On the occasion of Dies academicus, the University honoured outstanding researchers and successful students, awarding its Gold and Silver medals to the laureates. The MU Rector's Award went to Peter Fabian, Daniel Pluskal, Július Vida and Domagoj Gajski. Congratulations to all the awardees!
The annual celebration of Dies academicus took place on Thursday afternoon in the Karel Engliš Auditorium in the Faculty of Law building. The MU Rector’s Award is given in several categories to personalities who have made a significant contribution to the development of Masaryk University in recognition of their outstanding achievements in science and research, sport, teaching, the arts and civic participation. Recipients can be individual MU students and staff, or entire teams of people.
For receiving an ERC Starting Grant for the project “Metabolic regulation of the skeletal stem cell niche” and for receiving a grant announced by the Max Planck Society, Germany, leading to the establishment of the Centre for Stem Cell Biology at MU.
Photo: Martin Indruch
For excellence in the Biochemistry programme.
Photo: MMB, Marie Schmerková
For excellence in the Physics programme.
Photo: Martin Indruch
Photo: Martin Indruch
From May 13 to 16, the national round of the Geological Olympiad 2025 took place at the Planeta Hlinsko Education Center. The Olympiad is announced annually by Masaryk University in cooperation with the Czech Geological Survey and the Association of Museums and Galleries of the Czech Republic.
The Czech education system is facing a serious shortage of qualified teachers for the secondary schools. To address this, The Faculty of Science at Masaryk University (MU) is proposing a concrete solution: it is opening admission to a newly accredited programme that offers a pathway to teacher qualifications...
