Reports

Researchers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University and the University of Chemical Technology in Prague presented the results of more than two years of research focused on more environmentally friendly production of electronics. As part of the SELECT project, they developed a technological process that uses waste plastic from the production of gramophone records to produce printed circuit boards using 3D printing. Compared to conventional production, the new process, according to a life cycle analysis, saves CO₂ emissions by up to 60 percent and reduces toxicity to humans by up to 90 percent. The researchers are now working on further improving the technology and transferring it into practice.

On Thursday, June 11, the newly renovated Block 3 of the Strahov dormitories was officially opened. The first major event to be held there will be next week’s major sporting event, the 2026 Children and Youth Olympics.

The seventeenth year of the prestigious Czech-Slovak IT SPY competition opens registration for the best diploma theses in the field of computer science and information technology. Up to 1,500 diploma theses from Czech and Slovak universities enter the competition every year. Students and graduates of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague have long been among its most successful participants - over the past seven years they have won five first places and two second places.

European university leaders gathered in Brussels on 10 June for the European Universities Rectors High-level Meeting, organised by the European Commission. The event brought together Rectors, Presidents, policymakers, and representatives of the European Universities alliances to discuss the future of higher education cooperation in Europe.

On June 10, 2026, the 18th annual StreTech 2026 – High School Technology conference took place, held as usual at the Czech Technical University in Prague. This prestigious event is organized annually in collaboration with high schools and has been running continuously since 2007. Over the years, the StreTech conference has established a significant position among educational and outreach activities supporting high school students in their professional development.

The current leadership of the Czech Technical University in Prague is dominated by people who have managed to turn their idea into a successful startup, and it shows. One of them, Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship, Jakub Nešetřil, introduced the emerging TRUE Venture Builder to potential investors at the first CTU Pitch Night - a new business support system that is intended to help promising projects from Prague's technical university transform their promising potential into a specific startup or spin-off.

The Center for Information and Counseling Services (CIPS) is celebrating twenty years of operation at CTU. It was founded by students themselves and has gradually become a leader among university counseling centers in the Czech Republic. In total, around four thousand students use its services. The current leadership of CTU in Prague aims to build on the original idea of significant student involvement in activities that contribute to the mental and physical well-being of its members. It is for this very reason that it has initiated a new collaboration with representatives of student organizations.

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague offers studies focused on modern technologies, automation, computer science and traditional mechanical engineering with a secure job market. At the same time, it prepares future teachers of specialized subjects who can pass on their knowledge to future generations. Now it comes with an extraordinary opportunity to apply for studies in an additional round of the admissions process.

From university to your own AI startup. The Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT CVUT) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the startup Whisper, founded by its graduates Vojtěch Paukner and Martin Kučera. Today, the company is made up exclusively of students and graduates of the faculty and develops AI tools for automating operations in e-commerce.

The future of European industry will not be shaped solely by whether Europe can keep pace with the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Its competitiveness will depend above all on how successfully AI can be transferred from the digital domain into the physical world – into robots, production lines, logistics systems, and other technologies that underpin everyday life. This challenge was at the heart of the international RICAIP Days 2026, hosted in Prague by the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics at the Czech Technical University (CIIRC CTU). The event brought together leading European experts from research, industry, and the public sector, while also marking the symbolic conclusion of the nearly seven-year RICAIP project, which established a unique Czech-German infrastructure for research, testing, and deployment of industrial artificial intelligence in practice.