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Immediately after the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in February 2022, Petr Kovaříček, recipient of a 2021-2023 Experientia Foundation Start-Up Grant, offered, via social networks, that he would employ female Ukrainian scientists prevented from conducting research at home in his UCT Prague research group. “I knew I had no influence on diplomacy. But what I could do as a scientist was to quickly open positions for refugee scientists, considering especially the situation of Ukrainian female colleagues with children. It was a very spontaneous decision,” explains Kovaříček.

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Two Ukrainian researchers took advantage of his offer. Through social networks, Petr was first contacted by a young scientist, a doctoral candidate at Karazin University in Kharkiv, Anna Heleveria (left front in the laboratory picture), who was conducting research in organic synthesis. “Anna fled the war together with her six-year-old daughter, and they completed a rather dramatic journey. They travelled by train from Kharkov with fifteen other people in one compartment with darkened windows so as not to be a target for snipers. Due to the impassability of the crossings in Przemyśl and Užhorod, they ended up going through Hungary, and after four days (!) of travelling, both finally arrived safely in Prague. There I picked them up at the station and escorted them to the UCT Prague dormitories,” says Kovaříček. “A big thanks goes to UCT Prague, especially to the Department of International Relations and the Personnel Department and The Administration of University Facilities, who arranged all the formalities and administrative details incredibly flexibly,” he adds. “Thanks to their great support, Anna was able to start working in our group right away in March 2022, on a project that combines her expertise from Kharkiv with our focus on surfaces and catalysis, which was a completely new topic for her. Anna is a strong fighter with a cheerful soul and a friendly nature and she quickly fit into our team. And I think that concentrating on a new demanding work task helped her to at least partially displace thoughts about the fact that her husband and the father of her daughter remained in Kharkiv,” explains Kovaříček.

Subsequently, Kovaříček was contacted by another young scientist, namely Daria Artemieva, a student of biotechnology from the National University of Food Technologies in Kyiv (front right in the laboratory picture). “Daria contacted me from a gym in Karlovy Vary, where she ended up with her family because the Assistance Centre for Refugees from Ukraine in Prague could no longer keep up. Thanks to UCT Prague’s great support, Daria was also able to resume research in April 2022,” says Kovaříček. “We involved her in a joint project with Dr. Marko Cebecauer’s team at the Czech Academy of Science’s Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, were we develop the functionalization of microscopic glass for the study of specific cell interactions. For Daria, it was a thematic leap, from stem cells to the surface chemistry of glass, which she managed smoothly and at the same time, she fit in perfectly with the team,” says Kovaříček.

The Experientia Foundation, which had, from the very beginning, followed the story of the two Ukrainian scientists thanks to Kovaříček, offered right away in early March 2022 to support the scientists with an extraordinary foundation contribution, increasing the grant amount. “Since the beginning of the invasion, we had been discussing with the whole Foundation team possibilities for how our foundation could meaningfully support the Ukraine. We therefore greatly appreciated Petr’s initiative in opening positions for female Ukrainian scientists. When he, as an Experientia Foundation Start-Up Grant holder, employed young Ukrainian scientists, it only seemed right to us to support his group’s activities beyond the scope of his grant, i.e. he did not have to change his planned budget, but only to increase it with new funded positions,” the founders of the Experientia Foundation, Hana and Dalimil Dvořák, explain. In the end, the Foundation allocated more than half a million crowns to support the Ukrainian scientists working in the Kovaříček Group.

“I greatly appreciate the extraordinary support that the Experientia Foundation gave us to welcome Anna and Daria into the group, thus avoiding drastic cuts in material and other costs. It also means a lot to me personally, knowing that solidarity and willingness to help are still in us and our society even after two difficult COVID years,” says Kovaříček, emphasizing that his group gained two amazing scientists thanks to this initiative, even though Daria stayed just a few months. “Daria’s alma mater resumed part of its instructional activities in August in Poland, and in September, Daria decided to return to Kyiv and complete her studies there. We wish her luck and courage in the future, which she will still need,” says Kovaříček. Anna Heleveria, on the other hand, decided to stay in Prague and she has currently enrolled in a Czech doctoral programme. “We expect that she will complete her doctorate here at UCT Prague, since her laboratory and university in Kharkiv have been completely destroyed. In her doctoral research, we are trying to overturn the generally accepted paradigm about the role of certain reactions in surface functionalizations and their subsequent use for catalysis, optoelectronics, and sensors,” adds Kovaříček.

The Kovaříček Group

The Kovaříček Group at UCT Prague, with its Experientia Foundation grant, is doing very well. “We received a Junior STAR grant from the Czech Science Foundation, and thanks to this, we were able to expand the team to 14 scientists, from the Bachelor level to postdocs, including several Erasmus+ students. Most importantly, our chemistry works: we have developed two new organocatalytic systems on our own, we have a photosensitive system that self-assembles by the effect of light, and we are writing the first two separate publications. I am happy that everything is finally starting to go well after COVID,” rejoices Kovaříček. “None of this would have happened without the start-up grant.” adding: “From my personal experience, I would like to emphasize that the grant really functions like a ‘start-up’—you start and it takes you to the next level. It is the best possible way to begin your independent scientific career.”

Read more about the Kovaříček Group

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Not long ago, the article “Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe” was published in the prestigious Nature journal, providing new insight into the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europeans. UCT Prague’s Dr. Veronika Brychová was one of the article’s authors, due to her work as part of the international research team assembled for the European NeoMilk project. Her task was to evaluate potsherds from archaeological sites in the Czech Republic using organic residual analysis methods in order to unravel a fuller picture about the consumption of dairy products in prehistoric times.

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“The most valuable information is hidden in the porous walls of archaeological potsherds, which contain lipophilic organic compounds adsorbed during the active use of containers, for example, during cooking, baking, and storing of foods rich in fat,” says Associate Professor Jan Kyselka from UCT Prague’s Department of Dairy, Fat, and Cosmetics.

Important biomarkers from include free fatty acids, acylglycerols, fatty alcohols, waxes, sterols, and other triterpenoids or diterpenoid markers of resins. Modern organic residual analysis can determine stable and radioactive isotopes of carbon in the form of molecularly specific analysis of isolated fatty acids. The combination of both techniques makes it possible to determine the origin of the lipids and the age of the preserved artefacts.

The NeoMilk project was led by the University of Bristol’s Professor R.P. Evershed, whose team analysed 13,181 potsherds from 554 archaeological sites. “Professor Evershed came to Prague to request the sampling of pottery from the Neolithic settlement of Bylany, which I also started working on at that time. The pottery assemblage from Bylany near Kutná Hora is one of the richest and best described assemblages in the Czech Republic, and the site is very well known, even in the European Neolithic context, which is why samples from this site were interesting to the Bristol researchers,” Dr. Brychová says about the origin of the collaboration.

“After the pottery sampling meeting, I went to Bristol for a short internship and learned organic residual analysis methods. With some small modifications, I was then able to process the set of ceramics from Bylany for the NeoMilk project at UCT Prague, including the structure of ceramics and how lipids behave in ceramics. This physical-chemical part of the work is still being compiled for future publication,” explains Dr. Brychová. “I also discovered other markers that can contribute to clarifying the contents of containers,” adds the researcher, who also works at the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

According to the Nature article, the majority of the adult population, unlike today's Europeans, were lactose intolerant five thousand years ago. The ability to break down lactose did not become widespread in the European population until the Bronze Age, three thousand years later. So our ancestors drank milk, even though it was harmful to them. Until now, it was assumed that tolerance to lactose (lactose persistence) or the ability to use it arose enabled people to consume more milk and milk products without adverse effects. “However, according to the new findings from the international team of authors, lactose persistence (LP) occurred through natural selection, since lactose tolerance in humans was apparently related to famines and diseases,” says Associate Professor Kyselka. “As the human population grew, the size of the settlements increased, and human health was negatively affected by poor sanitary conditions, related diarrheal diseases, and famine. The lactose intolerant part of the population was more vulnerable in this regard due to malnutrition, resulting in higher mortality for such individuals, even before considering reproduction and a natural increase in lactose tolerant individuals in the population as a whole. The above-mentioned factors led to today’s Europeans overwhelmingly not having a problem consuming fresh milk as adults.”

Although the NeoMilk project itself has ended, the collaboration between Dr. Brychová and Bristol continues. The outcome of follow-up cooperation activities will include an cross-laboratory comparative study into the possibility of establishing a new archaeological standard that could be used for radiocarbon dating of archaeological lipids and for fine-tuning molecular-specific radiocarbon dating of lipids within laboratories that have the necessary equipment for this, whether the artefacts under study are lipids or other types of molecules suitable for dating.

The implemented organic residual analysis methods are not yet well known among Czech archaeologists. Nevertheless, it enables determining of relatively specific information about life in a specific location from a small number of potsherds. Organic residual analysis can also be used not just for analysis of potsherds, but even of other archaeological artefacts including soil and sediment samples. “Our UCT Prague lab and the Czech Radiocarbon Laboratory can fully conduct organic residual analysis, having the know-how, instrumentation, and knowledge of potential new applications,” concludes Dr. Brychová.

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On this page, you will find up-to-date information on the types of assistance that the university offers to war-affected students, academics, and their countrymates. If you want to support your colleagues and their loved ones with a specific offer or idea, or you have any questions, please write to ukrajina@vscht.cz.

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Offer to students from Ukraine

UCT Prague offers bachelor, master, and doctoral studies in various fields of chemistry, economics, and management. We offer study programmes in the Czech language and a smaller number of study programmes in English.

Applications to study programmes in Czech language for the 2024/2025 academic year (classes starting September 2024) are open up to March 31, 2024.

Applicants who are citizens of Ukraine participate in the standard admission process (more info in Czech = study programmes in Czech language; more info in English = study programmes in English). Submission of a formal application form does not guarantee admission to study. To be admitted, students must meet the standard admission requirements, which for some degree programmes may be successful completion of the entrance exam or fulfill the conditions for waiving it.

Applicants who have been granted temporary protection in the Czech Republic under Act No. 65/2022 Coll. have the opportunity to:

apply for a waiver of the admissions fee and the foreign education assessment fee, and if they meet the requirements, the fees will be waived;
if, due to armed conflict, applicants are unable to provide certain admission documents, they may be replaced by an affidavit (see the decree A/V/961/4/2023 - only in Czech)

UCT Prague does not currently provide special financial support for enrolled Ukrainian students. Applicants should expect to cover their living costs during their studies in Prague from their own resources. Study in Czech study programmes is free of charge. There are fees for studying in English.

Short-term courses

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer language or professional courses.

Offer to current Ukrainian students and academics at UCT Prague

UCT Prague currently offers students and academics affected by the war in Ukraine the following:

Help in solving study problems: if students face or will face problems with ongoing studies at UCT Prague as a result of the war, they can turn to their faculty dean's offices, which are prepared and ready to lend a helping hand and find the best possible solutions.

Extraordinary scholarships: also at the faculty dean’s offices, those affected can apply for an extraordinary scholarship for themselves in the event that the conflict and related circumstances endanger their studies due to sudden financial problems.

Psychological and socio-legal counselling: the current situation can be very demanding mentally; if students or academics need professional support in this regard, they can use our free services psychological or social-legal counselling. Direct contact HERE.

Assistance to refugees from Ukraine

Provision of beds in UCT Prague dormitories

The management of the UCT Prague’s Special Purpose Facilities Administration is offering Ukrainian students, academics, and other non-academic UCT Prague staff the opportunity to accommodate their loved ones who are in danger until capacity is exhausted (there are now about 50 beds available). For this, you must fill out an application (form in Czech | form in Ukrainian) and send it by email to: stanislav.stary@vscht.cz. Accommodated persons from Ukraine who are directly related to students or employees of UCT Prague can apply for a one-off allowance of CZK 3,000 (see decree no. A/V/961/9/2022 in Czech or in Ukrainian).

Applications will be assessed individually.

Document processing and access to assistance at national level

For Prague and the Central Bohemian Region, an Assistance Centre has been set up at the Vyšehrad Congress Centre, where all the necessary steps for obtaining residence documents and assistance (accommodation, healthcare, etc.) can be arranged. Assistance centres are also available in other regions (outside Prague they are less busy, so there are shorter waiting times).

Information about the assistance centre (in Czech and Ukrainian)

Charitable aid

On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, UCT Prague’s Academic Senate approved the proposal of the university’s management for an extraordinary donation in support of the Ukraine in the amount of CZK 1,000,000.

Offer of Czech universities

Summary information and links to the support offered by individual Czech universities on studyin.cz.

R&D

Colleagues from the Neuron Endowment Fund and IOCBTech (a subsidiary of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS) are offering financial assistance to Ukrainian scientists: more in Czech HERE.

We are also sharing support information from the Czech Science Foundation to Ukrainian students and researchers: more HERE as well as the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic: more HERE.

A section has been launched on the website https://www.researchjobs.cz/ua/, which is aggregating job position offers suitable for Ukrainian colleagues. The aim is to provide information about research and study opportunities in the Czech Republic, as well as an overview of what, how, and when it is necessary to provide administratively (on the legislative/visa side) and also who in the Czech Republic to contact at individual places of potential employment.

UCT Prague interrupted bilateral cooperation with partner Russian universities.

Employment of Ukrainian nationals at UCT Prague

If you would like to employ a citizen from Ukraine, please send an email to welcome@vscht.cz and enter it into MOBIS as soon as possible.

In connection with the situation in Ukraine, we prepared a brief guide to the employment options of Ukrainian nationals at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague.

All information changes and clarifies over the time, it is always good to deal with specific situations individually and consult everything in advance.

Guide for download

Opportunity to get involved in helping

There is a group of volunteers at VŠCHT Prague that coordinates its activities in a Facebook group.

Currently there are a large number of initiatives where you can help. If you have the opportunity to offer your help, you can register at pomahejukrajine.cz/nabidka (the application is run by a consortium of NGOs working with migrants).

In line with the recommendation not to split material collection activities, the VCHT does not organize its own material collection. If you want to help with a material donation, we recommend contacting existing professional foundations and organizers, or directly the Embassy of Ukraine in Prague.

UCT Prague is organizing an internal fundraising for the support of colleagues affected by the war in Ukraine. All UCT Prague employees and student can donate. (details on the intranet).

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Prague – In the coming academic year, the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, will celebrate 70 years of its independent existence. This leading technological university has organized several events for the occasion, the two most important of which will take place on 23 September 2022. That morning, at Strahov Monastery, the university’s management will first award three honorary doctorates and two Emil Votoček medals to prominent scientific figures. That afternoon, in Dejvice, the KampusFest cultural festival will take place. In addition to contemporary music productions, KampusFest will feature performances by student groups, including the university orchestra and choir. For the public at large, tours of the university and two large chemistry shows are also in the works. At the same time, a new publication, Focused on Chemistry, dedicated to the history of UCT Prague, will be presented.

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“70 years of a person’s life is a relatively long time, but in the existence of a university, it is quite a short timeframe, especially if we look back upon European university education traditions. Remembering the past is necessary in order to understand the foundations on which we are building our future today, to use all the good experiences and try to avoid past mistakes,” says Pavel Matějka, UCT Prague’s Rector. “Celebrations of significant anniversaries also present suitable opportunities for honouring influential personalities. Our three honorary doctorates and two Emil Votoček Medal awardees are outstanding Czech and European research figures who have contributed to improving UCT Prague’s reputation and with whom we will continue to cooperate. We therefore want empower them to continue developing the European research area,” Rector Matějka adds.

At the ceremony at Strahov Monastery, leading Czech and European science personalities will receive honorary doctorates, which the University has long awarded only in exceptional cases. The title of doctor honoris causa will be awarded by UCT Prague’s Rector to Professor Eva Zažímalová, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CAS); Professor Peter H. Seeberger, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Phase Interfaces; and Dr Zdeněk Hostomský, long-time Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS and currently Director of the National Institute of Virology and Bacteriology.

"I highly value the honorary doctorate from UCT Prague. The University is a leader in its field and has, since its inception, been “forging the path” for new methods, approaches, and fostering fundamental discoveries. And very important is that it is—and always has been—open to cross-institutional and interdisciplinary cooperation,” says Professor Eva Zažímalová.

“Undoubtedly, the chemical fields constitute Czech scientific export goods, and with them, we achieve world-class results in the long term. And without over exaggerating, we can also certainly say that one of the epicentres of Czech chemistry is the Dejvice campus, where UCT Prague and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IOCB) are almost directly adjacent. The two institutions have numerous and close ties. It was a great honour to have led IOCB over the past 10 years and to help foster mutual cooperation, not only in the field of education and research, but also socially within the local academic community. And it is a great honour to receive an honorary UCT Prague doctorate,” says Dr. Zdeněk Hostomský.

The Emil Votoček Medal is awarded by UCT Prague’s Rector to outstanding personalities who, through their professional or public activities, have contributed to the development of chemistry and other fields taught at the University or to the development of cooperation in the areas of education and R&D. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the University’s independent existence, Professors Aleš Procházka and Martin Hof will receive these medals.

The next chapter of the celebration, the KampusFest cultural festival for the academic community, graduates, and the public at large, will start at 2:30pm in front of UCT Prague’s buildings. Visitors can look forward to three music bands and a diverse program produced by student clubs, including dance, choral singing, orchestral music, visual arts, and tours around the unique University premises.

Program of Dejvice Campus celebrations on 23 September:

2:30pm	Chemistry show
3pm	DIvadlo (v)Ochotných Chemiků (“Theater of Ready and Willing Chemists”)
3:20pm	Performance by the UCT Prague Dance Association
3:45pm	UCT Prague Choir
4:30pm	UCT Prague Orchestra
5pm	Rector’s ceremonial speech and second launch of the Focused on Chemistry book
5:05pm	Chemisty show II
6:15pm	I Love You Honey Bunny (music band)
7:45pm	Paulie Garand LIVE BAND (music band)
9:15pm	Bitman (music band)

Tours of UCT Prague start at 3:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, and 7pm.

A ceremonial launch of the new Focused on Chemistry publication will also take place at the National Library of Technology. The publication summarizes the history of UCT Prague and its direct institutional predecessors—from the first concerns about technology university education and research in the field of chemistry and related disciplines, including the gradual evolution of curricula, the school premises, and the equipment at the various buildings at a number of locations—up to the changes of the University’s legal status and the key historical moments of the University as an independent institution. The authors of the book are UCT Prague’s Věra Dvořáčková and the National Technical Museum Prague’s Ivana Lorencová.

As part of the 70-year anniversary celebrations, the University is also preparing a scientific conference in the autumn, which will present the current research challenges for and achievements by UCT Prague scientists and researchers. The symbolic end of the celebrations will be an Advent Concert in the Bethlehem Chapel.

The history of the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, goes back to the earliest beginnings of the teaching of chemistry in the Czech lands. At the beginning of 1803, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II signed the founding documents for Prague Polytechnic (called the Royal Professional Technical College), at which, after a period of preparation, classes in two departments, mathematics and chemistry, were ceremoniously started on 10 November 1806. UCT Prague is the direct successor of Prague Polytechnic’s chemistry department. During the reorganization of the Prague Polytechnic in 1920, UCT Prague emerged from its chemistry department as one of the seven universities within Czech Technical University in Prague. On 21 June 1925, in the presence of President T. G. Masaryk, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the first building of the intended complex for CTU in Prague’s buildings in Dejvice, which was to harmonize architecturally with this modern and aesthetically impressive district of Prague. The first building was intended for UCT Prague and serves as the University’s main building to this day. Teaching started in this building in 1933. Construction of other buildings was plagued by financial problems. In 1937, the second building was completed. In 1952, UCT Prague was separated from the CTU in Prague and divided into several faculties. The University initially had three faculties.

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◳ UCT Prague students support Belarusian colleagues (jpg) → (šířka 450px) In February, UCT Prague students joined the 11 + 1 project that symbolically refers to the 11 Belarusian students and 1 professor who were arbitrarily selected by A. Lukašenko’s totalitarian regime to make an example of them in order to silence the rest of the academic community. After six months in prison, in mid-July 2021, they were sentenced to 2 to 2.5 years in prison camps, the conditions of which are considerably more difficult than regular prisons. How did Miroslav Hala, UCT Prague student chair for the academic senate, perceive the event in support of Belarusian students?

“Eight students immediately responded to the senate’s appeal, which made me very happy, because we have a large group of students who are willing to take part in such actions, even those with broader impact. Vice-Rector Michaela Rumlová did not hesitate either, and together we chose February 7, when we met on the iconic connecting bridge overlooking campus. The students chose their Belarusian counterparts and added their signatures to a number of colleagues from other Czech universities, who also took part in the event. The similarity between some was even chilling and made one think about the fate of the Belarusian students, who, in mid-July 2021, were exemplary sentenced to 2 to 2.5 years in prison camps. After a discussion about the helplessness of their situation and the possibilities of how to help them, the taking of portraits and, finally, group photos took place. The students and the Vice-Rector attached messages to the photos, which will hopefully one day get into the hands of the colleagues who were sentence with the wish to give them a bit of hope and reassurance that we are standing with them. I am proud that we have joined the 11 + 1 project and we have started passing the baton, in order to seek not only the release of convicted members of the academic community, but also the mediation of free studies at European universities, material assistance, socialization, and more.”

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A basic property of any compound is solubility in water and in aqueous solutions, which determines a compound’s availability and ability to be used in biochemical or industrial applications. Dr. Jan Heyda, together with colleagues from Pennsylvania State University, recently published a contribution on this topic in Nature Chemistry.

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From our daily kitchen routines, we expect that solubility increases with temperature: sugar dissolves well in hot tea, and salt in hot water. Caffeine solubility grows from 20 g/l at 25°C to 600 g/l in boiling water. In contrast, the solubility of nonpolar compounds, such as oils, decreases as temperature increases. Similarly, in a beaker, we can control the solubility of more complex molecules such as enzymes.

A cell, however, cannot use temperature variation to control the solubility, stability, and function of its enzymes. Instead, nature has developed softer controlling mechanisms, e.g., a variation of the concentration of osmolytes or ions in the enzyme environment. ‘‘There is a tight, over century-long link between the dissolution of enzymes in salt solutions and Prague. Franz Hofmeister, Professor of Pharmacology at the First Faculty of Medicine, conducted the first systematic study on this topic in 1888, in which he ordered ions according to their ability to precipitate egg white proteins. In our study, we focus on the thiocyanate anion (SCN^-), which increases solubility,’’ Dr. Heyda explains. Prague citizens and visitors can see a plaque commemorating Hofmeister’s work on a wall at the First Faculty of Medicine in U Nemocnice street .

Even after a century, the investigation of ion effects on solubility is leading to novel, unexpected findings. Joint experimental and theoretical collaboration of teams from Pennsylvania State University and UCT Prague has revealed the paradoxical behavior of polyethylene oxide. While the solubility of the polymer increases in the presence of sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN), the solubility of the monomer in the presence of the same salt decreases.

“In order for this work to succeed, the connection of computer simulations with two types of experiments was essential,’’ Dr. Heyda notes. “In the first experiment, we monitored the strength of the binding of the thiocyanate anion to every single monomer unit [-CH₂-CH₂-O-]. In the other experiment, the averaged water structure in the vicinity of polyethylene oxide molecule was measured. Employing computer simulations, we were able to refine this information again to the level of individual monomer units.”

With this information in hand, Dr. Heyda and colleagues have proven that the thiocyanate anion is depleted from the regions with well-ordered water structures (terminal groups), while the anion is attracted to regions where a water structure is perturbed. Such behavior is depicted in the figure below. This explains why sodium thiocyanate lowers the solubility of dimethoxyethane (monomer), slightly increases the solubility of the dimer, and significantly increases the solubility of longer polyethylene oxides. Importantly, an analogous behavior was also observed for chemically more complex acrylamide-based polymers, which are chemically close to peptides.

Reference

Rogers, B.A., Okur, H.I., Yan, C. et al. Weakly hydrated anions bind to polymers but not monomers in aqueous solutions. Nat. Chem. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00805-z

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This was the first time such course was run at UCT Prague! The course was targeted at the chemistry majors (PhD. level and last year master students). It provided them insights into startup careers and other roles utilizing entrepreneurial skills and mindset (such as intrapreneurial roles and thinking of your own life as a startup).

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In the course students developed the ideas they brought to class, talked to users to identify user problems. Next they developed solutions, tested with users and built a business model. The course concluded with team pitches to a jury of experts.

The jury consisted of outside experts: Steven Gedeon (Chair of the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute, the largest entrepreneurship program in Canada), Matěj Matolín (Partner at Impulse Ventures, a venture capital investor focused on tech startups in the CE region), Rajesh Navaneetham (angel investor and co-founder of Semco Style Institute India), Klaus Sailer (CEO of Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship at Hochschule Muenchen), Michael Volny (Senior Scientific Researcher at Genentech, San Francisco and startup founder).

The jury provided suggestions how to move the student ventures forward, what could be the next steps and what could be the key breaking points.

Two teams made it to the end of the course. One team was solving the problem of updating CV for multiple roles. The other team was focusing on technical innovations in irrigation.

During the course students heard from a lineup of speakers from the industry.

Lectures and speakers

Steven Gedeon opened the course with discussion of the place of entrepreneurship from the viewpoint of an engineer.

Prof. Steven A. Gedeon, BSc, MSc, MBA, PEng, PE, PhD (MIT) is Chair of the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University (Canada).

Florian Huber discussed the first steps in understanding user problems and finding the place to start. In the next session he helped the students with generating insights from the research, ideating potential solutions and prototyping and testing.

Florian Huber is an experienced entrepreneurship educator at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, previously at the University of St. Gallen, in the design and innovation studio IXDS and PwC after acquisition of IXDS.

Michael Volny discussed startups from the perspective of an R&D chemist.

Michael Volny is a graduate of Charles University and University of Washington in Seattle. He worked in scientific and product management roles for some of the leading scientific companies, such as Thermo Fisher Scientific and Genentech, as well as in small startups and in academia. He holds several EU and US patents.

Haricharan Vijayaraghavan spoke about how to create products people will love.

Haricharan Vijayaraghavan is senior IT & Business executive with experience leading teams and building products/services for a wide range of industries. He is also an experienced trainer, Accredited Kanban Trainer, ICAgile Agile Certified Coach.

Jan Vašek explored business models using the well-known Business model canvas. Subsequently, he focused on the profit models and discussed a dozen less well-known strategies of transforming value into money.

Jan Vašek is Assistant Professor at the UCT Prague. He joined academia in 2014 after a long career in the automotive and consumer goods procurement. He complemented his linguistic education with post-graduate courses at Cranfield University, Harvard Business School, and University of Oxford.

In an interactive workshop Gil Goldman had students practice various formats of pitches to prepare them for the final presentation to the jury.

Gil Goldman is experienced development engineer with a history in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry working for companies such as Siemens, Bohemia Interactive Simulations or Socialbakers.

Matěj Matolín spoke from the viewpoint of an investor. He discussed specifics of financing during the startup growth, what is the purpose of pitches and how the investors judge investments.

Matěj Matolín is a Talent partner at Impulse Ventures and his mission is to help amazing tech startups to scale. He focuses on finding tech talents and C-level executives, setting international operations, building an effective People Ops function or creating an attractive employer brand.

Students were supported by team coaches Gil Goldman, Pavel Teichman and Haricharan Vijayaraghavan. Gil Goldman is experienced development engineer. Haricharan Vijayaraghavan is senior IT & Business executive and trainer. Pavel Teichman is experienced project manager, agile coach and trainer and consultant with experience especially in insurance and e-commerce. Pavel actively builds the agile community especially in the Brno region.

The School of Business of the University of Science and Technology Prague is already planning future editions of this course and activities to promote entrepreneurial, innovation and business skills of UCT Prague students and staff.

Lead partner for the pilot course was Impulse Ventures, a venture capital investor focused on tech startups in the CE region. “The money we invest and the network we provide are just the beginning; our commitment reaches far beyond. As a team of investors, founders, HR experts, and finance and product specialists, we are ready to work alongside the founders with whom we partner up. We are devoted to understanding our portfolio companies’ businesses—which is why we only invest in a selected few standout companies a year. Over the past decade, we’ve helped build and successfully exited major tech companies including Kiwi.com, Mall.cz or Centrum.cz in combined value exceeding 650 mil EUR. Our focus is on the Seed and Series A stage but we often invest in the follow-up rounds as well, supporting founders throughout the entire journey. Investing our own money allows us to keep our decisions flexible. No fixed investment horizon, no limitations, no artificial rules. Only the impulse to pursue riveting ideas without boundaries.”

The University of Chemical Technology in Prague is a natural center of first-class education and research in the fields of chemistry and food science. It is one of the largest Czech institutions focused on technical chemistry, chemical and biochemical technologies, materials and chemical engineering, food and nutrition, environment, and now also economics and management. The school, with its excellent international reputation and state-of-the-art instrumentation, opens up opportunities for each student to engage in scientific projects of their choice, enables foreign internships and is subsequently a ticket to prestigious, well-priced employment at home and abroad.

The School of Business of the University of Science and Technology Prague offers programs in the field of education in the field of management, intended for a wider range of students, and programs aimed at closer integration of management disciplines with the fields of natural and technical sciences developed at the faculties of the University of Science and Technology Prague. The activity of its faculty includes professional topics of a purely management focus as well as interdisciplinary topics, usually in cooperation with other departments. The School of Business thus educates graduates with a strong theoretical foundation, capable of applying their knowledge in practice.

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Please kindly guide your attention to a new measures by UCT Prague’s Rector, the purpose of which is to define and specify the organizational rules binding during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Current covid-19 restrictions

Right now, there are no restrictions at UCT Prague in place in connection with COVID-19.

Wearing respirators

The obligation to wear respirators on all UCT Prague premises has been abolished starting March 28, 2022. Students and employees are still encouraged to follow basic hygiene rules, keep as much distance from others as possible, and not come to campus if you are suffering from a respiratory illness. Considerate behaviour towards other colleagues is an essential tool in preventing restrictive epidemiological measures.

In the event that a student becomes ill with covid-19 or is officially ordered into quarantine at a time when he/she is supposed to fulfill his/her study obligations, he/she must immediately notify the dean's office.

If employees have any COVID-19 symptoms, we kindly ask them not stay at work but switch to working from home after discussing their situation with manager or contact a doctor. In order to track the number of those infected, if employees fall ill with COVID-19 (detected using a self-test kit, testing at a doctor’s office, or at another test site), we ask them to send this information immediately by email to: testcovid@vscht.cz.

COVID-19 testing at UCT

Mandatory testing of employees at their place of employment has ended.

Details of terminated testing

On February 18, 2022, mandatory testing of employees at their place of employment has ended. From February 19, 2022, only doctors can approve sick leave. People who are exposed to others with COVID-19 will no longer have a mandatory quarantine period, and contact tracing will be terminated.

Detailed information about testing on intranet

Travelling abroad

Follow the instruction on covid.gov.cz.

Older information

Employees: Regardless of your place of work, please use electronic and telephone forms of communication as much as possible, including scanning of invoices, orders, and other documents.

Study restriction - winter examination period 2021-22

Details

UCT Prague’s leadership has decided that the following rules and regulations will apply to the upcoming examination period:

Mandatory use of respirators by employers and students inside university buildings still applies
We recommend limiting auditorium capacities to 50% during lectures
The form of examination is in the purview of subject guarantors, who are obliged to inform students about the form of an exam in advance. In-person examination is preferred
Auditoriums will be regularly disinfected and we also recommend frequent ventilation
If the pandemic situation does not worsen, the examination period will not be extended

Please note that the university’s leadership is closely monitoring the situation in relation to the new Omicron variant and is ready to react quickly and adjust the rules if necessary. As in the past, any restrictions will continue to be tied to government, ministry, and health station regulations. Therefore, please stay tuned to your email inboxes and the university website, where you will be informed of any changes as soon as possible.

Study restriction - update from November 18 (in force from Nov 22)

Details

With regard to the unfavourable development of the pandemic, the university leadership has issued the following preventive recommendations with the aim of maintaining laboratory, practical, and project instruction in in-person form and, at the same time, to enable the examination period to proceed in in-person form.

Doctoral studies

Starting November 22, 2021, until further notice, doctoral students may, in agreement with their supervisor and departmental head, conduct part of their research activities in “home office” form. Upon agreement with students, doctoral instruction can be converted into hybrid or online forms.

Master studies

Starting November 22, 2021, until further notice, the university management is allowing the heads of departments and study program guarantors to switch to online forms of education as a substitute for lectures and exercises taught in lecture halls and classrooms, taking into account the possible health risks to instructors and students. Moving to the online form must be in accordance with the schedule and related subjects on a given day, and must not interfere with instructional schedules, if the subject is part of several study programs. The decision to move to online instruction is the responsibility of the guarantor of the study program in agreement with the head of the department, and students must be informed about the transition in advance. In-person student examinations are possible when maintaining a maximum number of 10 people in a room.

Bachelor studies

Instruction will continue in in-person form without any changes.

ATTENTION:

In the event of an acute worsening of the epidemic situation at UCT Prague, the above recommendations for Master and doctoral studies will become mandatory.

At the same time, the following measures concerning Bachelor studies would also also enter into force:

2nd and 3rd year students: by the end of the instructional part of the winter semester (December 17, 2021), lectures and exercises taking place in lecture rooms and classrooms would be completely transferred to online form. Laboratory, practical, and project instruction would not be affected by this measure.
1st years: teaching would continue in in-person form without any changes.
Student examinations would be possible in person when maintaining a maximum number of 10 people in a room.

The implementation of these measures may take place very quickly if the situation worsens, within 72 hours after a decision by the university leadership. Therefore, please be prepared for this possible variant.

Study restriction - update from October 25

Obligation to wear a respirator

In connection with the deteriorating epidemiological situation, I would like to draw your attention to the emergency measure of the Ministry of Health (15757/2020 - 60/MIN/KAN from October 22, 2021), which is effective starting October 25, 2021.

According to this measure, the use of protective equipment indoors is required, notably:

Respirators must be used in all rooms unless the employee is alone in a room or maintain a distance of at least 1.5 metres from other employees.
“Respirator” means a protective device that meets at least all technical conditions and requirements, including a filtration efficiency of at least 94%, according to relevant standards (e.g., FFP2, KN 95). Therefore, ordinary face masks or other face covers cannot be used.
At UCT Prague it is still necessary to wear respirators in common areas, auditoriums, and classrooms at UCT Prague.
Respective exceptions in connection with instructional activities continue to apply - Wearing respirators does not apply to lecturers if a safe distance from students is possible in auditoriums, and, in selected laboratories, for work safety reasons as well as during physical education instruction. The obligation to use respirators during laboratory instruction will be regulated by laboratory guarantors. During exams, if a distance of at least 1.5 m is maintained, there is no obligation to use respirators.

At the same time, we would like to point out that employees can, through the managers of their departments and faculties, request the provision of respirators from the stock of the central warehouse.

Study restriction - information valid from the begining of winter semester 2021/22

Details

With the Winter Semester, the new 2021/2022 UCT Prague Academic Year is starting on Monday, September 13, so we would like to remind you about the current COVID-19 restrictions.

1) Instruction will take place in-person.

2) Wearing respirators without an exhalation valve and with a filtration efficiency of at least 94% according to the relevant standards (or a similar device meeting these technical conditions and requirements) is mandatory in public indoor areas, auditoriums, and classrooms at UCT Prague. Wearing respirators does not apply to lecturers if a safe distance from students is possible in auditoriums, and, in selected laboratories, for work safety reasons as well as during physical education instruction. The obligation to use respirators during laboratory instruction will be regulated by laboratory guarantors. During exams, if a distance of at least 1.5 m is maintained, there is no obligation to use respirators.

3) “Vaccinated, tested, recovered,” (VTR; “OTN” in Czech) regimes will not be required in common areas, auditoriums, or classrooms, but you must wear respirators in these areas and not to enter UCT Prague buildings if you have symptoms of respiratory disease. VTR regimes will be required for admission to laboratory instruction for the first two teaching weeks of the semester. After this period, VTR regimes will be replaced by measuring individual’s temperatures at the entrance to laboratories (additional information for instructors and heads of departments - thermometers will be provided by the Rector’s Office).

4) Each time when you enter practical training sessions and laboratories, you must sign the attendance lists due to possible contact tracing later.

5) UCT Prague closed its own test site for students and employees in June 2021 and does not currently plan to reopen it.

Of course, the above regulations may change over time depending on the status of the epidemic and regulations provided by the national government, its ministries, or the health department.

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This is archive webpage. Currently valid information can be found at vscht.cz/coronavirus.

Information from 10. 8. 2021 - Preparations for the 2021/22 academic year

Outdated information

Dear students,

In a little over a month, the new 2021/22 academic year will start at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, so during the summer holidays, preparations for the winter semester are already underway, including the schedule and considerations of Covid-19 measures. We are using information available at the national level from the Ministries of Education and Health.

I would very much like the winter semester to take place in a form close to the traditional one, that is, with most of the instruction taking place in person. The schedule is now designed for full-time, in-person instruction; however, in the event that the situation worsens, we are ready to switch to hybrid or fully online instruction. So far, the Czech Ministry of Health does not have direct provisions for the educational activities of universities besides the clearly stated regulation for the operation of dormitories: “Accommodation in dormitories is possible only under the conditions that comply with the emergency measures specified by the Ministry of Health (i.e., providing proof of having been vaccinated, tested, or already suffered from Covid).” However, it is highly probable that these conditions will also have to be met for in-person instruction to take place.

Although vaccination does not provide 100% protection against Covid and unpleasant vaccination side effects cannot be ruled out even in healthy people, considering all known serious risks of the disease itself (where we do not know the possible long-term consequences) as well as benefits and negatives of vaccination itself, please consider the option of having yourself vaccinated. It is highly probable that higher immunization coverage can prevent radical societal counter-measures, including a major reduction in university operations. Let us try to help ensure that universities do not close again in the autumn. Let’s try to learn from how the last academic year ended.

I wish everyone beautiful August days with plenty of activities that contribute to strengthening immunity and achieving the best possible physical and mental health.

Pavel Matějka
rector

Information from 20. 5. 2021

Outdated information

Theoretical instruction

This semester’s theoretical instruction will be completed in distance form.

Exam period

Exams and course credits can be obtained in in-person and distance forms. The form and procedures for exams/credits lies fully at the discretion of subject guarantors. The in-person form is preferred, but in justified cases, it is possible to pass an exam or obtain credit in distance form. If a student is registered for an exam and falls ill with Covid-19 or is officially ordered into quarantine, they must immediately notify the examiner. The examiner will inform them of the alternative exam date.

Practical instruction (laboratories)

From Monday, May 10, it will be possible for students of all remaining years of study to return to practical instruction (laboratories). However, we are taking into account the necessary epidemiological measures (testing, maintaining social distance in labs) and precautions with the organization of instruction (limiting the risks of class overlaps).

More information in circular B/O/963/05/2021

Students will receive detailed information on the schedule of the laboratories from the laboratory guarantors. Students will receive information about testing (when, where and how the testing will take place) from the pedagogical department in advance. Follow your university email inbox.

Students who take part in practical instruction can stay in university dormitories.

Vaccination of emloyees

Information from 30. 4. 2021 - AG-SARS-COV-2 test certificate

Outdated information

A certificate can be obtained about the test performed at the UCT Prague. It is necessary to print and fill in in advance (date, name, date of birth). The certificate will be confirmed at the UCT Prague test site after the test. Confirmation of the certificate is free and is optional. The form can be obtained:

employees already pre-filled form in the OKbase system (Reports > Reports)
download a blank form to fill out
a limited number of forms will be available printed at the entrance to the test room
You will submit the filled form during the test and then on the same day between 11 and 13 o'clock you will be able to pick it up confirmed (in the test room).

Information from 21. 4. 2021

Outdated information

In accordance with Czech Government Resolution No. 393 dated April 19, 2021, Appendix No. 2, face-to-face laboratory instruction for final year students will be allowed at UCT Prague starting on Monday, April 26, 2021, when a student has no symptoms of respiratory disease and fulfils at least one of the following conditions:

1. Has a valid negative COVID-19 test from the UCT Prague testing centre
2. Has a valid negative COVID-19 test (not older than 48 hours) performed by a health service provider (public testing locations)
3. Holds a certificate of vaccination (and 14 days have elapsed since the end of the vaccination schedule)
4. Has contracted COVID-19 and no more than 90 days have elapsed since the first positive test result.

Evidence of having had COVID-19, holding a valid negative test or proof of vaccination does not have to be printed out; it is enough to have the required documents in electronic form, which each student should show to their instructor.

UCT Prague testing centre

UCT Prague is providing testing for students Prague free of charge.
The testing centre is located in Building B in the BI auditorium
To register for a test:

a) Testing prior to required laboratory group instruction will be organized in cooperation with the laboratory coordinator (lab guarantor). Students will register for the laboratory session according to the schedule given by the coordinator. Students who opt to use UCT Prague antigen testing and who have registered for it will be informed by the pedagogical department about the date of testing no later than the day before the start of laboratory session. The information will also include the “Consent to perform a COVID-19 antigen test” form, which each student must print, fill out, sign, and bring to testing.

b) For testing prior to final individual laboratory sessions (lab measurements for final exams), each student needs to registers in the Student Information System (SIS) in the “Exam dates – registration” module (Non-study university event – COVID-19 Test). Students have to register for an available testing appointment before the scheduled individual lab session. This applies only to students who have no other contractual relationship with UCT Prague. Students with a different contractual relationship have to register for COVID-19 testing via the OKbase Students should come to the scheduled testing appointment with a completed and signed “Consent to perform a COVID-19 antigen test” form.

Tests from the UCT testing centre are valid for 7 days (i.e. if a test takes place on Tuesday, the results are valid all day the following Monday, but not the following Tuesday).

Winter exam term

Information from February

At UCT Prague, it still applies that examinations will be possible in this period in-person (up to 10 people) as well as in distance form. The format and process of the exam/credit is fully in the competence and discretion of the subject guarantor, who is obliged to inform students about his or her decision well in advance. In all our auditoriums, of course, regular aerosol disinfection is being carried out and the obligation to observe distance between people applies. Hands must be disinfected immediately after entering a university building and mouth and nose protection must be worn.

As for individual consultations, they can take place in a “1 on 1” mode with prior agreement from an instructor. The instructor is obliged to keep a record of the place, time, and participants in the consultation if needed for possible contact tracing.

Students of all levels taking exams can continue to stay on campus during the exam period, since the full-time form of the exam is considered part of the educational process.

Information from January 8

Information valid up to January 22

At an emergency meeting on 7 January 2021, the Government of the Czech Republic extended the restrictions on the operation of universities according to the level 5 of the PES system until 22 January 2021. It still applies that the personal presence of students for instruction (including labs) is prohibited at all levels of study. However, personal participation in the exams is possible if a maximum of 10 people take part in the exam at one time. Individual consultations at universities are now possible.

At UCT Prague, it still applies that examinations will be possible in this period in-person (up to 10 people) as well as in distance form. The format and process of the exam/credit is fully in the competence and discretion of the subject guarantor, who is obliged to inform students about his or her decision well in advance. In all our auditoriums, of course, regular aerosol disinfection is being carried out and the obligation to observe distance between people applies. Hands must be disinfected immediately after entering a university building and mouth and nose protection must be worn.

As for individual consultations, they can take place in a “1 on 1” mode with prior agreement from an instructor. The instructor is obliged to keep a record of the place, time, and participants in the consultation if needed for possible contact tracing.

Students of all levels taking exams can continue to stay on campus during the exam period, since the full-time form of the exam is considered part of the educational process.

Information from December 7

Information valid from Decmber 7 to December 18

Starting Monday, December 7, 2020, universities in the Czech Republic can implement the following:

Laboratory instruction for all levels in groups of up to 20 students,
Full-time, in-person instruction for the first year students (Bachelor and Master levels) in groups of up to 20 students,
Doctoral study program instruction,
Individual consultations, and
In-person exams for up to 10 students.

Based on this, UCT Prague’s leadership has decided, effective December 7, 2020, that:

Theoretical instruction for the winter semester shall be completed in a distance format for all study levels,
Laboratory instruction will be enabled for all levels in the groups up to 20 attendees,
The permission of the limited, up to 20 attendees, in-person instruction for the first year students (Bachelor and Subsequent Master levels) shall be utilized for individual and group in-person consultations and progress tests/exams,
Individual consultations for students at all levels are allowed by prior arrangement,
The already-established regime for doctoral study programs shall continue as it is,
All students will be able to return to university dormitories.

Students will receive information about individual subjects from subject guarantors/instructors. If relevant information is not provided, we ask students to take an active approach in relation to their guarantors (instructors).

Procedure for exams and grades

The Winter Semester examination period will be extended by two weeks (January 4 to February 26, 2021).
UCT Prague’s leadership prefers the in-person form of examinations and final tests. In justified cases, it will be possible to complete an exam/final test in distance form. The form and procedure for an exam/final test lies fully within the discretion of the subject guarantor.

Laboratories in the examination period

During the examination period, guarantors will be able to carry out laboratory instruction, which UCT Prague’s leadership recommends. All details (such as whether laboratory instruction will take place with attendance limitation, when they will be held, etc.) will be communicated to students in advance by guarantors/heads of laboratories.
In the event that laboratory instruction will not be able to be held by the end of the examination period due to capacity or other serious reasons, it is not the student’s fault, and thus the lab credit requirement will be reduced from the originally prescribed requirements. These will then be moved to the requirements for the following Summer Semester.
In the event that a student becomes ill with Covid-19 or is officially ordered into quarantine, he/she must immediately notify their subject guarantor. A substitute examination date will be communicated to the student by the subject guarantor/head of the laboratory.

We are currently preparing a change in the organization of the academic year

The clear priority for this is to facilitate laboratory instruction and to maintain sufficient time frame for exams and proper completion and defence of final theses.

Main changes in the organization of the academic year:

Winter Semester: extension of the examination period by two weeks (January 4 through February 26, 2021),
Enabling instructors to carry out laboratory instruction during the examination period,
Postponing the beginning of the Summer Semester by two weeks (starting March 1, 2021),
Shortening of Summer Semester instruction down to 13 weeks (March 3 through May 28, 2021),
Summer Semester: postponing the first part of the examination period (May 31 to July 2, 2021),
Postponing, by a week, the deadline for submission of bachelor’s theses for the first term of the final examination (June 11, 2021),
State final exam for Bachelor studies: postponing the beginning of the Bachelor state final exam period (June 21 through June 30, 2021),
For the second term of the state final exam at the Bachelor level, dates will not change,
Postponing by a week the Master thesis submission deadline (May 17, 2021), and
The timing for the Master’s level state final exam will not change.

Regarding the change of organization of the academic year, a supplement to Decree No. A/V/961/16/2020 will be issued.

Instruction during the summer semester

Possibilities for in-person instruction at universities will be directly dependent on the decision of the national ministries, i.e. the Government of the Czech Republic. These institutions are currently governed by PES, the anti-epidemic system of the Czech Republic, the current form of which (regarding the national education system) can be found HERE (Czech only).

Information from september 2020

Detailed information

edited on 18 September, to be in line with city regulation

We highlight the most important measures below. You can find the translation of the full decree on the bottom of this webpage now. It is necessary to acquaint yourselves with the decree in its entirety.

In all enclosed areas at the university, the wearing of masks or other face and nose coverings is mandatory. This does not apply to employees working in their own offices or to those consuming food and beverages in university catering facilities.

Neither students nor instructors may attend in-person lectures or hybrid courses if they have symptoms of infectious diseases or if they know they have been in close contact (within the last 15 minutes) of someone waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test. In the case that a student exhibits any symptoms of COVID-19 while attending class in-person, an instructor is required to remove the student and instruct them to leave the university premises immediately.

Lectures and non-laboratory clases must be provided in the form of pre-recorded instructional videos or online lectures.

Instructors are required to record attendance for in-person laboratory courses, minimally an attendance list of students in a class (including day, time). We recommend recording the locations of where students were working in the laboratory.

University employees and students are required to follow current information and instruction bulletins published online at https://www.vscht.cz/koronavirus and via the UCT Prague “EMIL” application (https://emil.vscht.cz).

Information as of 5th of May 2020

As of 11 March until appealed all forms of contact instruction of students at all levels of study are cancelled
As of 27 April the personal presence of students at UCT Prague is allowed, but only for specific purposes
Starting 11 May 2020, the meeting of groups of students of up to 15 people is allowed (while following applicable safety rules). At UCT, this option is recommended for teaching in laboratories.
Employees of UCT Prague are recommended to work from home, provided they have duly discussed the matter with their direct supervisor and secured their approval.
As of 27 April there are some possibilities to travel to the Czech Republic

Contacts and open hour during state of emergency

Returners from the areas of COVID-19 outbreak shall immediately contact medical doctor by phone.

Summary of Information

Students
Starting March 11 and until further notice, UCT Prague is cancelling all forms of in-person teaching of students at all levels of study. Distance forms of education are available using tools such as Skype, Microsoft Teams, and so on.

Students are to be contacted by their teachers by Friday (March 13) with information regarding how their classes will be conducted at a distance. Please refrain from asking unnecessary questions until contacted; you will be informed once information is made available by your teachers.

Laboratory classes are cancelled for students until further notice. You will be informed in a timely manner about further developments regarding labs.

As of 27 April the personal presence of students at UCT Prague is allowed, but only for specific purposes

Starting 11 May 2020, the Government of the Czech Republic is allowing students to meet while studying at university campuses with the condition that no more than 15 students can meet in a group. At UCT Prague, we are recommending the continuation of distance education formats and, starting 11 May, will allow classes limited to 15 students, mainly for laboratory teaching. The previous hygienic and organizational measures in force since 27 April 2020 still apply, with the exception of the maximum number of people in a group.

Employees
The Rector’s Decision dated March 10, 2020, recommends that UCT Employees should work from home after proper agreement with and consent of their direct supervisors. The managers of individual workplaces are responsible for ensuring basic operation of workplaces so that they do not suffer any damage. Employees are obliged to follow the instructions of managers.

Heads of departments and other executives have the right to convene in-person meetings of groups of employees to deal with important matters in which a delay would pose a risk to ensuring current and future operation of the university or workplace. This is necessary to maintain the functioning of university governance and to ensure communication between the university and the state and municipal authorities.

Dormitories
UCT Prague dormitories are continuing to operate with increased hygienic regimes. We suggest that students from the Czech Republic move to their place of residence while classes are not being held on campus.

Continuing Education (University of the Third Age)
Teaching at the University of the Third Age (U3V) is cancelled until further notice.

Public Events Organized by UCT Prague
For the time being, all public events are also cancelled or postponed.

Rector's decision and other currently valid information

E-mail from rector to students (24th of March)

Dear students and colleagues,

I would like to address you “en masse” regarding yesterday’s directive from the Government of the Czech Republic and the subsequent steps outlined by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

I am pleased to announce, though with a great deal of caution, that:

Effective starting 27 April 2020, the personal presence of students at UCT Prague is allowed, but only for specific purposes:

Consultation or testing with a maximum of five (5) people together at one time,
Lab activities, research, or artistic work, especially for the completion of final theses for Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral study programmes (maximum 5 people together at one time),
Individual visits to libraries and study rooms in order to pick up or return literature relevant to coursework or research
Practical, “hands-on” teaching, and individual research activities.

The continuation of the release regime, therefore, applies to all students (regardless of level of study) for the above activities while maintaining the limitations regarding the number of persons present at one time and other safety measures.

Please keep in mind that the virus is still here with us and probably will be for a very long time.

I, therefore, ask you to comply with the following measures:

1.) Students (including doctoral students) should be on campus only when necessary in clearly defined spaces.

2.) Hygienic measures: disinfection, masks, and so on—plus keeping records of persons who meet as well as their mutual contacts, for possible tracing later—must be carefully followed by both students and all employees. Daily processing of these records is required for each room visited by students and doctoral students.

3.) Corridors and other common areas are not intended for gathering; they only serve to facilitate necessary movement.

4.) I still recommend “home office” for anyone at risk (i.e. those who are older and/or who are suffering from long-term illnesses such as diabetes, cancer [current or past], cardiovascular disease, an so on).

5.) “Hands-on,” individual mentoring/experimental work and conducting research activities for fulfilment of dissertation requirements are allowed for all doctoral students with the condition that the activities fulfil all the above regulations and provided that students conduct this work in designated laboratories in order to perform necessary activities in agreement with their supervisor/mentor. I recommend processing data, writing text, and so on should be conducted individually and not on campus.

6.) According to an agreement with the guarantors of subjects and heads of workplaces, practical project and laboratory teaching for groups of up to 5 people is possible. This will enable Master students to perform laboratory tasks in pairs, triplets, or a maximum of four students under the guidance of one instructor. In exceptional cases (subject to all the above regulations), this may also apply to Bachelor students.

7.) Instructors can organize pre-arranged consultations for up to 5 pre-registered persons to supplement their distance coursework in compliance with all other regulations (hygienic measures, attendance records, etc.).

8.) Students can be examined similarly, in groups with a maximum of 5 people.

9.) The recommendation to use remote forms of communication both for teaching and for verifying knowledge/examinations is still valid. The current legal regulation allows distance methods to be used for conducting and performing state examinations prescribed at the end of a study programme and for defense of a dissertation, if the minimal condition of distance participation by members of the examination commission for any state examination is met. Also, examinations and other study obligations and requirements that students must fulfil within their study programs can still be fulfilled and verified remotely during the crisis period, when a student’s physical presence or the presence of members of the academic community is restricted due to the crisis measures.

10.) Students coming recently from abroad who do not have a doctor in the Czech Republic must contact the Hygiene Station of the Capital City of Prague by phone (773 782 850 or 773 782 856) and they will decide if the student will be subject to 14-day quarantine or if they have a valid negative COVID-19 test certificate. After 14 days of quarantine, the locally competent branch of the Hygiene Station for the Prague 6 district (tel. 235 365 828) will arrange tests for COVID-19 and subsequently provide a decision about the termination of quarantine. All who have been ordered to quarantine must comply with the established conditions.

I greet you all and am glad that these government measures have been taken, but I ask everyone to take the utmost caution in order to protect the health of us all.

I wish you all good health and successful management of the current situation.

Pavel Matějka
rector

E-mail from rector to students (10th of March)

Dear students,

In connection with the extraordinary and volatile situation we kindly ask you to be patient when it comes to information concerning courses at UCT until the ban on contact instruction is lifted.

All teachers have been instructed to contact you before the end of the week to inform you about how the courses in which you are enrolled will continue. It makes no sense to write them with questions right now, so please wait until further notice from your teachers.

Students will be excused from laboratory classes planned for this week. We will inform you about further developments concerning these classes in the future.

University dormitories remain in operation.

For general information regarding the situation at UCT, please check the UCT website, social media or your UCT email address. If you are still unsure what to do, you can contact us on info@vscht.cz, or by telephone on +420733690543.

Pavel Matějka
Rector, UCT Prague

E-mail from rector (10th of March)

Dear colleagues,

Following the emergency measure announced by the minister of health of the Czech Republic prohibiting the presence of students at universities as of 11 March 2020, I have decided on the following arrangements:

As of 11 March until appealed all forms of contact instruction of students at all levels of study are cancelled.
Online instruction is possible using apps such as Skype, Teams, etc.
Employees of UCT Prague are recommended to work from home, provided they have duly discussed the matter with their direct supervisor and secured their approval. Heads of individual departments are required to ensure basic operation of their departments in order to avoid any damage. I ask the staff to follow the instructions of their supervisors.
Heads of departments and other managers have the right to convene meetings of a group of persons in order to deal with important matters, the postponement of which might pose a risk for the current and future operation of the university or the department. It is necessary to ensure the continued operation of UCT bodies and communication between the university and the state and municipal authorities.

Thank you for your understanding and please remember to carefully monitor all electronic communication within UCT and on a nationwide level.

Pavel Matějka
Rector, UCT Prague

Older, still valid information

In accordance with the official guideline issued by the director of the Office of Hygiene of the Capital City of Prague, we appeal to those of you who have recently returned from the areas of coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak (the contaminated areas of Italy, South Korea, China, Iran…) NOT TO GO to see a doctor, but to call the Emergency Line of the Capital City of Prague, 733 673 900.

The degree No. A/V/961/8/2020 - Anti-Epidemic Measures at UCT Prague to Mitigate the Risk of Infection with Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Important parts:

The Decree applies to students and employees at UCT Prague and regulates extraordinary measures in case of danger of an epidemic outbreak upon return from areas with expected community spread of the Covid-19 infection (list of areas in German language, updated information from WHO, map in English). Up-to-date information about the Covid-19 epidemics published by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic can be found on Czech website of the ministry.
Employees or students who arrive from a Covid-19 area of risk will inform the territorially responsible office of the Hygiene Station that decides on the scope of anti-epidemic measures based on the assessment of the type of stay in the Covid-19 area of risk. At the same time, such employees or students will report their return using electronic communication at zahranici@vscht.cz and employees will also inform about this fact their direct superior using electronic communication or by phone.
Until a decision is taken by the Hygiene Station, employees and students who have arrived from a Covid-19 area of risk must not attend lessons at UCT Prague, in particular enter areas designated for instruction and study at UCT Prague, libraries and restaurants at UCT Prague or work at departments at UCT Prague.
If the Hygiene Station decides that the employee’s or student’s stay at the Covid-19 area of risk entailed a certain level of risk, the employee or student will report this fact using electronic communication at zahranici@vscht.cz and employees will also inform their direct superior using electronic communication or by phone and for a period of 14 days upon their arrival from the Covid-19 area of risk, i.e. for the period of quarantine, they are prohibited from participating at lessons at UCT Prague or working at UCT departments.

There is also degree No. A/V/961/7/2020 issued few days ago.

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News

Starting March 29, 2021, testing will only take place only with a sample from a healthcare professional;

Starting April 1, 2021, operating hours of the “sampling centre” will change: Between 7:30-13:00 every work day.

Ordering continues via OKbase. To speed up the testing process, please print and sign the “Consent to COVID-19 test” form.

Reserving a testing time slot

Reservation time slots in OK BASE for the period April 1-9, 2021, will be made available on Monday, March 29
Starting April 7, reservation time slots will be available for the following week. Available time slots will be adjusted according to the experiences made to date and the number of expected tests demanded.
During working hours, a total of 11 blocks with a capacity of 30 people will be made available (the last possible time slot will be 12:30), with blocks lasting 30 minutes each.

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that tests taken outside of UCT Prague must be entered into OKbase via user forms. Please be sure to confirm your entry by selecting the “Navrhnout” button.

Basic information

Published 16. 3. 2021

Entrance to UCT Prague buildings without a test

Starting March 17, employees are not allowed to enter UCT Prague buildings without a valid test, i.e. the most recent test cannot be older than 7 days; in other words, if you were tested for the first time on a Monday, the test is no longer valid the following Monday and you must take a new test; if until the day of your testing time slot (for which you registered) you do not have a valid test or if you weren’t tested yet, please wait for test results outside UCT Prague buildings.

Testing for symptoms of respiratory disease

Testing is not intended for employees who have symptoms of respiratory disease and want to verify possible infection/disease in this way. For those cases, contact your general practitioner and follow the procedures prescribed by the Czech Government and UCT Prague regulations.

Test results

If you have a positive test result, you will be contacted immediately by a nurse via mobile phone or email and you will then be sent a confirmation email. After that, proceed in accordance with governmental regulations and UCT Prague procedures (https://www.vscht.cz/coronavirus);
If your test result is negative, a confirmation email will be sent to you;
Information about test results will remain stored in OKbase (the record includes the time for which it’s valid).

I have been tested with another employer/health care provider

Send the information via the user form found in OKbase in the left menu tab: Other tools > User forms > “COVID – Moje testování” form. (Apologize - this module is Czech only at this moment, we are waiting for provider) Select “externí test” as the test type. Indicate in the comments (“Poznámka”) where you were tested. Use the “Navrhnout” button to upload the form to the database.. In some cases, UCT Prague may ask you to provide proof of the test performed.

I have already had COVID-19

If you have already had COVID-19 and no more than 90 days have passed since your first positive test result after falling ill, send this information to OKbase using the User Forms > “COVID – Moje testování” form. (Apologize - this module is Czech only at this moment, we are waiting for provider). Select “externí test” as the test type. Enter “positive test” in the comments (“Poznámka”). Use the “Navrhnout” button to upload the form to the database. In some cases, UCT Prague may ask you to provide proof of the test performed.

Contract employees

All UCT Prague employees who have access to the internal UCT Prague network and, at the same time, have a valid employment relationship to UCT Prague, have access to OKbase;
If you cannot logon to OKbase, contact the HR department.

Visits: entry of third parties into UCT Prague buildings

The testing obligation only applies to UCT Prague employees (however, students will also be tested, as mandated by UCT Prague’s leadership, before entering buildings). The entry of third parties is not affected by this measure, but we nevertheless ask third parties for compliance with all measures and rules associated with COVID-19.

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Main changes in the organization of the academic year 2020-2021 as of December 16, 2020

Winter Semester: extension of the examination period by two weeks (January 4 through February 26, 2021),
Enabling instructors to carry out laboratory instruction during the examination period,
Postponing the beginning of the Summer Semester by two weeks (starting March 1, 2021),
Shortening of Summer Semester instruction down to 13 weeks (March 3 through May 28, 2021),
Summer Semester: postponing the first part of the examination period (May 31 to July 2, 2021),
Postponing, by a week, the deadline for submission of bachelor’s theses for the first term of the final examination (June 11, 2021),
State final exam for Bachelor studies: postponing the beginning of the Bachelor state final exam period (June 21 through June 30, 2021),
For the second term of the state final exam at the Bachelor level, dates will not change,
Postponing by a week the Master thesis submission deadline (May 17, 2021), and
The timing for the Master’s level state final exam will not change.

Regarding the change of organization of the academic year, an amendment to Decree No. A/V/961/16/2020 was issued (see bottom of this page).

Changes in last Academic year 2019-2020

Details

The 1^st Amendment to decree Organization of the 2019/2020 Academic Year was published on 21 April.

Summer semester

Instruction will be carried out up to 29 May 2020 (formerly 22 May 2020).

Examination period newly:

1 Jun – 3 Jul 2020 (formerly 25 May - 26 Jun 2020)
17 Aug – 4. Sep 2020 (formerly from 24 Aug)

6 Jul – 17 Jul 2020 extra examination dates will be announced for subjects Mathematics A (I) and General and Inorganic Chemistry I.

In the 2019/20 academic year, guarantors of subjects, in agreement with heads of departments, can announce examination dates also outside the above dates.
With respect to the development of the current situation, laboratory classes can be held during the examination period.
Compulsory practice in the summer will be coordinated by guarantors at individual departments.

Terms and deadlines related to finishng BACHELOR study

Checks on completion of study obligations for students

1^st date of state final examinations by 15 Jun 2020 (formerly 5 Jun)
2^nd date of state final examinations by 10 Aug 2020 (formerly 10 Jul)

Submission of bachelor theses:

1^st date of state final examinations by 15 Jun 2020 (formerly 5 Jun)
2^nd date of state final examinations by 10 Aug 2020 (formerly 10 Jul)

Dates of final state examinations in study programmes implemented under UCT Prague faculties:

1^st date of state final examinations 22 Jun – 3 Jul 2020 (formerly 15 Jun - 26 Jun)
2^nd date of state final examinations 24 Aug – 4 Sep 2020 (no change)

Specific dates when the state final examination will take place at the faculty will be set by the faculty’s dean based on proposals by heads of departments. The faculty will announce the date of the state final examination on its website 15 days before the date of the state final examination at the latest. Students must be demonstrably informed about the date of the state final examination. For capacity reasons, state final examinations can be also organized outside the suggested periods.

Terms ans deadlines related to finishng MASTER study

1^st date of state final examinations by 25 May 2020 (formerly 11 May)
2^nd date of state final examinations by 3 Aug 2020 (new option)

Submission of master theses:

1^st date of state final examinations by 25 May 2020 (formerly 11 May)
2^nd date of state final examinations by 3 Aug 2020 (new option)

Dates of final state examinations in study programmes implemented under UCT Prague faculties:

1^st date of state final examinations 8 Jun – 12 Jul 2020 (formerly 1 Jun - 5 Jun)
2^nd date of state final examinations 24 Aug – 4 Sep 2020 (new option)

Dates of master graduation ceremonies will be confirmed later.

Common provisions

The aim of the final thesis is to prove students’ ability to independently solve the assigned topic of the thesis, describe methods and results of the solution and critically assess and discuss the obtained results, formulate the most important conclusions. In case not all requirements set in Zásady pro vypracování (Rules for Writing Theses) could be met, this fact must be commented on in the thesis itself as well as in the statement by the supervisor of the thesis. The text of the thesis must comply with the standards for final theses and contain all required parts even if not all the requirements of the assignment were met.

In case the reason for not complying with the assignment was the extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic issued in connection with the adverse development of the epidemiological situation related to the occurrence of the COVID-19 disease, the following formulation can be used: The preparation of the final thesis was affected by the extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic ref. no. MZDR 10676/2020-1/MIN/KAN, which has prohibited in-person presence of students at universities with effect from 11 March 2020 in order to protect against the occurrence and spread of the COVID-19 disease.

Documents

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Traveling outside Czechia

Residents of the Czech Republic may travel internationally without the purpose of their travel being checked at the border.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends traveling abroad only in urgent and necessary cases, mainly due to the extensive restrictions that are currently in place in many countries and also because of significant transportation complications (see the Ministry’s Travel Information Guide, in Czech).

Before any trip outside Czechia, always check with the embassy of the country you plan to visit to ensure the conditions for entering and staying in the country have not changed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also strongly recommends that all citizens of the Czech Republic register using the DROZD system (Czech language only) before any trip abroad.

Entering Czechia

Students

Students living in border regions can now travel to and from the country where they study every day. They are exempted from quarantine by, every 14 days, submitting a COVID-19 test that is no more than four days old when crossing the border. Tests must be arranged at the student’s own expense.

Under certain conditions, EU citizens or university students from EU countries (and citizens of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom) can now enter Czechia under certain conditions. The Ministry of the Interior provides on its website an overview of exceptions for entry into Czechia as well as rules for entry and quarantine measures.

The following Ministry of Interior exemptions are applicable to students:

Detailed information is provided online by the Ministry of Interior at: Pupils and students entering the territory of the Czech Republic

Employees (including university employees)

Residents of the Czech Republic returning from a one-off trip abroad that lasted less than 72 hours do not have to submit proof of a negative COVID polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, nor will they be officially quarantined. However, a 14-day restriction on movement will apply, meaning a “stay-at-home” order (that is, only going to the office and necessary activities such as shopping or visiting a doctor are allowed). If the trip abroad exceeds 72 hours, then the resident must submit proof of a negative PCR test or be officially ordered into a 14-day quarantine.

EU citizens (and citizens of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom) entering Czechia for the purpose of conducting business for less than 72 hours must submit proof of a negative PCR test as well as a document confirming the purpose of entry; without this, entry will not be allowed

More details at: Exception for EU citizens for the purpose of economic activity up to 72 hours

EU citizens (and citizens of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom) entering Czechia for the purpose of conducting business for more than 72 hours must notify the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs prior to their trip regarding the date and method of travel into Czechia. Furthermore, travellers must submit proof of a negative PCR test upon entering the country. Then, between the 10th and 14th days after entry, travellers are required to have a subsequent PCR test and a 14-day “limited movement” restriction applies (that allows necessary activities such as conducting business, shopping, visiting a doctor).

More details at: Exception for EU citizens for the purpose of economic activity exceeding 72 hours

Links

Certificate and confirmation form for traveling during the state of emergency

Up-to-date information is also available here:

With regard to the constantly developing situation, we recommend following the website https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/ (coronavirus section) and www.mzv.cz.

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101 Department of Inorganic Chemistry
105 Department of Inorganic Technology
106 Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering
107 Department of Glass and Ceramics
108 Department of Solid State Chemistry
110 Department of Organic Chemistry
111 Department of Organic Technology
112 Department of Polymers
126 Department of Solid State Engineering
141 Laboratory of Inorganic Materials
143 Department of Informatics and Chemistry
148 Department of Chemical Technology of Monument Conservation
150 Dean’s Office of Faculty of Chemical Technology

215 Department of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels
216 Department of Gaseous and Solid Fuels and Air Protection
217 Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering
218 Department of Power Engineering
240 Department of Environmental Chemistry
241 Department of Sustainability and Product Ecology
251 Dean’s Office of Faculty of Enviromental Technology

319 Department of Biotechnology
320 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
321 Department of Carbohydrates and Cereals
322 Department of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics
323 Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition
324 Department of Food Preservation
342 Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds
352 Dean’s Office of Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology

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)
446 Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Cybernetics
453 Dean’s Office of Faculty of Chemical Engineering

504 University Centre UCT Prague - Unipetrol
550 Department of the National Institute of Virology and Bacteriology (NIVB)
554 Department for the History of the Chemical Industry and Applied Chemistry
557 BIOMEDREG
558 Metrology and Testing Laboratory
559 Prague University Analytical Center
560 BAFA
570 Technoparc Kralupy UCT Prague

712 Director´s Office
713 Finance Department
721 Operating Department
723 Sázava Dormitory
724 Volha Dormitory
731 Technical Department
747 Conference Center
748 Recreation facility Jáchymov
749 Recreation facility Pec p. Sněžkou
755 Volha Canteen
756 Club Carbon
757 Zikova Canteen
758 Camping site Běstvina

827 Department of Physical Education and Sport
832 Department of Chemical Education and Humanities
834 Department of Languages
837 Department of Economics and Management

929 General Practitioner
930 Crèche Zkumavka
938 Department of Internal Auditing
939 Department of Supervision
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
997 Centre for Information Services UCT Library UCT Press
998 Vice-Rector's without Portfolio Office

UCT Prague - A challenge that pays off

The University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague consists of four faculties and several other departments

Faculty of Chemical Technology

Faculty of Environmental Technology

Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology

Faculty of Chemical Engineering

University Research and Education Centres

The Administration of University Facilities

Service Departments for all UCT Prague Faculties

Rector's Offices

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Study restriction - winter examination period 2021-22

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Information from 10. 8. 2021 - Preparations for the 2021/22 academic year

Information from 20. 5. 2021

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Information from 30. 4. 2021 - AG-SARS-COV-2 test certificate

Information from 21. 4. 2021

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Information from January 8

Information from December 7

Information from september 2020

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E-mail from rector (10th of March)

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