UNIVERSITY OF CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY PRAGUE THE PLACE

UNIVERSITY OF CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE THE PLACE TO STUDY CHEMISTRY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

UCT Prague is a member of the family of 26 public universities in the Czech Republic UCT Prague belongs to a group of small universities in the Czech Republic UCT Prague is generally recognized as the top quality university UCT Prague is a typical research university UCT Prague is the largest institution of higher education focused on the teaching of technical chemistry in Central Europe

Some facts: Annual budget: 1 500 000 CZK ( 62 500 000 USD) 1500 impacted papers (4. 1 paper/day) + >600 other publications per year; 100 valid patents + 60 applications More than 120 ERASMUS agreements, 3 ERASMUS Mundus progs. , more than 120 bilateral agreements on cooperation 200 running research projects funded by Czech funding bodies, European FP 7, Horizon and similar projects 35

Global partnerships with more than 200 institutes in 40 countries UCT Prague 4

MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING > 100 agreements on cooperation: • Europe • Asia – Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, China, … • USA, Canada; Brazil, Chile, Peru • South Africa - student/staff exchange (no tuition fees), research cooperation institutional financing, research grants 5

ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME - 120 Erasmus agreements STUDENT MOBILITY: - incoming: 230 students (France, Spain, Turkey, Belgium, . . ), web - outgoing: 90 students (out of almost 4000 students) (Scandinavia, UK, Germany, Netherlands, . . ) - studying courses, project work, internship - courses at Bachelor and Master level at UCT Prague – in English - Erasmus Student Network (ESN), Welcome Week, International Day STAFF MOBILITY: - 15 outgoing staff members / academic year 6

OTHER MOBILITY PROGRAMMES FREEMOVER (institutional financial funds): - short-term study/research exchange for students, international conferences, workshops, summer schools, … ATHENS: one-week intensive courses at European universities DOUBLE/MULTIPLE/JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMMES: - 5 Master DD (Switzerland, France, Italy) - 2 Master Joint Degrees (ERASMUS MUNDUS) - 2 Doctoral Multiple Degrees (ERASMUS MUNDUS) - Doctoral „cotutelle“ (jointly supervised dissertation theses) 7

FOREIGN STUDENTS AT UCT PRAGUE Study in Czech: entrance language examination is required Since 2004/5 studies follows the Bologna scheme No tuition fee is paid Ph. D degree, 4 years 10 Bachelor degree programmes Master degree, 2 years 14 Master degree programmes Study in English: tuition fee is paid (45000 CZK/year) 1 Bachelor degree programme 1 Master degree programme Bachelor degree, 3 years 8

PROJECT “STUDY IN PRAGUE“ - consortium of 5 public universities in Prague aim: joint promotion of study degree programmes in English participation in international education fairs (Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea, Spain, Netherlands, Latvia, Estonia, … financed by the Ministry of Education promotional “Si. P“ video, FB, brochures, . . . alumni group, logo Website: http: //www. studyinprague. cz/ 9

STUDENTS FACILITIES F Buddy Programme F Accommodation F Canteens F Student’s Club Carbon F Respirium F Computing Centre F Center for Information Services = UCT Library & Press Services

WHAT WE CAN OFFER? OUR EXPERTISE IN ALL FIELDS OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY TOP STUDENTS FOR EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (all levels) PARTNERSHIP FOR DOUBLE/MULTIPLE/JOINT STUDY PROGRAMMES PARTNERSHIP FOR JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS IN ALL AREAS OF CHEMISTRY JOINT SUPERVISION OF Ph. D. STUDENTS, Ph. D. STUDENTS INTERNSHIPS TEACHING AND RESEARCH STAFF EXCHANGE

WHAT ARE WE SEEKING FOR? EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH STAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS – all levels PARTNERSHIP FOR JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS JOINT AND DOUBLE DEGREE STUDY PROGRAMMES STABLE AND LONG LASTING COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITIES

CONTACTS: www. vscht. cz www. uct-prague. eu e-mail: phone: zahranici@vscht. cz +420 220 444 456 Postal address: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague Department of International Relations Technická 5 CZ-166 28 Praha 6 Czech Republic