Day Hosted by the Slovak Institute of Metrology
Today, the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ) hosted a Metrology Experts Day attended by experts from the Slovak Office for Standards, Metrology a…
Chronological Development of the Institutionalisation of Czecho-Slovak Metrology and Its Organisations
1875 – Signing of the Metre Convention
The Metre Convention was signed on 20 May 1875 in Paris by 17 signatory states, including Austria-Hungary, …
Students of Gymnázium sv. Uršule, secondary school in Bratislava, Visited the Slovak Institute of Metrology on the Occasion of Continued Promotion of Metrology and the 150th Anniversary of the Metre Convention
The Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ) was visited by 24 first-year students from Gymnázium sv. Uršule, a secondary grammar school in Bratislava, …
International Erasmus + Students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Slovak University of Technology Visited the Slovak Institute of Metrology on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Metre Convention
Today, 17 Erasmus + students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Slovak University of Technology participated in a guided tour of the…
Presentation of the Slovak Institute of Metrology’s Laboratory for the Verification of Road Speed Measuring Instruments in the VAT Magazine
The Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ) presented the laboratory for the verification of road speed measuring instruments in the VAT magazine focus…
Update to the Price List of Metrological Services, Certified Reference Materials, Certification Services, and Training Programmes, and New General Terms and Conditions for the Provision of Metrological Services and Training Programmes
The Slovak Institute of Metrology announces an update to the Price List for Metrological Services, Certified Reference Materials, Certification Ser…
Students from the Secondary School of Electrical Engineering in Žilina visited the Slovak Institute of Metrology on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Metric Convention
Today, 50 students from the Secondary School of Electrical Engineering in Žilina participated in a guided tour of the Slovak Institute of Metrology…
SMÚ Presented the Breath Analyzer Laboratory on the TV Program Spektrum 24
The Breath Analyzer Laboratory of the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMÚ) was featured in the Spektrum 24 program produced by the JOJ 24 news chann…
Insights into Ionizing Radiation Measurement Featured on JOJ 24’s Spektrum 24
The news channel JOJ 24 aired an episode of Spektrum 24 filmed at the Ionizing Radiation Department of the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU), foc…
Joint Project of the National Metrology Institutes of Slovakia and Uzbekistan in the Field of Quantum Metrology.
On 9 June 2025, during the 4th Tashkent International Investment Forum, attended by the Prime Ministers of Slovakia and Uzbekistan, the Slovak Inst…
Slovak Institute of Metrology Participates in the 19th EURAMET General Assembly in Berlin
From 2 to 6 June 2025, representatives of the Slovak Institute of Metrology (SMU) took part in the 19th General Assembly of EURAMET, held in Berlin…