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UCT Prague - A challenge that pays off
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The University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague consists of four faculties and several other departments
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Faculty of Environmental Technology
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| 402 Department of Analytical Chemistry | ||
| 403 Department of Physical Chemistry | ||
| 409 Department of Chemical Engineering | ||
| 413 Department of Mathematics (replaced by 446) | ||
| 444 Department of Physics and Measurements | ||
| 445 Department of Computing and Control Engineering (replaced by 446) | ||
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| 560 BAFA | ||
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| 749 Recreation facility Pec p. Sněžkou | ||
| 755 Volha Canteen | ||
| 756 Club Carbon | ||
| 757 Zikova Canteen | ||
| 758 Camping site Běstvina |
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| 827 Department of Physical Education and Sport | ||
| 832 Department of Chemical Education and Humanities | ||
| 834 Department of Languages | ||
| 837 Department of Economics and Management |
Rector's Offices
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| 930 Crèche Zkumavka | ||
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| 940 Counselling and Career Centre | ||
| 955 Project Centre | ||
| 961 Rector's Secretariat | ||
| 962 Registrar's Secretariat | ||
| 963 Department of Education | ||
| 965 Research and Technology Transfer Office | ||
| 966 Personnel Department | ||
| 968 Records Office | ||
| 969 Supplies Department | ||
| 971 Finance Department | ||
| 972 Department of Safety and Risk Prevention | ||
| 974 Department of International Relations | ||
| 976 Department of Construction and Maintenance | ||
| 977 Department of Building Administration | ||
| 979 Department of Communication | ||
| 980 Central Laboratories | ||
| 990 Computer Centre | ||
| 991 Department of Strategic Planning | ||
| 992 Hollow Glass Workrooms | ||
| 994 Technology Transfer Office | ||
| 995 Department of Operation and Technical Services | ||
| 996 Department of Public Order | ||
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UCT Prague is a research university primarily focused on technical chemistry, chemical and biochemical technologies, material and chemical engineering, food science, and environmental science. Its cutting-edge facilities and equipment together, with an impressive scientific and research profile, make it an ideal training ground for the managerial, R&D, and public sector leaders of the future.
UCT Prague has four faculties. Its competitive edge lies in its unique “weaving together” of teaching activities with the highest-quality basic and applied research. Across UCT Prague, scientific teams are intensively involved in various national and international cooperative R&D efforts. The Project Centre provides methodological and administrative support to researchers submitting project applications and managing funded projects.
UCT Prague considers the commercialisation of applied research to be an important part of its mission. For that reason, UCT Prague’ss Research and Technology Transfer Office offers researchers support, contributing to extending valourisation of scientific outputs and pursuing the quest for new collaborative partners in applied settings. In 2015, UCT Prague opened Technopark Kralupy, a science and technology hub focused on chemistry for building construction applications, materials engineering, and related fields. The Technopark plays an essential role in UCT Prague’s technology transfer efforts and strategies.
The Research and Technology Transfer Office facilitates internal grants for researchers and students, offers opportunities to compete in prestigious research competitions, and promotes active engagement and participation in student conferences.
UCT Prague is an attractive institution for young scientists and early career researchers, and the Project Centre actively supports hosting and mentoring ECRs, e.g. as part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Here, ECRs can apply for a prestigious start-up grant, the Dagmar Procházková Fund, in order to create their own UCT Prague research groups. Postdoctoral fellows at UCT Prague receive extensive international mobility support for broadening their research horizons.
UCT Prague is actively involved in global scientific efforts and is continuously expanding and deepening its collaborations with partners around the world. The basic pillars of these activities include scientific research projects, inter-university cooperation memoranda, and Erasmus+ agreements. UCT Prague additionally creates and accredits joint study programmes with universities abroad.
Paving the way for the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award, UCT Prague is committed to creating collegial working conditions, supporting continuous professional development, and transparent hiring procedures. The Personnel Department co-creates facilities for employees together with the Welcome Centre, which supports employees arriving from abroad, from assisting with the visa process to answering questions about everyday life in Prague. In its determination to be an attractive and welcoming institution for all employees and students, UCT Prague has created a Gender Equality Plan, an executive action initiative.
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Feel free to contact Department of Comunication with any inquiry. The department will provide contact on University scientific staff.
Main contact person
L Mgr. Michal Janovský
b Michal.Janovsky@vscht.cz
e + 420 220 444 159
e + 420 733 690 543
- Room: A205a
Deputy contact person
D Mgr. Jan Kříž
b Jan2.Kriz@vscht.cz
e +420 220 443 799
: +420 728 831 726
- Room A318
Whole team of Department of Comunication
Press releases
- 3. 2. 2024 DETECT! (Deep Tech Creativity) successfully completed the first phase of project activities
- 13. 2. 2024 Hydrogen Academy: a new milestone in clean energy education
- 17. 1. 2024 Jitka Čejková's successful book recently released by prestigious U.S. publisher
- 30. 11. 2023 Material genetics will be pursued by the AMULET project, which succeeded in the Excellent Research Call
- 19. 9. 2023 The Prague Dejvice concept to be completed after 100 years
- 5. 9. 2023 UCT Prague co-founds Prague.bio with goal of connecting research and business sectors
- 1. 9. 2023 Faculty of Environmental Technology celebrates its 70th birthday
- 27. 8. 2023 Prague hosted world’s leaders in catalysis
- 8. 6. 2023 UCT Prague to lead on a new project for boosting innovation and entrepreneurship through deep tech
You can find older press releases in archive.
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We offer students and graduates counselling, psychological counselling, soft skills workshops and job offers.
Alumni Club
The Alumni Club of the UCT Prague, brings together alumni and friends of the University. It strives to create a mutual communication platform between the school, alumni and current students. The club offers alumni meetings and lectures by successful alumni.
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[obsah] => Water, a valuable resource for human existence is continually becoming inaccessible to humans. At homes, schools, recreational centers, restaurants, hospitals and industries water is needed for various activities such as cooking, heating, irrigation/garden watering, laundry, sports, drinking, car washing, etc. The water sources by which these water needs are met include groundwater, surface waters (rivers, lakes, streams), springs and rain water. However, increased urbanization and climate change have negatively affected the quantities and distributions of these sources, limiting the amount of water available for use.
Unfortunately, wastewater, a possible water source, which could be helpful to humans, have been neglected. It’s the water that has been used for an activity and its quality deteriorated. This includes water from laundry, bathing, cooking, sinks, etc. Majority of the water extracted for use ends up as wastewater, whether for cooking, bathing or laundry. Yet such high amount of water is disposed of into rivers, lakes and streams after treatment, even though it can be used for other purposes. The act of using wastewater dated back several hundreds of years but its advancement has been hampered by negative public perception. The current global water crisis has called for a broader discussion on this important but neglected act. Currently few countries such as Namibia, United States of America, Singapore, Spain and Australia are using treated wastewater for direct and indirect use.
Thanks to the advancement of technology, various treatment technologies have been developed to treat wastewater to have qualities similar to that of freshwaters. The incorporation of advanced technologies such as membranes and UV disinfection, into conventional wastewater treatment has led to a considerable improvement in the effluent (wastewater discharged) quality. The once dirty, coloured and smelly water now comes out as colourless, odourless and clean water; some having qualities similar to potable water. This relatively high-quality water, which could have been used for irrigation, laundry, flushing of toilet and street cleaning rather ends up in rivers, lakes and streams in many countries around the globe including the Czech Republic.
Use of treated wastewater for human activities has enormous benefit to society, both economically and environmentally. It reduces farmers’ dependency on chemical fertilizers, which poses pollution risk to groundwater and surface waters, and also saves farmers money. Water resources which are experiencing water stress due to over extraction as a result of urbanization and climate change will be relieved of such water stress since less water will be extracted. The use of treated wastewater is key in ensuring the sustainability of water resources for our generation and future generations. Until humans consider treated wastewater as a resource for human activities, the sustainability of current water resources to meet current and future water demands remains a dilemma considering the fact that the causes of water scarcity keep on aggravating rather than declining.
Is in the light of this dilemma, that the Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering of University of Chemistry and Technology is engaged in wastewater reuse research activities to unravel the possible usage of treated wastewater in Czech Republic and the world at large. Currently research is underway to demonstrate the possibility of treated wastewater for irrigation and urban greenery. Considering the drought being experienced, it is important that other alternative water sources such as wastewater is given the needed attention. The work of the department will shed more light on treated wastewater usage to help the public and authorities make informed choices regarding wastewater reuse.
Author is doctoral student at Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering
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