UNIVERSITY OF CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE

BASIC INFORMATION:

According to the Times Higher Education rankings, UCT Prague ranks among the 4% of the best world universities
There are approximately 4200 students
The school maintains a 1:20 pedagogue to student ratio
UCT is the most active Czech university participant in the Erasmus+ student exchange programme

UCT Prague was founded in 1952 but its origins date back to 1807
Until 1920 a chemistry department was part of THE Czech Technical University, but later transformed into School of Chemical Technology
UCT Prague was the first Czech university authorised to provide the Eurobachelor degree
A number of key historical figures relate to UCT Prague: Vladimir Prelog, Nobel Prize winner, Otto Wichterle, inventor of contact lenses, and Emil Votoček, author of the Czech chemical nomenclature

All courses are conducted in English
A tuition fee is paid for participating in this programme
The 4 faculties are: Chemical Technology, Environmental Technology, Food and Biochemical Technology and Chemical Engineering + UCT School of Business
Some bachelor degree programmes UCT offers: chemistry and technology in materials, fuels processing and utilization, environmental engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, food chemistry and technology

Jana Hajšlová, member of the EU Advisory Group “Food Quality and Safety”
František Štěpánek, who has been awarded an ERC grant
Graduates often find employment as corporate technologists, laboratory experts, managers, scientists, and experts in state administrative bodies

Jiří Drahoš (Czech physical chemist and politician)
Rudolf Zahradník (Czech chemist in the field of quantum chemistry and molecular spectroscopy)
Radka Maxová ( Czech politician)
Petra Nováková (Czech cross-country skier)
Michal Hocek (Czech chemist)

UCT Prague offers limited accommodation options in dormitories Volha and Sázava located in the southern part of Prague near the metro station Chodov
Its students can participate in many leisure, cultural or sport activities (student amateur theatre, choir, ice-hockey, dragon boats races or the chemist´s run)
University facilities are located in the heart of the engineering campus in Dejvice, just a few hundred meters from Prague Castle, and are accessible by public transport
UCT Prague operates the ChemTK library, which collection includes more than 100,000 books, subscription to 300 professional periodicals and provides electronic access to over 2,500 scientific journals