Representatives of the academic senates of four universities elected the current rectors to office, while the other seven universities will have their rectors replaced. Among the newly appointed rectors is Prof. Milena Králíčková, who will replace Prof. Tomáš Zima at Charles University as the first woman to head the school. At the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Prof. Tomáš Vaňek will be replaced by Maria Topolčanská, and at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, Prof. Petr Oslzlý will be replaced by Petr Michálek. Prof. Libor Čapek will become the Rector of the University of Pardubice, replacing Prof. Jiří Malek. At the Mendel University in Brno, Prof. Vojtěch Adam won the election, succeeding Prof. Danuša Nerudová, and at the Brno University of Technology, Prof. Petr Štěpánek will be replaced by Doc. Ladislav Janíček.
The current Rector of the Czech University of Life Sciences iin Prague, Prof. Petr Sklenička, was nominated for the position again. New rector will also be appointed at the Technical University of Liberec, where the candidate is doc. Miroslav Brzezina. prof. Alois Nečas will remain rector of the Veterinary University Brno.
The newly elected rector of the University of Economics, Petr Dvořák,still awaits the presidential appointment, he will replace Prof. Hana Machkova on 1 April 2022.
Photo, courtesy of: Prague castle
