Current News

19 Jan 2024

We value opinions of doctoral candidates: MMD Coffee 2 Students

Active PhD candidates can be a part of a volunteer programme at Masaryk University that supports professional development as MUNI Mendel Doctorandus (MMD). The programme aims to broaden interdisciplinary learning among PhD students and prepare them for their future scientific careers. The programme now gathers more than 50 PhD candidates.

19 Jan 2024

Security at MU: early warning and police cooperation in prevention

Masaryk University has established an emergency communication and management system and is now working on increasing security. These issues are being addressed by the MU management and the Rector’s Board, whose members include deans as the highest representatives of individual faculties.

17 Jan 2024

Tomáš Kašparovský, Dean of the MU Faculty of Science, has been elected as the new chairperson of the Council of Higher Education Institutions

The Assembly of the Council of Higher Education Institutions has elected Tomáš Kašparovský, Dean of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science, as its new chairperson for the period 2024 to 2026. He received 163 out of a total of 189 votes.

22 Dec 2023

MU a Biskupství brněnské chystají zádušní mši za oběti útoku na Filozofické fakultě UK

13 Dec 2023

Brno announces its PhD talents for 2023

We would like to share the great news from the Brno PhD Talent Competition, which already knows its winners. In this year's competition, in which SCI MUNI has traditionally had a great success rate, 12 of our PhD students out of 130 registered students succeeded.

28 Nov 2023

Martin Toul wins the Doctorandus Prize in this year’s Česká hlava Awards

This year, Martin Toul from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science was one of the winners of the highest Czech award for scientists and their patents and discoveries, Česká hlava 2023 (Czech Mind 2023). He received the Doctorandus prize, which is awarded to young scientists for research in the natural sciences, for his work on the functions of the staphylokinase protein, which is used to treat stroke patients.

27 Nov 2023

Dr. Martin Toul receives the Ministry of Education Award for outstanding students and graduates.

This year, the MU Faculty of Sciences was one of the recipients of a Ministry of Education Award in the field of higher education, science and research. Along with 10 other winners from across the Czech Republic, Dr. Martin Toul, who successfully graduated this year from the Doctoral study program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics, received the award for excellent students and graduates and for extraordinary activity by a student.

1 Nov 2023

PhD Day 2023: PhD is Just Beginning – Start Your Career!

Traditionally, PhD Day was held at the beginning of the autumn semester, this year, under the theme "PhD is just beginning - start your career!" Under this slogan, leaders of MU, representatives of the MU Rectorate, faculties and CEITEC Institute, as well as current PhD students shared their experiences and interesting tips with younger students and future PhD applicants.