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.
Hundreds to thousands of students, employees at CZU, and visitors pass through the campus daily. Its further development, which will be in accordance with a sustainable approach and with an emphasis on promoting biodiversity, represents a great challenge. Now, students can also participate in the campus development and propose a functional solution within the framework of the two-day Ideathon.
The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague presents a new follow-up Master's study program, Veterinary Assistant – Specialist, of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, focused on three primary areas of veterinary medicine. The program was created in cooperation with the Czech Technical University in Prague, specifically with the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering.
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Professor Jiří Mareček (*3rd June 1930, †26th January 2024) died at the age of nearly 94 on Friday, 26th January. He was a great teacher, expert, and person, a legend in the field of garden and landscape architecture.
The exam period is underway, and the summer semester will soon begin. For more challenging situations that each of us may find ourselves in, the team from the CZU Counselling Centre offers consultations to students and employees of CZU, even during the exam period.
On 16th January 1969, Jan Palach, a student of the Faculty of Arts at Charles University, set himself on fire in protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops controlled by the then Soviet Union and concessions by the Czechoslovak government to the occupiers, who died three days later as a result of severe burns.
Based on today's meeting on security at universities with the rectors, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, and the Police of the Czech Republic, and at the same time, based on the daily meetings of the CZU Crisis Management Team, additional measures were taken to ensure security on the CZU campus.
Dear Students and Employees of CZU,
In response to today's tragic event at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, I wanted to ask you to consider your possible presence at the university on Friday, 22nd December 2023. Although we have no information about a direct threat on the CZU campus, at the university, we have activated the relevant articles of the preventive security plan to prevent the repetition or imitation of such incidents as much as possible.
The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague also supports the National Food Collection on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Generosity and Good Deeds Giving Tuesday. You can also participate in the autumn round through the company fundraiser. Not only food is needed, but also drugstore goods.
