Reports

Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies at CTU in Prague once again welcomed a group of students from foreign universities as part of the project - International Project Workshop (IPW), this year with the motto "Experience the World of Business". This is the third year of the successful project, which allows students to look into the environment of large companies, test the knowledge gained from lectures in practice and at the same time teaches them to work in a team and understand different cultures.

Czech Technical University in Prague is ranked 4th among Czech universities in the latest edition of the World University Rankings for 2025, published by the British company Times Higher Education. In total, 17 Czech universities appeared in the rankings.

In her master thesis Automated video editing of beach volleyball matches, Ing. Justýna Frommová, a student of Faculty of Information Technology of Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT CTU), focused on the automation of data and video processing for the preparation of match tactics of elite teams in beach volleyball. She thus combined her studies with her passion for the sport she herself plays competitively. In collaboration with Beach Data, she created a system that automatically analyzes match videos.

With funding of €4 million from the European "MSCA Doctoral Networks" programme and additional funding of €600,000 through the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), the European research project "UPright Radiotherapy, Learning, Innovation, and Training" (UPLIFT) is being launched to develop innovative solutions for radiation therapy with the patient upright - a change that could significantly improve global access to advanced cancer treatments. The project brings together Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of CTU in Prague (FJFI) with 14 leading scientific institutions and industrial partners from across Europe.

The largest event of its kind in the Czech Republic, was officially launched at the Rudolf Gallery at Prague Castle on Monday 7 October, the 9th annual Innovation Week

The 600th anniversary of the death of the Hussite leader Jan Žižka is approaching. The author of the Hussite Odyssey project Zdeňka Čechová, in cooperation with students of Faculty of Information Technology and Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU, projected a unique video mapping on the facade of the Bethlehem Chapel yesterday.

The Peugeot brand in the Czech Republic and the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies at CTU in Prague are launching a joint creative and educational project called "Capture Allure". The aim is to encourage creativity and innovative ideas among students, which can contribute to personal development and expansion of students' professional competences, as well as to strengthen the image and perception of the Peugeot brand. The project should also help raise general awareness of electromobility and familiarise young people with the benefits and specificities of electric cars.

The Dejvice campus was transformed into a racing circuit on Wednesday, 2 October 2024. The eForce Prague Formula and the CTU Lions electric motorbikes were presented to the public; the teams are composed of students from CTU.

How to initiate new projects and promote innovation in security solutions? Collaboration between industry and research in academia is an important part of this. At CTU in Prague, this was the impetus for the Cybersecurity Horizons 2024 conference - an innovative forum for discussion and presentation of new trends in the field of cybersecurity.

The planned completion of the nuclear blocks at Dukovany is approaching and with it the interest of students in nuclear fields is also increasing - almost 40% increase in enrolment has been registered by Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of CTU in Prague (FJFI), which has been a leading institution in the Czech Republic and Central Europe in the field of education of nuclear engineers since its foundation. FJFI students can now look forward to one new feature - the APR1000 complex nuclear reactor behaviour simulator from KHNP, which should be at the heart of the new blocks at the Dukovany II nuclear power plant.