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:

• Ing. Petra Chaloupková, Ph.D., dr. h. c.: 3 votes
• doc. Ing. Hynek Roubík, Ph.D.: 6 votes
• Abstentions: 0 votes

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. 

Starting on September 30, 2024, CZU is launching a pilot version of Intranet for CZU Students.

Due to the large increase in applications for recognition of foreign education during the summer period, the processing of these applications may be extended.

Last year, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acceded to the Hague Convention on the abolition of the requirement to verify foreign public documents in the form of superlegalization.

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.