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The Structure Challenge "Hall of the Year" competition, organized by the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, helps students better understand how loads affect structures and identify their weaknesses in practice. Depending on the category, the competition is open to high school students, undergraduate students in civil engineering programs, and doctoral students. Participants are tasked with designing and building a structural model according to the specifications and subjecting it to a load test during the finals. The competition will take place April 14–16, 2026, at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. The winning team is the one whose model achieves the highest efficiency, i.e., the best ratio between load-bearing capacity and self-weight. The event is held under the auspices of Dean Prof. Petr Konvalinka and ČKAIT, which also serves as a professional partner for students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at CTU. The Department of Building Structures at the Faculty of Civil Engineering serves as the technical guarantor. The general partner of the competition is HOCHTIEF CZ, with support also provided by a number of other major companies in the construction sector. This year will set a record in the competition’s history in terms of the number of participating teams—87 teams are expected to compete in the international Academic category for university students, 17 of which are from abroad.
2026/04/10
We invite you to a colloquium with Bohdan Zronek, Member of the Board of Directors and Director of the Nuclear Energy Division at ČEZ, and Jiří Puchnar, Head of the EDU Management Support Group, on the topic “The Nuclear Renaissance: The Comeback of the Century,” with the subtitle “Opportunities and the Role of the New Generation of Engineers.” When? April 29, 2016 – 5:30 PM. Where? FJFI, Břehová 7, Prague 1, Room: B-103.
2026/03/23
Czech Technical University in Prague – International PhD Programme (PICTUS) will recruit a total of 23 PhD students for a full 48-month employment contract and enroll them in a specific PhD course.
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What should we do with waste that remains hazardous for millions of years? And how does such a repository actually work? Markéta Dohnálková from the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO) answers these questions in the latest episode of the podcast *V jádru dobrý*. You’ll learn why deep geological repositories are currently considered the safest solution for managing highly radioactive waste—and why other ideas, such as “sending it into space,” don’t hold up.
The Czech Republic is entering the next phase of building its quantum communication infrastructure. It now boasts a complete quantum backbone network connecting Prague, Brno, and Ostrava, through which shared information should flow securely, taking into account the potential risks associated with the advent of quantum computers. The Czech side presented the results of the pilot operation on April 14, 2026, at the ceremonial launch of the Czech Quantum Communication Infrastructure (CZQCI). The event was attended by representatives of the European Union, foreign consortia, government agencies, research institutions, and industry.
CTU Rector Prof. Michal Pěchouček joined the ceremonial launch of the Czech Quantum Communication Infrastructure (CZQCI) in Brno live from CTU’s headquarters in Prague, using the newly operational quantum communication network. In doing so, he provided a practical demonstration of the infrastructure’s functionality, which CTU has helped build as one of the project’s key partners.
Scientists from the Multirobot Systems Group at FEL CTU (MRS) are working on the development of state-of-the-art, highly secure flying robots for critical infrastructure protection, as well as drones capable of flying agilely and dynamically in swarms without GPS or remote human control. The MRS group demonstrated flight demonstrations as part of both ongoing projects, which have already yielded remarkable partial successes, on Monday, April 13, in Temešvár, South Bohemia.
In the event of sudden cardiac arrest, immediate assistance is a matter of life and death. Yet only a fraction of Czechs know how to properly use an automated external defibrillator (AED) or where to find one. The “For the Love of the Heart” initiative, which was officially launched on April 8, 2026, offers a solution: it educates the public and expands the network of defibrillators to places where they can save the most lives.
CTU welcomed Ph.D. candidate Sonia Martin from Stanford University, whose May lecture at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) focused on one of the central questions of sustainable mobility: how electric vehicles can be better integrated with the electricity grid. During her research stay, she also visited Škoda Auto, where questions of electromobility are playing out in practice. In this interview, she discusses vehicle-to-grid technology, the future of EV research, and why collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and industry matters.