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MASARYK UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
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The university known as MUNI can be found in Brno
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It was established in 1919 and named after the first president of Czechoslovakia, T.G. Masaryk
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Now it consists of ten faculties, with 35 115 students
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The student-faculty ratio is 18:1
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It was T.G. Masaryk who pointed out the need for a second Czech university to achieve healthy competition
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Following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Faculty of Science lost one quarter of its teaching staff
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From 1989 onward the university prospers and establishes the possibility of studying new fields
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Now it runs its Antarctic research station, Mendel Museum and CEITEC MU, a centre of research excellence
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:
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MUNI offers 400 study programmes in over 200 departments
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Majority is also taught in English
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The best ranked subjects are English Language and Literature, Linguistics, Biological Sciences, Economics, Physics and Astronomy,...
ALUMNI:
SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:
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Ignaz L. Lieben Prize – astrophysicist Norbert Werner
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Nobel Prize for juniors – two times two female students in life sciences
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Jiří Grygar (astronomer)
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František Wolf (mathematician)
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Renata Laxova (geneticist)
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Josef Augusta (paleontologist)
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Michal Vytopil (neurologist)
CAMPUS INFO:
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Brno was voted 6th most popular student city in the world - all sport centres, restaurants, cafés, museums, libraries ensure a rich student life
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A new university campus located in Brno-Bohunice is directly adjacent to the university hospital which is an advantage for medical students
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A key role in research activities plays The Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), which has laboratories for 600 scientists and 1200 students
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The International Student Club organises leisure time activities, cultural and social events and also provides tutoring services, where each international student gets a local tutor
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