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.
MU faculties and departments create their own sustainability strategies based on the university´s Sustainable Masaryk University strategy. They take into account not only the general principles of sustainability - environmental responsibility, social commitment, and economic efficiency - but also their specific challenges and opportunities.
On 22 May, Martin Bareš, the rector of Masaryk University, gave a speech in the Karel Engliš Auditorium at the Faculty of Law to mark Dies Academicus 2025.
The traditional academic ceremony associated with the awarding of the MU Rector's Award and the Silver Medals of MU took place in the Karel Engliš Grand Auditorium at the Faculty of Law.
On Wednesday, 14 May, Masaryk University experienced a day full of sports, accompanying cultural and educational programme and informal gathering of students and employees. The third annual MUNI DAY set the Bohunice University Campus in motion for the whole day.
MU has developed a new system for supporting PhD students. An income amounting to 1.2 times the minimum wage is guaranteed to all full-time PhD students who fulfil their obligations and study within the standard programme duration regardless of the language of study.
The MUNI Award in Science and Humanities StG/CoG grant was awarded to nine promising scientists from seven faculties in its first year.
Having considered foreign students, MUNI DAY organisers have prepared several dedicated events.
On Monday, the MU Academic Senate had two key items on the agenda of its 286th meeting: a scholarship regulation that provides more support for PhD students, and the MU budget for 2025, which amounts to a record-breaking CZK 13.7 billion. Both were approved.
Thanks to the Czech Antarctic Research Programme led by Masaryk University, nine women and sixteen men of five nationalities worked in five locations on the southernmost continent last year as part of an international expedition.
An innovative solution in primary school education and a diagnostic device that can detect chlamydial infection. These tools will be commercialised and put into practice by two new spin‑off companies: Invenio Plus and ACTOSens.
The traditional topping-out ceremony to mark the completion of the structural shell of the MUNI BioPharma Hub, a strategic project of Masaryk University, took place on Monday 14 April. The complex, which will house the Faculty of Pharmacy and have three underground and six above-ground levels, has now been decorated with ceremonial ribbons.