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According to the QS World University Rankings 2024, Charles University is the only Czech university to place among the top 250 universities worldwide. It thus ranks among the top 1.5% of educational institutions in the world.
For the third time, Charles University participated in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023, an international comparison of how universities approach Sustainable Development Goals.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of prominent Czech ethnologist and CU legend in humanities, linguist, Ibero-Americanist, translator, dean emeritus of the Faculty of Arts and associate professor, František Vrhel.
Ombudspersons from universities from not just Europe but around the world are currently meeting in Prague at the 18th International ENOHE Conference (14-16 June).
To share their experiences and jointly seek effective ways to improve safety in the academic environment.
Professor Milena Králíčková, the rector of Charles University, is one of the most influential women in the Czech Republic. She is ranked 36th on the list of the most influential women published annually by the Czech edition of Forbes magazine. Other women associated with Charles University also topped the list.
“It is an unprecedented success,” says Martin Loebl, the head of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, regarding Hans Raj Tiwary, who has been awarded the , one of the most prestigious awards in the field of computer science.
Petr Witz is a Postdoc researcher and Assistant Professor at the Department of Public and Social Policy at the Institute of Sociological Studies at Charles University. As a researcher, Witz was based in Copenhagen for thtree years or so and worked with the largest cross-border infrastructure project in Europe.
On 26 and 27 May, Rectors from LERU and CE7 universities met at Charles University, Prague, at the invitation of CU Rector Milena Králíćková. The meeting was the first of two planned this year, with the second scheduled in Warsaw in September.
This Tuesday Charles University welcomed a delegation from the public research University of Passau in neighbouring Germany, a strong effort to deepen existing ties and establish plans for future cooperation.
Earlier this spring, more than thirty academics and senior professionals from LERU member universities and seven leading Central European universities (CE7) gathered at Charles University, Prague, for an inspiring seminar on research(er) assessment.
A year-and-a-half since it was launched into the L2 Lagrange point, 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has proven to be an overwhelming success. Designed to help scientists study the formation of galaxies in the early universe, the infrared observatory stunned viewers from the get-go with images of unparalleled precision.
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The Bolzano lecture series, organised by the Learned Society of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, returned to Charles University this week. The guest lecturer invited to speak this year was German-born astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020.
On Wednesday, 5 April, a festive meeting commemorating the 675th anniversary of the founding of Charles University took place in the Great Hall of the historic Carolinum building. On the occasion, the Miloslav Petrusek Prize for Presentation and the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for Creative Achievement were awarded.
The celebrations of International Women's Day and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science were truly "international" at CU this year. More than 20 international women scientists who work at the university met at Kampus Hybernská to share their stories, experiences and motivations.
A joint seed-funding programme between Charles University and the University of St Andrews is an excellent means of bringing together top researchers, say Joseph North from the elite Scottish university and Jaromír Soukup from strategic partner Charles University.