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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.
In her research, she delves into the origins of life on Earth. What keeps her awake at night are the 20 amino acids that have formed the building blocks of proteins in all organisms since the very beginning. What would life look if the identity of these amino acids changed?
The Faculty of Science at Charles University will be headed for the next four years by Vladimír Krylov. The academic senate of the faculty elected the biologist with 15 votes out of a possible 28 at its meeting on October 24. The senate's election was confirmed by the Rector of Charles University, Milena Králíčková, who appointed Vladimír Krylov to the position on Monday, December 16, at the historic Carolinum.
Professor Milena Králíčková has received France’s highest state distinction, the Legion of Honour, from the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic, His Excellency Stéphane Crouzat. The French Embassy in Prague awarded the honour to the Rector of Charles University for her contributions to medicine, her advocacy for gender equality, and her efforts to strengthen Franco-Czech relations.
Charles University researchers have written a new chapter in success, with five of being awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator grants. This is an unprecedented achievement. Five more scientists from other institutions also received backing.