Protect others by protecting yourself – this is how basic cybersecurity requirements could be summed up. Tomáš Plesník from the Institute of Computer Science at Masaryk University says that people should get used to incorporating cybersecurity measures into their daily routine.
The academic year 2025/2026 opening ceremony included the presentation of awards to outstanding teachers and personalities associated with MU and reflections on the role of the university and its goals for the future.
Rector Martin Bareš delivered the following speech at the Opening Ceremony of the academic year 2025/2026, which took place on the evening of 30 September 2025.
Masaryk University guarantees an income amounting to 1.2 times the minimum wage for all full-time doctoral students who are meeting their study obligations and are within the standard period of study.
Czech-Slovak team of students from Masaryk University and Brno University of Technology managed in record time to raise funds for the registration fee and will participate at the end of October in the prestigious global competition iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris.
At Masaryk University comes already the sixteenth ERC grant. Support of the European Research Council (ERC) for establishing own research group obtained Tomáš Fiala, who will from October work at the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science, MU.
Fifty-seven years ago, on 21 August 1968, Czechoslovakia was occupied by the armies of five Warsaw Pact countries led by the Soviet Union. The invasion put an end to free debate at universities and crushed hopes of a more open society.
Starting this September, PhD students in the Czech Republic will see a major change — they will be legally entitled to a minimum income amounting to at least 1.2 times the minimum wage.
In this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Masaryk University improved its score in the indicator measuring the number of articles published in Nature and Science.
Filip Hrbáček's SEAL project from the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Science MU will reveal the role of soil moisture in Antarctica.
The MUNI 3.2.1 project has brought a reorganization of lifelong learning, micro-credentials, new study programmes, as well as greater digitalisation of studies and increased safety of distance learning.
President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel officially appointed 87 new professors on the nomination of the scientific and artistic boards of universities.