Current news

Employees must report COVID-19 infection and contact with a person at risk

According to the new decision of the Rector, as of 30 September, every MU employee must report his / her own positive test or contact with an infected or risky person via a new internal application in INET.

29 Sep 2020

JAD01 Advanced English for PhD studies (C1)

Advanced English for PhD studies is taught the way English is taught today, not the way it was taught fifty years ago.

26 Sep 2020

CJV_AP1 Academic Writing in English

PhD, ground-breaking research, international conferences, time zones, life on Venus, innovations, publications, nanotech, Post-doc, international collaboration, zoom, proposals, coffee…

Letter from the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University regarding instructions during the autumn semester 2020/2021

Dear students, friends,   I am writing to you to provide important information before the start of the new academic year.    First of all, I want to assure you that the Faculty of Science's entire management is working intensively to ensure that instructions can be carried out at the faculty in the most...

Information regarding COVID-19 for employees

Dear colleagues, beginning September 10, 2020 face masks are mandatory inside all buildings. Face masks are mandatory in common areas, there is an exception of wearing face mask within the classrooms area. Employees working in an office setting, do not have to wear a face mask inside the office, provided...

9 Sep 2020

I would like to help!

Are you willing to help manage the coronavirus pandemic? We are looking for volunteers. Anyone who would like to help with babysitting or help provide for the needs of seniors can sign up. Those of you who have IT or other skills are needed as well. Students of the Faculty of Medicine will be utilized...

8 Sep 2020

Positive test result and quarantine

In case of a positive test result,  the local hygienic station provides further information and orders an isolation/quarantine – that is staying at home and not going out anywhere (even to go shopping or to the doctor’s). 

8 Sep 2020

Accomodation in MU halls of residence

All students may check into their original halls of residence that they made the reservation for. 

8 Sep 2020

List of COVID-19 testing centres in Brno (in Czech only)

4 Sep 2020

We are looking for volunteers to EMIL OPEN

Masaryk university is the partner of the 9th Summer European Youth Games for the Disabled Emil Open. Organizers still look for the volunteers, students and employees can apply here and help.

1 Sep 2020

Peatlands are among the most endangered habitats in the whole country

Peat bogs, i.e. swamp ecosystems that are home to water-loving plants, are among the most endangered habitats in the Czech Republic. Biologists from Masaryk University in Brno found this out during preparation of the Red List of Endangered Habitats in the Czech Republic.

31 Aug 2020

Ticks are full of disease. They also carry toxoplasma

While it is generally known that ticks carry tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease, these are far from the only diseases that ticks can cause in humans. In Brno and its surroundings, scientists have identified six different pathogens in ticks, including anaplasma, babesia and toxoplasma.