State-of-the-art equipment, cutting-edge technologies and international cooperation. This is what research at MU is all about.
We are dedicated to establishing the right priorities, committed to securing sufficient funding and fully aware of the ethical and social implications of our research results.
More than 70 new professors received their appointment decrees from the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and the Minister of Education, Mikuláš Bek, at the Clementinum in Prague. Eight of them (two women and six men) were nominated by the Scientific Board of Masaryk University.
On Tuesday 12 December, the most successful scientists or research teams at Masaryk University were awarded the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2023 for their outstanding achievements, publications in prestigious journals and research results.
Archaeologists from the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University have made an extraordinary discovery near the village of Lány u Břeclavi, some 60 kilometres south-east of Brno. They unearthed a bronze belt fitting from the 8th century AD depicting a snake devouring a frog-like creature.
The Mendel Refectory at the Old Brno Abbey saw on 30 November the habilitation ceremony of fifteen colleagues from six faculties who have earned the Czech academic degree of associate professors.
The International Scientific Advisory Board provides us with very welcome feedback. The ISAB helps MU establish research priorities, develop scientific strategies and boost international cooperation.
Our scientists have achieved success at national and international levels. In addition to issuing a wide range of significant scientific publications, we regularly organize seminars and lectures on science and research conducted at MU.
Access to central laboratories equipped with unique instruments is provided to other university units as well as other academic workplaces and even private companies.
MU Research infrastructures are an important pillar of research and innovation systems.
Their significance is emphasized by our participation in 14 projects listed in the Czech National Roadmap for Large RDI Infrastructures.
Eleven of these projects are also part of research infrastructures of pan-European interest included in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) for 2021.
