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CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • CTU was founded in 1707 as the oldest technical university in Europe

  • Its eight faculties are located in Prague

  • With 17 800 enrolled students, it has the student-faculty ratio around 8:1

  • The university’s motto is  „Scientia est potentia“, which translates as Knowledge is power

  • CTU is a member of the EuroTeQ consortium of prestigious technical universities

  • In the early 18th century, the school taught various civilian topics such as optics, mapping, constructing mechanisms, geography, drainage etc.

  • In 1803, based on the École Polytechnique in Paris, emperor František I. signed a decree on establishing a Polytechnic Institute of the Czech States

  • By an imperial act in 1901, the university was accorded the right to award the title of Doctor of Technical Sciences

  • In the following year academic staff appealed to the Ministry of Education that women should also be enrolled

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

  • CTU offers undergraduate programmes at one school of business and 8 faculties, each focused on a different aspect of engineering

  • Approximately 70 accredited study programmes are taught in English

  • The most popular courses for the school being technology-oriented are Computer Science, Biomedical Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Physical Engineering, Quantum Technology, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nuclear and particle Physics, etc.

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ALUMNI:

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

  • CTU belongs among the top 500 universities in the world, according to the QS ranking

  • The most won awards are for students from engineering fields and various research teams

  • Innovation in business

  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society

  • Werner von Siemens Prizes

  • Christian Doppler (physicist)

  • Eva Jiřičná (architect)

  • Ivan Puluj (one of the founders of medical radiology)

  • Marie Schneiderová-Zubaníková (first female Czech civil engineer)

  • Otto Wichterle (chemist)

  • Vladimir Prelog (Nobel Prize for stereochemistry research)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • Other university institutes are: Klokner Institute, University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and more

  • During your studies, you can participate in a wide range of activities coordinated by the CTU Student Union, and in competitions, events and seminars

  • The main CTU campus, on which most of the faculties are located, is not far from the city centre, 15 minutes on foot from Prague Castle and the spectacular Lesser Quarter district

  • The university offers state-of-the-art laboratories in which students take classes or work on their final projects

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