Facts and Figures

  • MU is the second largest university in the Czech Republic.
  • MU is a respected research university (see Research plans) and one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in the Czech Republic.
  • MU is the second largest employer in the South Moravian Region, currently providing work for a total of 4,849 employees including 2,107 academic employees (as of 31 December 2011).
  • MU consists of 9 faculties and over 200 departments, institutes and clinics.
  • MU is the most selective university in the Czech Republic: 77,300 applicants for studies were registered in 2011, 24,206 were subsequently admitted.
  • MU was the first Czech university to introduce an electronic study application form.
  • A total of 43,253 students are enrolled at MU (as of 31 October 2012).
  • A total of 27,767 participants take part in 691 lifelong learning programmes offered at MU (as of 31 December 2011).
  • Nearly 400 disabled students are enrolled at MU; 104 are visually impaired, 107 are hearing impaired and 63 are physically impaired (as of 31 December 2011).
  • The number of outgoing students stands at 1,188 while the number of incoming students from abroad is 985 (2011/2012 academic year).
  • A total of 8,459 students graduated from MU in 2011: 4,053 from Bachelor’s programmes, 1,140 from long-cycle Master’s programmes, 2,952 from Master’s programmes and 314 from doctoral programmes.
  • MU graduates are extremely successful on the job market (see Graduate employment record).
  • Since 1922, a total of 25,384 students have graduated from Masaryk University.
  • In 2010, MU finalized the construction of the University Campus Bohunice, a new university educational and research complex. The construction project – unique in the European higher education context – cost a total of 5.1 billion CZK (204 million EUR).
  • The overall value of university property is approximately 11 billion CZK (430 million EUR) (as of 31 December 2011).
 
 
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