Reports

The Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of CTU has been talking for years about the fact that its two fission nuclear reactors VR-1 and VR-2 should not be relegated to the outskirts of Prague in Troja on the grounds of the MFF UK. Therefore, the faculty held an internal referendum, and in view of the clear result (100% in favour) decided to make a radical cut. The move to the FJFI headquarters opposite the Government Office is expected to take place later this year.

Greater integration of theoretical teaching with practice, the creation of new teaching programmes, strengthening of scientific research activities and more effective recruitment of laboratory staff. These are the main reasons why the Central Military Hospital - Military University Hospital Prague (ÚVN) and Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FBMI) have decided to further develop their long-standing cooperation and to open a new Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Haematology and Transfusiology at CTU FBMI and ÚVN on 1 April 2025.

The second edition of the student Construction Hackathon, held at the Brno Building Fair and as part of the Architecture Festival, expanded its reach beyond the Czech Republic this year. The entire event was organized under the leadership of the National Centre for Construction 4.0. In addition to six Czech technical universities – Czech Technical University in Prague, Brno University of Technology, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Mendel University in Brno, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen – the Technical University of Košice joined this year, giving the competition an international dimension. Students in mixed teams searched for solutions in modular and serial housing that is affordable, technologically advanced, and sustainable.

The Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) has been selected as one of ten universities from around the world to participate in the prestigious Amazon Nova AI Challenge. This global university competition focuses on the development of safe and reliable artificial intelligence (AI) for assisted software development. The AlquistCoder team from CTU consists of staff and students from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) has once again ranked at the top of several academic disciplines according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. CTU achieved significant success in 10 subjects, 3 of which rose in the rankings, while 7 subjects maintained their positions.

Matyáš Boura has won the fourteenth edition of the competition with his project Housing Olšanská, on which he worked in the Kuzemenský studio. The jury appreciated the urban form, material concept and layout. The announcement of the results took place on Thursday 27 February at CTU Faculty of Architecture.

On Monday, 3 March 2025, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Marek Ženíšek visited the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics – a leading scientific research institute of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The Minister met with a group of top researchers in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics with an international reputation, who discussed with him mainly issues of research funding and management. The programme also included a visit to the RICAIP Testbed Prague experimental laboratories, where he learned about the latest technologies and their application in industrial practice.

On Thursday, 27 February, a conference was held by the Reflex magazine and the e15 magazine titled Defence and Security. The programme was divided into three parts - Financing the defence industry, Dialogue between the state and industry in the context of current security threats and The future of the Czech defence industry. Vojtěch Petráček, Rector of CTU, was among the discussants in the second part.

Visitors to the Josef Underground Laboratory, which includes the Josef Adit, operated by the Centre for Experimental Geotechnics of Faculty of Civil Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague, will have a unique opportunity to learn about the story of the adit's creation as told by the miners who worked there. Guided tours will explain the origin of the workplace and visitors will also learn from the staff of the Centre of Experimental Geotechnics about its current use for teaching, science and research at CTU FCE.

As part of the ongoing WEEE Aware/WEEE Lives campaign, the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), the lead partner of the Circular WEEEP project, significantly influenced young minds by visiting 16 school classrooms and engaging approximately 480 students in discussions about e-waste and the circular economy.