From our university there have graduated many eminent figures, who have made significant steps in the areas of science and research. We cannot omit the vice-chancellors who, across the decades, determined the direction of the university development.
Personalities and Rectors of VSB-TUO
Rectors
prof. Ing. Igor IVAN, Ph.D.
rector in 2025-present
(1983)
prof. RNDr. Václav SNÁŠEL, CSc.
rector in 2017-2025
(1957)
prof. Ing. Ivo VONDRÁK, CSc.
rector in 2010-2017
(1959)
prof. Ing. Václav ROUBÍČEK, CSc., dr.h.c.
rector in 1997-2003
(1944 - 2010)
prof. Ing. Tomáš ČERMÁK, CSc., dr.h.c.
rector in 1990-1997 and 2003-2010
(1943)
prof. Ing. Vladimír MYNÁŘ, DrSc.
rector in 1985-1990
(1929 - 2019)
prof. RNDr. Oldřich HAJKR, DrSc., dr.h.c.
rector in 1969-1985
(1919 - 1991)
prof. RNDr. Bohuslav RŮŽIČKA, CSc.
rector in 1963-1969
(1921 - 1978)
prof. RNDr. Teofil CHLEBOVSKÝ
rector in 1959-1963
(1917 - 1973)
prof. Ing. Bohumil KAŇKOVSKÝ
rector in 1955-1959
(1904 - 1959)
prof. Dr. techn. Ing. Vladislav MYDLARČÍK
rector in 1950-1955
(1911 - 1974)
prof. RNDr. Rudolf ROST
rector in 1949-1950
(1912 - 1999)
prof. Dr. mont. Ing. František ČECHURA, DrSc.
rector in 1945-1949
(1887 - 1974)
prof. Ing. Josef HUMMEL
rector in 1938-1939
(1881 - 1963)
prof. Dr. techn. Ing. Alexandr Iljič GLAZUNOV
rector in 1935-1936
(1888 - 1951)
prof. Dr. mont. Ing. Alois PARMA
rector in 1933-1935 and 1937-1938
(1886 - 1943)
prof. Ing. Václav CIBUŠ
rector in 1932-1933 and 1939-1940
(1877 - 1946)
prof. Dr. mont. Ing. Bohuslav STOČES
rector in 1931-1932 and 1936-1937
(1890 - 1969)
prof. Dr. techn. Ing. Václav POŠÍK
rector in 1930-1931
(1874 - 1952)
prof. Dr. techn. Ing. František ČUŘÍK
rector in 1924-1926 a 1927-1929
(1876 - 1944)
prof. PhDr. František PAVLÍČEK
rector in 1923-1924
(1874 - 1947)
prof. Ing. Václav MACKA
rector in 1922-1923
(1873 - 1929)
prof. Ing. František ČÁSTEK
rector in 1921-1922
(1874 - 1922)
prof. Dr. techn. Ing. František KÖHLER
rector in 1913-1917
(1876 - 1919)
prof. Dr. mont h.c. Ing. Ludvík KIRSCHNER
rector in 1911-1913 and 1929-1930
(1861 - 1936)
prof. Ing. Rudolf VAMBERA
rector in 1905-1907
(1860 - 1918)
prof. PhDr. Josef THEURER
rector in 1903-1905, 1907-1911, 1917-1921, 1926-1927
(1862 - 1928)
prof. Dr. mont. h. c. Ing. Vojtěch KÁŠ
rector in 1902-1903
(1848 - 1933)
prof. Dr. Ing. h. c. Dr. mont. h. c. Josef GÄNGL VON EHRENWERTH
rector in 1897-1899
(1843 - 1921)
prof. Ing. Adolf HOFMANN
rector in 1895-1897
(1853 - 1913)
prof. Ing. Gustav ZIEGELHEIM
rector in 1883-1885, 1889-1895, 1899-1901
(1839 - 1904)
prof. Ing. Karel BALLING
rector in 1881-1883
(1835 - 1896)
prof. Dr. mont. h. c. Ing. Josef HRABÁK
rector in 1879-1881 and 1885-1889
(1833 - 1921)
prof. Augustin BEER
rector in 1874-1879
(1815 - 1879)
prof. Johann GRIMM
rector in 1850-1874
(1805 - 1874)
prof. František Xaver Maxmilián ZIPPE
rector in 1849-1850
(1791 - 1863)