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Masaryk University’s PhD students can look forward to significant improvement of their financial situation. The amount of support granted to full-time doctoral study programme students will be increased by 25%, from CZK 12,000 to CZK 15,000 per month, according to the most recent measure issued by Rector Martin Bareš.

At its 267th meeting, the Academic Senate of Masaryk University announced the date of the election of the new MU Rector. The secret ballot to elect the winning candidate will take place on Monday 3 April.

Masaryk University has performed a comprehensive internal evaluation of its research and PhD programmes in order to ensure the highest quality of studies. The evaluation was based on an informed peer review system, which will also become a pillar of MU self-evaluation in the future.

The Czech university team has arrived in Lake Placid for the Winter World University Games. A total of 93 Czech student-athletes will compete in 12 winter sports from 12 to 22 January. Nine of them study at Masaryk University.

Brno has recently commemorated the anniversary of the death of Gregor Johann Mendel by wrath laying ceremony at Brno’s central cemetery. Masaryk University Rector Martin Bareš also signed a memorandum of cooperation on the foundation of “Gregor Mendel Centre for Sustainability”.

Moving abroad to study or work is challenging, especially at first. A team of workers from the Welcome Office, part of the MU International Cooperation Centre, helps newly-arrived international students and employees overcome initial problems.

The Rector of Masaryk University Martin Bareš wishes a peaceful Christmas.

A few days before Christmas, the first snow of the year covered the buildings of Masaryk University. Look at how the faculties and other university departments look under the snowcap.

The design of MU’s New Year’s greeting for 2023 was the result of a student contest. The contest was supervised by Jana Nedomová from the Faculty of Education’s Department of Art. Students submitted 70 designs. The jury selected Marie Kudláčková’s design which has been modified into its final form.

Significant scientific achievements, world-class conferences and solidarity in times of crisis. The year 2022 brought many obstacles and challenges for Masaryk University. In this article, we mention the most important events that happened in 2022.   

The MU Career Centre received special recognition for providing timely and comprehensive counselling services to student refugees from Ukraine. The award was presented at a ceremony in Prague to representatives of the Career Centre, headed by Ukrainian counsellor Sofia Berezka.

From Wednesday 19 October, the famous Russian historian Andrey Borisovich Zubov teaches a six-week course at Masaryk University titled Reasons for the Russian catastrophe of the 20th century and possibilities to overcome it. Over 100 MU students have signed up for the limited special series of lectures and nearly 4,000 others have already watched the lectures online.