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            By Marcela Uhlíková, iForum [ URL "https://iforum.cuni.cz/IFORUM-435.html"]


            July 3, 2019

            Five top universities in the Czech Republic have joined forces in founding the Association

            Research Universities. Members expect the newly-minted organisation will help them compete
            best when it comes to international research and education. Four of five rectors signed th
            Prague on Tuesday.



            Who are the association members? Besides Charles University, they are the Czech Technical 

            Prague, Brno’s Masaryk University, Palacký University in Olomouc, and the University of Ch
            Technology Prague.


            By pooling their strengths – including infrastructure, valuable know-how and creativity in
            research projects - members are aiming to compete among the very best in the coming years.
            members expect that cooperation on this level will help streamline activities, improve the

            information and results, and make the route from the lab to practical application in every

            Another association aim is to push for changes in the system of financing of Czech univers

            improvements and growing investment in recent years. Despite changes, representatives are 
            universities still lag behind in international rankings. The aim is to find ways to bring 
            to speed to compete among the top 100.



            Rectors – including Charles University’s Tomáš Zima and Masaryk University’s Mikuláš Bek –

            issue at the meeting on Tuesday. Representatives also stressed that there were minor diffe
            came to details and points of view, but agreed they were unified on the big picture: to pu
            and the best results - not only for the benefit of individual universities but society its

            economic and cultural impact.
            “If we want Czech Education to move forward, we need to follow the example of other countr
            University Rector Tomáš Zima said, pointing to China, Vietnam, Malaysia or Singapore, whic

            were considerably further ahead on the path when it came to investment.





            Photos by René Volfík

            Translated and edited by Jan Velinger
            Published by UNIMEDIA