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For Indian student Abhinav Banerjee, studying at Masaryk University was not his first choice. But that was before love entered the picture. Gradually, Brno became his second home and a place where he found not only himself but also space for his ambitions. At the FSS, he has created a unique project that simulates a United Nations meeting.
MU ranks among the top 100 best-rated world universities in the categories of Good Governance and Knowledge Exchange.
This year´s Open Day offered an expanded programme across all ten faculties of Masaryk University, as well as two workshops. A total of 3,500 prospective students registered.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. A fitting example of the famous saying is Daniel Rys, a medical student who turned the exhaustion of his medicine studies into an app that now helps thousands of students.
Support for Ukraine, the situation in Slovakia, the risks associated with social media, questions about Russia and Belarus, the role of the traditional media, and questions about the new government – these were the topics that resonated during Czech President Petr Pavel’s meeting with MU students.
This year’s Fragile Freedom, commemorating the events of 17 November at Masaryk University, was marked by powerful personal stories and exceptional achievements. The university presented medals to notable figures and opened a public discussion on the question of European values in the era of Russian aggression.
In mid-October, an MU delegation took part in a working trip across Brazil. Over the course of two weeks, they visited a number of universities, research centres, and secondary schools.
On Thursday, November 6, 36 doctoral students and their supervisors or consultants received the Vice-Rector’s Award for Excellent Results in Doctoral Studies at Masaryk University.
Archaeologist Jiří Macháček and his team from the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University have been awarded a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant for 2025.
Ladislav Bartoš, Milan Chytrý, Richard Štefl and Robert Vácha received awards from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT) on Tuesday, 4 November, at the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague.
A Memorial to Body Donors was unveiled at Brno Central Cemetery on 3 November. The Faculty of Medicine now has a dignified place to express gratitude to those who decided to donate their bodies after death for educational, scientific, and research purposes.
Molecular biologist and geneticist Šárka Pospíšilová, who also serves as Vice-Rector of Masaryk University for Research and Doctoral Studies, has been awarded the national Medal of Merit for her work in science and research. Her work has significantly advanced the diagnosis of leukaemia and has contributed to a deeper understanding of the genetic make-up of the Czech population.
In mid-October, both students and staff could find out everything about Erasmus programmes.
Valdemar Švábenský has worked with some of the most cited researchers in the world, but says that the Faculty of Informatics keeps up with the world’s top institutions.
Tomáš Fiala returned to MU in October with an ERC Starting Grant. He has now also signed a contract with the Experientia Foundation, which will support the establishment of his laboratory at the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science.
In the second round of elections, Luděk Bláha, the current Vice Dean for Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Science, was elected as the candidate for Dean of the Faculty of Science. He received 18 out of 26 votes.
Beata Bedřichová, a bachelor’s student at the Faculty of Social Studies, decided to make the most of her studies by spending part of a semester abroad and boosting her language skills. Now, she shares her experience from Málaga – along with a few practical tips that might inspire others to take the same step.
She wanted to study environment and health and focused on toxicology in her master´s programme. Hana Slámová enjoys working in laboratories and, as a lecturer at Bioscope, is involved in popularization and educational activities during summer schools and during the year.
At the end of last week, Masaryk University held graduation ceremonies for graduates of doctoral study programmes.
The first Slavs in Central Europe primarily consumed milk, millet, and honey. This distinguished them from the Germans, who instead favoured pork. This is based on extensive analyses of food molecules preserved in pot shards and from the bones of consumed animals. According to current research, the two populations differed not only genetically but also in their lifestyle and diet. This concludes an international study led by Jiří Macháček, Head of the Department of Archaeology and Museology at Masaryk University.
Frezer Getachew Asfaw is studying the Faculty of Informatics.
Masaryk University improved its performance in 12 out of the 18 indicators used in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings amid growing competition. Only three Czech universities made it into the global top 1000.
Recapturing the value of consumer goods is part of research project carried out by Radoslav Škapa and his colleagues.
Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Russian Prime Minister and a long-time critic of Vladimir Putin, spoke this week at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University. His lecture, titled “Russia: a constant threat to neighbours or a break out of the current path?”, was organised by the Masaryk University Cultural Centre.
As part of the implementation of the goals of the Sustainable MU 2025-2028 strategy and the development of international partnerships, members of Masaryk University's management and professional departments attended an educational and partnership programme in Canada at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
On 2 October, Masaryk University awarded honorary degrees of doctor honoris causa to two distinguished scholars – one a leading specialist in cultural heritage, the other a respected authority on European financial and tax law.
Protect others by protecting yourself – this is how basic cybersecurity requirements could be summed up. Tomáš Plesník from the Institute of Computer Science at Masaryk University says that people should get used to incorporating cybersecurity measures into their daily routine.
The academic year 2025/2026 opening ceremony included the presentation of awards to outstanding teachers and personalities associated with MU and reflections on the role of the university and its goals for the future.
Rector Martin Bareš delivered the following speech at the Opening Ceremony of the academic year 2025/2026, which took place on the evening of 30 September 2025.
In mid-September, Masaryk University joined a local government delegation from the South Moravian Region on a working visit to Switzerland. An important stop on the trip was Basel, one of the leading European centres of pharmaceutical and biotechnology research, where university representatives visited the renowned Biozentrum of the University of Basel.
A new education programme at Masaryk University will help beginning teachers develop their pedagogical skills. The aim is to ensure high-quality teaching that meets the highest academic standards.
This year again, Masaryk University was joined by hundreds of students from all over the world. International newcomers began the semester with an Orientation Week full of lectures, workshops, and social events that helped them integrate into university life.
The renewal of Ukrainian research and higher education was the main theme of a conference organised by Masaryk University under the RIFF project.
Until the end of September, Masaryk University students have the opportunity to submit their own vegetarian or vegan recipes in a contest. The winning entries will be included in the MU canteens´ menus.
Masaryk University guarantees an income amounting to 1.2 times the minimum wage for all full-time doctoral students who are meeting their study obligations and are within the standard period of study.
The traditional summer tour of Masaryk University dormitories, regularly attended by the university leadership and a representative of the Student Chamber of the MU Academic Senate, highlighted the diversity of student housing this year.
Czech-Slovak team of students from Masaryk University and Brno University of Technology managed in record time to raise funds for the registration fee and will participate at the end of October in the prestigious global competition iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris.
At Masaryk University comes already the sixteenth ERC grant. Support of the European Research Council (ERC) for establishing own research group obtained Tomáš Fiala, who will from October work at the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science, MU.
Sabrina Woronis came to Brno on an exceptional internship to hone her laboratory skills.
Fifty-seven years ago, on 21 August 1968, Czechoslovakia was occupied by the armies of five Warsaw Pact countries led by the Soviet Union. The invasion put an end to free debate at universities and crushed hopes of a more open society.
Starting this September, PhD students in the Czech Republic will see a major change — they will be legally entitled to a minimum income amounting to at least 1.2 times the minimum wage.
With the support of Google.org, Masaryk University is set to launch the main phase of a unique cybersecurity project in the autumn semester of 2025. This initiative will see collaboration between the Faculty of Informatics, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Studies, and the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
With the support of Google.org, Masaryk University is set to launch the main phase of a unique cybersecurity project in the autumn semester of 2025. This initiative will see collaboration between the Faculty of Informatics, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Studies, and the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
The MUNI BioPharma Hub marks a major step forward in pharmaceutical education and research. Besides providing high-quality facilities for teaching clinical pharmaceutical care, it will also facilitate cutting-edge research and the development of new medicines.
Study abroad has become a little easier for Masaryk University students. It is the only Czech university that the European Commission has recognised for digitalisation. It has thus confirmed its role in simplifying the administration of Erasmus+ study placements.
This year's 58th annual Summer School of Slavonic (Bohemistics) Studies, organised by the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno, welcomed a hundred participants from 31 countries worldwide.
Filip Hrbáček's SEAL project from the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Science MU will reveal the role of soil moisture in Antarctica.
Renata Sasková studies Media Studies and Journalism at the Faculty of Social Studies. She spent her fourth semester in Istanbul as part of the Erasmus study stay. Now she is back home and recapitulating.
Since the structural shell of the MUNI BioPharma Hub building was completed in April, it has literally been growing before our eyes, both inside and out. The building is set to seamlessly blend modern teaching spaces with research infrastructure.
Research by experts from the Faculty of Social Studies has focused on how many teenagers engage in “sexting” and how they feel afterwards.
Scientists from the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University have discovered a protein that helps ensure the correct distribution of genetic information during the formation of reproductive cells. In worms and mice, it affects fertility; in humans, a similar gene has been described in connection with developmental defects.
Full-time studies, a job as a financial advisor and active involvement in volunteering – Marek Šváb, a student at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, manages to juggle it all. This year, he was awarded the Masaryk University Rector’s Award for Volunteering.
Structural biologist Pavel Plevka from the CEITEC research centre at Masaryk University has been elected a new member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization.
The MUNI 3.2.1 project has brought a reorganization of lifelong learning, micro-credentials, new study programmes, as well as greater digitalisation of studies and increased safety of distance learning.
Renata Sasková studies Media Studies and Journalism at the Faculty of Social Studies. She is spending her fourth semester in Istanbul as part of an Erasmus study stay. And she authentically describes what is happening around her.
President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel officially appointed 87 new professors on the nomination of the scientific and artistic boards of universities.
Researchers from Masaryk University are also participating in international research into new options for non-invasive colorectal cancer testing.
The ceremony of handing over the appointment letters to the new associate professors took place in the refectory of the Augustinian Abbey on Mendel Square. A total of 13 associate professors were habilitated at five MU faculties.
Teams of experts from the Faculty of Arts are carrying out exceptional and long-term archaeological research in Oman, Bulgaria, France and Greece.
The project “Ageing of the Population and Related Challenges for Health and Social Systems” (AGEING-CZ), led by principal investigator Jakub Hlávka from the Faculty of Economics and Administration, aims to study the economic, fiscal, and social risks associated with population ageing.
The university information system already lists him as a graduate. Marek Peringer has successfully defended his thesis and passed his final bachelor’s exams at the Faculty of Social Studies. But he didn’t spend the last part of his final semester in lecture halls: instead, he was on an internship at the Czech Embassy in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
The university information system already lists him as a graduate. Marek Peringer has successfully defended his thesis and passed his final bachelor’s exams at the Faculty of Social Studies. But he didn’t spend the last part of his final semester in lecture halls: instead, he was on an internship at the Czech Embassy in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
MU´s Canteens Board has announced a student competition in vegetarian and vegan recipes. The winning entries will be transformed by Masaryk University canteens into actual dishes served from the next academic year.
MU faculties and departments create their own sustainability strategies based on the university´s Sustainable Masaryk University strategy. They take into account not only the general principles of sustainability - environmental responsibility, social commitment, and economic efficiency - but also their specific challenges and opportunities.
Scientists from CEITEC Masaryk University have come up with an innovative solution that can detect traces of a tumor by analyzing cerebrospinal fluid.
As part of the Seminar Series, Roland Sturm from the RAND Corporation gave a lecture at Masaryk University.
Tomáš Dvořák was awarded the Silver Medal of MU for his extraordinary contribution to the defence of democratic values and human rights. He is behind the website dnesnaukrajine.cz, where he has been reporting daily on events related to the war in Ukraine since the first days of the war in February 2022.
Zina Hrdličková, a student of the Faculty of Sports Studies, has been bringing home medals from major international competitions for several years. Last year she managed to win the World University Championships and one of the World Cup competitions. You can often see her wielding her sport equipment – a shotgun – at the shooting range in Soběšice in Brno.
For more than thirty years, the European Law Moot Court has been one of the most important international competitions for the development of students’ skills. Thanks to the efforts of the Faculty of Law, it was held in Brno for the first time.
On 22 May, Martin Bareš, the rector of Masaryk University, gave a speech in the Karel Engliš Auditorium at the Faculty of Law to mark Dies Academicus 2025.
The traditional academic ceremony associated with the awarding of the MU Rector's Award and the Silver Medals of MU took place in the Karel Engliš Grand Auditorium at the Faculty of Law.
For the fifth year in a row, Masaryk University has recognised the best student projects, awarding a total of CZK 280,000 to support their further development. This year, 27 teams registered for the competition. The winning project created by Faculty of Arts students Jesika Konečná and Anna Kolářová is an app designed to support cancer patients during treatment.
At the Core Facility Day at the Faculty of Arts, shared laboratories used mainly by the social sciences and humanities at Masaryk University were showcased.
The second annual MUNI RUN brought the Bohunice University Campus to life on Tuesday, 13 May. In the unique atmosphere of the academic setting, students, staff, and members of the public came together to enjoy an afternoon of sport.
Renata Sasková is studying Media Studies and Journalism at the Faculty of Social Studies. She is currently spending her fourth semester in Istanbul as part of the Erasmus student exchange programme. In this article, she provides a candid account of her experiences.
Valentina Lacovich Strašil from CEITEC MU discovered that a protein known as amyloid precursor protein, associated with Alzheimer's disease, is essential for the brain to respond to injury.
On Wednesday, 14 May, Masaryk University experienced a day full of sports, accompanying cultural and educational programme and informal gathering of students and employees. The third annual MUNI DAY set the Bohunice University Campus in motion for the whole day.
MU has developed a new system for supporting PhD students. An income amounting to 1.2 times the minimum wage is guaranteed to all full-time PhD students who fulfil their obligations and study within the standard programme duration regardless of the language of study.
The MUNI Award in Science and Humanities StG/CoG grant was awarded to nine promising scientists from seven faculties in its first year.
Having considered foreign students, MUNI DAY organisers have prepared several dedicated events.
On Monday, the MU Academic Senate had two key items on the agenda of its 286th meeting: a scholarship regulation that provides more support for PhD students, and the MU budget for 2025, which amounts to a record-breaking CZK 13.7 billion. Both were approved.
When Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda goes into space in 2027 or 2028, he will be able to wear the smart ISS T-shirt with integrated sensors developed at Masaryk University.
Digital Talent Lab offers informal, public, free, and practical training in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Now, everyone can learn by doing – through experiential learning in the form of a Datathon now, or corporate internships later.
The Simulation Centre of the Faculty of Medicine features a facility for 3D printing of anatomical and teaching models for simulation medicine. The models are cost-efficient and constitute valuable innovation of teaching methods.
Thanks to the Czech Antarctic Research Programme led by Masaryk University, nine women and sixteen men of five nationalities worked in five locations on the southernmost continent last year as part of an international expedition.
An innovative solution in primary school education and a diagnostic device that can detect chlamydial infection. These tools will be commercialised and put into practice by two new spin‑off companies: Invenio Plus and ACTOSens.
Elham Kargar Tazargh graduated from the Faculty of Informatics with a major in Visual Informatics with specialization in Computer Games Development. Now she works at a software company as a UX designer. In her free time, she organizes community sessions for UX professionals, enthusiasts and beginners, successfully growing and strengthening the community of user experience designers in Brno.
Masaryk University has recently hosted the ceremony of the second annual Czexpats in Science Award. Monika Čechová, who returned to her alma mater from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), is one of the three winners.
The traditional topping-out ceremony to mark the completion of the structural shell of the MUNI BioPharma Hub, a strategic project of Masaryk University, took place on Monday 14 April. The complex, which will house the Faculty of Pharmacy and have three underground and six above-ground levels, has now been decorated with ceremonial ribbons.
Two Brno universities – Masaryk University and Brno University of Technology – have been selected to lead two new EU-funded cybersecurity projects. Both initiatives stem from their collaboration within the Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia (CHESS), a project that has brought together the leading cyber-security institutions in South Moravia and Estonia.
In just 5 weeks the biggest university-wide sports and social gathering of students and employees of Masaryk University – MUNI DAY – will start. The Bohunice University Campus will welcome MU alumni for the first time on Wednesday 14 May.
Computer scientist Jan Křetínský has received an ERC Consolidator grant to verify the reliability of integrating artificial intelligence into computer controlled systems.
All runners are invited and they do not have to be MU employees or students: MUNI RUN in the Bohunice campus on 13 May is open to adults and children alike.
Masaryk University Joins the RI-SCALE Project: A New EU-Funded Initiative Unlocking RI Potential with Scalable AI and Data.
Brown is a pioneer in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Inzé is a leader in plant biology. The proposals, approved by the MU Scientific Council, were submitted by the Faculty of Medicine and the Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC MU.
The Faculty of Sports studies and its facilities welcomed earlier this week three Fulbright scholarship recipients who teach English at Czech secondary schools.
Starting this year, Masaryk University has introduced a groundbreaking innovation: contracts with its faculties and institutes. The contracts will be linked to the funding of research at MU.
Masaryk University confirms that it is the most successful institution of its kind in the Czech Republic in obtaining support from the European Union; currently within the framework of calls for postdoctoral projects.
The Brno Ph.D. Talent Award supports aspiring doctoral students in science and engineering in their research. This year, the top twenty-five were awarded a prize of CZK 360,000.
A Lifetime with Language: the Nature and Ontogeny of Linguistic Communication (LangInLife) is the name of an interdisciplinary project that has received nearly 150 million crowns from the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme (OP JAK). Pavel Caha is the head of the project to be carried out mainly at the Faculty of Arts.
Improved menus and more effective operation combined with efforts in the area of sustainability. A lot has changed in MU’s canteens this past year, except for the number of customers.
Improved menus and more effective operation combined with efforts in the area of sustainability. A lot has changed in MU’s canteens this past year, except for the number of customers.
Dáša Bohačiaková from the Faculty of Medicine of MU, who specialises in stem cells and cerebral organoids, succeeded in the competition for the prestigious Werner von Siemens Awards this year.
Sofiia Synytska, one of the international students at Masaryk University, shares some tips for having a great time while studying in Brno.
Sofiia Synytska, one of the international students at Masaryk University, shares some tips for having a great time while studying in Brno.
Thanks to the EXPRO grant, Marek Mráz from CEITEC MU and the University Hospital Brno will investigate the importance of non-coding RNAs in cancers arising from B lymphocytes.
Thanks to the EXPRO grant, Marek Mráz from CEITEC MU and the University Hospital Brno will investigate the importance of non-coding RNAs in cancers arising from B lymphocytes.
Tereza Jeřábková, winner of last year’s MUNI Award in Science and Humanities, has been working at the Faculty of Science since February. Her decision to return to the Czech Republic was strategic and motivated by her desire to contribute to the development of the local scientific environment. The astronomer seeks to link the physical processes of star formation and evolution with the broader context of the galaxies where the stars are born.
Tereza Jeřábková, winner of last year’s MUNI Award in Science and Humanities, has been working at the Faculty of Science since February. Her decision to return to the Czech Republic was strategic and motivated by her desire to contribute to the development of the local scientific environment. The astronomer seeks to link the physical processes of star formation and evolution with the broader context of the galaxies where the stars are born.
Every summer, Masaryk University welcomes about 10 foreign students who come to learn from scientists in its laboratories. Internships are available to foreign students this year as well, with applications due by 1 April.
Doing it all on our own: the opportunities and risks of the individualisation of society. This is the title of a project that will be conducted by experts from the MU Faculty of Social Studies over the next several years. The project has received almost 150 million crowns from the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme.
On 13 March the MUNI HELPS Volunteer Centre founded by Masaryk University celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Renata Sasková studies Media Studies and Journalism at the Faculty of Social Studies. She is spending her fourth semester in Istanbul as part of an Erasmus study stay. She authentically describes what is happening around her.
At the end of last year, the RECETOX center successfully completed a project funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) titled “Alternative Approaches in the Assessment of Male Reproductive Toxicity of Chemical Mixtures Without Animal Testing.” The project focused on potentially hazardous chemicals and their mixtures that can affect reproduction or reproductive health in men. The main goal was to improve this assessment by incorporating in vitro models, which have proven to be more effective and relevant than currently used animal testing.
At the end of last year, the RECETOX center successfully completed a project funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) titled “Alternative Approaches in the Assessment of Male Reproductive Toxicity of Chemical Mixtures Without Animal Testing.” The project focused on potentially hazardous chemicals and their mixtures that can affect reproduction or reproductive health in men. The main goal was to improve this assessment by incorporating in vitro models, which have proven to be more effective and relevant than currently used animal testing.
The annual two-day lecture event, which traditionally begins at the Masaryk Memorial on Komenský Square, included a live recording of the podcast Rewrite History. Daniel Kroupa was awarded the Roger Scruton Medal by Masaryk University.
The annual two-day lecture event, which traditionally begins at the Masaryk Memorial on Komenský Square, included a live recording of the podcast Rewrite History. Daniel Kroupa was awarded the Roger Scruton Medal by Masaryk University.
Each of them comes from a different continent and culture, but ever since Yu-Jou Sheu from Taiwan and Alisson Curimilma from Ecuador met at Masaryk University, they have become inseparable friends. The two students are always together not only at school, but also in their free time and during their teacher training.
Martin Marek has received an EXPRO grant from the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) to study the transfer of bioluminescent energy in marine organisms.
For more than 15 years, MUNI students have been able to go on placements in Europe through Erasmus+. Almost 3000 students have already taken advantage of this opportunity. From this year, the university has become part of a European Union exchange programme with a new feature - financed placements outside Europe.
The Academic Senate of MU, at its 284th session, approved the increase in wage rates by a higher amount than previously by approving an amendment to the Internal Wage Regulations of Masaryk University. Forty-six of the 47 present senators voted in favour.
The Bohunice University Campus is set to expand once again. In another major investment project, Masaryk University is taking sports facilities on campus to a whole new level. The sports hall and outdoor sports oval will be completed by 2028.
The two-year refurbishment of the Kounicova dormitories, which will soon be completed, will bring a complete transformation of the interior, greater comfort and improved accessibility of the building for people with special needs.
Exactly three years have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Masaryk University has accepted nearly 500 students from Ukraine in a special admissions procedure and has signed employment contracts with more than 100 employees from Ukraine.
The new award aims to highlight the importance of the teaching activities of MU lecturers. Nominations can be submitted until the end of March.
The AGEING-CZ research project, which started today in Prague with a panel discussion, aims to study demographic changes in society, access to healthcare for the ageing population, the situation on the labour market, behavioural aspects and social and biological influences on health.
Kateřina Snopková from the Department of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine has fulfilled her scientific dream by naming a new species of bacteria. It is named after the island where the Czech Antarctic Research Programme has one of its bases.
In January, MU once again organized a winter school focused on international law and human rights, which was attended by Peruvian law student Belén Aguinaga Morales. The three-week-long intensive course excited her and showed her where she wants to head in the future.
The vast majority of normal matter in the Universe is not made up of planets, stars and galaxies, but of a very thin material called the galactic atmosphere. Information about a new aspect of intergalactic weather was reported in the journal Nature.
Masaryk University presented the projects supported in the first year the ComMUNIty Fund competition and completed at the end of last year.
Anirban Ghosh of CEITEC MU was awarded the Masaryk University grant for exceptionally promising researchers who have recently completed their PhD.
Masaryk University is entering the year 2025 with three dozen funded investment projects, which were presented on January 29 at a meeting of stakeholders and suppliers organised by MU together with the South Moravian Regional Authority and the Brno University of Technology.
A great way to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is by visiting the “Women of Mathematics from Around the World” exhibition, which is on display in February at the Bohunice University Campus, corridor B/C.
The celebration of the 106th anniversary of Masaryk University was held in the spirit of commemorating 100 years since the university awarded its first honorary doctorate, whose recipient was the composer Leoš Janáček.
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Social Studies, ended last year on a high note. In addition to receiving prestigious grants, she was awarded the MUNI Scientist Award for excellence in research.
Robert Vácha's research focuses on the development of antimicrobial peptides aiming to address the critical need for effective treatment of respiratory infections caused by resistant bacteria.
International cooperation is well underway at the Faculty of Science Masaryk University thanks to a new isotope lab, dedicated to studying both ancient and modern human populations.
Felizardo Armando Muianga studied Didactics of Foreign Language (English) at the Faculty of Education. He received the MU Vice-Rector’s Award this year for his excellent results in his doctoral studies.
MU maintained its good position in the growing competition and improved its scores across all rankings in 2024.
This article outlines the plans of Masaryk University and its units for the new year, especially a number of upcoming investment and research projects.
The Czech Science Foundation has selected two young Masaryk University researchers to receive the prestigious JUNIOR STAR grant for promising researchers shortly after their postgraduate studies.
MU has launched another major investment project, the renovation of the Faculty of Informatics complex. It will involve the complete demolition of Building D and the construction of new faculty buildings and is expected to take two years. The reconstruction will also affect students, who will have to attend classes in other buildings.
Miroslav Světlák, head of the Institute of Medical Psychology and Ethics at the Faculty of Medicine, has been working with his teammates for seven years to improve the mental well being of students at Masaryk University.
Expedition 2025 aims to continue climate monitoring, track the state of polar geosystems and ecosystems, investigate the spread of the dreaded bird flu in Antarctica, and study material washing ashore from the sea.
The tragic events that occurred in Prague on 21 December 2023 on the grounds of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University were jointly commemorated by Masaryk University and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU).
In the coming year, Masaryk University will participate in an international project funded by the International Visegrad Fund that will focus on accelerating and enhancing the Green Transition. MU will cooperate on the project alongside five other universities from Hungary, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovakia, and Pannon EGTC, which is coordinating the project.
“Security arrangements are a living organism that must respond appropriately to current challenges and actively prepare for new ones,” says Pavel Bojanovský, Security Manager at Masaryk University.
More than 1,600 international students study at Masaryk University in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in foreign languages. The range of these programmes is constantly expanding: a new one was introduced at the Faculty of Science in September, and three more will start in the next academic year at the Faculty of Economics and Administration and the Faculty of Science.
The MUNI Scientist awards for outstanding achievements, publications in prestigious journals or publishing houses and for outstanding research results were presented to 37 researchers and research groups on 11 December.
Talks on the future of the building that once housed the Scala University Cinema and the Bolek Polívka Theatre will continue next year, representatives of Masaryk University and the Brno City Council have agreed.
On the proposal of the scientific and artistic councils of universities, President Petr Pavel appointed 78 new professors today. Ten of them are from Masaryk University.
In the third edition of the QS Sustainability Ranking, the number of participating institutions increased by almost a quarter. Masaryk University was ranked first out of twelve participating Czech institutions, 99th in Europe and 215th out of 1,744 universities worldwide.
An independent judiciary is closely linked to the quality of democracy, and its current difficulties have shown that the courts are influenced by a number of unwritten rules and informal networks. David Kosař and Katarína Šipulová have been researching these informal institutions since 2021.
In the fifth edition of the Masaryk University’s Start Your Business competition, students can develop their ideas and win money to start their entrepreneurial venture thanks to valuable advice from experienced professionals.
Studying at two Czech faculties and one Ukrainian one at the same time is a difficult challenge, but one that student Taisiia Chepys chose with determination. She is pursuing difficult fields such as law, political science, and international relations.
At the end of November, the Faculty of Informatics celebrated an important anniversary. It was founded thirty years ago as the first independent faculty of informatics in the Czech Republic.
Masaryk University had many successes and happy moments in 2024, many of which were connected with the 105th anniversary of its foundation.
Students from the Department of Art of the Faculty of Education took part in a New Year card design contest. A panel of judges selected the design submitted by Sára Kalná.
Pavla Kolářová has been working for over a year and a half at the European Investment Bank as an assistant for risk and growth capital. Working in Luxembourg was love at first sight for the Masaryk University graduate.
Last week almost 700 participants visited Czeducon, the largest conference on international education in Central Europe. Masaryk University also presented several contributions at the conference.
The Bohunice University Campus is now a modern complex housing three faculties of Masaryk University and several research institutions, including CEITEC MU. Its construction began twenty years ago with a groundbreaking ceremony on 22 November 2004.
The Brněnský sedmnáctý festival commemorated the dramatic events of November 1939 and 1989 with a varied programme emphasising the importance of democracy, freedom and civic engagement.
Under the auspices of the MU Centre for Culture, Arts and Events, the festival’s unique programme emphasised that political freedom is fragile and reminded the audience of the importance of protecting it.
The academic community and the public once again commemorated the tragic events that took place in Kounic Residence Halls during the Nazi occupation.
The MU Vice-Rector’s award for excellence in doctoral studies was received by 31 graduates, their supervisors and consultants.
He grew up in Paris and began his bachelor's studies first in Le Havre and then in Rennes but was lured abroad for his master's degree. French student Jean-Marc Sorbé Domergue was attracted by the newly opened French-English double degree programme between Masaryk University and the Université de Rennes.
Two hundred plus international students and graduates studying at Czech universities came to a joint meeting held in Brno at the end of October. Part of the programme also took place at Masaryk University.
David Póč, an expert in strategic management in the public sector and public projects, has been appointed by Rector Martin Bareš as the new Bursar of Masaryk University with effect from 1 November 2024.
Thirteen is a lucky number for Masaryk University student Andrea Klementová. On 13 August, she became only the 13th Czech woman to swim across the English Channel, completing the feat in 13 hours and 58 minutes.
Professor Pavel Drábek teaches drama and theatre practice, history and theory at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. He translates older English drama, and writes opera librettos and plays for the radio and the theatre. He spends his holidays in the Czech Republic.
A researcher from Masaryk University has been awarded the Chilean state award for his contribution to the long-standing excellent cooperation between the Czech Republic and Chile in Antarctic research.
Lubomír Kopeček was delighted to receive an award for outstanding teachers. Besides lecturing at the Faculty of Social Studies, he is a frequent political commentator in the media, and his political analyses are often quoted by journalists.
Nikola Beneš from the Faculty of Informatics is one of the three lecturers who made the best impression on students this year and won the MU Rector’s Award for Outstanding Teachers. He values the award all the more for the fact that it has come from the students.
Phylogeny and Diversity of Algae and Fungi – this is the name of the course that helped Barbora Chattová win the Rector’s Award for Outstanding Teachers. But it was not so much her expertise that led to her success, but rather her empathetic approach to students.
On Wednesday, the MU hockey team defeated the VUT Cavaliers 4-3 for their first win in two years. The fourth annual University Hockey Duel also proved popular with students, with the arena sold out 10 days before the game.
Masaryk University today awarded the honorary degree of doctor honoris causa to two personalities who have shown a long-standing interest in the development of the university and whose creative contributions to the development of science, culture and the arts are internationally recognised.
Masaryk University has produced a new video ad to promote itself abroad. Tuhina Mishra, a student with Japanese and Indian roots who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine this year, played the lead role.
Dalibor Blažek received this prize for his work characterizing the CDK11 enzyme, which provides new possibilities in researching cancer treatment.
Naeem Malek has always been drawn to research, so he started studying at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University. But after a few years, he discovered that medicine was not for him and started studying pharmacy.
Marta Valešová became the first woman to hold the position of Bursar of Masaryk University on 1 November 2016 and is now nearing the end of her term.
The current THE World University Rankings include 2,092 institutions from 115 countries, 188 more than last year. Masaryk University scored higher than last year in 17 out of 18 indicators and maintained its overall 601-800th ranking position despite increasing competition.
From achievements and successes in international rankings, to presenting awards to excellent faculty members and notable personalities linked to the development of the university, to reference to weaknesses and room for improvement – these were the key topics of the ceremony held for the opening of the 2024/2025 academic year.
In 2025 the Support Centre for Students with Special Needs will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The newly appointed head of the centre Boris Janča discusses the accomplishments of the university in the area of equal treatment and his plans with the centre for the future.
There are not many summer schools in Europe, or even in the world, that focus on cremation. However, just such a summer school has been held at Masaryk University for the second time. And as a last year, the teachers included a cremation as an experiment in the programme.
This year's Researchers’ Night on the last Friday in September attracted a total of 7,458 visitors to Masaryk University. The event was held at eight places in Brno and at the University Centre Telč.
The Common University Courses system was introduced at MU in autumn 2024 and means that most students in Bachelor’s and long-cycle Master’s programmes are now required to take a CORE course.
For the seventh time already, Masaryk University has announced the MUNI Award in Science and Humanities competition, this year in two categories.
For the second time Masaryk University organised an alumni meeting in Brussels. The evening event took place in a pleasant and friendly atmosphere, and the alumni were happy that MU representatives came to meet them in the European capital.
Students and employees of the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Sports Studies and CEITEC in the Bohunice campus can look forward to a larger selection of meals for reduced prices since 1 September. Several establishments offer lunch menus with soup, salads, baguettes and more.
After earning his master’s degree in Finance from the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University in 2018, Narek Hovakimyan has built a remarkable career in Armenia’s public service and international economic spheres. Now serving as the Deputy Minister of Economy in Armenia, Narek Hovakimyan reflects on how his education shaped his path and the influence of his time at Masaryk University.
The MUNI HELPS Volunteer Centre is currently looking for more volunteers to travel to Jeseník and Česká Ves, which are dealing with the aftermath of devastating floods.
Nine secondary school students were awarded the Česká hlavička prize for the best scientific work. Two of the awards were sponsored by Masaryk University.
The Masaryk University Seminar Series regularly focuses on current trends in science and provides an opportunity to meet with experts in three main areas of research.
Classes at all faculties of Masaryk University started today, after being postponed by a week due to the emergency caused by the floods.
In the courtyard of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University, a humanitarian collection to support flooded areas in the Jesenik region began today.
Because the risk of flooding in Brno is receding according to the authorities, the Masaryk University Security Emergency Board has recommended that students who were evacuated from their dormitories in Komárov as a precautionary measure can now return. As there is no longer an imminent danger, those who have not yet had the opportunity to move into their dormitories will be able to do so from 20 September.
MUNI Ventures is a company established to effectively commercialise the results of research and innovations developed at Masaryk University, ensuring the transfer of new technologies and scientific discoveries of MU researchers to the market.
The new academic year at Masaryk University will start one week later – students will have their first classes on Monday 23 September.
The MUNI HELPS Volunteer Centre is looking for volunteers. Simply log in with your MUNI account and complete a profile on the MUNI HELPS mobile or web app.
We spoke to Michal Bulant, Vice-Rector for Studies and Quality, about new Study and Examination Regulations.
Masaryk University has taken precautionary measures in connection with the risk of flooding in MU buildings and workplaces, including dormitories. The Faculty of Education has cancelled classes and services in MU dormitories have been severely restricted. Follow the situation here as it develops.
Continuous improvement of comfort at dormitories has long been among MU’s long-term priorities. Last year the Mánesova dormitory underwent renovations of the interiors; this year the dormitory at bratří Žůrků saw the much needed layout upgrade.
MU is once again an active participant in the European Sustainability Week. Mobility is this year’s key topic.
Masaryk University has long followed the “biggest celebration of sports” – the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition to a few TOP 10 results in Paris, it can be proud of “its” medal success: the fencing team’s bronze medal is a result of collaboration with Dean of the Faculty of Sports Jan Cacek.
In the summer, the Centre for International Cooperation of Masaryk University opened the first year of the summer school Urban Sustainability: Engage in the Future. The teachers received excellent responses to the three-week summer school – the students appreciated the practically oriented teaching and the opportunity to try out a case study on the streets of Brno.
Masaryk University and its efforts to help Ukraine have attracted the attention of the European Parliament. The EP featured the DigiUni project in its three-and-a-half minute video, choosing it among many other projects from across Europe that promote the EU-Ukraine partnership.
This year, Masaryk University once again held a competition for the best photo from foreign studies with the motto "You won't experience this in Brno". A new photo contest for foreign students on the topic "Only in Brno" has been added. The six winning images come from the cameras of students of three faculties and from the summer school.
During his visit to MU on Monday, Marek Ženíšek, the Czech Minister of Science, Research and Innovation, toured the unique facilities of the Simulation Centre (SIMU) on the Bohunice University Campus and the Cybernetic Proving Ground (KYPO) at the Faculty of Informatics.
Four experts from leading American universities have joined the teaching staff at the Faculty of Law. Founded over ten years ago, the visiting professor programme is an opportunity for law students to learn about other legal systems and the recent trends, as well as to compare various approaches to legal issues.
Two years ago the SYRI National Institute was founded in response to the pandemic. Its goal was to learn from the unprecedented situation resulting from the pandemic. Nobody really expected that new challenges were about to emerge. Scientific director of the institute Klára Šeďová talks about them, and much more.
Yana Dmyterchuk and Silvia Podsednik met in the Summer School of Slavonic (Czech) Studies organised by the Department of Czech for Foreigners. Now they have worked as guides for the event for three years in a row.
Masaryk University is among world’s top 500 universities for the third time, according to the most recent Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). MU is the only Czech university to improve its ranking by two hundred places since 2021.
Since April, Masaryk University has a security manager. Pavel Bojanovský is an alumnus of the Faculty of Law with vast experience in the Police of the Czech Republic.
Having earned a degree at the at the Faculty of Education, he taught history and geography for a year and then decided to return to school to study political science at the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University. Today Miroslav Kosek is the Head of Mission of the Czech Republic in Addis Ababa.
Masaryk University Rector became an archaeologist for a while at the Těšetice-Kyjovice site.
Masaryk University has completed another successful summer school season, which ended with the Open Garden. More than a hundred international students who had studied in Brno for several weeks arrived at the joint barbecue.
Lukáš Šafář, a student of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, is one of the first students to be issued a micro-credential by Masaryk University. In total, the university will issue almost two hundred micro-credentials this semester.
After two years of intense preparation, Masaryk University is one of the first universities in Europe to introduce micro-credentials, which will bring a significant change to lifelong learning.
In his doctoral research, Andrei Kalavur from Belarus analyses the communication of supporters of the current authoritarian regime in Belarus. His research has attracted much attention at international conferences – most recently in Philadelphia.
In spite of the increasingly tougher competition MU managed to stay close to 400th place but it has also improved its ranking in the area of Employment Outcomes, Sustainability and Employer Reputation.
Students, teaching staff and employees of the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Sports Studies and CEITEC can look forward to improved dining options in the Bohunice campus as of July.
Representatives of the South Moravian Region, the City of Brno, three Brno universities and twelve major technology companies today signed a memorandum to jointly support and promote technical education.
The university is tackling the problem of predatory journals.
The MUNI Seminar Series regularly offers lectures on current trends in science and the opportunity to meet leading figures from different fields in three areas.
A new memorandum signed by Masaryk University and the Police of the Czech Republic strengthens their long-term cooperation in education, science and research, as well as security policy.
The E.ON Energy Globe competition has six finalists. Among them, the Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. The prize money amounting to half a million will go to the project which amasses the most votes by 20 August. Actor and presenter Lukáš Hejlík is the ambassador of our project.
All teams presented their solutions to real-world problems. Meet the winner of the final workshop presentation: Swam Pyae Paing.
“We are all vain men,” jokes Filip Krajník from the Faculty of Arts about the long line of Shakespeare translators. He too began translating Shakespeare’s Hamlet two years ago and has now been awarded the MU Rector’s Award for his book edition, which includes an introductory study and a critical apparatus.
The Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University started the series of Research Breakfasts in the spring semester. Rector Martin Bareš appeared as the guest in May.
For 24 years, Karel Šmejkal of the Faculty of Pharmacy has focused on pharmacognosy and phytochemistry. This year he received the MU Rector’s Award for long-term excellence in research in the field of natural sciences and medicine.
On the occasion of Dies academicus, the University honoured outstanding researchers and successful students, awarding its Gold and Silver medals to the laureates.
“You will remember this” was the slogan of the 24th edition of the Faculty of Informatics festival, which also brought diverse experiences from the world of amateur films. The genres included drama, animation, documentary and comedy.
Vice-Rector for Internationalisation Petr Suchý returned from South America a few weeks ago. Together with Rector Martin Bareš, he visited Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, where they learned about the management of universities and established or discussed the possibilities for future cooperation.
The Memorandum of Understanding between Max Planck and the CEITEC consortium was signed yesterday at Masaryk University by Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Planck Society.
The centre of Brno is full of cafés. One of Masaryk University's international students, Aleksandra Sitek, brings some tips for cafés near the Faculty of Social Studies and the Faculty of Arts where you can enjoy your time with friends or study between classes.
On Wednesday 15 May, the first edition of the MUNI RUN took place on the Bohunice Campus. It was attended not only by MUNI students and employees, but also by athletes from the general public, including children.
One of Masaryk University's international students, Aleksandra Sitek, brings a tip on where to go for an interesting day trip from Brno. Read more about Lednice, which is 55 kilometres away from Brno.
The Masaryk University budget for 2024 amounting to CZK 11.8 billion was approved by the MU Academic Senate at its 278th session on Monday. Compared to the previous year, the budget has increased by CZK 1.8 billion.
At the beginning of May, Masaryk University announced a competition for international students for the best photo from their studies in Brno for the first time. The competition motto is “Only in Brno”, and students can send in their entries up to Sunday, 26 May.
Even 20 years after joining, Czechs are more sceptical of the EU than other nations. But according to political scientist Petr Kaniok, Czech euroscepticism has never really come close to a desire to leave the EU. On the contrary, EU membership has cultivated the Czechs in many ways.
Last week Masaryk University welcomed a rare delegation of almost forty academic and non-academic staff from ten Ukrainian universities who came to Brno to receive training in hybrid teaching.
The gathering of Masaryk University students and employees at MUNI DAY will start on 16 May. Register for the event or one of the remaining supporting programme activities and join hundreds of others for a day full of sport, learning and fun!
On the proposal of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University awarded honorary doctorates to Thomas Robert Cech, who is also a Nobel laureate, and Peter Wolfram Michor in the Karel Engliš Auditorium today.
In less than a month, MUNI DAY – the largest university-wide gathering of students and staff of Masaryk University – will begin. The event will take place on Thursday 16 May on the Bohunice University Campus. Do not forget to register!
The second edition of MUNI DAY will be a sporting and social event for the entire academic community. The Rector has declared the 16th of May as a University holiday for students. Employees may attend with the approval of their supervisor.
In addition to changes reflecting legislative developments, the new MU Study and Examination Regulations feature more concise and understandable wording, reflect recent teaching practices at MU and harmonise terminology with other university internal regulations.
The aim of the lecture series is to bring renowned researchers, lecturers and speakers to Brno to discuss current issues and trends in science and to establish important professional contacts.
Pavel Plevka believes in the importance of sharing best practices among researchers and building cohesion in the scientific community. He is also positive about the use of artificial intelligence.
Nasrtullah Hasrat from Afghanistan wanted to be a doctor when he was young. When that didn’t work out, he ended up studying agriculture in his home country, which he didn't particularly enjoy. After two semesters, he decided to change his major to finance and ended up in a field he hadn’t even considered.
The 20th Masaryk University expedition returned from Antarctica this weekend after spending two months on the icy continent. Logistical and weather problems made this expedition to the Mendel Polar Station the shortest so far.
Former Russian prime minister and economist Mikhail Kasyanov gave the audience an overview of the past decades in Russian history. He recalled the achievements and problems of the state and discussed the future of the Russian Federation.
This year, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Informatics will receive an important award to motivate talent among students and researchers, to strengthen the positive relations with science and to highlight the work of teachers. In terms of financial rewards, the competition is one of the most important in the Czech Republic.
Yesterday, the Board of Internal Evaluation of Masaryk University approved the form of the completion of bachelor studies at the MU Faculty of Economics and Administration by a final project instead of a bachelor’s thesis.
A better understanding of Alzheimer's disease, testing the effects of substances on male fertility and investigating markers for the early detection of prostate cancer are among the areas of research for which doctoral students at the New Town Hall in Brno have been awarded scholarships to further their scientific work.
The laying of the foundation stone marked the beginning of the construction of the new educational infrastructure of Masaryk University and the new location of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
The university campus in Bohunice will once again host MUNI Day, this time with the participation of all ten faculties of Masaryk University. The event, which will take place on 16 May, is being organised by the MU External Relations and Marketing Office headed by Tomáš Kudela.
The translation of the commentaries is a project of Czech academics to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union (EU).
Is the 105th anniversary a time for reflection? What has changed at Masaryk University since the 100th anniversary?
The idea to involve Ukrainian universities in the project came from a student who joined MU as part of the special admission procedure for students from Ukraine.
Masaryk University canteens operate in streamlined regime, offering five options a day for affordable prices.
The text message (SMS) early warning system, the police “intervention cards” for MU buildings and the database of MU emergency contacts for the Czech Police in the event of an immediate threat represent a significant strengthening of the security measures that MU management and the MU Security Emergency Board have been working hard on since the beginning of the year.
For more than forty years, students at Deakin University in Melbourne have been able to study their entire degree programme off-campus. Australian Emma Bolton is also completing her Bachelor's degree in this way. In her four years of study, she has never had a full-time class - until now at Masaryk University.
For nearly 17 years programmer Jiří Petrželka has been developing a system for administering exchange programmes for the Information System of the Centre for International Cooperation, and for the past five years he has been working on digitizing Erasmus. For his efforts, he has received the Rector's Award and recognition from the European Union.
For Colombian student Laura Catalina Sanchez Florez, her student exchange in the Czech Republic was a turning point. She was only supposed to stay in Czechia for a semester, but meeting her current boyfriend pushed her to fulfill her dream of living abroad. She has also completely changed her career plans and started studying English for Teachers.
The ceremonial evening in the Karel Engliš Auditorium on 31 January, which was connected with the awarding of medals to personalities of Masaryk University and prominent representatives of science, culture, higher education and public life, was the first of the events with which Masaryk University is celebrating this year’s 105th anniversary of its foundation.
The Edustories project, which is being developed by a team of experts from the Faculty of Education since September 2023, aims to solve classroom discipline problems and support students, teachers and parents using successful case studies, artificial intelligence algorithms and virtual reality.
Being a lifelong nature lover, it seems natural that Eliška Řehůřková ultimately found herself in the laboratories of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. As a doctoral student she focuses on cell models which enable the testing of the effects of various substances on male reproduction. This research has now earned her the Brno Ph.D. Talent scholarship.
Sunday 28 January 2024, will mark exactly 105 years since the founding of Masaryk University. The second oldest university in the Czech Republic will celebrate the anniversary with a series of events throughout the year.
After the tragic shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, the issue of security at universities became a hotly debated topic. We spoke to Radim Polčák, MU Vice-Rector for Development, Legal and Information Technologies, about the December events and security measures at Masaryk University.
Masaryk University has adopted new measures to provide effective tools for emergency communication, close cooperation with the police on preventive measures and to establish methods for dealing with emergencies.
Researchers from the Psychology Research Institute (INPSY) at the MU Faculty of Social Sciences are studying the mental health of people with minority sexual orientation or gender identity. The aim is to map the current situation and contribute to the debate on healthcare reform.
Social media are no longer the alternative news channels they used to be during the pandemic. According to Alena Macková of Masaryk University, the number of people who deliberately avoid news or try to limit their exposure is growing.
Last year, PhD School at CEITEC Masaryk University celebrated its tenth anniversary and is currently open for registration for the next year. It can therefore, now, at the beginning of 2024, take stock of its ten-year period.
One month after the tragic shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University has completed its charitable collection for those affected by the attack.
Primary schools can use a new school report card that was developed over three years by experts from the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University. They presented its design together with the headmasters of the schools involved in the project and a representative of the Ministry of Education shortly before mid-year report cards were handed out.
Obstructive sleep apnea is the second most common sleep disorder in the world. A wearable electronics device is set to revolutionise its treatment. Canadian scientist Adam Williamson is working on its development at the International Clinical Research Centre of the Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University and St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno.
How to feel safer on the street? On Saturday, 13 January, women and girls came to the Hall of Combat Sports at the university campus in Bohunice, Brno, to seek answers to this question. Students of the Faculty of Sports Studies held a self-defence course with Jiří Procházka.
The 20th Masaryk University expedition to the Antarctic will be made up of 24 participants. Some members of the expedition have already arrived at the CZ*ECO Nelson base on Nelson Island, while the main part of the expedition team will leave on Wednesday 24 January for the Mendel Polar Station on James Ross Island, where they will spend two months.
Serbian student Tijana Joksić visited Brno for the first time when she came to see her boyfriend who had moved to work for a local IT company. She was so impressed by the student city, its architecture, and the modern facilities of Masaryk University that she immediately started looking if the university offers her field of study.
Masaryk University has established an emergency communication and management system and is now working on increasing security. These issues are being addressed by the MU management and the Rector’s Board, whose members include deans as the highest representatives of individual faculties.
Masaryk University had its most successful year in international university rankings measuring the quality of universities worldwide.
The tragic event of 21 December 2023, which took place at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, can lead to feelings of anxiety, despair and hopelessness. In this context, students and employees of Masaryk University can get professional psychological counselling.
In connection with yesterday’s tragedy, a commemorative event will be held today at 3 pm in front of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University on Arne Nováka Street. The gathering is organised by the Students’ Chamber of the Academic Senate of Masaryk University.
In connection with the heinous attack that took place on the grounds of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague on Thursday, 21 December 2023, Masaryk University and the Bishopric of Brno have agreed to hold a Requiem Mass for the victims of this tragedy. The Requiem Mass will be held on Saturday, 23 December, at 3 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in the centre of Brno.
In response to the tragedy at the Faculty of Arts in Prague, Masaryk University has announced a charitable collection. Financial contributions can be made in the form of a donation through the MU Shopping Centre.
We are deeply shocked by the information coming in from Prague about the mass shooting that took place this afternoon, 21 December, at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University.
The inter-university course Preparing for the Francophone labour market proves that virtual courses are not boring and that new friendships can be forged despite long distances. The students from four European universities enjoyed the joint course so much that at the end of the semester they decided to come to Brno for the final presentation of their team projects.
Responding to the requests and wishes of its clients, Masaryk University’s Accommodation and Catering Services (SKM) has introduced in this spring semester a new offer of meals. The introduction of more affordable menus for students, priced at CZK 85, requires the streamlining of meals offered and the optimisation of the operation of canteens in general.
The Grant Agency of Masaryk University (GAMU) has announced the names of two young scientists who will receive MASH Junior Star grants for promising MU researchers who have recently completed their postgraduate studies.
Civil law teacher María Esther Rovira Sueiro knew about Masaryk University because of its excellent reputation abroad, so she recommended it to her daughter as a great place for her Erasmus year. In the end, she joined her daughter in Brno – at the end of the semester, she taught a week-long course at the MU Faculty of Law.
More than 70 new professors received their appointment decrees from the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and the Minister of Education, Mikuláš Bek, at the Clementinum in Prague. Eight of them (two women and six men) were nominated by the Scientific Board of Masaryk University.
While studying international relations in the Netherlands, German graduate Juri Schwartz became interested in the energy sector. But there are only a few universities specialising in this topic in Europe. So, he moved to Brno to pursue the unique Master's degree programme.
On Tuesday 12 December, the most successful scientists or research teams at Masaryk University were awarded the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2023 for their outstanding achievements, publications in prestigious journals and research results.
Local ingredients, Czech suppliers, sustainability and near zero waste – these are the key priorities promoted by The Accommodation and Catering Services (ACS) it its nine canteens.
Archaeologists from the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University have made an extraordinary discovery near the village of Lány u Břeclavi, some 60 kilometres south-east of Brno. They unearthed a bronze belt fitting from the 8th century AD depicting a snake devouring a frog-like creature.
Japanese students Yumeka Takagi and Yuki Takada met and started dating while studying at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University. Now they have both switched to the Faculty of Pharmacy, where they are enjoying their studies very much.
Masaryk University faced a number of challenges in 2023, but it also experienced a number of joyful moments. As the year draws to a close, we briefly recall some of the important events.
The 2024 MU New Year’s card came out of a competition involving students from the Department of Art at the Faculty of Education. The jury chose Mariana Michenkova's design as the basis of the New Year’s greeting for 2024.
A total of 1,403 higher education institutions from 95 countries were assessed in the second edition of the QS Sustainability Rankings, which evaluates the contribution of universities to tackling the challenges of sustainable development. Masaryk University is ranked first in the Czech Republic and 161st in the world.
The Mendel Refectory at the Old Brno Abbey saw on 30 November the habilitation ceremony of fifteen colleagues from six faculties who have earned the Czech academic degree of associate professors.
This year's PhD graduate of the Faculty of Science, Martin Toul, received two important awards for his research work at the end of the year: the Minister of Education’s Award and the Doctorandus Prize at this year's Česká hlava scientific awards.
Jiří Macháček, winner of the “Česká hlava – Invence” (Czech Head) award in November, has big plans for the coming years: modernisation and completion of laboratory facilities and the creation of an archaeogenetic research centre in the BioPharma Hub.
This year, Masaryk University became an official examination centre for the Czech as a Foreign Language exam, which foreigners need in order to obtain permanent residence in the Czech Republic. This makes it one of four places in the South Moravian Region where the exam can be taken.
Last week, Czeducon, a conference on internationalisation in higher education, took place in Brno, attended by over 500 representatives of Czech and universities from abroad. The evening programme included Alumni talks with international graduates from Masaryk.
Masaryk University has won two more prestigious awards. The Minister of Education’s awards for higher education, science and research went to the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Science.
The Czech Science Foundation (GACR) will support three JUNIOR STAR projects from January 2024. Grants were also awarded to three researchers from Masaryk University.
She always thought that studying for a Master’s degree abroad would cost her a fortune. But Masaryk University and the Czech Republic had a surprise in store for Indian student Sandhiya Suresh.
Assistance in the protection of rights, guarantees for both the reporting person and the accused, impartiality, independence and confidentiality are among the principles of protection of rights at Masaryk University.
On 13 November, representatives of Masaryk University will pay tribute to the victims of the Nazi occupation at a memorial meeting of the MU academic community in the Kounic Residence Hall.
The protection of the rights of students and staff at MU has so far been covered by many mechanisms and processes across different departments. Now the University has centralised the protection of rights in one person and office. The new position is held by the Ombuds Eva Janovičová.
Shanghai Ranking, a leading ranking company, recently released an international comparison of higher education institutions by subject area. Masaryk University secured a spot in the world’s top 200 in two subjects, and it is currently the top-ranking institution in the Czech Republic in three subjects.
The list of recipients of Masaryk University’s doctor honoris causa has grown by two new names.
The Times Higher Education has published another of its international university rankings, THE World University Rankings by Subject. Masaryk University is ranked in ten out of eleven subjects included in the international comparison.
Vice-rector for Research and Doctoral Studies Šárka Pospíšilová presented awards for excellent achievements in doctoral programmes at MUNI to forty graduates and their supervisors and consultants.
The 8th edition of the university rowing competition also included a dragon boat race. Masaryk University won over Mendel University.
The Faculty of Education at Masaryk University has been sending its students to Texas for more than 17 years. This year, for the first time, thanks to a new joint course, American students also came to Brno.
The project, which deals with the relativisation of truth in political communication, when facts give way to opinions, impressed the jury and Alena Kluknavská from the Faculty of Economics and Administration is this year’s sole winner of the prestigious Czech Science Foundation President’s Award.
Monika Jandová, a graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University, where she has served as vice-dean for internationalization since 2020, became vice-rector for personnel policy, lifelong learning and sustainability at the start of this academic year.
At the start of the current academic year, Jana Fialová became the vice-rector for student affairs and external relations. She had previously served as the vice-dean for student affairs at the Faculty of Medicine since 2018.
Since September, Masaryk University has had a new vice-rector for internationalization, Petr Suchý from the Faculty of Social Studies. He wants to strengthen student and employee mobility and provide better care for international students.
Students from the faculties located on the Bohunice campus (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Sports Studies) gathered on Tuesday 10 October for an informal Deans’ Barbecue. There was grilled food, sports activities and lots of student socialising.
Masaryk University took part in the European Week for Sustainable Development (ETUR) for the first time this year. It organised festivals, lectures, exhibitions, community events, exchanges and garage sales, opened its campus doors and awarded students.
In response to the developments in Israel, Masaryk University is organising assistance for partner Israeli universities, academics and students. MU is also offering support to Israeli students currently in Brno who may be directly affected by the situation in their home country.
For the first time this year, the opening ceremony included the presentation of the Rector’s Awards for Outstanding Teachers and the announcement of the University Wine for 2023/2024.
Among the priority topics of the Institute for Health Economics, Policy and Innovation (HEPII) will be the ageing population and the associated increasing demands on the public healthcare and social security system, the adoption of new technologies in healthcare, and the quality and accessibility of healthcare in the Czech Republic.
After achieving its best-ever position (400th) in the QS World University Rankings and maintaining its position among the world’s top 500 universities in the ARWU Shanghai Rankings, MU has also achieved success in THE World University Rankings.
Developmental biologist Peter Fabian from MU Faculty of Science will lead one of three new Dioscuri research centres in the Czech Republic. MU has thus succeeded in an international programme to promote scientific excellence in Central and Eastern Europe.
Masaryk University has been ranked 161st out of 688 European universities in the brand-new QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024.
Before the start of the semester, Masaryk University welcomed a total of 15 librarians from several European universities who came to Brno for a one-week course organised by MU libraries.
The Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University (MED MUNI) has launched CREATIC, a unique international project focused on researching, developing, and producing medicines for patients suffering from diseases for which no medical treatments currently exist.
At its 272nd meeting on Monday, 18 September 2023, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University approved two proposals submitted by Rector Martin Bareš regarding the appointment of new vice-rectors and the dismissal and appointment of members of the MU Scientific Board.
The new multipurpose sports complex at Veslařská street near the Svratka River was presented by Masaryk University at the beginning of week. The renovated sports facilities will be used mainly by students for training purposes.
The Working Group for AI in Teaching, led by Vice-Rector Michal Bulant, has prepared advice and a set of recommendations for using AI tools for academic purposes.
Thousands of events will be taking place across Europe during the annual European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW). The Czech Republic joined in 2015. This year, for the first time, Masaryk University will be an active participant.
Exactly ten years ago, Michał Szypniewski came to Masaryk University as an Erasmus law student. He fell in love with Brno so much that he returns to the city every year as a visiting professor.
The European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s leading funding body for cutting-edge research and development, today announced the results of its prestigious ERC Grants competition. Three Czech projects, two of them from the MU, were among the four hundred awarded submissions by young researchers from all over Europe.
Pavel Plevka, an internationally recognised expert in structural biology and virology, officially assumed the office of Director of CEITEC MUNI today.
Masaryk University is unsure about the actual condition of the Scala building after the city offered to sell the cinema premises to MU.
The latest edition of the ARWU World University Ranking ranks Masaryk University among the top 500 universities in the world for the second time. MU has first made the list last year.
A structural-technical survey has revealed further serious structural defects in the roof.
Masaryk University has had another successful season of summer schools. Almost 150 foreign students came to Brno, half of them for one of the nine two-week intensive programmes.
Masaryk University’s strategic project, the MUNI BioPharma Hub, is about to start construction after receiving the building permit.
As of 1 August the Association of Research Universities (AVUni) has a new president. Masaryk University Rector Martin Bareš replaced the current rector of the Czech Technical University in Prague Vojtěch Petráček.
The beginning of the new academic year 2023/2024 at Masaryk University will be accompanied by changes in the MU management.
The first stage of a comprehensive structural and technical survey to assess the condition of the building at Moravské náměstí 3 and Jakubské náměstí 5, which houses the Scala University Cinema and the Bolek Polívka Theatre, will take a month longer at the request of structural engineers.
On the proposal of the Academic Senate of Masaryk University, President Petr Pavel appointed last week the current rector, Martin Bareš, rector of Masaryk University for the next four years. Bareš’s second term of office begins on 1 September 2023 and will last until 31 August 2027.
The anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, abbot of Brno and founder of modern genetics, is once again being commemorating in Brno at the multi-genre Mendel Festival. The programme also includes events organized by MU.
It was with sadness that we received the news that writer Milan Kundera died in his Paris flat on Tuesday, 11 July, at the age of 94. Born in Brno, he had lived in France since 1975.
Masaryk University continued with the activities of the programme for international graduates launched last year and organised another outdoor barbecue, with almost 100 participants from 21 countries attending.
On Wednesday, 21 June, Czech President Petr Pavel personally conferred appointment decrees on new professors in the Great Hall of the Karolinum in Prague. He appointed a total of 93 professors, including two female professors and six professors on the basis of a proposal by the MU Scientific Board.
Pavel Plevka, an internationally renowned expert in structural biology and virology who has received a number of prestigious grants and awards, will become director of CEITEC MUNI on 1 July.
In the prestigious international QS World University Rankings, which were published on 27 June 2023, Masaryk University achieved a historic success by being ranked among the top 400 universities in the world.
Masaryk University has supported entrepreneurial students for the third time, with up to CZK 600,000 allocated for their development this year. The award ceremony took place on Friday, 9 June, in the creative hub KUMST.
Students Pilar Martínez from Venezuela and Daniela Morales from Mexico have not been idle during their semester-long exchange at Masaryk University – both teach Spanish in language schools in their free time.
The Czech Republic has a significant footprint in Brussels: most MU graduates there currently work at the European Commission, the European Parliament, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The #MUNISAVES campaign, which aimed to make Masaryk University optimize its energy consumption and achieve more efficient operations, and the energy-saving measures introduced during the academic year have had positive results.
AZ 800, a new university telescope, will be used mainly for teaching students of astrophysics and for astronomical observations. It is a joint project of the town of Ždánice and the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics of the MU Faculty of Science.
The success highlights excellent basic research with great application potential. Obtaining a patent is a prerequisite for the development of new drugs and for potential collaborations with pharmaceutical companies.
A public tender for the general contractor for the construction of a unique education and research infrastructure in the Bohunice University Campus in Brno has been announced.
The refectory of the Old Brno Abbey at Mendlovo náměstí hosted a ceremony at which twenty-three associate professors from seven faculties received their appointment decrees.
MU Vice-Rector Radim Polčák was inducted into the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame, receiving the prestigious award for personalities working in the field of cybersecurity during the 24th International IS2 Conference in Prague.
A delegation from the University of Rennes headed by President David Alis visited Masaryk University on Monday. The six-member delegation met with Rector Martin Bareš and other members of the MU management and faculties.
From a tropical land to the heart of Europe. Novinta Desweriel, a graduate of the English programme in Cultural Sociology, found her new home in Brno thanks to Masaryk University.
The Karel Engliš Aula at the Faculty of Law hosted the academic community ceremony Dies ademicus along with the annual Rector’s Award ceremony at which medals, diplomas and decrees were presented in several categories.
At its meeting on 15 May, the Academic Senate unanimously approved a budget of CZK 10 billion for Masaryk University for 2023. The budget is 490 million higher than in 2022, making it the highest in the history of MU.
It is estimated that as many as 2 million Czech compatriots live in various parts of the world. Many were born abroad and have never known the Czech Republic. A newly launched programme for compatriots aims to attract them to Masaryk University, allowing them to get to know the country of their ancestors.
The city of Brno and Masaryk University join forces to find a new home for the cinema. Mayor Markéta Vaňková and Rector Martin Bareš are aware of the importance of the Scala cinema on Brno’s cultural, academic and community map.
Sports, fun and knowledge – this was the motto of the now traditional MUNI Day event organised for students and employees of Masaryk University.
The coronation of King Charles III took place on Saturday 6 May. In 2010, the newly crowned British monarch – then Charles, Prince of Wales – received Masaryk University’s Great Gold Medal in addition to his many other awards and honours.
Twenty-seven-year-old Norwegian Eirik Karlsen worked in the army for three years but then found out during a first-aid training session that he was drawn to working with and treating people. So, he decided to go back to school again, this time as a general medicine student at MU.
Cooperation between the academic sector and the private sector and especially the practical implementation of the scientific and research know-how were among the topics of this year’s Business Research Forum at CEITEC which culminated in the presentation of the MUNI Innovation Awards.
From the new academic year 2023/2024, the management of Masaryk University will consist of seven Vice-Rectors, almost half of whom will be women.
How to present scientific knowledge to the general public and how to cooperate with mass media in bringing science closer to masses? Czech Television’s science section presenter Daniel Stach discussed these issues with young scientists at a panel hosted by CEITEC.
Discover the top places to visit in Vienna, Austria with Masaryk University international student Sofiia Synytska. From historic landmarks to hidden gems! In her article, Sofiia shares her experiences and recommendations, giving you a glimpse into Vienna's culture, history, and architecture.
Ten years after graduating from Masaryk University, Canadian Dale Kalina returned to Brno to reminisce about his studies at the Faculty of Medicine. The infectious diseases specialist, who appeared almost daily in the Canadian media during the pandemic, also met with MU students.
Jiří Barnat will become the Dean of the MU Faculty of Informatics for the 2023–2027 term of office after his official appointment by the Rector of Masaryk University. He was elected in a secret ballot by the Faculty’s Academic Senate. Jiří Barnat will take over from the current Dean, Jiří Zlatuška, in September.
Brno and Masaryk University were the first destinations visited outside Prague by the new Ambassador of the United States in the Czech Republic, Mr Bijan Sabet.
Masaryk University has decided to leave the TikTok platform due to mounting security risks. In doing so, it wants to set an example for others and point out the inappropriate handling of personal data.
Martin Bareš will continue to lead Masaryk University as Rector for the next four years. He recaps his first term in office, which will end this August, in the interview below.
Artificial intelligence tools are now becoming widely available. MU proactively monitors and adopts the latest trends in teaching.
For the first time outside the continent and straight to the snowy Czech Republic. For New Zealand law student Joycintta Lavemaau, three weeks spent at the MU Winter School was a great experience, which she will pass on to other students through her work.
Masaryk University is launching an internal programme on 1 April to support study programmes that excel in teaching.
The Academic Senate of Masaryk University elected the new Rector of Masaryk University in the first round of voting. There was just one candidate – the current MU Rector Martin Bareš, who thus won his second term of office beginning on 1 September 2023.
Eva Janovičová, a lawyer with 14 years of legal experience, was appointed today by Rector Martin Bareš as the first official defender of rights at MU.
The Bethlehem Chapel in Prague hosted the Werner von Siemens Award ceremony on Wednesday. Masaryk University student Ester Milostná received her award in the category “Recognition of overcoming barriers to study”.
More than one hundred doctoral study programme graduates from all ten faculties received their diplomas at the doctoral graduation ceremony at the Faculty of Law on 24 March.
Extensive reconstruction awaits the Kounicova dormitory, and new beds are being created in the renewed area on Vinařská Street.
On the occasion of Belarusian Freedom Day, around forty Belarusians living in Brno came to the statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk on Saturday in an expression of thanks for his help. Among them were also students from MU.
On Monday 3 April, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University will select a new Rector to lead Masaryk University from September 2023 to August 2027. Martin Bareš, the current MU Rector and the only candidate for the position, met with people today at a public debate in the Scala cinema.
The study of malignant growth processes of melanoma or improved utilisation of biomass were among the topics of interest of MU doctoral students who received financial support for their further research from the City of Brno.
An open discussion with the candidate for MU Rector will take place on Thursday 23 March at the University Cinema Scala.
Petr Zvoníček, a graduate of the MU Faculty of Informatics, has been working as a developer at Spotify in Sweden for five years now. What he enjoys most about his job is participating in developing a service that has almost half a billion monthly users around the world.
Students from the Faculty of Social Studies held a model United Nations (MUN) conference over the weekend, simulating a UN meeting dealing with topics such as the climate emergency, economic development and human rights.
Taking place for the fourth time, this year’s Masaryk Days culminated in a programme focused on the situation in present-day Russia, with the main lecture given by Andrey Zubov, historian, educator and opponent of Putin’s regime.
American student Samuel Handy would like to work for NATO or teach English somewhere in Russia in the future. That’s why he chose Masaryk.
Commemorating the anniversary of the birth of the first Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in March, Masaryk University organises Masaryk Days which, through lectures, discussions and cultural events, refer to the legacy of the president and strive for the reflection of the pressing social issues.
The Academic Senate of Masaryk University will elect a new MU Rector on Monday 3 April. The only candidate for the post is the current rector Martin Bareš.
Due to rising prices of energy and inflation, Masaryk University has been forced to increase dormitory fees for the second time in a short time span. However, in order to reduce the economic impact of this measure on students, the MU management has decided not to increase the dormitory fees as much as the increased energy prices and inflation would otherwise warrant.
On 16 February, the Scala University Cinema was temporarily closed for safety reasons. However, on Monday 27 February, the centre of social life that has been run by MU for ten years again opens its doors to visitors interested in film screenings, courses, lectures and other performances. Masaryk University decided to reopen the cinema based on information received from Brno City Hall, the owner of the premises.
When the war in Ukraine started a year ago, Masaryk University immediately responded to the situation and started providing assistance to Ukrainian students, employees and their families through the MUNI HELPS Volunteer Centre and other means. In addition to students, Ukrainian employees have also found a safe haven at MU. Read the stories of four of them.
Jiří Hanuš, a historian at the Faculty of Arts and the MU Vice-Rector for Personnel and Academic Affairs, speaks about war in Ukraine.
Situated at the newly renovated Mendlovo náměstí, a sculpture titled Hrachovina was unveiled on Tuesday to commemorate Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of genetics whose legacy is forever tied with Masaryk University.
Would you like to buy clothes on the cheap and encourage sustainable shopping? Sofiia Synytska, an international student at MU, will give you some tips for the best places for second-hand shopping in Brno.
The Scala University Cinema and Bolek Polívka Theatre will be temporarily closed with immediate effect until at least 24 February. The decision to close was made based on a structural engineer’s assessment of the building’s structural integrity in connection with the upcoming renovation of Bolek Polívka Theatre.
From Azerbaijan via the classrooms of Masaryk University to Amazon’s Prague offices: this has been the journey of Samir Salimov, a foreign graduate of the English Finance programme at the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
In January, almost 50 students, mostly from Australia, Switzerland, and New Zealand, attended the two winter schools organized every year by Masaryk University for students from all over the world.
Masaryk University has taken further steps regarding the situation at the Faculty of Education.
Waste is among the negative impacts on the environment. Masaryk University attempts to reduce the production of waste and, at the same time, to increase the proportion of recyclable waste. The management of the university has approved the Strategy for sustainable waste management and prevention of waste production.
The RECETOX research centre is one of the fourth WHO Collaborating Centre in the Czech Republic.
Disturbing information appearing in the media regarding inappropriate conduct by teachers at the Department of Physical Education and Health Education of the Faculty of Education has prompted a strong response on the part of Masaryk University management.
This year’s Masaryk University expedition to Antarctica will have 23 members divided into two teams. Part of the expedition will head to Johann Gregor Mendel Czech Antarctic Station, where they will spend about two months, while a smaller team of nine people will work on Nelson Island for over two weeks.
Cross-border cooperation between three universities and one start-up brought Masaryk University significant success in technology transfer at the end of the year 2022. A contract worth 441,000 euros will enable a new technology to be put into practice that significantly increases the success rate of assisted reproduction.
MU Rector Martin Bareš issues a statement on information related to the situation at the MU Faculty of Education.
On 28 January 2023, exactly 104 years will have passed since the founding of Masaryk University. Today, MU is one of the most important educational and scientific institutions in the Czech Republic.
This year’s applicants for studies at Masaryk University will encounter a few changes in the admission procedure. The “Learning Potential Test” (LPT, abbreviated TSP in Czech) required by most faculties will still be taken by applicants in person, but they will write it using tablet computers.
This week, Masaryk University celebrates the 104th anniversary of its foundation. On 24 January, it renamed a university hall at the Faculty of Law to bear the name of Karel Engliš, the first MU rector and one of the most respected personalities of his time.
Masaryk University’s PhD students can look forward to significant improvement of their financial situation. The amount of support granted to full-time doctoral study programme students will be increased by 25%, from CZK 12,000 to CZK 15,000 per month, according to the most recent measure issued by Rector Martin Bareš.
Following the example of other world universities, Masaryk University has established its own International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB). The body of international scientific advisors increases the prestige of the university and brings a much-needed outside perspective.
At its 267th meeting, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University announced the date of the election of the new MU Rector. The secret ballot to elect the winning candidate will take place on Monday 3 April.
Masaryk University has performed a comprehensive internal evaluation of its research and PhD programmes in order to ensure the highest quality of studies. The evaluation was based on an informed peer review system, which will also become a pillar of MU self-evaluation in the future.
The Czech university team has arrived in Lake Placid for the Winter World University Games. A total of 93 Czech student-athletes will compete in 12 winter sports from 12 to 22 January. Nine of them study at Masaryk University.
Ten students from Moldova get the chance to study at Czech universities every year thanks to government scholarships designed to support students from developing countries. One of them is Andrei Burlac, who is currently studying at the MU Faculty of Informatics.
Moving abroad to study or work is challenging, especially at first. A team of workers from the Welcome Office, part of the MU International Cooperation Centre, helps newly-arrived international students and employees overcome initial problems.
The Rector of Masaryk University Martin Bareš wishes a peaceful Christmas.
A few days before Christmas, the first snow of the year covered the buildings of Masaryk University. Look at how the faculties and other university departments look under the snowcap.
For two students from Uruguay, Christmas this year will be different from what they know: lots of sun, 30 degrees, beaches full of people, and a big family barbecue outside in the garden. For the first time, thanks to studying abroad in the northern hemisphere, they will experience it in winter.
Vice-rector for Research and Doctoral Studies Šárka Pospíšilová presented to 33 doctoral study programme graduates and their supervisors their awards for excellent achievements.
The design of MU’s New Year’s greeting for 2023 was the result of a student contest. The contest was supervised by Jana Nedomová from the Faculty of Education’s Department of Art. Students submitted 70 designs. The jury selected Marie Kudláčková’s design which has been modified into its final form.
Significant scientific achievements, world-class conferences and solidarity in times of crisis. The year 2022 brought many obstacles and challenges for Masaryk University. In this article, we mention the most important events that happened in 2022.
The MU Career Centre received special recognition for providing timely and comprehensive counselling services to student refugees from Ukraine. The award was presented at a ceremony in Prague to representatives of the Career Centre, headed by Ukrainian counsellor Sofia Berezka.
The Grant Agency of Masaryk University held its annual conference in the Augustinian Abbey last Wednesday, 30 November. It included, for the third time, the MUNI Scientist Award ceremony.
From Wednesday 19 October, the famous Russian historian Andrey Borisovich Zubov teaches a six-week course at Masaryk University titled Reasons for the Russian catastrophe of the 20th century and possibilities to overcome it. Over 100 MU students have signed up for the limited special series of lectures and nearly 4,000 others have already watched the lectures online.
Czech President Miloš Zeman has signed appointment decrees for new professors nominated by the scientific and artistic councils of Czech universities. Seven of them are connected with Masaryk University.
After spending a week at MU on an Erasmus+ exchange programme, British university worker Sean Barton fell in love with Brno – a city he thinks is a hidden gem in the heart of central Europe.
Twenty years after opening the Faculty of Arts central library won an award from the Czech Chamber of Architects for qualitative contribution to society. The award makes it one of ten best buildings in the Czech Republic in terms of quality.
The European Research Council (ERC) announced the results of the prestigious 2022 ERC Starting Grants. Among the 3000+ applicants for the financial support by the leading European institutions for the funding of top research and development was a project submitted by Madalina Bianca Moraru from the Faculty of Law.
The anniversary of Velvet revolution and International Students' Day were commemorated by students and representatives of Masaryk University not only in Brno, but also in Prague.
Last Sunday the 2022 FIFA World Cup started, as did a special series of the famous Czech Television quiz show AZ-kvíz. The programme will pair Masaryk University students against celebrities and Czech Television personalities. Part of the winnings from the famous “ATM” will be donated to the volunteer centre MUNI HELPS.
A greenhouse dating back to 1854 in which Gregor Johann Mendel conducted his experiments with peas, laying the foundations of modern genetics, has been restored with MU support in the grounds of the Augustinian Abbey in Brno.
Věra Jourová visited Masaryk University. The highest ranking Czech woman in the executive branch of the EU wanted to meet professor Zubov.
MU Rector Martin Bareš and University of Rennes 1 Rector David Alis signed an agreement on two joint study programmes, also called double degrees, in Rennes on Thursday. Graduates of these programmes will receive diplomas from both universities.
Inga Palsson studied psychology in Montreal, but she was not very keen on it, so she was wondering about going to study in Europe. In the end, she chose the English Language and Literature programme at MU, where she could study literature and linguistics at the same time, which she found very interesting.
As part of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, MU held an international scientific symposium addressing environmental and health crises. The conference was organized by Masaryk University.
Since mid-September Iran has been shaken by massive anti-government protests sparked by the news of the death of a young woman confronted by the police because of improperly worn hijab.
MU is launching a new competition for students. Next year, it will distribute two million Czech crowns from the ComMUNIty Fund among successful projects. Applications can be submitted until the end of this year.
Mendel Days 2022 began yesterday in the Augustinian Abbey in Old Brno. A rich programme with many lectures and cultural events was prepared by the Mendel Museum in cooperation with the MU Centre for Culture, Art and Events.
As part of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, Masaryk University has organised a conference on the environmental health of Europe. The event will take place directly in Brussels on Wednesday 9 November and will be accessible online.
Brno is not only full of students but also full of cafés. One of Masaryk University's international students, Sofiia Synytska, brings some tips for great breakfasts in Brno and enjoying time with your friends.
The Rector’s Board of Masaryk University addresses all members of the academia, students, and employees of the university with the following statement and appeal.
“My life has been largely driven by coincidence,” says Stuart Andrew Hopkinson, a graduate of the MU Faculty of Medicine who hails from the United Kingdom. The fact that he went to study in the Czech Republic was a coincidence too, as was the fact that he ended up staying in Brno.
The Students’ Advisory Services and the Teiresiás Centre are two facilities of Masaryk University that provide students support and advisory with respect to mental health problems.
After his first lecture at Masaryk University, professor Andrey Borisovich Zubov talked at today’s press conference about his gratitude for the possibility to speak in public after eight years. The historian moved to Brno with his family after Russia’s partial mobilization.
The prestigious International Conference on Research Infrastructures – ICRI 2022 ended in Brno on Friday, 21 October. It was attended by over five hundred scientists and other experts from all over the world, with more than six hundred more participating online.
Fifty years after graduating from the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University its alumni met in the building at Komenského náměstí. Speaking at the special ceremony, Masaryk University Rector Martin Bareš acknowledged their contribution to the university and society in general.
The CELSPAC biobank collects, processes, stores, and subsequently, distributes various types of biological samples used for basic scientific research and the development of new diagnostic methods, which was recently presented to the participants of the ICRI 2022 International Conference on Research Infrastructures.
After Copenhagen, Athens, Cape Town, Vienna and Ottawa, it is Brno’s turn to host the International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) 2022, one of the most significant events of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council.
Russian historian Andrey Borisovich Zubov has arrived in Brno after leaving Russia over two weeks ago. At Masaryk University, he met with Rector Martin Bareš.
Biologist Gabriel Demo, currently a head of a research group at Masaryk University’s CEITEC, is among the promising young scientists recognised by the Neuron Endowment Fund this year. He was awarded the Neuron Prize for his research in transcription and translation communication.
One of the most important events of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council will take place in Brno this year, in large part thanks to Ondřej Hradil, the manager of research infrastructures at Masaryk University.
Last week the modern co-working centre Clubco Vlněna hosted Masaryk University’s meeting of its business platforms and the Brno Regional Chamber of Commerce.
This week, 450 of the most influential figures from the world of science and research are coming to the South Moravian capital. They will take part in one of the most high-profile events of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union – the International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI) 2022.
It is with great sadness that Rector Martin Bareš learned of the tragic passing of a MU student on the premises of the Faculty of Arts yesterday.
The honorary title of doctor honoris causa of Masaryk University was awarded to respected musicologist Michael Beckerman who has devoted a significant part of his professional career to Czech music.
Professor Chris Nash who is an expert in the field of Transport Economics was yesterday awarded the honorary degree of Doctor Honoris Causa. He has collaborated with the Faculty of Economics and Administration since 2015.
The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks (SYRI) will study issues with major importance for society. Masaryk University leads the consortium, which brings together 150 scientists from three key Czech research institutions.
The Grant Agency of Masaryk University has opened another round of calls for the prestigious MASH and MASH Junior grants. Their aim is to attract successful scientists to Brno and offer them attractive conditions for the continuation of their long-term research at Masaryk University.
Beautiful weather, tasty refreshments and a rich programme attracted dozens of students from the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Sports Studies to the annual Deans’ BBQ.
Thanks to the CzechMates programme, American student Brynn Smith had the opportunity not only to study at Masaryk University but also to get a behind-the-scenes look at Czech hockey.
MU has launched the #MUNISAVES campaign, the goal of which is to contribute to saving electricity, water, and natural gas. In line with its strategy, MU encourages employees and students to behave responsibly by following the Ten Principles for Saving Energy.
Masaryk University’s Faculty of Pharmacy celebrates the 70th anniversary of its foundation next week. On 14 October the faculty will commemorate the anniversary with a full day of educational and cultural events.
Russian historian, religion scholar and political scientist Andrei Borisovich Zubov has left Russia and is on his way to Brno where he should have a series of lectures on the history of Russia in the 20th century at Masaryk University.
After July’s Mendel Genetics Conference, one of the highlights of this year’s celebrations of the father of genetics’ two-hundredth birthday, Masaryk University is now preparing to welcome another group of leading international scientists and researchers to Brno.
At the beginning of the year, MU announced a call for internships in Brussels as part of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council. Over a hundred students applied and twelve were selected. Ludvík Zelinka, a recent Faculty of Law graduate, is one of the lucky ones.
Digitalization of Erasmus+ programme will reduce paperwork for MU students and employees to minimum.
300 mostly international students paraded through the city, waving flags, dancing, and singing.
The candidates for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Education presented their programmes in a public debate today. The election by the faculty’s Academic Senate will take place on 27 September.
As part of inter-faculty cooperation within Masaryk University, four faculties and one research facility have signed an agreement on common standards for doctoral studies.
On Wednesday evening, MU representatives were awarded a prize by the European Association for International Education (EAIE). The ceremony was full of praise for the University’s activities focused on international students during the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Last week, the MU Centre for International Cooperation (CZS) held a reunion for international alumni. Dozens of graduates from 25 countries attended a barbecue outside the Vinařská Dormitories.
Masaryk University, like other Czech universities and society as a whole, is facing skyrocketing energy prices. However, there are no plans for transitioning to online learning, and the new academic year will begin on 12 September with standard in-person classes.
Almost five hundred students from Ukraine who were admitted to ten MU faculties through a special admission procedure will start the new academic year. In addition, the University will continue to help Ukraine through a number of other initiatives.
On Friday, 30 September, visitors will be able to attend science lectures, experiments, workshops, exhibitions and games.
On 13 September, MU will be receiving a prestigious award in Barcelona.
The EDUC Alliance, of which Masaryk University is a member, has been awarded a new European Commission grant valued at 12.8 million euros that will support the alliance’s activities for the next four years. More than 52 consortiums applied for a grant, but only 20 were awarded.
Masaryk University achieved an important success when it rose by about 200 positions in the latest edition of the ARWU comparative ranking of world universities and was placed among the top 500 universities in the world.
Researcher Zuzana Hofmanová played a key role in solving the 1,400-year-old riddle of where the Avars came from. It took them only ten years to get from Mongolia to Central Europe.
The success of the Faculty of Economics and Administration and its DiMiC project aimed at the digitisation of manufacturing systems in circular economy is an opportunity to boost the image of the Czech Republic in science and research.
Two years after becoming part of Masaryk University, the Faculty of Pharmacy succeeded in the prestigious ERA Chairs call. The financial resources will be used for a new scientific facility.
Three scientists and experts in genetics from Ukraine could attend Mendel Genetics Conference thanks to the Cyril Napp stipend.
Thomas R. Cech who won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of catalytic properties of RNA gave an interview to Magazín M before the conference.
Geneticist and biochemistry professor Kim Nasmyth and his wife Anna, who are currently attending the Mendel Genetics Conference, will be bringing home to Oxford one of the most prestigious recognitions of Masaryk University.
Applying state-of-the-art scientific technologies, experts led by Šárka Pospíšilová attempted to obtain as many facts as possible from his genetic code in order to update Mendel’s biography and contribute to the promotion of his life and work and the field of genetics as such.
Masaryk University graduate Jitka Janů contributed to the Czech-Ukrainian picture dictionary developed by the Berlin-based TüftelAkademie. She did not translate the words directly from Czech but via German.
Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of the laws of inheritance, was born two hundred years ago, on 20 July 1822. Masaryk University has joined the celebrations of the 200th anniversary by its numerous events and activities.
Professor Emeritus of genetics from Masaryk University Jiřina Relichová is an expert in Mendel’s life and work. Having studied his personal correspondence, testimonies of people who knew him or his biography or his own poetry she can explain in detail the personality of this giant of science.
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced on 6 July the names of 67 newly elected members, including geneticist and molecular haematologist Šárka Pospíšilová who leads the Medical Genomics Research Group at MU’s CEITEC and works at the Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology and Oncology of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital Brno.
Ecuadorian student Mirek Houdek talks about his studies at MU’s Faculty of Economics and Administration.
A packed Mendel Museum refectory hosted the “Sounds of Science” seminar with two Nobel Prize laureates.
Ondřej Křivánek is a world-renowned physicist who received an honorary doctorate from Masaryk University.
On Friday the Czech Republic had become, for the second time, the head of the presidency of the Council of the European Union. The other two members of the trio are France and Sweden.
On 6 June, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University approved the MU budget for 2022; the MU Board of Trustees confirmed it on 20 June.
At the beginning of April, Violeta Osouchová became the new director of MU’s Centre for International Cooperation (CZS), which not only takes care of incoming and outgoing students but also is responsible for international marketing.
French student Hilaire Guinamard loves painting with watercolours and drawing comics. He made one comic book about his Erasmus at MU.
On Wednesday last week, the Scala University Cinema hosted a Czech-Ukrainian evening to which Masaryk University invited its students, staff and their family members.
A total of 27 new associate professors from six MU faculties who successfully habilitated at Masaryk University received their appointment decrees from Rector Martin Bareš at a ceremony held on Thursday 9 June in the refectory of the Mendel Museum.
Masaryk University invited Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala to the ceremonial presentation of the fully-functioning Simulation Centre of the MU Faculty of Medicine. The event was held on Monday, 13 June.
The Simulation Centre of the MU Faculty of Medicine is one of Masaryk University’s cutting-edge projects. Future doctors and health care workers use SIMU to practise both common procedures and emergencies.
Czech President Miloš Zeman has signed appointment decrees for 83 new professors nominated by the scientific and artistic councils of Czech universities.
The end of May also marked the deadline for submitting applications for the exceptional admission procedure opened for Ukrainian students. Masaryk University received a total of 816 applications.
Masaryk University’s Mendel Museum is celebrating the bicentenary of Mendel’s birth ahead of schedule with a new exhibition named ‘Genetics: The Wonderful Journey into the Cell Nucleus’.
Masaryk University will lead the new National Institute for Research on the Socio-Economic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks. MU will also participate in all five projects under the EXCELES programme supported by the National Recovery Plan.
Read the interview with the new CERPEK director of The Pedagogical Competence Development Centre (CERPEK) of Masaryk University.
The head of the Public Tender Office at the MU Rector’s Office, Martin Hadaš, views socially responsible procurement and awarding public contracts as a duty or a necessity if the university wants to manage public funds in a meaningful way.
On the occasion of Dies academicus – the Academic Day celebrations, Masaryk University awarded its Gold Medals to Miloš Štědroň and Petr Oslzlý for outstanding contributions to the university’s development.
Michaela Richtrová, a doctoral student at the MU Faculty of Medicine, received the Golden Rescue Cross for exceptional interventions in 2021.
Masaryk University has announced the most recent winner of the MUNI Award in Science and Humanities grant. Computer scientist Jan Křetínský is the fourth scholar to receive this award.
Explore the campus, meet your co-workers and play sports at the third annual Campus Day event on Thursday, 19 May 2022, as part of Dies academicus – the academic day.
Last week, the Hungarian capital Budapest hosted the annual conference of the European University Association (EUA). It was attended by the Rector of Masaryk University Martin Bareš and the Vice-Rector for Internationalisation Břetislav Dančák.
How do Masaryk University scholarships help Ukrainian students deal with their difficult situation? Six of them have told M Magazine about their experience.
Jan Pavlík, the former director of the Centre for International Cooperation of Masaryk University, sat down with M Magazine to talk about the 40 years he spent working at MU.
Ross J. Anderson, professor of security engineering, and Ondřej Křivánek, physicist, designer and developer of electron microscopy technology, have been awarded the doctor honoris causa degree by Masaryk University.
Masaryk University has announced extraordinary admissions deadlines for Ukrainian students in need. MU wants to help students who fled Ukraine to escape Russian aggression and who want to continue studying.
The Giving Day for Ukraine raised over CZK 70,000.
Diners at the newly opened canteen located at the MU Faculty of Education can chose from nine meals, including vegetarian and gluten-free options and ever-popular sushi, every day.
Last week, Masaryk University’s 20th spin-off company was founded. AI|ffinity has gained a licence for software that uses artificial intelligence to determine the structure of biomolecules all the way down to the atomic level.
Oleg Deev, the chair of the Department of Finance at MU’s Faculty of Economics and Administration, has been helping Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression as an interpreter at the Regional Centre for Help and Assistance to Ukraine.
A commemorative banknote features Karel Engliš, the first rector of Masaryk University.
At its April session, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University condemned the invasion of the sovereign territory of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
Assistant professors, researchers and lecturers are just some of the positions offered by Masaryk University to academics and experts arriving in the Czech Republic from Ukraine.
Every one of us can take small steps towards behaving responsibly towards our plant and thinking about future generations. And the university gives us excellent opportunities to do so. We sat down with MU bursar Marta Valešová to talk about these issues.
Russian and Belarusian students at Masaryk University have been affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine. Some have mustered the courage to publicly state their disapproval of the Russian invasion and emphatically condemn it.
On Thursday 24 March, the fully packed Scala University Cinema hosted the DVTV Roadshow. The event focusing on the ongoing war in Ukraine was co-organised by DVTV and Masaryk University.
The Mayor of the City of Brno presented a check for CZK 300,000 to finalists of the 11th year of the competition Brno Ph.D. Talent as acknowledgement of their achievements.
For two years, Michal Ďuriník and František Špás, friends who met at the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University, have been producing kombucha, a drink beneficial to human health. They were led to their successful business by chance.
Next week, the Czech National Bank will issue a commemorative banknote featuring the likeness of Karel Engliš.
The collected items were immediately taken to where they are needed most. To the Regional Centre for Help and Assistance to Ukraine at the Brno Exhibition Centre.
Masaryk University mourns the passing of Madeleine Albright, the Czech-born former U.S. Secretary of State and Ambassador to the UN, who passed away on Wednesday 23 March.
The MUNI HELPS volunteer centre is entering its third year of existence at Masaryk University.
Until 15 March visitors to EXPO 2020 in Dubai had the chance to explore Mendel 200, an exhibit about the father of genetics organized by Masaryk University. As many as 10,000 people a day visited the exhibition.
For scientists, receiving the European Research Council’s (ERC) grant is like winning gold at the Olympics. Structural virologist Pavel Plevka has already won his second one and the tenth overall for Masaryk University.
How do you bake Czech bread and cook kulajda, a traditional Czech soup? Students at this year’s virtual winter schools organized by MU got to find out at an hour-long cooking workshop.
Malina Grube, a law student from the University of Auckland, took part in a virtual summer school offered by MU. She liked the programme so much that she signed up for a second one in January.
Registration for the Mendel Genetics Conference, which is co-organised by Masaryk University to mark the bicentennial of the birth of the founder of genetics, Gregor Johann Mendel, will close by the end of March.
The most frightening, darkest fears have come true. The reality is still difficult to comprehend. We are now watching live, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, as the atrocities of war are being committed in 21st-century Europe.
In a duel of Brno universities played in front of record attendance, HC Masaryk University suffered a 2:3 overtime loss to VUT Cavaliers from the Brno University of Technology. In the playoffs, MUNI ice hockey players will face the team from Olomouc.
MU is modifying the rules in the white traffic-light system based on new government measures. The new rules will be effective as of Monday, 14 March.
About 330 students from Russia are enrolled at Masaryk University. One of them is Aleksandra Kokoreva from St. Petersburg, who is in her second semester at the Faculty of Social Studies, where she studies social anthropology. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a strong impact on her.
The current situation in Ukraine was the subject of a debate of lecturers and students held in the atrium of the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University on Wednesday 2 March.
Andrey Borisovich Zubov, a Russian historian, religion scholar and political scientist, commented on the current situation in Ukraine. His comment was the first topic of the Masaryk Days 2022.
At this moment, Ukraine needs help quickly, but it has to be smooth and systematic. For this reason, Masaryk University cooperates with the Brno for Ukraine initiative and Diecézní charita Brno to make providing aid to Ukraine as effective as possible.
Masaryk University presents Gregor Johann Mendel, the founder of genetics, at the Mystery of Knowledge exhibition as part of EXPO 2020 in Dubai. The presentation will be on display in the “rotating” exhibition room in the Czech Pavilion from 1 to 15 March 2022.
On Monday, 7 March, the university traffic-light system will move from green to white. The only restrictions that will apply at the university are those established by the government.
The Czech polar station, built between 2004 and 2006 on the remote James Ross Island in Antarctica by its operator, Masaryk University, will mark the 15th anniversary of its official inauguration.
On Sunday, 27 February, people assembled on Dominikánské Square to express their disapproval of the Russian Federation’s attack on Ukraine.
Ukrainian students enrolled at Masaryk University are anxiously following the news out of their country. M Magazine spoke to two of them about the current situation.
Rector of MU Martin Bareš has terminated agreements with four Russian universities with immediate effect.
In his speech on the current situation regarding Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, MU Rector Martin Bareš pointed out that Europe woke up to a situation it has not experienced in decades.
On Wednesday, the day before Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine, M Magazine sat down for an interview with Jan Holzer, a political scientist from MU’s Faculty of Social Studies.
The management of Masaryk University is shocked and appalled by the developments in Ukraine, where Russia has launched and is prosecuting premeditated military aggression against a neighbouring independent country.
In response to the situation in Ukraine, Masaryk University has announced the possibility to provide financial aid for educational and humanitarian purposes. A donation can be made via MU Shopping Centre.
Last week, a four-member delegation from the University of Pécs visited MU and met with top officials and faculty leaders. This Hungarian university, MU, and four other European schools form the EDUC Alliance.
The management of Masaryk University is deeply concerned about the developments in Ukraine and the continuing escalation of the situation by Russia. It considers the events that have transpired in recent days and hours to be extremely disturbing and unsettling.
After the first week of the spring semester, which is taught at Masaryk University face-to-face with a few exceptions, Rector Martin Bareš summarised the most up-to-date information in a public video address.
Anesthesiologist Hana Harazim from the MU Faculty of Medicine won the 13th Science Slam dedicated to female researchers, which symbolically took place on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Considering the current epidemiological situation, the MU Crisis Board has decided to move to the green level of the traffic-light system. New measures will go into effect on Monday, 21 February.
Renata Veselská from Masaryk University is among the selected candidates of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE).
Teaching at Masaryk University in the spring semester will be governed by the YELLOW setting of the university’s Covid-19 traffic light system and the applicable Government measures.
The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are starting. Eight MU students left for Beijing at the beginning of February, with one waiting for a negative test and another athlete currently preparing for a quick departure after receiving an additional nomination.
Mendel’s year at Masaryk University is presented via a new MENDEL 200 logo in the university’s blue colour and other visual elements.
An interesting study programme, a university town in the heart of Europe, and above all lots of IT companies all in one place. These are the things that drew Cambodian student Kanitha Chim to do her master’s degree in Brno at MU’s Faculty of Informatics.
Masaryk University students have a unique opportunity to develop their ideas and get money to start their business projects. All they have to do is apply to the “Start Your Business” competition.
28 January 2022 is a reason to celebrate for Masaryk University. It is opening the next chapter of its rich history with optimism and bold plans.
Here you will find an overview of the most important and interesting events that will be occurring at Masaryk University in 2022.
For the second semester, MU students can get an international educational experience without having to leave Brno. The unique opportunity to enrol in free online or “hybrid” courses is made possible by the EDUC Alliance.
Irena Radová, head of the Department of Classical Studies at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Arts, was elected as the new Dean of the Faculty on 10 January. In a secret ballot, she received more votes than Markéta Kulhánková, her competitor for the job.
The satellite, designated VZLUSAT-2, will be lifted together with other small satellites on Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with is scheduled for launch on Thursday, 13 January, at 16:25 hours.
Time Out, the renowned British travel magazine, rates Brno as the second most attractive city to visit in Europe.
A summary of the most important and most interesting things that happened at Masaryk University in 2021.
Second MUNI Scientist Awards granted at the annual conference of the Grant Agency of Masaryk University.
Next year, the city of Brno will be celebrating the 200th birthday of G. J. Mendel. Involved in the festivities will be Masaryk University, which recently began publishing the findings of a comprehensive research project focused on this ground-breaking scientist.
Fakescape, a game that teaches media literacy and critical thinking to children and young adults, has won the Charlemagne Youth Prize. The project is run by students from the MU Faculty of Social Studies.
Forty graduates of doctoral programmes and their lecturers have recently accepted from Vice-rector for research and doctoral studies Šárka Popíšilová an award for excellent achievements in their doctoral studies at Masaryk University.
Belarusian students Aryna Rabtsava and Uladzislau Zybrykau first met while studying medicine in Vitebsk. In January they moved to Brno to study thanks to a special scholarship programme.
MUNI Innovation Award – new Masaryk University award has its first winners.
He left Brno, Kometa and Masaryk University. Twenty-five-year-old hockey goalie Karel Vejmelka got an NHL contract, finished his diploma thesis and passed his state examination in August. He thus successfully completed a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 22 November, MU moved to the yellow level on the traffic-light system. At nine faculties the deans decided that students must comply with the O-N-T (Vaccinated – Recovered – Tested).
Twenty-five-year-old Georgios Paranis from Cyprus is one of several foreign students studying pharmacy at MU. He moved to Brno four years ago.
Students and academics from Masaryk University joined the 11+1 project in October to express their support and show opposition to persecution of the academia in Belarus.
Dozens of students and employees of MU took the opportunity to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on university premises in November.
Due to the worsening pandemic, the MU Crisis Committee has recommended the implementation of measures corresponding with those of the yellow level of the traffic-light system. They went into effect on Monday, 22 November.
The second post-1989 rector of Masaryk University and dean emeritus of the Faculty of Science died Wednesday at 85.
Masaryk University is in week eight of the fall semester of the current academic year. Speaking in a new video, rector Martin Bareš summarises the most recent information.
The Faculty of Economics and Administration celebrated its 30th anniversary this fall. It was founded in 1991 as the first post-Velvet Revolution faculty to be created at Masaryk University. Today, the faculty provides an education in economics to nearly 3,000 students.
Based on the new measures announced by the Government, the Crisis Board of MU decided to modify the green light setting of the university’s traffic light system. New measures have been in force since Monday 1 November.
Sleek, environmentally friendly and sustainable stainless steel drinking cups adorned with the original OneCup. logo to replace disposable plastic ones. This is the solution offered by Vojtěch Toman, a student of the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
Due to the deteriorating COVID-19 situation, the MU Emergency Committee has decided to move to the green level of the traffic-light system. New measures will go into effect on 25 October.
The village of Hrušky will use one million crowns collected by Masaryk University to replace the floors and repair the roof, windows, and facade of the local school, which was damaged in a tornado in June. MU rector Martin Bareš handed over an oversized cheque to village and school officials.
The 2020 and 2021 European Citizen’s Prize, awarded by the European Parliament, was bestowed upon teams from two Czech universities, Masaryk University and the Czech Technical University.
The rematch between Mendel University and Masaryk University brought a great game of ice hockey with a thunderous atmosphere. The MU team won the match 4-2 after turning the score around, repaying their opponents for the loss they suffered two years ago.
After three semesters of online teaching, not only have Czech and Slovak students returned to Brno, but so too have students from around the world.
To avenge a defeat, enjoy a great atmosphere and proudly defend MU colours: these things are on the minds of Masaryk University hockey players, who will face the MENDELU hockey team on 14 October at the Winning Group Arena in Brno for the University Match.
Athena Alchazidu was attracted to the idea of teaching online tandem courses together with teachers from foreign universities through EDUC from the very beginning. She saw great potential in this form of learning.
After nearly two years of intense preparations, the activities of the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) alliance have been in full swing since September. Masaryk University is a member of the alliance alongside five other universities from France, Germany, Italy, and Hungary.
Vítězslav Bryja, Radoslav Trautmann and Kamil Paruch have received the new Neuron Prize for extraordinary cooperation between science and business. Their academic spin-off company CasInvent Pharma is supported by Masaryk University.
Masaryk University student Patrik Gažo has won a prestigious prize from automotive scientists.
During the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2021/2022, the Rector of Masaryk University presented awards to outstanding educators and announced the recipients of the Silver and Bronze Medals of MU.
New findings by the research team at CEITEC Masaryk University could lower both the toxicity and the price of the treatment.
Masaryk University has issued rules and drew up a system for the prevention of spreading of Covid-19 among students and faculty.
The findings of the team led by MU researcher Norbert Werner have been published in an online circular of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
After a month spent in the Czech Republic, students at the Summer School of Slavonic Studies said their goodbyes to Masaryk University. People from all over the world were represented among the over 100 participants.
MU versus the Brno University of Technology: the virtual running race between the two universities has finished and we now know the winners.
The Czech Rectors Conference calls on students of Czech colleges and universities to get vaccinated against COVID-19 preferably before the start of the academic year. Read the full text of the appeal:
People rated their couple relationships better last December compared to this April, according to a pilot study in the Contemporary Czech Family research project.
Experts from Masaryk University are investigating how chemicals affect firefighters’ health.
Currently, Masaryk University has 23 international ambassadors from all corners of the world.
MUNI HELPS, Masaryk University’s volunteer centre, has been awarded the European Citizen’s Prize 2021 by a jury composed of Members of the European Parliament and representatives of civic and youth organisations.
The prominent structural biologist and founder of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc., has died aged 65.
Six weeks before his departure to Portugal, where he was to spend six months as an Erasmus student, MU Faculty of Informatics student Petr Knetl began to wonder whether he could live in his family’s van to save on rent.
Anyone can help by collecting aid for people in the affected areas of South Moravia. Masaryk University has set up a transparent account for it.
From Monday, 28 June, onwards, restrictions will be significantly lifted at Masaryk University. On Thursday, 1 July, testing will no longer be mandatory.
The Covid-19 pandemic significantly influenced the selection of people awarded on the occasion of Dies Academicus – the academic day celebration.
Magna Charta Universitatum defines the fundamental values and principles upon which free academic institutions stand.
Masaryk University now starts issuing diplomas in electronic form as another option for graduates to prove their university qualifications in addition to the paper original.
As of Friday 11 June, all foreigners or people without public insurance can register for COVID-19 vaccination in the Czech Republic.
On 3 June 2021, Martin Bareš, rector of Masaryk University, was elected as the new President of the Czech Rectors Conference.
How will Masaryk University develop as an institution? That is the topic of the second part in the series on the university’s Strategic Plan for 2021-2028.
New rules allow people who received their first dose of the vaccine at least 22 days ago to be present in MU offices, to stay in dormitories, or attend classes without being tested.
In light of improving COVID-19 trends and the gradual easing of government measures, Masaryk University will also lift restrictions.
For the first time in history, MU has been included in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, which assess universities’ contributions to fulfilling the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Crisis Committee has confirmed moving to the yellow-light rating of the university’s pandemic traffic-light system and approved further loosening of restrictions.
From 3 May, employees and students of Masaryk University will have the opportunity to race their counterparts from Brno University of Technology (BUT).
Beginning 3 May, academic employees will be able to register for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The MU Crisis Committee has decided to lower the risk level. Buildings will remain closed to the public but will open to students and employees.
Legal expert David Kosař is the last of the three MU researchers who were awarded an ERC Consolidator grant at the end of 2020 to be interviewed. Read on to find out more about the objectives of his research.
MU rector Martin Bareš gave an update on the return of some students into certain types of face-to-face classes and other current events at Masaryk University.
As of Monday 26 April, some final-year students may return to classes. Students must get tested for COVID-19. MU will help them with that.
From Monday 26 April, the physical presence of final-year students in practical, laboratory, experimental and art classes and student placements will be permitted. MU students will also return to school, with the exception of four faculties.
Experts from the MU Faculty of Economics and Administration won a project aimed at air pollution monitoring in Brno.
Watch a new video by Rector Martin Bareš, where he provides updates on the current situation at the university and in society.
A system developed by Ján Jančár, a PhD Student at the Faculty of Informatics, searches for information about free vaccine slots in Slovakia and sends it to users.
QS Ranking has recognized MU as a world leader in three new subject areas – mathematics, economics, and physics. English continues to be the highest-ranked subject at MU.
MU researchers spent two weeks travelling back to the Czech Republic from Antarctica. They brought with them a wealth of scientific data—and extraordinary experiences.
Following Easter, the Czech Government will decide on further steps and the exact conditions for face-to-face classes.
David Zbíral on religious dissidence, computational interdisciplinary history, and the award of an ERC Consolidator Grant.
One year ago, on 13 March 2020, the MUNI HELPS Volunteer Centre was established at Masaryk University.
Andrei Kalavur is one of eight Belorussian students to take advantage of Masaryk University’s offer to study in Brno.
Masaryk University has contacted the Ministry of Health and requested that university lecturers be included in priority groups for vaccination.
The MU Emergency Committee has tightened restrictions at MU in response to the current epidemic situation and government measures.
In an address prior to the start of the spring semester, Martin Bareš reminded people of the effectiveness of anti-epidemic measures and the importance of vaccination.
An international group of scientists is calling for a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing policymakers, business, and the public about reducing harm from chemical pollution.
In December, MU Board of Trustees approved the university’s strategic plan for the 2021–2028 period.
A one-of-a-kind discovery has been made by archaeologists from Masaryk University.
Pavel Tomančák, a prominent expert in evolutionary and developmental biology, began his career as a student at Masaryk University. He has recently been appointed as Director of the CEITEC consortium.
Břetislav Regner has been a member of the MU IT team for close to 20 years and his responsibilities include MS Teams user support.
Starting on Friday 5 February, new stricter conditions for people entering the Czech Republic will come into effect.
A government ban on foreign visitors to the country has been in place since 30 January. This does not apply to students and workers.
Representatives of both institutions recently signed a memorandum of cooperation. They are already closely linked in the field of research.
Pharmaceutical giants Artios and Merck will develop cancer drugs using Masaryk University’s know-how.
Ivan Foletti from the MU Faculty of Arts will coordinate a grant from the European Union to study the monuments of Conques.
In a recent interview, Martin Bareš summed up what he has done thus far as the head of the university, summarized the events of 2020, and talked about the future of Masaryk University.
Rector Martin Bareš, due to the government’s unambitious vaccination plan, is concerned that it will not be possible to return to normal – even for this year’s autumn semester.
The expert group will serve as an advisory body to the European Commission.
Researchers from the MU Faculty of Social Studies have participated in an international study of the role that the digital world plays in children’s lives.
Researchers from the Faculty of Science MU participated in the development of a new technology for water purification using low-temperature plasma.
Masaryk University is currently prepared to assist the government and public authorities in implementing their strategy to vaccinate the public against the novel coronavirus.
COVID-19 was not the only major news story at the university last year. Despite the pandemic, MU continued to engage in research activities and grow.
The spring semester at Masaryk University will once again be held mostly online.
Acetylsalicylic acid and omega-3 fatty acids may help fight advanced gum disease.
A team of students from MU and the Brno University of Technology (BUT) are working on a water treatment system that removes cyanobacteria. Their project was also included in the Best Environment Project category of the competition.
Social work experts from Masaryk University and the Prison Fellowship Czech Republic have launched a project focused on improving the living conditions of children whose parents are in prison.
MU will move from the yellow level to the stricter red level.
Twenty-one senators were re-elected. The rest of the seats in the MU Academic Senate will be filled by new representatives.
Seven of the students have told us about their autumn on Erasmus in Brno.
A new university spin-off company, CasInvent Pharma, a.s., will focus on developing cancer drugs.
Four Czech applicants succeeded, three of them from Masaryk University: jurist David Kosař, historian of religion David Zbíral and biophysicist Robert Vácha.
The new institute has been established by Masaryk University and two other leading Czech universities
On Monday, 7 December, the university traffic-light system will move to yellow. MU buildings will no longer be completely closed.
Four universities and two research institutes headquartered in Brno have agreed to further cooperate on the CEITEC project.
The amount of credits that will be awarded will depend on the work performed by the students. Students who are volunteering may also receive course credit.
Rector Martin Bareš summarizes the easing of restrictions on in-person teaching that will go into effect on 25 November.
From 25 November laboratory courses will be permitted for a maximum of 20 people. Each faculty will decide which in-person classes will reopen.
A study by scientists from the MU Faculty of Medicine and FNUSA-ICRC has been published in the journal Nature.
We mustn’t underestimate or downplay the epidemic. The leaders of Masaryk University have issued a statement calling on employees, teachers, students, and the wider public to adhere to the strict measures in place.
Thanks to a unique legal solution, MU students and employees do not have to wait for blanket agreements to be made with copyright collectives.
The rector thanks MU students and employees for their patience.
Students in general medicine and dentistry programmes will experience something special this year.
A new mobile app for communicating with volunteers enables the volunteer centre to send notifications about requests.
University buildings will be closed. They will be accessible only to ensure classes are taught and for students in fields of study allowed by the government.
Rector Martin Bareš has presented two new MU leaders, Martin Kvizda and Simona Koryčánková, to the Academic Senate.
How will classes be held at Masaryk University? This is the most frequently asked question in light of the currently worsening epidemiological situation and the regulations about higher education issued by the South Moravian Region.
Masaryk University continues in its grant programme intended for promising researchers and introduces a major change. From this year, the support will also extend to young researchers through the MUNI Award in Science and Humanities JUNIOR.
According to the university’s lawyers, the Regional Public Health Office does not have the legal authority to issue such a blanket regulation, which is therefore in violation of the law.
Classes at Masaryk University (MU) will primarily be held remotely in the autumn semester. In-person classes will be offered mainly to first-year students.
The higher level of risk means that the university is closed to the public.
The summer school organisers were pleasantly surprised by the great interest in these courses and the relative ease with which they were taught online.
There are four alert levels at the university that correspond with the four risk levels. These alert levels regulate procedures, activities, and measures at the school.
New emergency measures are valid from 1 September, students are ordered to report if they have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in self-isolation.
The Rector will be isolated by 12 September.
Students interested in this scholarship should send an application by e-mail.
Masaryk University condemned repressions in Belarus and wants to offer help to persecuted academics.
A new research group consisting of seven institutes has been founded to improve the development of new drugs and procedures to treat and diagnose strokes.
European scientists, including experts from Masaryk University, have mapped the occurrence of floods over the past five centuries.
Pharmacy studies have returned to Masaryk University after a 60-year absence with the establishment of a tenth faculty, the Faculty of Pharmacy.
For American Michael Fiedler the spring semester of his second to last year at the MU Faculty of Medicine was more difficult than he had anticipated.
Artificial intelligence helps in the fight against the COVID-19 disease. Researchers at MUNI and FNUSA-ICRC utilized their own software to test approved drugs that could effectively block the virus.
Rector Martin Bareš recapitulates the main events of the past few months and wishes for a wonderful summer.
Neuroscientist Klára Marečková from Masaryk University has discovered a connection between depression in mothers and anxiety in their children when they reach young adulthood.
The astrophysicist Norbert Werner has been recently awarded a unique grant by Masaryk University – MUNI Award in Science and Humanities.
Petra Vojáčková was accepted into a doctoral programme at Harvard university after graduating from Masaryk University.
On Wednesday, 17 June, the president of the Czech Republic signed decrees appointing 80 professors, 13 of whom work at Masaryk University.
The Association of Research Universities of the Czech Republic issued a declaration on 17 June highlighting the importance of an open world for fostering critical thinking and academic research.
Although compulsory work duty for students expired on Monday, many continue to volunteer, offering help wherever it is needed.
Luis Fagulha, a Portuguese graduate of the MU Faculty of Medicine, works as an anaesthesiologist in the region of Spain hit hardest by the coronavirus.
During the coronavirus lockdown at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science, Zdeněk Bochníček stayed at work and continued teaching his students remotely via video lectures.
The new virtual tour makes the Mendel Museum of Masaryk University and part of the Augustinian Abbey accessible to people who cannot visit these places in person.
The university has taken another step to meet the targets set out in the memorandum for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in Brno after signing it this February.
Vratislav Havlík teaches three classes in Czech, three classes in English and one class in German at the MU Faculty of Social Studies. Understandably, having to switch all his classes online was no piece of cake.
Eleonora Fioravanti had always dreamed of studying abroad and as a second-year student at the Sapienza University of Rome, she took the opportunity to do so and left for Brno – just before the coronavirus outbreak.
Comment of the Masaryk University rector Martin Bareš about coronavirus and lifting of the emergency measures.
Although Henney-Diana Faibish and Ido Sadeh live just thirty minutes away from each other back home in Israel, they only met once they became students at the MU Faculty of Medicine in Brno.
With the loosening of measures at the government level comes the gradual loosening of measures at Masaryk University.
From the beginning of July, the second-largest university in the Czech Republic will expand to ten faculties.
A consortium of European universities and research institutions has launched the COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study and Masaryk University takes part.
Dalibor Blazek's Research Group from CEITEC Masaryk University described the importance of a specific protein and indicated why it could become a possible target for cancer therapy.
In addition to the general study-related agenda, the Information System of Masaryk University, also known as IS, has many applications that can make your studies easier. Do you know about these and use them all?
Regarding the newest government decision and a Rector’s new emergency measure effective from Monday 27 April, all students may access Masaryk University buildings for individual forms of fulfilling study obligations.
Rector Martin Bareš comments on the measures currently taken and on the further expected course of the semester at Masaryk University.
Miguel Gúzman from Mexico decided to stay in the Czech Republic during the state of emergency and attends his classes online from his dormitory room.
Two new decisions of Rector Martin Bareš adjust the functioning of Masaryk University regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
Josef Šaur from the Department of Slavonic Studies and many other lecturers across Masaryk University show that there is a silver lining to every cloud, even during the current state of emergency.
Students from MU and other universities are helping in Brno and elsewhere through the Masaryk University Volunteer Centre.
Motivated by a lack of the required chemicals, the experts from Masaryk University have developed a new method of isolating the genetic information of the virus.
The Faculty of Pharmacy, which is currently part of the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, is scheduled to become part of Masaryk University on 1 July 2020.
Easter wishes and thanks from the rector of Masaryk University Martin Bareš.
Two CEITEC MU projects received over 110 million CZK for research on bacterial and viral infections.
Masaryk University will help students who live at dormitories and who are affected by the current restrictions on movement and interruption of contact teaching.
Pavlína Malíková is one of the students of the MU Faculty of Education who started providing childcare to employees of the University Hospital Brno a week ago.
Donations to support the volunteer service run by Masaryk University to help manage the current novel coronavirus crisis have already exceeded 74,000 euros (2 million crowns).
In the beginning of March, world-renowned biochemist, Adrian Krainer, shared the journey of his scientific career and his research results with students at CEITEC Masaryk University.
Martin Janků, a student at the MU Faculty of Medicine, coordinates the med students volunteering to help during the coronavirus outbreak.
CEITEC Masaryk University is offering priority access, free of charge, to their equipment in shared laboratories including research expertise for research that may lead to the development of a vaccine or drug against COVID-19.
Three Masaryk University laboratories were set aside for possible coronavirus testing.
The exam period for spring semester 2020 is extended and exams will be held from May 18 to September 30. The faculties are also recommended to offer students the September dates of the final state exams.
Today, the rector of Masaryk University Martin Bareš has decided to extend the measures that were taken in order to prevent the spreading of coronavirus.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought many measures, including declaring a State of Emergency in the Czech Republic and the restriction of free people movement. What does this mean for you?
Masaryk University has extended and supplemented the emergency measures taken in connection with the coronavirus epidemic.
In February we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Researchers at Masaryk University have developed a diagnostic set that improves the prospects for detecting cancer in a larger number of patients.
Scientists from CEITEC Masaryk University develop live-cell imaging that enables the first visualisation of hidden processes in plant reproduction.
This decision was adopted due to the current coronavirus outbreak.
A campaign motivated 606 donors to donate almost 273 litres of blood to the blood banks at hospitals all over Brno and the Czech Republic.
Three summer internships secured Juraj Pančík a job at Google immediately after his graduation from the MU Faculty of Informatics. “It’s no big deal, you just have to give it a try,” he says.
The MU Faculty of Medicine is about to finish the construction of a new building, which will open its doors to first-year students of General Medicine and Dentistry this autumn.
The investment into the research equipment will help extend its lifespan and, most importantly, maintain excellence in research at Masaryk University and the rest of the Czech Republic.
Researcher from the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University received this prestigious recognition of his work on 17 January in Denver.
Funding worth 40 million euros will help Masaryk University researchers to conduct comprehensive research into the impact of the environment, lifestyle and socio-economic status on human health.
Masaryk University will finalise its new strategy, open a biobank and a simulation centre for medical students and hold the first year of Masaryk Days in March.
Junior research group leader Panagiotis Alexiou from Masaryk University has been selected to receive grant, which will support him in the establishment of independent laboratory.
Experts from the Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC developed new method methods of measuring and analysing MRI.
As part of the Masaryk University Seminar Series, French economist Marie Claire Villeval has given a lecture about the factors that have an impact on dishonest behaviour.
The university students and staff who signed the “Universities for the Climate” petition have met with the leaders of Masaryk University.
A new device developed by scientists from CEITEC Masaryk University will allow for faster detection of American and European foulbrood and can be used directly in the field.
Postdoc Michael Owen examines at Masaryk University how humans develop Alzheimer's disease.
Representatives of the disciplines studied at all nine MUNI faculties will join the effort to answer questions related to the quality of life and healthy ageing.
The German researcher Hans Belting, who donated thousands of books to the MU Faculty of Arts, has both personal and professional ties to the institution.
Martin Bareš, the new rector of Masaryk University, took office on 1 September.
Every Friday throughout the semester the campus hosts seminars to break down barriers between laboratories and scientists and students.
No matter how long you stay at Masaryk, we guarantee that you will fall in love with it.
According to the highly regarded Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings, Brno is one of the top ten best student cities in the world.
Václav Matyáš, a Masaryk University expert on cryptography and security technologies, coordinates a project that has brought dozens of Indian students to Brno.
Interview with Martin Bareš, new rector of Masaryk University.
Thanks to their stay at Masaryk University, 18 Chinese students have had the opportunity to referee lower-league football matches.
Dharmapriy Sraman had always dreamt of travelling and studying in Europe. He fulfilled his dream at Masaryk University.
Erin Anna Smith, who comes from the US, compares her experience from US and European schools as a student and an employee.
This is one of the conclusions of the widely-respected rankings produced by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
Roman Kučera transferred from the MU Faculty of Science to one of the best universities in the world.
An interview with Sébastien Soubiran, the president of Universeum, the European University Heritage Network.
Experts have been able to demonstrate that their method can distinguish between the known subtypes of breast cancer.
Martin Bareš will take over the baton from Mikuláš Bek and become the 34th rector of Masaryk University.
Videointerview with with guru of media and cultural studies during his visit at Masaryk University.
Specialists from CEITEC Masaryk University gained new information on how the telomerase enzyme works in plants. The findings may help to fight against immortality of human cancer cells.
Take a look at a short documentary film describing first century in the history of MUNI.
Masaryk University's internal agency primarily funds excellent science. Out of 176 project proposals submitted, 30 have so far been successful.
In the past year, Pavlína Janovská has been collecting awards by the dozen, which helps raise awareness about the research into the causes of leukaemia.
The Hans Belting Library at the MU Faculty of Arts will receive books from the estate of the well-respected art historian Ursula Nilgen.
Gabriela Pavlasová from the Masaryk University CEITEC institute has been studying CD20, a mysterious molecule found on the surface of cancer cells.
Researchers from Masaryk University have now been awarded a grant to help alleviate problems with soil degradation and water pollution.
Štěpánka Vaňáčová of CEITEC Institute at Masaryk University has been elected a member of the highly reputable European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
David Buchta with colleagues from CEITEC has recently identified a new mechanism for how cells are infected by enteroviruses.
Experiments conducted by experts who study religion show that the development of the first large civilisations was facilitated by people’s fear of moralising gods.
Researchers have until 23 September to apply and the winner will receive funding of one milion euro for five years from Masaryk University.
Josef Jiřičný, an expert in cancer research and DNA repair, received on 17th May an honorary doctorate in recognition of his exceptional contribution to research and advancement of human knowledge.
Doctors and researchers in Brno have begun work on the clinical application of stem cells.
Klára Přibylová is a student of Czech and a member of the organisation team responsible for the Czech presence at the Leipzig Book Fair this March.
The 100th anniversary celebrations of Masaryk University will culminate with a multi-genre festival hosted by the Brno Exhibition Centre on Saturday, 15 June.
In his speech Zubov focused on Slavic solidarity, which could help overcome the authoritarian regimes in Russia and Belarus.
Terezie Mandáková and Martin A. Lysák, the authors of the study, use comparative chromosome painting in their research.
In the first round of the election he received 36 votes from the 50-member MU Academic Senate.
Hana Sedláčková was the first secondary school student to be trained in Lumír Krejčí’s lab. The research she began there later brought her international recognition.
Michaela Fojtů, who completed her PhD at the MU Faculty of Medicine, came second in the best doctoral dissertation category.
MUNI and five other European universities have agreed to work together on building a consortium called European Digital UniverCity.
The MU Academic Senate will decide between the two candidates on 1 April 2019.
The Kafinet café at Poříčí 31, which opened on 18 February, employs people recovering from mental illness.
Masaryk University has awarded the second ever Muni Award in Science and Humanities to Matthew Rampley, a British expert on art history.
Marie-Janine Calic from Masaryk University International Scientific Advisory Board comments on its recent recommendations.
Cem Emre Akbaş moved from the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin to study and work at Masaryk University.
Josef Jiřičný, the chairman of International Scientific Advisory Board, comments on the role of higher education.
University will begin the celebrations of its 100th anniversary on 28 January 2019.
The election of the new candidate for the rector of Masaryk University will take place in the assembly hall of the MU Faculty of Law.
New labs and a biobank for the storage of environmental and human samples at Masaryk University campus will be finished in 2020.
The award is given by European Commission to research institutions that foster and develop an international and transparent work environment.
City of Brno hosted more than twenty experts from leading international research institutes who arrived to evaluate CEITEC.
Jakub Sumbal learns extra things at P-Pool, an undergraduate programme for motivated students at MU Faculty of Medicine.
Katerina Kademoglou studies at RECETOX substances that occur in various personal care products that could be detrimental to human health.
On Tuesday 27 November there will be a birthday party at Fléda club celebrating thousands of students travelling through Europe.
David Pavlík, a graduate of MU Faculty of Informatics, has put a number of renowned US employers under his belt over last 12 years.
Michael Seng from John Marshall Law School in Chicago has been behind the cooperation between his institution and Faculty of Law over last 25 years.
International team including one of CEITEC MUNI research groups brings better understanding of adaptation of plant species.
The number 50 of the law shows how pressing this matter was, writes historian Lukáš Fasora.
Historian Jiří Hanuš explains that in celebrating 1918 we are foremost celebrating end of the communist regime in 1989.
Jakub Jurových is graduate from the MU Faculty of Informatics and he CTO of Operam, a company that helps promote Hollywood films.
The University Campus Bohunice will expand with a simulation centre for medical students, biobank as well and sports hall.
Daniel Kráľ, who has been working on his second ERC grant, came to Masaryk University thanks to special funding opportunity.
The Grant Agency of Masaryk University will support interdisciplinary teams that include parents re-launching their scientific career.
Masaryk University will welcome twenty top international experts in formal and natural sciences and humanities.
Orçun Can Yücel loved the quality of Czech education system so much that he choose to continue his studies here.
Team of Jaroslav Koča from Ceitec MU has found a weak point of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.
Pavel Plevka’s team published a detailed description of structure of a sacbrood honeybee virus known from 1917.
Masaryk University researchers are conducting intensive research into agents that could be used to treat various cancers and cardiovascular diseases.
He is the fourth Muni researcher to succeed in this competition, receiving 1,5 milion euro to research causes and treatment of the disease.
The trademark was approved for boots made and thermal underwear tested at university’s J. G. Mendel research station.
When Jamal Ayoubov came to Masaryk University, he was only 17 years old. Now he would like to stay in Czechia.
Scientists from IST, CEITEC and University of Freiburg solve long-standing question about signal that regulates embryo development.
Karina Zadorozhny has not even enrolled at university yet although she has already co-authored a paper published in Nature.
Valtteri Damski, a Finnish student who came to Brno to study medicine, came in second place with his presentation on saunas.
Experts from universities will work with the National Cyber and Information Security Agency.
Charity week organised by the association of international med students will help patients with epidermolysis bullosa.
DyNAbind GmbH and CEITEC Masaryk University will work on drug candidates targeting human 14-3-3 protein complexes.
The centre will be closed between 25 June and 17 September to install the new equipment and modernise the whole area.
Researchers, teachers and students have received awards from Masaryk university rector during the Dies academicus ceremony.
Based on the prestigious rankings published by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds.
Software named ScaffOpt predicts the affinity of a candidate ligand and its mode of interaction with the targeted protein in order to drive rational drug design.
Med student David Dufek aka ddjournes dismantles many of the myths surrounding cancer by sharing his story.
It gives scientists the opportunity to receive funding of 230 thousand USD per year for five years.
Muni is ranked seventh in the overall rankings and second out of the Czech universities in the latest university rankings published by THE.
Masaryk University helps smooth the transition to their new life in Brno. The office also supports their families.
The portal pladias.cz was created by experts from the Department of Botany and Zoology at Masaryk University.
It is a outcome of one year collaboration with scientists Lumír Krejčí and Kamil Paruch at Masaryk University.
Teresa Campos is quite busy at Masaryk University, but still finds time to be involved in students' association MIMSA.
Management of both institutes intend to create conditions for a closer collaboration at the level of research groups and their projects.
One of the world’s leading experts on graph theory, is the winner of the Muni Award grant competition.
Diploma thesis of Eva Vojáčková from Masaryk University has recently won Werner von Siemens Award.
The original manuscript of Experiments on Plant Hybridisation by Gregor J. Mendel becomes a part of permanent exhibition.
IT experts found an easier way of choosing the best method of analysing image data obtained with optical microscopes.
As the chances of being accepted to study medicine in the UK were very slim, Nkem Nwabunie decided to study in Czechia.
The medieval emperor Frederick Barbarossa is often viewed as an enemy who tried to prevent the rise of the Czech nation.
Štěpánka Vaňáčová returned to Czechia nine years ago when she was given the opportunity to start her own research group with EU grant funding.
In the future, detailed knowledge of its structure can facilitate development of a vaccine or a drug against the virus.
Scientists developed a computer software that greatly reduces the number of required experiments and human time spent.
Small city in the heart of Europe is quickly becoming a place of interest for students, innovaters and tourists alike.
Member institutions of the alliance including Ceitec MU intend to work together towards improvement in key areas of science policy and management.
From Los Angeles over London to Brno – that was the way of Joshua Baum to cultural sociology at the Masaryk University.
Marita Georgiou is a final year med student. Her move to Brno was inspired by recommendations from her mother.
Karel Škubník and Jiří Damborský have been recognized as laureates of Česká hlava, the prominent science and research award.
Members learned about developments at the university and the steps taken to address the recommendations they gave.
Application developed at Masaryk University works as a virtual microscope for molecules and molecular complexes.
How two exchange students from different places experienced Brno during their time studying at Masaryk University.
University will be implementing it during 2018 so that it can be used on the occasion of its upcoming 100th anniversary in 2019.
In life sciences and clinical, pre-clinical, and health studies, Masaryk University was listed in the 301st–400th category.
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Michaela Gregorová won recognition in the prestigious international competition, The Undergraduate Awards.
Masaryk University hosted for the first time in Czechia a popular science competition finals.
Scientists form five different countries will be presentig their work on Monday 4th December at Scala Cinema.
Findings of the research group lead by Richard Štefl have been just published in a prestigious PNAS magazine.
Mluvtecesky.net, a free multilingual website to study Czech created at Masaryk University, still evolves.
Molecular biologist Lumír Krejčí has won a prestigious collaborative award. He examines protein linked to a number of cancers.
While examining chips used as a protection measure in highly sensitive equipment and documents, they discovered that some products are not that safe.
Tesco shopping, university hockey match, local hot dog, lessons from Czech history and more from an American point of view.
Come out to remember the fight for freedom and democracy and the important events and figures that contributed to it.
Irena Rektorová from Ceitec MU is focusing on brain activity in connection with reading, writing, speaking, and visual signal processing in different cultures.
3826 spectators came to the game hitting the record of EUHL league.
The new grant offers 200 thousand euros a year for up to five years and is aimed at established scientists.
Maximilian Wiebels is in his 9th semester at Masaryk University and is happy with his decision to study here.
The parade starts at Komenského náměstí next to the Masaryk statue on Wednesday 18th October at 3 pm.
On Thursday 26 October there will be great hockey match in the DRFG Arena.
Faculty of Medicine shot five promotional videos with students talking about their experience.
Teachers were nominated for the awards by the students and deans. Board appointed by the rector then chose the winners.
Some useful tips for exchange student coming to Masaryk University.
Muni now ranks 501st–600th and is in the top 2% of the best universities in the world.
Veggie Bar offers a wider choice to vegetarians, vegans and followers of the raw food diet.
Roye Mauthner was interviewed by Muni two years ago. Then researcher from Gemany contacted him.
Researchers from CEITEC, Masaryk University, have obtained utility model rights to a portable device that can detect methanol poisoning.
Amir Samadian is a fresh graduate of the Faculty of Medicine and will begin work as a surgeon University Hospital Brno.
Michal Šmída and Robert Vácha have research experience from Austria and England. They'll lead new research groups.
Protein stabilisation is a relatively complex process, but experts can now get help from the FireProt web portal.
Brno is one of the best student cities in the world according to Quacquarelli Symonds ladder.
New educational tool will help students in the field geoenvironmental risks.
Students of Masaryk University managed to raise money along with lots of food, clothes, and toys.
Mary O'Connell was recently elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
People with the same brain disease may need different therapy based on their language backround.
Results of international research were presented at meeting of European Astronomical Society by Norbert Werner from Muni.
An active substance in some sunscreens is unstable when subject to UV light.
Jiří Němec received the Rector’s Award for the Active Development of Civil Society for his help in Albania.
We give you five convincing reasons to head to Brno and study at Muni.
Talking in Czech is not easy but in spite of the fierce competition, two Muni students were successful.
Research group at Muni will undertake a focussed research and development programme on a number of promising nuclease targets.
Surveys confirm graduate satisfaction with Masaryk University. 80 percent would choose the school again.
Bareš will be the head of the faculty for four years, beginning in February 2018.
Biobank at Masaryk University will make it possible to conduct studies of the impact of the environment on people.
The new uniform visual style should form a functional and logical visual system.
The low-energy five-storey building will simulate an actual hospital environment including an emergency department and dental offices.
Tomáš Jůza and Martin Jakub Arbet from Masaryk University compared two methods used to treat cancer.
Department of Anatomy of the MU Faculty of Medicine welcomed international experts in neurosurgery.
When he is not studying, Michael Fiedler frequents the gym and has already completed an internship in a cardiac surgery department.
The project will lead to a more efficient supply of technological equipment, knowledge and experience in the life and materials sciences.
Masaryk University has been successful in the first phase of the Teaming action, which supports research centres.
They found out a way to cause the parasites of the Trypanosoma genus a metabolic failure that eventually kills them.
Marek Feith has attended laboratories at Masaryk University already as a second-year student at a secondary school.
Tereza Gerguri from Muni succeeded with her thesis on the kinetics of homologous recombination in meiosis in a tough competition.
Young adults are not lacking responsibility. They just face situations that previous generations never had to deal with.
Baumeister’s help has been instrumental in the launch of a cryo-electron microscopy lab at the Bohunice campus.
A team of Muni experts has taken part in identifying a group of strains that are resistant to some antibiotics.
Enantis successful among thousands of companies from across the EU: the MU spin-off receives 30 millions crowns in funding.
European seas contain alarming levels of drug residues, warns MU chemist and PhD student Miroslav Brumovský.
Based on ratings from students and recent graduates in latest edition of prestigious QS World University Rankings.
The unhappy fate of two families helped international team of scientists discover a genetic syndrome.
Barbora Čechová was only 18 when she became a scientist.
A group of 14 doctoral students have won scholarships for three years. Each of them will get financial support of 11,000 EUR.
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Experts from Masaryk University are looking for volunteers to participate in an interesting neurological study.
Alibek Tokabayev is currently studying political science at Muni: a dream come true with Masaryk University Support Centre for Students with Special Needs.
Experts led by Pavel Plevka from the MU CEITEC Institute are the first in the world to describe the viruses to the atomic level and observe changes in the structure of viruses after they enter the cell.
Martin Vácha from the Faculty of Science discovers a mysterious animal “compass”: a protein located in the eye.
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Students of geography at the MU Faculty of Science examine what has changed on the Czech-Austrian border since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Four members of the research team arrived at the MU Polar Station on James Ross Island.
Experts surveyed people in 42 European countries. Besides beer, high consumption of cereals and potatoes is also an issue. Read on to learn about the ideal diet.
Czech scientists document how a collision of giant interstellar bubbles in the Milky Way gives rise to new suns.
A former professional ice hockey player Simen Brekke changed his hometown Oslo for Masaryk University.
Muni researchers take stock of industrial areas so that toxic substances can be disposed of.
Spending Christmas abroad can be stressful but it could also be an unforgettable experience. Brno is the right place to choose.
22-year-old student of MU Faculty of Economics Tereza Dřímalová about to start innovative business.
Alice Luňáková wrote her Bachelor’s thesis on Czech immigrants in the US. Hundreds of Americans attended her talks.
The National Security Authority uses Masaryk University facilities to organize trainings in protecting critical information infrastructure.
University students and academics remembered International Students’ Day and the Day of the Fight for Freedom and Democracy, a Czech public holiday.
They are raising money for technical equipment to record videos and organize talks about their journey through indiegogo.com.
Researchers are able to increase the plants’ production of lignin, which is used to make vanillin, fuel, and construction materials.
Klára Brožovičová worked a year in one of the most dangerous places on earth.
An IT student, Juraj Pančík, completed two internships at Google, in Switzerland and California, before finishing his bachelor’s studies.
A group of four internationally-recognised scientists will help Masaryk University to establish scientific and research strategies.
The activity is a reaction to statement made by Czech officials regarding the policy towards China.
Group of players meets every Tuesday in Bobycentrum.
Half a year after his genetic discoveries, Mendel had become almost blind due to working in low-light conditions.
The Czech Industrial Property Office has confirmed that the word “Muni” has become a distinguishing term after years of use.
You will find the new MU shop in the foyer of the Scala University Cinema on Moravské náměstí from 20 September.
This tree, grown in the faculty’s botanical garden, has four sets of chromosomes rather than the usual two.
A grant will allow neurologists to use a more effective therapy for Parkinson’s disease as well as multiple sclerosis.
Most of the alumni came to Brno from the UK.
The opening will be held during the Wine Picnic festival of wine and music on Thursday, June 2.
Projects offer great opportunities for PhD students. It will be possible to go for an exchange abroad or work with a mentor.
The new college became a serious topic of discussion during the preparation of the University’s Strategic Plan.
At Ceitec MU, they are looking for connections between sleep deprivation and certain mental illnesses.
Microbiologists from Masaryk University have named the new microorganism after Mendel, the father of genetics.
How was the life at Masaryk University in 2015? Discoveries, prestigious grants and many more.
Kosař´s research will focus on the impact of the rise of judicial self-government in EU member states.
