Publication date: 
2020/11/02
Despite the unfavorable epidemiological situation, the new master's dual-degree program Smart Cities prepared in cooperation between CTU and The University of Texas at El Paso in the United States (UTEP) opened its courses for the winter semester of 2020/21. The American university is part of The University of Texas System, which brings together fourteen Texas public higher education institutes. Over 235,000 students study within this system, of which 25,000 at UTEP. UTEP belongs to the R-1 category of research institutions in the USA, ie. among 4.5% of the top American universities (out of a total of about 2,800 institutions).

The Faculty of Transportation Technology and UTEP have been cooperating for more than ten years and the new dual-degree program is the second program of this type between CTU and UTEP. Between 2010 and 2018, its predecessor was a dual-degree Transportation and Logistics Systems program. The new dual-degree Smart Cities program on the part of the Czech Technical University logically connected the Faculty of Transportation Technology and the Faculty of Architecture, which provides subjects dedicated to urbanism in this program.

The CTU-UTEP Digital Twin Lab, which deals with the creation of a digital "twin" city using augmented reality (AR), is now also being set up on the premises of the CTU Faculty of Transportation Technology. The laboratory works with a 3D model of the Prague 6 district, on which the Faculty works closely with both the Prague 6 municipality and the ICT Operator. The laboratory will  not only be used for teaching but also for scientific activities, see the related article "UTEP College of Engineering and Czech Technical University Dual Master's Degree Program Strives to Advance Students' Academic Success" published on the UTEP website: https://bit.ly/ 37uQH5t