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New startup stars will shine in style and online

12 April | Green Light Startup Show online and in a stylish environment. Through the live stream, 11 projects will be presented from 6 pm on Thursday, April 29, the 5 best of which will...

Important information about Coronavirus

12 April | Important information about Coronavirus for students and employees.

Clay Minerals in Nature - their Characterization, Modification and Application

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

Wanted - new doctoral students at EKF

29 March | Are you interested in the possibility of doctoral studies at EKF? Here are important informations for you...

Graphene acid—a new recipe for removing heavy metals and extracting noble metals from water

23 March | A new type of graphene acid-based sorbent, which can remove heavy metals from contaminated waters but can also serve to extract noble metals from aqueous environments, was...

“All my life stages are somehow connected to Ostrava,” says the CEO of the Austrian Hornbach and our graduate Marek Thiemel

09 March | Marek Thiemel is one of the graduates from VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, who currently works as the director of the Austrian hobby-market Hornbach. How he remembers his...

Free English On-line Lectures

04 March | Do you want to learn something new in the field of management, business, finance or accounting? All this ONLINE and for free?

“Be willing to keep learning and educating yourself and look beyond the borders,” says marketing director for Pilsner Urquell

02 March | Roman Trzaskalik works as a marketing director of the most popular beer brand in our country, Pilsner Urquell. Besides this, he is also a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at...

Virtual tour of the Faculty of Civil Engineering

10 February | You can now walk through the Faculty of Civil Engineering in a virtual space using the Google Street View application.

For me, studying for a master's degree was essential

07 January | Lucie Videcká recalls her studies at the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

Information for accommodated students

06 January | valid from 5.1.2021

Research supported by the IT4Innovations supercomputers won the Czech Head Award

21 December | Research supported by the IT4Innovations supercomputers won the Czech Head Award

The Rector’s Christmas greeting 2020

18 December | The Rector’s Christmas greeting 2020

Museum of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is opened

14 December | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava has been the first university in the Czech Republic, which established a University Museum.

St. Nicholas for international students

07 December | The University International Office prepared a surprise for international students on Friday, 4th December.

Reducing emissions with the right research

19 November | We are pleased to let you know that our article in THE magazine is now available online.

Rector´s word

26 October | Rector´s word

The Rector Snášel discussed cooperation with French universities with the Ambassador

25 August | In Paris, the Rector met the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to France Michal Fleischmann.

Will chatbots replace teachers in schools?

17 July | The results of the VŠB-TUO research team were published in the July's issue of the high-impact journal Computers & Education.

IT4Innovations on the cover of magazine Science

25 June | IT4Innovations on the cover of magazine Science!

IT4Innovations Supercomputers will help find a cure for coronavirus

18 June | High-performance computers in the Czech Republic are again serving a good cause. IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center has started cooperation with the Italian university...

Architecture students exhibition - Skrytá budoucnost (The Hidden Future)

30 April | MAPPA Ostrava organized an exhibition with the Department of Architecture showcasing the work undertaken by students of the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

Rector's message to students

20 March | Rector's message to students

Another success of VSB-TUO in the world of medicine

30 January | The team led by doc. Radek Martinek from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at VSB-TUO has developed the Foetal Electrodiagram Phantom technology, which is...

VSB-TUO has obtained institutional accreditation

22 January | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava has got a beautiful Christmas present – it received institutional accreditation from the National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education.

VSB-TUO and T-Mobile are concluding a memorandum on long-term cooperation

17 January | On Friday 20 December, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and the company T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. are signing a memorandum of long-term cooperation. This concerns the...

The University of the Third Age from organised by the Faculty of Mining and Geology at VSB-TUO has been launched for the 28th time

10 January | Similarly to many other universities, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava offers a lifelong learning by means of the University of the Third Age. The first faculty which has...

The love to traditional crafts must be found within

10 January | In times of high technology, the expected Industry 4.0 and the gradual transformation of working positions, the meaning of traditional crafts successively lags behind. Only in this...

2nd Project Face to Face Meeting LINKS Foundation in Turin

11 November | After eight months of work, the LEXIS Project started the first of four planned Face to Face Meetings which is under way in Turin from 10th to 12th September 2019, hosted by the...

At VSB-TUO, science and art are combined

11 November | Martin Jurek, a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at VSB-TUO, designs his own production machines, on which he creates photographs burnt into wood, notepads and...

Secondary school students designed a jewellery collection for VSB-TUO

08 November | Perfect combination, it is the right expression for the joint work of students and teachers of the Secondary Vocational School of Art and Grammar School, s.r.o. in Ostrava-Zábřeh...

Medical start-up incubator III: Researchers from VSB-TUO and the University Hospital in Ostrava (FNO) met for the third time to discuss the possibilit

06 November | Medical start-up incubator was held for the third time. It is brainstorming with proposals for cooperation in the field of science and research between the University Hospital in...

This year’s Night of Scientists surpassed the attendance of last year again

10 October | This year, around 35 cities and towns across the Czech Republic have come alive with the Night of Scientists. At 167 places, visitors could choose from a rich programme on the...

OPENQKD paves the way for a secure Pan-European Quantum Communication Infrastructure

09 October | Today marks the launch of a pilot project, OPENQKD, that will install a test quantum communication infrastructure in several European countries. It will boost the security of...

The new supercomputer in Ostrava is called Barbora

02 October | In Ostrava, on Wednesday the 2nd of October 2019, the ceremony for the new supercomputer being put into operation at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB-TUO was...

Prohibition of smoking at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava

30 May | Thank you for respecting the prohibion of smoking at the campus VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava.