Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
Type	Public
Established	1906 / 1952
Rector	Prof. Ing. Petr Sklenička CSc.
Students	18 000 (2007)
Location	Prague , Czech Republic 50°8′9.2″N 14°22′14.8″E / 50.135889°N 14.370778°E / 50.135889; 14.370778
Campus	Prague-Suchdol
Website	http://www.czu.cz/en/

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU; (Czech: Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze), ČZU; also Czech University of Agriculture in Prague) is a university of agricultural education and research in Prague, the Czech Republic, established in 1906.

History

Studies of agriculture were established at the

During communist rule in Czechoslovakia, the university was lavishly funded as part of state support of collectivised agriculture.

From 1952 to 1980 the master's degree offered by the university lasted five years. It then switched to a four-year course from 1980–90, before switching back to five years. Since 1993 three-year bachelor study has also been available.

Academics

The university offers

The university offer now includes a total of 40 programmes taught in English, approximately 15 of which are in the bachelor level and 25 in the master's level of studies.

The Secretary of the

Faculties and Institutes

• The Faculty of Environmental Sciences offers programs pertaining to environmental modeling, landscape planning, nature conservation, and geosciences.
• The Faculty of Economics and Management provides courses related to the management of agricultural companies, and the management and economics of rural and non-urban businesses, including finance, banking, insurance, IT, trade, rural and regional development and other issues related to the agrifood complex. Since 2022, the Dean of the Faculty has been Tomáš Šubrt.
• The Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources provides courses related to traditional fields of crop and animal production, natural resources and the environment. Since 2022, the Dean of the Faculty has been Josef Soukup.
• The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences provides courses related to forestry, game management, and the timber industry. The Faculty works on theoretical and applied research in the field of forestry, wood industry and management of wild animals. Since 2020, the Dean of the Faculty has been Róbert Marušák.
• The graduates of the Faculty of Engineering are industrial engineers who work with technology, machinery and manufacturing equipment for use in agriculture, market gardening, forestry and other related industries. Since 2018, the Dean of the Faculty has been Jiří Mašek.
• The Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (formerly named Institute of Tropics and Subtropics) provides courses focusing on tropical agriculture, rural development and the sustainable management of natural resources in the tropics. Since 2021 the Dean of the Faculty has been Patrick Van Damme. The Faculty was established in 2013 by the transformation of the Institute of tropics and subtropics (ITS).
• The Institute for Education and Consultancy is an independent pedagogical and scientific institution specialising in agricultural and forestry training and providing consultant services.
• The Department of Physical Education is an independent department of the Czech University of Agriculture and provides physical training to students.

Business enterprises

• The University Farm at Lány is an educational facility, founded in 1960 on a farm that had previously belonged to the Office of the
  guanacos, on which research is being conducted into domestication
  and utilisation as alternative species for extensive farming in temperate climate.
• The
  Holsteins with annual production of 9,400 litres of milk, and 80 are Jerseys
  with annual production of 5,900 litres milk. The farm also rears about 4,000 head of pigs, which produce approximately 400 tonnes of pig meat annually. The farm produces 600,000 chickens each year, which are slaughtered and processed in the farm's own slaughterhouses.
• The University Forest Establishment at Kostelec nad Černými lesy is a 4,600 hectare forest with a castle, a garden centre, a sawmill, 70 hectares of fishponds, and education facilities, used for routine forestry operations and education of students of the Faculty of Forestry, as well as practical training in fish farming for students of the Agronomy and Forestry Faculties.
• A 12-hectare arboretum was established in 1954. The castle has the capacity to accommodate and cater for some 100 students.

Rectors

• 1952–1960 – Vladimir Kosil
• 1960–1966 – Karel Kudrna
• 1966–1970 – Emil Kunz
• 1970–1985 – Ctibor Ledl
• 1985–1990 – Josef Cervenka
• 1990–1994 – Jiří Petr
• 1994–2000 – Jan Hron
• 2000–2003 – Josef Kozak
• 2003–2009 – Jan Hron
• 2010–2018 –
  Jiri Balik
• 2018–2022 – Petr Sklenička^[2]

Notable professors and alumni

• Peter Nick (born 1962), Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• Manfred G. Raupp (born 1941), Professor of the Steering committee, Training and Dissemination of the Biofector project
• Pavel Tlustoš (born 1955), Professor in Agrochemistry and Plant Nutrition
• Alessandro Piccolo (born 1951), Italian Visiting-Professor from University of Naples

See also

• GMO Forum CZU Prague

External links

• Official page CULS
• Webpage Biofector
• Madora Life Sciences

References