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Charles University, founded in 1348, is one of the oldest universities in the world. Now it has 17 faculties (14 in Prague, 2 in Hradec Králové and 1 in Pilsen)
🕊️ The memorial plaque in the historic Karolinum building is dedicated to the victims of war – not only from the university community. The bronze plaque depicts the goddess Nike with a broken palm branch, symbolizing the paradox of victory associated with sacrifice.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🕊️ The memorial plaque in the historic Karolinum building is dedicated to the victims of war – not only from the university community. The bronze plaque depicts the goddess Nike with a broken palm branch, symbolizing the paradox of victory associated with sacrifice.
🌺 The poppy has been a symbol of war veterans since the end of World War I. By wearing one, we remember the heroism of soldiers and pay tribute to them together. Do you have yours yet?
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🌺 The poppy has been a symbol of war veterans since the end of World War I. By wearing one, we remember the heroism of soldiers and pay tribute to them together. Do you have yours yet?
🙏 Today, on Veterans Day, we remember all those who risked their lives for us. Representatives of the Charles University Rector's Board honored their memory at the memorial plaque in Carolinum.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🙏 Today, on Veterans Day, we remember all those who risked their lives for us. Representatives of the Charles University Rector's Board honored their memory at the memorial plaque in Carolinum.
At its meeting today, the Academic Senate of Charles University elected Professor Jiří Zima as its candidate for the position of Rector of Charles University in the second round of voting.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
At its meeting today, the Academic Senate of Charles University elected Professor Jiří Zima as its candidate for the position of Rector of Charles University in the second round of voting.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
🇨🇿 October 28: Czech National Day
Today we celebrate the birth of an independent Czechoslovak state in 1918 — a moment that marked the beginning of a new democratic chapter in our history.
Today we celebrate the birth of an independent Czechoslovak state in 1918 — a moment that marked the beginning of a new democratic chapter in our history.
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🇨🇿 October 28: Czech National Day
Today we celebrate the birth of an independent Czechoslovak state in 1918 — a moment that marked the beginning of a new democratic chapter in our history.
Today we celebrate the birth of an independent Czechoslovak state in 1918 — a moment that marked the beginning of a new democratic chapter in our history.
Congratulations! 🎉
Economist Philippe Aghion, a board member of CERGE-EI (a joint workplace of Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences), has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research explaining how innovation drives long-term economic growth. 🏆
Economist Philippe Aghion, a board member of CERGE-EI (a joint workplace of Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences), has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research explaining how innovation drives long-term economic growth. 🏆
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations! 🎉
Economist Philippe Aghion, a board member of CERGE-EI (a joint workplace of Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences), has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research explaining how innovation drives long-term economic growth. 🏆
Economist Philippe Aghion, a board member of CERGE-EI (a joint workplace of Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences), has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research explaining how innovation drives long-term economic growth. 🏆
The title was awarded for his exceptional contribution to the understanding of modern history in Central and Eastern Europe, his long-standing academic and journalistic work, and his defense of freedom and democracy. The ceremony took place on October 9 in the Great Hall of Carolinum. ✨
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The title was awarded for his exceptional contribution to the understanding of modern history in Central and Eastern Europe, his long-standing academic and journalistic work, and his defense of freedom and democracy. The ceremony took place on October 9 in the Great Hall of Carolinum. ✨
🎓 Historian and Oxford professor Timothy Garton Ash was awarded an honorary doctorate from Charles University.
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🎓 Historian and Oxford professor Timothy Garton Ash was awarded an honorary doctorate from Charles University.
📊 According to the recently published Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, Charles University is once again among the 500 best universities in the world. At the same time, it remains the highest-ranked university in the Czech Republic.
October 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📊 According to the recently published Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, Charles University is once again among the 500 best universities in the world. At the same time, it remains the highest-ranked university in the Czech Republic.
🔬 On October 14, join us in Prague for a medical conference dedicated to innovation in healthcare and the collaboration between Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (Boston, USA), the University of Massachusetts, and Charles University.
📌 Registration: link.cuni.cz/InnovationIn...
📌 Registration: link.cuni.cz/InnovationIn...
October 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔬 On October 14, join us in Prague for a medical conference dedicated to innovation in healthcare and the collaboration between Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (Boston, USA), the University of Massachusetts, and Charles University.
📌 Registration: link.cuni.cz/InnovationIn...
📌 Registration: link.cuni.cz/InnovationIn...
📱 We have a new mobile app!
Your schedule is always at hand, exam registration is available directly on your phone, and there is an interactive map and a practical guide to all CU services.
📌 You can find it in the App Store and on Google Play, or here: unizone.digital/uk
Your schedule is always at hand, exam registration is available directly on your phone, and there is an interactive map and a practical guide to all CU services.
📌 You can find it in the App Store and on Google Play, or here: unizone.digital/uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📱 We have a new mobile app!
Your schedule is always at hand, exam registration is available directly on your phone, and there is an interactive map and a practical guide to all CU services.
📌 You can find it in the App Store and on Google Play, or here: unizone.digital/uk
Your schedule is always at hand, exam registration is available directly on your phone, and there is an interactive map and a practical guide to all CU services.
📌 You can find it in the App Store and on Google Play, or here: unizone.digital/uk
🎓 We wish everyone a successful new academic year!
🥳 (Not only) for first-year students, we have prepared the Student Handbook, where you’ll find all the important information.
📌 You can read it online here: link.cuni.cz/StudentHandb...
🥳 (Not only) for first-year students, we have prepared the Student Handbook, where you’ll find all the important information.
📌 You can read it online here: link.cuni.cz/StudentHandb...
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎓 We wish everyone a successful new academic year!
🥳 (Not only) for first-year students, we have prepared the Student Handbook, where you’ll find all the important information.
📌 You can read it online here: link.cuni.cz/StudentHandb...
🥳 (Not only) for first-year students, we have prepared the Student Handbook, where you’ll find all the important information.
📌 You can read it online here: link.cuni.cz/StudentHandb...
Carved by hand, the stone comes from the Vyhnánov quarry, the same material used for the original monument, and now includes the names of the victims.
🤍 Memory is strong when we stand together. Join us in remembering.
🤍 Memory is strong when we stand together. Join us in remembering.
September 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Carved by hand, the stone comes from the Vyhnánov quarry, the same material used for the original monument, and now includes the names of the victims.
🤍 Memory is strong when we stand together. Join us in remembering.
🤍 Memory is strong when we stand together. Join us in remembering.
🕯️ Charles University has honoured the victims of the December 2023 tragedy with a memorial plaque engraved with their names, placed in front of the Faculty of Arts of CU at Jan Palach Square.
The initiative was led by the Spojeni nadějí association in cooperation with CU and CU ARTS.
The initiative was led by the Spojeni nadějí association in cooperation with CU and CU ARTS.
September 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🕯️ Charles University has honoured the victims of the December 2023 tragedy with a memorial plaque engraved with their names, placed in front of the Faculty of Arts of CU at Jan Palach Square.
The initiative was led by the Spojeni nadějí association in cooperation with CU and CU ARTS.
The initiative was led by the Spojeni nadějí association in cooperation with CU and CU ARTS.
❤️ Last night, the Carolinum was lit up in red to mark World Marrow Donor Day.
🙏 It is truly important to remember those who need our help – and whose lives we can save through bone marrow donation.
📌 You can find all essential information about donation and eligibility at: www.darujzivot.cz
🙏 It is truly important to remember those who need our help – and whose lives we can save through bone marrow donation.
📌 You can find all essential information about donation and eligibility at: www.darujzivot.cz
September 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
❤️ Last night, the Carolinum was lit up in red to mark World Marrow Donor Day.
🙏 It is truly important to remember those who need our help – and whose lives we can save through bone marrow donation.
📌 You can find all essential information about donation and eligibility at: www.darujzivot.cz
🙏 It is truly important to remember those who need our help – and whose lives we can save through bone marrow donation.
📌 You can find all essential information about donation and eligibility at: www.darujzivot.cz
🌍 One University, A Thousand Sustainable Paths
We warmly invite you to the European Sustainable Development Week at Charles University, taking place from 16 September to 8 October 2025.
📌 More information can be found here: link.cuni.cz/ESDW_2025
We warmly invite you to the European Sustainable Development Week at Charles University, taking place from 16 September to 8 October 2025.
📌 More information can be found here: link.cuni.cz/ESDW_2025
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🌍 One University, A Thousand Sustainable Paths
We warmly invite you to the European Sustainable Development Week at Charles University, taking place from 16 September to 8 October 2025.
📌 More information can be found here: link.cuni.cz/ESDW_2025
We warmly invite you to the European Sustainable Development Week at Charles University, taking place from 16 September to 8 October 2025.
📌 More information can be found here: link.cuni.cz/ESDW_2025
🎉 Charles University celebrates another success in the prestigious @erc.europa.eu grants!
🙌 Jakub Drápal from the CU LAW will focus on sentencing practices across Europe.
🙌 Andrea Gálisová from the CU 1ST MED will explore targeted drug delivery using extracellular vesicles.
Congratulations!
🙌 Jakub Drápal from the CU LAW will focus on sentencing practices across Europe.
🙌 Andrea Gálisová from the CU 1ST MED will explore targeted drug delivery using extracellular vesicles.
Congratulations!
September 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🎉 Charles University celebrates another success in the prestigious @erc.europa.eu grants!
🙌 Jakub Drápal from the CU LAW will focus on sentencing practices across Europe.
🙌 Andrea Gálisová from the CU 1ST MED will explore targeted drug delivery using extracellular vesicles.
Congratulations!
🙌 Jakub Drápal from the CU LAW will focus on sentencing practices across Europe.
🙌 Andrea Gálisová from the CU 1ST MED will explore targeted drug delivery using extracellular vesicles.
Congratulations!
👩🎨 Expect rare masterpieces from Central Europe, the Netherlands, and Italy — works by women who broke barriers, forged careers, and shaped art history.
🌍 Discover how they fought for recognition and carved their place in a male-dominated world.
🌍 Discover how they fought for recognition and carved their place in a male-dominated world.
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
👩🎨 Expect rare masterpieces from Central Europe, the Netherlands, and Italy — works by women who broke barriers, forged careers, and shaped art history.
🌍 Discover how they fought for recognition and carved their place in a male-dominated world.
🌍 Discover how they fought for recognition and carved their place in a male-dominated world.
🖼️ On view until November 2, the historic Waldstein Riding School in Prague hosts Women Artists 1300–1900 — the first major exhibition in Central Europe shining a spotlight on female artists from the medieval era to the dawn of modern art.
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🖼️ On view until November 2, the historic Waldstein Riding School in Prague hosts Women Artists 1300–1900 — the first major exhibition in Central Europe shining a spotlight on female artists from the medieval era to the dawn of modern art.
🔍 When curator Olga Kotková asked a simple yet powerful question about women Old Masters, she sparked a revolution.
📌 Read an interview with the author of the exhibition, a CU alumna: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
📌 Read an interview with the author of the exhibition, a CU alumna: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🔍 When curator Olga Kotková asked a simple yet powerful question about women Old Masters, she sparked a revolution.
📌 Read an interview with the author of the exhibition, a CU alumna: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
📌 Read an interview with the author of the exhibition, a CU alumna: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
🎓 In a fully packed Great Geological Auditorium of the @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Ambros delivered an inspiring lecture titled Development timers in a tiny worm, sharing his journey from the accidental study of lin-4 in the fruit worm to the revolutionary discovery of microRNA.
August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🎓 In a fully packed Great Geological Auditorium of the @sciencecharles.bsky.social, Ambros delivered an inspiring lecture titled Development timers in a tiny worm, sharing his journey from the accidental study of lin-4 in the fruit worm to the revolutionary discovery of microRNA.
🏅 “Surprise. We were very surprised.” Ambros admitted this candid reaction in an interview with CU Magazine Forum upon learning he had been awarded the Nobel Prize. “And then the concern about what would follow…”
August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🏅 “Surprise. We were very surprised.” Ambros admitted this candid reaction in an interview with CU Magazine Forum upon learning he had been awarded the Nobel Prize. “And then the concern about what would follow…”
🔬 Nobel laureate Victor Ambros, welcomed yesterday by Charles University, once again reminded us that biology has the power to always surprise. He was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA.
📌 Read the full interview here: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
📌 Read the full interview here: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🔬 Nobel laureate Victor Ambros, welcomed yesterday by Charles University, once again reminded us that biology has the power to always surprise. He was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA.
📌 Read the full interview here: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
📌 Read the full interview here: www.ukforum.cz/en/main-cate...
“Dear listeners, stay by your radios… Remain tuned, stay by your radios, in a moment we shall broadcast an extremely important announcement.”
57 years ago, the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia began.
We remember, so we never forget.
57 years ago, the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia began.
We remember, so we never forget.
August 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
“Dear listeners, stay by your radios… Remain tuned, stay by your radios, in a moment we shall broadcast an extremely important announcement.”
57 years ago, the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia began.
We remember, so we never forget.
57 years ago, the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia began.
We remember, so we never forget.
👀 Next time you find yourself in Jinonice, stop and look up... it's worth it!
August 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
👀 Next time you find yourself in Jinonice, stop and look up... it's worth it!