| 1905 |
Demonstrations in favour of a second Czech university take place in Brno
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| 1908 |
Count Václav Kounic donates his Brno mansion to needy Czech university students
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| 1919 |
Masaryk University established in Brno by Act No. 50/1919 Coll.; founding faculties: Law, Medicine, Arts, Science
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| 1919 |
Formal inauguration of studies at Masaryk University in Brno |
| 1924 |
President T. G. Masaryk visits the university for the first time
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| 1925 |
First Masaryk University honorary doctorate is awarded to composer Leoš Janáček
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| 1928 |
Foundation stone of the Faculty of Law building laid: the first building of the proposed Academic quarter
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| 1935 |
President T. G. Masaryk presents the Rector’s chain to Rector Jan Krejčí at his residence in Lány
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| 1938 |
University insignia are presented to MU representatives led by Rector Arne Novák
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| 1939 |
All Czech universities closed down by the Nazis
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| 1942 |
Mass execution of MU teachers in Mauthausen
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| 1945 |
University reopens following the end of WWII
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| 1946 |
Faculty of Education established
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| 1950 |
Faculty of Law dissolved
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| 1952 |
Pharmaceutical Faculty established (dissolved in 1960)
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| 1960 |
Masaryk University renamed to Jan Evangelista Purkyně University |
| 1969 |
Faculty of Law re-established
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| 1979 |
Institute of Computer Science established
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| 1979 |
University renamed to Masaryk University in Brno |
| 1990 |
Faculty of Economics and Administration established (teaching launched in 1991)
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| 1994 |
Faculty of Informatics established
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| 1994 |
Grand opening of MU Rector’s Office at the Kounic Palace
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| 1995 |
Honorary doctorate awarded to Václav Havel, then President of the Czech Republic
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| 1997 |
Faculty of Social Studies established (teaching launched in 1998)
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| 2002 |
Faculty of Sports Studies established
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| 2004 |
Construction of the University Campus at Bohunice launched
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| 2004 |
International Institute of Political Science established, subsequently associated with the Faculty of Social Studies in 2011
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| 2005 |
University Centre Telč established, renovation finalized in 2011 with the support of EEA and Norway Grants |
| 2005 |
University renamed to Masaryk University |
| 2006 |
Gregor Johann Mendel Antarctic Station established
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| 2007 | Mendel Museum becomes a component part of MU
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| 2009 |  CEITEC MU established as an independent Masaryk University institute (part of the Central European Institute of Technology)
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| 2010 |
Grand opening of the University Campus Bohunice (UCB)
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