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Civil law teacher María Esther Rovira Sueiro knew about Masaryk University because of its excellent reputation abroad, so she recommended it to her daughter as a great place for her Erasmus year. In the end, she joined her daughter in Brno – at the end of the semester, she taught a week-long course at the MU Faculty of Law.

More than 70 new professors received their appointment decrees from the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and the Minister of Education, Mikuláš Bek, at the Clementinum in Prague. Eight of them (two women and six men) were nominated by the Scientific Board of Masaryk University.

On Tuesday 12 December, the most successful scientists or research teams at Masaryk University were awarded the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2023 for their outstanding achievements, publications in prestigious journals and research results.

Local ingredients, Czech suppliers, sustainability and near zero waste – these are the key priorities promoted by The Accommodation and Catering Services (ACS) it its nine canteens.

Archaeologists from the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University have made an extraordinary discovery near the village of Lány u Břeclavi, some 60 kilometres south-east of Brno. They unearthed a bronze belt fitting from the 8th century AD depicting a snake devouring a frog-like creature.

Masaryk University faced a number of challenges in 2023, but it also experienced a number of joyful moments. As the year draws to a close, we briefly recall some of the important events.

The 2024 MU New Year’s card came out of a competition involving students from the Department of Art at the Faculty of Education. The jury chose Mariana Michenkova's design as the basis of the New Year’s greeting for 2024.

A total of 1,403 higher education institutions from 95 countries were assessed in the second edition of the QS Sustainability Rankings, which evaluates the contribution of universities to tackling the challenges of sustainable development. Masaryk University is ranked first in the Czech Republic and 161st in the world.

The Mendel Refectory at the Old Brno Abbey saw on 30 November the habilitation ceremony of fifteen colleagues from six faculties who have earned the Czech academic degree of associate professors.

This year's PhD graduate of the Faculty of Science, Martin Toul, received two important awards for his research work at the end of the year: the Minister of Education’s Award and the Doctorandus Prize at this year's Česká hlava scientific awards.

Jiří Macháček, winner of the “Česká hlava – Invence” (Czech Head) award in November, has big plans for the coming years: modernisation and completion of laboratory facilities and the creation of an archaeogenetic research centre in the BioPharma Hub.

This year, Masaryk University became an official examination centre for the Czech as a Foreign Language exam, which foreigners need in order to obtain permanent residence in the Czech Republic. This makes it one of four places in the South Moravian Region where the exam can be taken.