Reports
Representatives of Czech entities met today with a Korean delegation under the auspices of the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to sign a set of cooperation agreements. The majority of these agreements concerned future cooperation at the Dukovany NPP; an exception was, for example, the memorandum signed by Rector Vojtěch Petráček on behalf of CTU in Prague and Chul Ho Kang, President of the Korea Institute For Robot Industry Advancement (KIRIA) on behalf of South Korea. Based on this cooperation between the university and KIRIA, an "Advanced Industrial Robotics Centre" should be established in Prague.
CTU Faculty of Architecture joins the network of top universities. The agreement on a new double degree programme with Politecnico di Milano expands the career prospects of its students. The cooperation will enable them to obtain nationally recognised degrees from both institutions. Architecture at Politecnico di Milano is ranked 1st in Italy, 5th in Europe and 7th in the world in the 2024 QS Rankings by Subject.
Avio Aero and GE Aerospace announced the certification of the Catalyst engine, the first all-new advanced turboprop engine of the 21st century. The development of the new Catalyst has been made possible, among other things, by the cooperation between CTU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Avio Aero, which was concluded in 2016 on the basis of an aerospace research cooperation agreement.
The International Space Station (ISS) is currently launching equipment completely developed in the Czech Republic - the ELT (European Laser Timing) detector was designed and tested by experts from Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, the production of the "iron" was provided by the CSRC company from Kroměříž, now part of the BD Sensors company. ELT is the eyes of the European experiment ACES (Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space) - an array of extremely precise atomic clocks that will focus on the precise measurement of the effects of gravity on time. The device was brought to the ISS by SpaceX's Dragon 2 spacecraft as part of the CRS-32 mission, which launched on 22 April 2025.
A new research team has been established at the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings (UCEEB) of CTU to work on the cybersecurity of decentralised sources of modern energy, such as solar power plants, battery storage or heat pumps. The team leader is Erika Langerová, whose practice actively combines cybersecurity with many years of experience in the development of software for control and monitoring of energy sources.
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of CTU and the Regional Police Directorate of the Central Bohemia Region concluded a memorandum of mutual cooperation. Its aim is to support research, development and education in the field of security, with a focus on new technologies, crisis management, protection of soft targets and physical and psychological preparedness of the intervening forces.
On 4-6 April, a workshop focused on the design of analogue integrated circuits took place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The event, entitled ACDRC Smart EDA & Analog Circuit Design Workshop. Participants had the opportunity to not only delve into the fundamentals of analog chip design, but also to work with advanced tools in hands-on exercises.
The team of the Multirobotic Systems Group (MRS) from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and Fly4Future achieved extraordinary success in the prestigious Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), a global competition for autonomous drones, held on 11 and 12 April 2025 in Abu Dhabi. In a competition of 210 teams from all over the world, the Czech team managed to fight its way through successive qualifiers to the last four teams in all four disciplines, and in the final achieved a bronze medal in the prestigious drag race discipline, which aims to achieve the maximum speed of autonomous flight.
Security guards recently prevented an unknown man from robbing a female student and moving around campus without permission. "Your vigilance and attention are crucial to the safety of our university. You make entering public areas safe and secure. Thank you!" said the security director.
On 9 April 2025, the area in front of the National Technical Library was transformed into an open-air car show. The freely accessible exhibition offered hundreds of test drives, premieres of several brands and exceptional exhibits including two Tatra trucks.