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25 Jun

Dean’s Awards 2025

Dean Tomáš Kašparovský ceremoniously presented the Dean’s Awards to the most successful students for their outstanding academic and scientific achievements. For 2025, eight laureates received awards within the category Best Student in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree Programme, and eleven promising scientists...

19 Jun

Teaching That Matters: Successful Projects and a New Award

Sharing ideas and teaching experiences, lively discussions, and the presentation of a new Vice-Rector’s Award for Quality Teaching were part of the inspiring event Excursion into Good Teaching, attended by educators from Masaryk University.The Vice-Rector’s Award for Education and Quality at MU for excellent...

17 Jun

Bergenia Under the Microscope: How Is a Flower Photo Made Using an Electron Microscope?

Jana Jurmanová is an expert in electron microscopy and the author of the bergenia image on our postcard for accepted students. She works at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk university. In this interview, she describes her first encounters with microscopes,...

17 Jun

Tomáš Fiala receives the Experientia Foundation Start-up Grant for 2025

The Experientia Foundation is set to establish its fifth research group in the Czech Republic. Based at Masaryk University in Brno, it will study the development of neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, the foundation will support other talented young chemists on internships abroad.

16 Jun

Election of the Dean: We are accepting nominations of candidates

On 31st January 2026, the current Dean's term of office will expire. The Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science MU has announced the election of a new Dean.

16 Jun

Maternity and parental leave without rose-colored glasses: What a recent employee survey revealed

A total of 321 employees openly shared their views with us (a 34% response rate). What did we learn from you?

16 Jun

President appoints new professors

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel officially appointed 87 new professors on the nomination of the scientific and artistic boards of universities. Congratulations to the new professors of our faculty: Hans-Heiner Gorris, Hynek Pickhart, Lukáš Kubala, and Michal Veselý.

16 Jun

Colorectal cancer: towards a diagnostic test

Researchers from Masaryk University are also participating in international research into new options for non-invasive colorectal cancer testing.

13 Jun

New MU associate professors officially appointed

The ceremony of handing over the appointment letters to the new associate professors took place in the refectory of the Augustinian Abbey on Mendel Square. A total of 13 associate professors were habilitated at five MU faculties. Congratulations to Associate Professor Markéta Holá, who successfully completed...

13 Jun

Way to win a global competition: revolutionary way to grow duckweed

A group of university students from Brno, led by Masaryk University students, is competing in the prestigious global synthetic biology competition – iGEM. Their goal? To improve how we manage nitrogen.

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9 Jun

Meet Our New HR Award Team 👋

The new HR Award team would like to introduce themselves—and they’re doing it a bit differently than you’re used to. Want to see how?

30 May

Scientists from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science have made progress in the study of altermagnets

A year ago, Science magazine listed altermagnets as one of nine breakthrough discoveries. Now, physicists from the Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science in Brno and Osaka Metropolitan University have come up with results that further advance our understanding of this new type of magnetic material.