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Foreign students of the GLODEP programme from twenty-seven countries graduated from the Faculty of Science
13. 7. 2021 | Thirty-four graduates of the two-year master’s programme International Development Studies – GLODEP from twenty-seven countries graduated in the auditorium of the Faculty of Science, and three additional students took part online....
Mourning the passing of Tomáš Zábranský, UP alumnus and world expert in his field
9. 7. 2021 | Tomáš Zábranský, M.D., Ph.D, graduate of the UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, epidemiologist and addictionologist, one of the founders of the field of addictology in the Czech Republic, died at the age of 52 early this July.
Experientia Foundation to support young scientist from the Faculty of Science
9. 7. 2021 | Soňa Krajčovičová from the Faculty of Science is one of this year’s two grant recipients from the Experientia Foundation of the Dvořák couple. The foundation supports young scientists in the field of organic, bioorganic and...
Rektor UP Martin Procházka
Each of us should be responsible: A reminder from the UP Rector, with wishes for a beautiful summer
2. 7. 2021 | Dear colleagues and students, The end of the summer semester is nearing, one which was again drastically influenced by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. I would like to thank all of you for how you coped with this unusual situation...
Regime at UP from 1 July
1. 7. 2021 | At the beginning of the summer holidays, new extraordinary government measures go into effect regarding the regime at universities. The majority will not change what are now customary habits; the changes are in the details. We...
Workshop will reveal organization and functioning of genetic information in plants
1. 7. 2021 | Scientists and students dealing with plant hereditary information will meet in Olomouc in mid-September at The Czech Plant Nucleus Workshop 2021. The meeting, which aims to share the latest scientific knowledge, will take place...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students Survey
Please participate in the survey Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students
28. 6. 2021 | The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic is kindly asking students to participate in a survey to help gather information about the situation in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scientists develop first lead-free perovskite luminescent solar concentrator
24. 6. 2021 | The first transparent luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) based on lead-free perovskite nanocrystals was developed by scientists from the Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN) in collaboration with colleagues...
Shanghai Ranking 2022: UP tops Czech universities in Material Sciences again
23. 6. 2021 | For the sixth time Palacký University Olomouc has been included in the international university ranking by Quacquarelli Symonds. In the current edition of the QS World University Rankings 2022, UP is ranked in 601st–650th place;...
More than five hundred geologists to attend international conference on sedimentology
17. 6. 2021 | Over five hundred geologists will attend the 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, which will be organised in the Czech Republic for the first time in the history of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS). Foreign...