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25 September | VŠB-TUO is the first university in the country to open a Writing Support Centre (WSC), which will support students at all levels of study and academic staff in academic writing in...

25 September | Discover the travelling exhibition organised by the German Federal Foreign Office in cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and VSB – Technical University...

21 September | At VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava (FEI, cat. 450), KNX partner certification courses take place at the certified KNX training center.

20 September | Hlasování jde do finále. Dostaňme do něj i Oldu z HGF!

20 September | The Business2Science conference organised by the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre Ostrava on 19th October, will feature panel discussions, case studies, pitch-deck sessions, and...

18 September | Na začátku nového akademického roku s radostí vítám stávající studenty a také studenty 1. ročníku, kterým se na naší fakultě otevírají dveře k získání vědomostí, nových přátelství...

14 September | Imatrikulace se uskuteční 5. října od 9:00 hod. v univerzitní aule.

11 September | The Lending department in Poruba is closed until further notice due to water accident.

07 September | For the second race of the season, the Formula TU Ostrava team went to Hungary, to the famous Hungaroring. In the competition of 22 teams from all over the world, the Ostrava...

07 September | The first meeting of the representatives of the MATUR project research teams, which received support from the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme in the Top Research Challenge,...

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06 September | Scientists from the CEET Nanotechnology Centre presented a new way to measure the photocatalytic activity of nanomaterials at the 15th European Congress on Catalysis.

04 September | During the few days that Stefan Spitzer spent with us, we agreed on a new, upcoming collaboration in the existing area, thus developing a long-established and well-established...

04 September | About thirty courses are offered to PhD students in the upcoming academic year by the PhD Academy of VSB-TUO. They are aimed at the development of research thinking, research...

28 August | Kam s ním? Katedra environmentálního inženýrství si na hudebním festivalu Štěrkovna Open Music posvítila na odpady a otevřela vodní bar

22 August | DVOŘKA. You may remember this nickname from the Ostrava hockey derby because Michal Dvořák, a graduate of the Faculty of Safety Engineering, had a large fan base there.

18 August | Have you come across the term “social security”? I do not think anyone could define it, but I am sure everyone can think of a feeling. And that feeling should definitely be...

15 August | Information for students.

15 August | Information for new students.

10 August | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava has succeeded in the prestigious Johannes Amos Comenius Programme (P JAC). With a grant of CZK 464 million, scientists led by the the Faculty...

08 August | The Department of Electronics was successful this year in two international competitions and gained participation in international COST (European Cooperation in Science and...

02 August | We are launching the selection of partners for the new call within the Erasmus+: International Credit Mobility program.

27 July | For the first time ever, VSB-TUO has made it into the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023. The latest edition evaluates the scientific performance of over 1,400 universities from 72...

25 July | Scientists from Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava acquired significant project named ExPEDite. This project focused on...

20 July | Jiří Machač is a proud graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. How did a graduate mechanical engineer come to organize a folklore festival? He answered in an interview!

18 July | Renowned materials scientist, Mark H. Rümmeli, is set to establish an international research team at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) to utilise electron beams to...

11 July | If you are interested in life cycle assessment and green automotive, do not miss Final Conference aLIFEca organised within project aLIFEca in Congress Centre, Prague on 17th of...

10 July | We interviewed Tomáš Velička, director of the Primary Prevention Counselling Center in Ostrava, who has long been involved in the topic of sexual harassment.

07 July | A seven-member delegation of the RoverOva student team recently returned from a prestigious competition in Utah, USA. They won a nice 18th place with their mobile rover in the...

03 July | The Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials and Manufacturing at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (FIP-AI@VSB-TUO), a partnership of...

03 July | Inappropriate behaviour or discrimination is also dealt with at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava by the University’s ombudsman, Lenka Pavelková.

29 June | International Credit Mobility expands the possibilities of cooperation under the Erasmus brand. The program has enabled cooperation with 12 partners from all over the world.

28 June | How to extract energy from the rock environment beneath the Earth's surface and utilise it, for example, for heating buildings? Scientists at VSB-TUO have been working on this...

28 June | Although the PhD Academy of the VSB-TUO is just concluding its second year, some of its events have already established a new tradition. Throughout this academic year, the unique...

26 June | Since the end of last year, the Ethics Commission of VSB-TUO has been working in a new composition, and its chairperson is Associate Professor Hana Ovčačíková from the Faculty of...

22 June | The third participation the JAWA 600 Minor vehicle by colleague Ing. Lukáš Kudrna in the 1000 Miles of Czechoslovakia competition and his final position is another success.

21 June | The National Centre for Energy project was assessed as outstanding in the final opposition procedure. The opponent committee particularly appreciated the originality and novelty of...

20 June | Academic writing expert and director of the Jones-White Writing Centre at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Dana Lynn Driscoll, will once again share her expertise with...

16 June | On Wednesday, 14 June 2023, an important meeting of experts took place at the office of the Moravian-Silesian Region. Its main topic was hydrogen.

16 June | At the end of May, the Department of Applied Mechanics in cooperation with the Technical University of Korea organized an event called Global Startup Camp 2023. Six teams...

15 June | On 13 June 2023 consortium of the project aLIFEca coordinated by ENET Centre, CEET VSB – Technical university of Ostrava arranged International Webinar aLIFEca where the topic of...

15 June | Artistic founders from the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology are working on a large commission for the University: in addition to the bronze plaque that will be awarded...

12 June | VSB-TUO took part in this year's Science Fair organised by the Czech Academy of Sciences. The University representatives offered a wide range of activities, including experiments...

12 June | We were honored to receive a distinguished guest on Friday, 9 June.

07 June | The Fraunhofer Innovation Platform FIP-AI@VSB-TUO is marking its second anniversary with a series of accomplishments. Over the past two years, FIP-AI@VSB-TUO has submitted 16 joint...

06 June | The FIP Academy's eighth webinar concluded programme with expert speakers – Clemens Possel from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology and Michal Kravčenko from the...

06 June | This year's fourth edition of the prestigious Czech Industry Challenge was successful for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO. Both applications submitted to the...

23 May | Pavla Čapková, a materials scientist at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, has a professional connection to VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO). She...

23 May | Obtaining the status of a regular member of the organization FIVA is another recognition of the Restoration Workshop at the Department of Machine and Industrial Design, VSB-TUO.

22 May | The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has held another student competition, which this time tested the design skills, knowledge of the field and the ability to work in a team among...

22 May | NanoOstrava 2023 left participants in awe: esteemed speakers and the breath-taking setting of the Lower Vítkovice area received praise. While the 8th edition of the conference...

18 May | The final webinar of this academic year will be held on 1 June. The webinar will feature Clemens Possel from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT and Michal...

16 May | With the subtitle "Energy and the Environment," the eighth edition of the NanoOstrava Conference began on Tuesday. The Conference is traditionally organised by the Nanotechnology...

16 May | The first summer school of the European project SAN4FUEL, which brings together scientists from the Centre of Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical...

16 May | How to get heat from sustainable sources and can photocatalysis be used to solve the climate crisis? Participants in the May FIP Academy webinar pondered these questions. Research...

16 May | Thanks to the support of the program Erasmus+, partners from Mexico, Jordan, the Kingdom of Tonga and Egypt took turns at the university.

03 May | Carbon dots, one of the most studied nanomaterials of the present time, were the central topic of Wednesday’s workshop held at the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center...

02 May | The Department of Building Materials and Building Diagnostics (FAST) launched the final part of the international project “Blended Intensive Programmes in Higher Education...

25 April | Both lectures of the May FIP Academy webinar, which will be held on 4 May, will centre around innovations aimed at achieving sustainable energy. The webinar will feature two...

21 April | Ladislav Svoboda from the Nanotechnology Centre, one of the CEET units at VSB-TUO, and Björn Beck from Fraunhofer ICT were the main protagonists of the April FIP Academy webinar....

21 April | Communication of science was the main topic of two events this week for the academic community and other staff of VSB-TUO.

20 April | A lecture by Osamu Umezawa, an expert in materials science, will be held on May 4. During the lecture, he will discuss how materials behave at extremely low temperatures, share...

20 April | The scientific team from the Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Metrology, which works with additive technologies at the Protolab 3D Printing Centre, can celebrate a...

20 April | A lecture by Osamu Umezawa, an expert in materials science, will be held on May 4. During the lecture, he will discuss how materials behave at extremely low temperatures, share...

14 April | Jiří Kozák, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, met with representatives from VSB-TUO during his recent visit to the Moravian-Silesian Region. Along...

13 April | Looking after your health and wellbeing is essential. The life at university can be exciting and interesting, but can also bring some challenges such as adjusting to a new...

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04 April | How to present your own research in an interesting and clear way, engage different target groups, and increase the impact of your scientific work? Dr Sam Illingworth from Edinburgh...

03 April | Peter Filip, a native of central Slovakia, originally wanted to become a doctor, but due to the unfavourable regime he eventually headed to study physical metallurgy at VSB-TUO....

31 March | Energy and the Environment. This is the subtitle of this year's NanoOstrava 2023 Conference, which will focus on nanotechnology, nano and advanced materials, and also their...

29 March | The Faculty of Mining and Geology at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) had a representative at PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada), the World’s...

28 March | Using additive technologies, they can custom-make a protective half-mask, missing component parts, dentures or a scooter frame. This year, however, the experts at the Protolab 3D...

17 March | The use of graphitic carbon nitride for the development of nanofilters effective against bacteria and a novel process to manufacture thermoplastic structural lightweight components...

14 March | The Advisory Board meeting of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing took place at VSB - Technical University of...

07 March | The main objectives of the March FIP Academy online seminar were to introduce the use of incremental sheet metal forming (ISF) for the production of individualised sheet metal...

22 February | On March 29, from 16:30 to 18:00, the PhD Academy will host an online meeting with experimental physicist and data scientist Martin Kroupa entitled From Strahov to NASA. The...

20 February | On Wednesday 15 February, participants of the Doctoral Grant Competition (DGS) workshop presented the results of their research projects. An expert panel evaluated more than two...

20 February | Magda Krčmářová was charmed by her stay in a foreign country. The third-year student of the Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering came from Odense, Denmark,...

13 February | In the continuing FIP Academy series of online seminars in March, interested parties can look forward to presentations by Dieter Weise from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine...

07 February | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering VSB-TUO signed a memorandum on mutual cooperation and support of technical education in the Uherský Brod micro-region with Česká zbrojovka and...

06 February | The series of FIP Academy online seminars continued on Thursday, 2nd February 2023 with a presentation by Christof Hübner from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT...

06 February | Kateřina Vodičková has graduated from the Faculty of Safety Engineering, where she passed her final state exams this May. During her studies, she was several times ranked in the...

02 February | Did you know that Petr Koudela, the Executive Director of the regional tourism headquarters, which is supposed to promote the beauty of the Moravian-Silesian Region at home and...

27 January | Registration for the summer semester courses at the PhD Academy has started.The range of courses has been extended compared to last semester. Doctoral students can now choose from...

19 January | Students of the Faculty of Mining and Geology (HGF) at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava can now participate in research at the prestigious research centre of CEMEX Innovation...

19 January | The world of programmable materials and metal additive technology will be introduced at the first FIP Academy's first online webinar of this calendar year, which will take place on...

05 January | Libor Neuwirth is, together with his girlfriend, the author of the Instagram profile Etiquette for every day, where he is followed by over 102,000 people.

04 January | Faster and more efficient introduction of hydrogen technologies in transport in the Czech Republic is the main task of the National Hydrogen Mobility Centre, whose operation over...

02 January | PhD student Saeid Mehveri is collaborating with Prof. Grazyna Simha Matrtynkova on his PhD thesis on synthesis of nanowires for application in nanosensors.

19 December | The Large Research Infrastructure (LRI) ENREGAT - Energy Waste Recovery and Gas Treatment, which is provided by the Institute of Environmental Technology (IET), one of the parts of...

16 December | To step out of the comfort zone and look for collaboration within sometimes quite distant disciplines that could result in a joint publication. This was exactly the task of the...

16 December | In 2022, IT4Innovations collaborated with the Police of the Czech Republic on a project to develop models to predict criminality.

12 December | Dieter Weise from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU and Lukáš Halagačka from CEET and IT4Innovations at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava...

10 December | This time, on behalf of the Department of Power Engineering and with the contribution of the Faculty of Engineering, we donated to children at the University Hospital Ostrava.

01 December | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is a proud member of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance, abbreviated U!REKA, which is based on a partnership of seven...

28 November | In the first week of November, Prague hosted two major political events on the occasion of the Czech Presidency. The strategic meetings of the ministerial officials of the EU...

28 November | In front of the entrance to the Rýmařov Town Hall, you will find a pavement with a brocade pattern. It is the work of our graduate, architect Veronika Prokopová, who worked on it...

23 November | Why is an international team of scientists developing a solar-thermal facade system? What can nanostructured thin films be used for? Participants in the online professional...

22 November | The participants of the November FIP Academy webinar learned about the development of methods for optimised light positioning and about silicon as an alternative energy source....

21 November | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava together with their partners from the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing at VSB...

21 November | Do you want to help the planet? Follow the 3Rs, Reduce – Reuse – Recycle.

16 November | Director of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies Prof. Stanislav Mišák is delighted to invite you to the CEET Workshop, which will take place on Wednesday 7...

14 November | Vyjádření rektora k 17. listopadu.

14 November | Jan Hrubeš graduated in Foundry Technology at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technologies last year, and he is already in business in the field. He produces his own cast iron...

11 November | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was ranked 2nd in the survey School recommended by employers.

24 October | The second online seminar organised by the FIP Academy will feature Melvin Alexis Lara de Leon, researcher and PhD student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer...

20 October | The Institute of Environmental Technology (IET) which is part of the Center for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) VSB-TUO, was visited by researchers Dr. Gerardo Cruz...

20 October | Third to fifth year students, PhD students, academics. All of them went to the Czech Republic under the auspices of the Department of Power Engineering of the FME to visit the...

14 October | Restoration Workshop was again part of the university exhibition at the International Engineering Fair in Brno.

13 October | U!REKA is taking major steps towards enhancing Europe’s climate neutrality goals through joint long-term strategy for education, research, innovation and service to society.

10 October | The first October week was devoted to the International Engineering Fair. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB-TUO, together with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and...

07 October | The second series of the FIP Academy professional seminars continues this academic year. The first presentation on Thursday 6 October featured Dieter Weise from the Fraunhofer...

30 September | Representatives of both institutions agreed to expand their cooperation within the Erasmus+ mobility programme, joint research and, above all, to make the activities of the...

26 September | Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), which exhibits high photocatalytic activity, was developed by scientists from the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB...

26 September | The Faculty of Economics will participate in the international ExCORE project. Read more...

22 September | Establishing closer cooperation with industrial enterprises is one of the goals of the 2nd Czech-German Workshop for Industrial Research and Innovation entitled “Energy Systems...

21 September | On Friday, the 16th of September, the traditional ceremony took place, during which the Rector of the University unveiled another - the ninth - footprint of a graduate who has made...

16 September | A cheap, efficient, and recyclable nanomaterial that can not only detect but also remove heavy metals, especially cadmium and lead, from water. This is the result of a...

31 August | He lectures on energy science not only to university degree aspirants, but also to high school and primary school children. With the legendary popcorn popper, he has been going...

30 August | The Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the FEI , VSB - TU Ostrava has prepared an International summer school 21 August 2022 - 26 August 2022.

18 July | Laboratoři molekulárního modelování a funkčních nanostruktur spolupracuje na unikátním výzkumu s kolegy z Univerzity J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem.

28 June | To convert at least part of the waste into a source of alternative energy or to obtain other valuable products. This is the main goal of the cooperation between the Centre for...

14 June | The restoration workshop presented its third motorcycle.

13 June | Hello, my name is Peter, and I would like to tell you what it is like to be an exchange student at VSB–Technical University of Ostrava.

07 June | Approximately 360 participating students and nearly three tens of courses in the winter and summer semesters. This is the balance score of the PhD Academy, the pilot year of which...

06 June | The Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, the first Czech branch of the...

02 June | Dana Lynn Driscoll, Director of the Jones White Writing Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the United States, who has lectured on scientific writing in many places...

19 May | The battery storage facility, which will cover increased electricity consumption during peak energy periods, was purchased for more than €400,000 by the Energy Research Centre...

15 May | Heat and its associated chemical, physical or dynamic processes were a common feature of the lectures of the fourth FIP Academy seminar. Christian Teicht from the Fraunhofer...

28 April | Online conference organized by the European Patent Office and the European Commission on innovation and how to improve coordination and cooperation

26 April | The expansion of mutual cooperation, e.g. in the field of joint research projects or publications, was the central theme of the visit of representatives of the Fraunhofer Project...

18 April | V mezinárodním časopise Polymer Testing byla publikován článek popisující výsledky výzkumu nanovlákenné membrány.

07 April | Julie Horáková graduated in marketing and business at the Faculty of Economics (FE), VSB-TUO. During her studies, she took the opportunity to study abroad, first in Finland and...

23 March | It is our pleasure to invite you to the conference MELPRO 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. A major goal of it is to bring academic scientists, engineers, industry researchers...

22 March | Vodoodpudivé nátěry zabraňují vsakování vody a jsou využívány k ochraně kamenných památek.

08 March | Since February, the Faculty of Mining and Geology, the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, and the Faculty of Civil Engineering have been headed by women.

02 March | The results of virtual reality research are published in an impact journal.

01 March | Rector of VSB-TUO, prof. RNDr. Václav Snášel, CSc., commented on the current difficult situation in Ukraine.

28 February | On 28 February, VSB – Technical University Ostrava launched a website called Help to Ukraine.

28 February | Popularisation of science and technology at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava is an integral part of our approach to social responsibility.

17 January | Dr. Dominika Zabiegaj from Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne from the UK started her internship at the Nanotechnology Centre.

07 January | A new method for the preparation of catalysts for the removal of nitrous oxide (N₂O) from industrial waste gases has been developed by scientists from the Centre for...

30 November | A course specifically designed for the needs of sustainable management and today's fast-growing automotive industry facing the challenges of green mobility is being prepared...

18 November | One of the Highly Cited Researcher awards is going to VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) again this year. Radek Zbořil from the Centre for Energy and Environmental...

22 October | In September, two foreign students completed their research internship at the Center for Nanotechnology.

22 October | Two scientists from Firat University visited CNT, VŠB-TUO on October 19-21, 2021.

18 August | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) will be represented at this year's prestigious Global Summit and Expo on Graphene and 2D Materials (2DMAT2021).

11 August | Researchers prepared a water-insoluble nanofibrous antimicrobial material based on hyaluronic acid for the possible application in biomedicine.

26 July | Scientists have developed the first transparent luminescent solar concentrator based on lead-free perovskite nanocrystals.

09 April | Clay Minerals in Nature - their Characterization, Modification and Application