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Charles University has secured, as part of a consortium led by the Utrecht University, funding for an ambitious project called „Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations“ (COLUMN). The first phase will be coordinated by Prof. Markéta Křížová from the Centre for Ibero-American Studies of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University.
On January 27, 2025, in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Charles University joined the initiative of the "Stolpersteine" (Stumbling Stones) project.
This week's release of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 by Subject confirmed that Charles University is still one of the world's leading universities. In the 10 disciplines in which it was ranked, CU defended its top position in the Czech Republic, while in economics and humanities it is among the top 200 worldwide. In economics, psychology and social sciences, it improved on the previous edition.
Charles University is the only applicant from the Czech Republic to receive CZK 60 million for its Charleston project under the EU's flagship programme for doctoral and post-doctoral education. The aim to support young scientists who have already obtained their PhD and have previous international experience, whose research will focus on crucial sustainability issues.
The Neuron Foundation honoured top Czech scientists on Sunday 19 January at a gala evening at the National Museum in Prague. Among them are key researchers affiliated or with past ties with Charles University.
The Mathematics for Czechia Endowment Fund and Charles University have jointly declared that they recognise alarming facts involving the decline of mathematics teachers in the Czech Republic and see the need to urgently begin to address this problem. That is why this week the institutions signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in which they are committing to address the problem without delay.
It’s not every day that one can meet so many distinguished guests – diplomats – in on place but that is exactly what happened at CU at the start of this week. On Monday, 13 January 2025, Rector Milena Králíčková hosted some 60 foreign representatives, stationed in the Czech Republic at the historic Carolinum in Prague, to jointly ring in the New Year.
Cardinal Kurt Koch received a diploma confirming the award of the honorary degree of Doctor honoris causa of theological sciences at the Carolinum. The ceremony, overseen by the rector of the Charles University Milena Králíčková, took place in the Great Hall on Wednesday 8 January.
Charles University will launch the Student and employee identity card portal on 18 January. You can easily renew your ISIC, ITIC and ALIVE licence online, order a new CU card or deactivate/activate your card.
Charles University is dedicated to providing students optimal study conditions during the current exam period. Therefore, it is expanding the possibilities of places where they can study and prepare for exams.
Our interview was conducted remotely between Prague and Qatar. Tomáš Dumbrovský, a scholar at the Faculty of Law at Charles University, travelled to the Persian Gulf to step outside the cultural framework of Western thought. His work aims to foster a pluralistic and more tolerant society. Dumbrovský is the first researcher from the Faculty of Law at Charles University to secure a prestigious Consolidator Grant.
A year has passed since the tragic events at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University on 21 December. On Saturday, the academic community honoured the memory of the 14 victims with several events. At the same time, people came to light candles, lay flowers and pay tribute to the lives lost in front of the faculty building on Jana Palach Square throughout the day.
Students interested in space technology and research in the space industry recently had a rare opportunity to attend a lecture in Prague by Czech-born scientist Aria Vítková, who completed her PhD in England and works for NASA.
The mass shooting that took place at the Faculty of Arts last December changed the university and the whole of society to the core, causing profound sadness and heartache. A new documentary by the director Markéta Oddfish Nešlehová looking at the tragedy and the healing process will air on December 21 on ČT 1.