With a 69:62 victory over Charles University, the basketball players of the Czech University of Life Sciences moved closer to advancing to the final tournament of the University Basketball League. The first play-off game was held yesterday in the Sports Hall at Folimance.
In connection with the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Slovakia, Hungary, and parts of Austria, the crisis team of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague met on Monday, March 31.
Until April 20, 2025, those interested in participating in the international BioPhys Spring conference for PhD students and young scientists, which the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague will host on May 29 and 30, both days from 9:00 am.
Biomass boilers are an ideal solution for wood processing companies, as they can recycle surpluses from production. The university enterprise CZU Forests in Kostelec nad Černými lesy has also adopted this solution.
Fat Thursday marks the end of carnival festivities, and as tradition dictates, people should enjoy feasting and drinking on this day.
The tradition of carnival festivities visited the campus of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague for the first time this year and, it seems, took root there immediately.
The winning campaign for the products of the university vineyard in Chloumek near Mělník continues. The CZU Winery director received the gold medal of the National Wine Competition of the Czech Republic for Tramín kořenný, Czech regional wine 2023.
Another important step towards the modernization of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague campus will be rebuilding the canteen founded in the 1980s.
On Thursday, 9 January 2025, the election of the Dean of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague took place. The Academic Senate of FTZ elected a new dean in the first round of secret voting for the term 2025–2029. The newly elected dean is the current Vice-Dean for Science and Research, doc. Ing. Hynek Roubík, Ph.D.
He will assume the leadership of the faculty on 25 April 2025, succeeding the current dean, prof. dr. ir. Patrick Van Damme, whose term concludes on the same day.
Official Election Results:
Members of the Academic Community of FTZ may submit objections regarding the election process within 8 days of the announcement by addressing them in writing to the Chair of the Academic Senate of FTZ. The Senate will decide on any objections with finality within one week of their submission.
We thank the members of the Election Committee for ensuring a smooth election process. Congratulations to the newly elected dean, and we wish him a successful term of office!
The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague has concluded a new collective agreement with the CZU University Trade Union for 2025.
The Election Committee of the PEF CZU Prague Academic Senate, following the Rules of Procedure of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics and Management CZU Prague, announced the results of the election of the candidate for the position of FEM Dean on 19th December 2024.
Doc. Lukáš Trakal from the Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences CZU Prague received the prestigious Czech Head Award - Minister of the Environment Award on November 24th, 2024, at a ceremony broadcast live on Czech Television. The awards are awarded annually by the Czech Head PROJECT Institute, which helps scientists and researchers build public awareness of their contribution to society and popularize domestic science.
On the eve of the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, on Saturday, 16th November, 2024, the Josef Hlávka Awards were presented at the castle in Lužany near Přeštice. They are awarded annually by the Josef, Marie and Zdeňka Hlávka Endowment, the oldest Czech foundation founded by Dr. Josef Hlávka in 1904. The award is intended for talented students and graduates of Prague public universities and the Brno Technical University who have demonstrated exceptional abilities and creative thinking in their field, and for talented scientists of the Academy of Sciences under the age of 33.
CZU Forests cordially invites you to the traditional Fishing Festival 2024, which will be held on Saturday, 2nd November, at Vyžlovský pond. This event is a unique opportunity to experience the atmosphere of a fishing harvest, watch skilled fishermen in action, purchase fresh fish, and enjoy a fun-filled day for the whole family.
According to the new ranking of universities published by the Times Higher Education (THE) agency for 2025, only three Czech universities are in the first thousand. The Czech University of Life Sciences ranked third among Czech universities, following Masaryk University at the second and Charles University at the first place.
Starting on September 30, 2024, CZU is launching a pilot version of Intranet for CZU Students.
Last year's Harvest Festival ("Dožínky”) at CZU Farm Estates, which was the premiere event in the modern history of CZU, was a success, thanks to you, everyone who joined us and celebrated the harvest with us. We appreciate your favour and are pleased that the Harvest Festival at CZU Farm Estates is becoming a tradition.
The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences succeeded in the prestigious international competition in the ERA Chairs call of the Horizon Europe programme with its project HIVE: Centre for Biological Invasions in Forests. CZU therefore became one of the five Czech institutions that this year managed to obtain this grant in competition with 158 other proposals, and thus helped to place the Czech Republic in second place, just behind Portugal, in the informal competition of EU member states in the number of successful projects in this call.
On Thursday, 13th June 2024, another member of the academic community of the Czech University of Life Sciences received the appointment decree authorizing the use of the title of professor from the hands of the President of the Republic in Prague's Karolinum. Fresh professor Jan Malaťák heads the Department of Technological Equipment of Buildings of the Faculty of Engineering and received his highest academic degree at the CZU Scientific Board's suggestion in the Energetics field. Hearty congratulations!
As part of the Faculty of Economics and Management graduation ceremony, the Minister of Agriculture Award was presented for an excellent Master´s thesis contributing to practice in agriculture, nature conservation, landscape, and natural resources. One work from each faculty was awarded.
Man is alive not only by science but also by sports and entertainment. This philosophy is fulfilled at the Czech University of Life Sciences at least once a year. For over twenty years, every morning in the middle of May, the sports complex has been filled with academics and university employees, and ceremonial horns announce the beginning of the sports games—this year, with the date of May 16.
The 24th year of the popular Miss Agro festival will occur on 14th May 2024 at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol campus. Admission to the all-day event is free and offers an excellent opportunity to experience a unique atmosphere full of music, beauty, and sporting spirit.
The QS agency published this year's ranking of the world's universities according to their location in the subject areas. In the main of the five subject areas, "Life Sciences and Medicine," CZU saw a shift of approximately 100 places higher, ranking 401st-450th.
At the Czech University of Life Sciences, we already demonstrated generosity and solidarity in the autumn when we collected a total of 171 kg of food and pharmaceutical goods. We would like to invite our employees, students and the public to try to repeat this success and contribute to the spring round of the National Collection.
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