Reports

Researchers from the University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings at the Czech Technical University in Prague have developed a new variable loading frame for the medium-sized MiniFUR fire furnace. Thanks to this, it is possible to combine the effects of high temperatures with mechanical loading of the tested elements during fire tests. The laboratory is now able to simulate the real behavior of structures and their elements during a fire more accurately.

Explosia a.s. and the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, a modern research institute of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CIIRC CTU), today ceremonially signed a memorandum of understanding at CIIRC. The document establishes a basic framework for future cooperation in research, development, and innovation, with a focus on supporting Czech industry.

The Faculty of Nuclear and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague is launching a new popular science podcast called V jádru dobrý (Good to the Core). In open discussions, it explores topics related to nuclear energy, technology, and science—from energy and medicine to space. The first guest is Ondřej Novák, Ph.D., from the Department of Nuclear Reactors, who talks in the introductory episode about what nuclear reactors of the future might look like.

At the end of 2025, the two-year project "Supporting Green Skills and Sustainability at CTU in Prague" was successfully completed, significantly strengthening the role of sustainability in education, strategic management, and cooperation with the application sphere at this technical university. The project was implemented as part of Call 7.4 of the National Recovery Plan, which aims to support the development of green skills at universities, the adaptation of study programs to the principles of sustainable development, the creation of new and innovative subjects, the development of lifelong learning, and the institutional anchoring of sustainability in university management.

On January 5, 2026, Prof. Ing. Jiří Witzany, DrSc., dr.h.c., died at the age of 84 after a long illness.

Yesterday, President Petr Pavel, accompanied by Minister of Education Robert Plaga, presented appointment decrees to new professors. In the Great Hall of Karolinum, they were also received by associate professors nominated by the Scientific Council of the Czech Technical University:

The European Commission has approved the continuation of the EDIH CTU project – the European Digital Innovation Hub focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, coordinated by the Czech Technical University in Prague – for a further three years. The hub has successfully passed a demanding European evaluation and will receive continued support under the Digital Europe Programme. The decision confirms that EDIH CTU is among the key European players supporting the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector in the Czech Republic. The partnership structure of EDIH CTU remains almost unchanged, as does its headquarters at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC CTU), which also coordinated the preparation of this second phase of the project.

On December 16, 2025, the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at the Czech Technical University in Prague elected Doc. Ing. Stanislav Novotný, Ph.D., to the position of dean. Following his appointment by the rector, he will begin his first term in February 2026. Ten senators voted for him out of the nineteen members of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at the Czech Technical University.

Yesterday, Vice-Rector Zbyněk Škvor (acting head of the university) once again handed out gifts to Ukrainian children, refugees from Putin's war, who are staying at the Strahov dormitories. He was joined by SÚZ Director Michal Vodička.

On November 17, International Students' Day, the Czech Technical University in Prague awarded its best students the Stanislav Hanzl Prize. The students received the awards on November 25, 2025, at the Bethlehem Chapel during a gala concert of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic from Stanislav Hanzl, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the CTU Foundation, Doc. Dr. Ing. Václav Liška, President of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic, Doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Petráček, CSc. and the emeritus rector of CTU, Prof. Ing. Petr Zuna, CSc. D.Eng. h. c.