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14 April 2025 | More than a hundred participants, over twenty presentations, and an exhibition area featuring more than twenty exhibitors, mainly from the commercial sector - marked the 2nd...

09 April 2025 | Radek Zbořil, head of the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL), recently visited the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, Germany, where he delivered an invited lecture titled...

31 March 2025 | Scientists from the international research group ADVANCED NANOROBOTS AND MULTISCALE ROBOTICS LAB at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-TUO have come up...

26 March 2025 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) have agreed to collaborate on the development of breakthrough technologies...

18 March 2025 | How can we boost the formation of superoxide radicals in photocatalytic processes—essential for rapidly and efficiently breaking down unwanted organic substances in water or...

11 March 2025 | What’s new at the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center? Find out in Newsletter 2/2025!

27 February 2025 | The Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) of the Nanotechnology Center maintains a very close partnership with EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology). During a...

24 February 2025 | Academics and representatives from the commercial sector in the Czech Republic and Germany will come together at the second annual Czech-German Business Meeting, set to take place...

20 February 2025 | Scientists from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at VSB-TUO, the Signal Lab team led by Radek Martinek, are involved in research that uses artificial...

20 February 2025 | Not only interdisciplinary but also inter-university collaboration will be the main focus of this year's Scientific Writing Camp (SWC), taking place on 23–24 April. Open to PhD...

14 February 2025 | He is one of the most cited scientists in the world, has worked at prestigious universities abroad, has published more than 900 scientific papers that have received over 75,000...

11 February 2025 | Swati Verma became part of the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) at the Nanotechnology Centre, CEET, VSB-TUO at the end of last year.

07 February 2025 | At the Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, we have launched the international research project CESAR – Centre of Excellence for Safety Research.

04 February 2025 | Researchers from the Materials-Envi Lab (MEL) at the Nanotechnology Centre of VSB-TUO leverage state-of-the-art microscopy and spectroscopic techniques to perform complex materials...

29 January 2025 | Modern laboratories, workspaces, and a unique testing polygon for automated vehicle and mobile robotic systems will be established on the VSB-Technical University Ostrava campus,...

29 January 2025 | First issue of the IT4Innovations newsletter 2025

21 January 2025 | Recent advancements in hybrid porous materials and defect engineering, promising for various electrochemical and catalytic applications, were presented at the Materials-Envi Lab of...

17 January 2025 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava within the consortium PROGRES 3 announces a Competition for the best dissertations defended in 2024. Applications up to 6.2.2025

13 January 2025 | The Seminar for the Czech scientific community working in the field of mathematical modelling, numerical analysis, and computer simulations.

09 January 2025 | Ondřej Sakreida, a first-year PhD student at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology at VŠB-TUO, has joined the EBEAM project team. Despite needing to balance his research...

17 December 2024 | Researchers from VSB-TUO have outlined the synthesis mechanism for boron-doped graphitic carbon nitride in a study published in Materials Today Chemistry. A team of experts, led by...

16 December 2024 | VSB-TUO has once again been ranked in the QS WUR: Sustainability, evaluating universities based on their contributions to sustainable development. This year’s ranking includes...

09 December 2024 | Researchers from the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre at VSB-TUO and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT have introduced a novel methodology for...

04 December 2024 | The latest research by Ostrava scientists brings a major advance in the diagnosis and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity. With the help of artificial intelligence, they are...

02 December 2024 | At the 4th Quality 2024 conference on Nov 26–27 at Valeč Castle, experts discussed quality, AI, and innovative tools, exploring their benefits and risks.

21 November 2024 | A robot developed by an international team of scientists from VSB - Technical University Ostrava, Mexico and the UK may find its application in challenging environments, logistics...

14 November 2024 | Brain research requires a fundamental change in research approach. Research teams from four Czech research institutes have come up with a completely new direction, teaming up with...

30 October 2024 | Scientists from VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and Fraunhofer ICT in Pfinztal recently came together for a workshop entitled Thermal Energy Storage and Energetic Materials....

10 October 2024 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has successfully maintained its position in the 1201st-1500th range in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings...

03 October 2024 | Scientists from Palacký University Olomouc (UP) and the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO), in collaboration with colleagues from China, have discovered a groundbreaking...

26 September 2024 | The European Union has taken another step towards enhancing the European quantum computing infrastructure by signing a contract for the acquisition of the LUMI-Q consortium's...

25 September 2024 | The main goal of the international MERGE project, funded by the Horizon Europe program, is to develop eco-friendly, easily recyclable, cost-effective, and efficient single atom...

23 September 2024 | Participants of the first Industry 4.0 & Automotive Lab (IAL) workshop for the REFRESH project, held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the VSB-TUO,...

23 September 2024 | Over the last ten years, we have seen several pandemics. The Zika, Ebola, flu, and COVID-19 pandemics have significantly impacted global health, the economy, and society. These...

20 September 2024 | The aim of the project, launched at the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava with support from the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships program, is to develop...

18 September 2024 | Are you considering study or research opportunities in Germany? Discover the latest DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarships for students, academic and research staff...

18 September 2024 | The atomic engineering approach serves as the common denominator of two research initiatives stemming from the MSCA Fellowships CZ call under the Jan Amos Komensky Operational...

12 September 2024 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) and its Fraunhofer Innovation Platform (FIP-AI@VSB-TUO) will participate in the prestigious international trade fair, EXPO REAL...

12 September 2024 | News from the National Supercomputing Center

11 September 2024 | Scientists from the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB-TUO and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT are investigating the potential of machine...

03 September 2024 | The Czech Path to Space project has introduced its upcoming activities, which will also involve scientists from VSB-TUO.

02 September 2024 | The PhD Academy at VŠB-TUO brings many innovations in the coming academic year. New courses and workshops will be added, but now not only students but also current or aspiring...

26 August 2024 | The Czech Society for Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Digital Technologies in Medicine (CSAIM) was established as a new professional society. Radek Martinek, Vice-Dean for...

12 August 2024 | Professor Seyedali Mirjalili, one of the most internationally recognized and highly-cited experts in Artificial Intelligence, has joined the REFRESH project team.

06 August 2024 | The GUMES (Green Urban Mobility EcoSystem) project aims to promote e-mobility as a key component of green cities. Since the beginning of this year, researchers from the Faculty of...

22 July 2024 | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has improved its position in the international QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025 (formerly QS EECA). This year's edition...

22 July 2024 | For the second consecutive year, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has been featured in the international CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024. The latest edition assesses the...

27 June 2024 | A prestigious international prize, the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW), awarded for outstanding scientific and technological contributions in...

20 June 2024 | VŠB-TUO has gained significant scientific reinforcement. Since January of this year, Professor Mark H. Rümmeli has been leading the EBEAM (Electron Beam Emergent Additive...

19 June 2024 | The progress in the development of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and their applications in energy storage devices is summarized in a review article co-authored by scientists...

17 June 2024 | In the THE Impact Rankings 2024, which evaluates universities based on their efforts to fulfill the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), VSB – Technical University...

17 June 2024 | On June 5, 2024, a project called Use of pulsed excitation techniques for non-destructive testing of elastic material properties was launched during a kick-off meeting at @Tecpa,...

06 June 2024 | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) once again ranks among the top 1,500 universities globally. In the QS World University Rankings 2025, which evaluated a record 5,633...

04 June 2024 | The research program focuses on the development of advanced materials for sustainable energy and environmental protection, integrating materials research with physics, chemistry,...

03 June 2024 | Over the past year, FIP has made significant progress, showcasing growing collaboration between VSB-TUO, Fraunhofer Institutes, and other partners through various events. These...

20 May 2024 | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has once again been featured in the international rankings by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), published this May....

17 May 2024 | On 12 September 2024, the National Technical Library will host the 9th edition of the international Falling Walls Lab Czech Republic competition. Its aim is to bring forth a new...

16 May 2024 | The first meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board of VSB-TUO took place at the Technical University of Ostrava from 15 to 17 May 2024.

06 May 2024 | To succeed in challenge like this, we cannot limit ourselves to energy transformation and sustainability. It is equally important to devise approaches and materials to ensure that...

29 April 2024 | Exchange of experience in the area of ​​risk assessment associated with the post-mining landscape as well as the issue of thermal processes on mine dumps.

25 April 2024 | Higher interest from PhD students, PhD students from all faculties at the Scientific Writing Camp (SWC), international students as well as an international mentor - these are some...

22 April 2024 | New premises in the vicinity of the Central Library are available to the PhD Academy at VŠB-TUO. The rooms will be used for courses and other activities of the PhD Academy, which...

18 April 2024 | The first German-Czech meeting, held on 11 April 11 at the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre, successfully facilitated connections between German and Czech companies and...

15 April 2024 | The annual meeting of the Advisory Council of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Materials & Manufacturing at VSB - Technical University of...

15 April 2024 | prof. Ing. Gražyna Simha Martynková, Ph.D. - "The Nanotechnology Centre is a dynamically evolving institution with an exceptional scientific range from fundamental research to...

08 April 2024 | ‘NanoLumCat Ostrava–Revealing the Future of Light Transformation’ has brought together leading materials scientists from Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, China, the Czech...

26 March 2024 | An innovative approach for the production of advanced biofuels, which responds to the global demand for sustainable energy and reduces dependence on fossil fuels, is to be the...

19 March 2024 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) cordially invites you to the 5th Workshop for Forming and Punching & the 1st German-Czech Business Meeting, which will take place on...

15 March 2024 | The Scientific Writing Camp (SWC) will support early-career researchers, their publishing activities, and above all mutual interdisciplinary collaboration again this academic year....

12 March 2024 | The EBEAM project will join the 20th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (DSL2024) held in Barcelona, Spain from 24-28 June 2024.

05 March 2024 | An evaluation of the performance and proposals and recommendations for the next period were the content of the meeting of the members of the Supervisory Group of the Fraunhofer...

29 February 2024 | Representatives from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the newly launched REFRESH project met on Wednesday at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava to share research findings,...

20 February 2024 | A collaboration between the University of Oxford and the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology at VŠB-TUO has resulted in an innovative article published in Angewandte Chemie...

20 February 2024 | Representatives of the management of the faculties visited renowned universities in India and also the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Delhi.

01 February 2024 | Collaboration within the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform is now highlighted in the new newsletter

31 January 2024 | Registration for the PhD Academy courses in the new semester will open on 1 February. PhD students can again choose from a wide range of courses and workshops by lecturers from...

22 January 2024 | Before the Christmas holidays, the Department of Mechanical Technology acquired a new robotic laser device for its inventory. The LMD (Laser Metal Deposition) technology, or the...

18 January 2024 | Scientists from the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB-TUO and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT are currently working on the integration of...

18 January 2024 | A new scientific addition to the Materials-Envi Lab is the physical chemist Lukáš Zdražil, who joined the post-doctoral research position in January. At the new workplace, he will...

17 January 2024 | Another outcome of the collaboration between VSB-TUO and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the NewHeatIntegrated project. This initiative focuses on advancements in thermal energy...

11 January 2024 | The pioneering EBEAM (Electron Beam Emergent Additive Manufacturing) project, which aims to push the boundaries of materials research, has been officially launched today at the...

10 January 2024 | Virtualisation of railway conditions and implementation of test rides in a laboratory environment. The software simulator, developed by National Supercomputing Center...

04 January 2024 | At the end of last year, the first meeting of the International Science Advisory Board (ISAB) for the MATUR - Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development project took...

11 December 2023 | A total of ten Czech universities made it into the QS Sustainability Ranking 2024, marking an increase of six from the previous year. Among the newcomers is VSB – Technical...

08 December 2023 | E pluribus unum, meaning one out of many or the unity in diversity. This proverb became the motto of the third Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) Workshop at...

24 November 2023 | A heat pump and a pellet boiler combined into one device, enhanced with an intelligent control unit — this, in short, describes the hybrid heat source developed by researchers from...

22 November 2023 | The ceremonial awarding of prizes at the recent meeting of the Scientific Council, held on November 16, 2023, was a significant moment for colleagues from the Research Energy...

21 November 2023 | Jedná se o čtyřletý projekt, zaměřený na problémy související s útlumem těžby, transformacemi posthornických regionů a případným následným využíváním uzavřených dolů.

14 November 2023 | In their new study, CEET researchers have presented a way to turn waste into a useful product.

23 October 2023 | Representatives of the Fraunhofer innovation platform participated in the Business2Science conference organised by the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre on 19 October. Vladislav...

23 October 2023 | How to abandon the use of fossil fuels and switch to sustainable energy is presented from today by a unique polygon CEETe, which was created by scientists of the Centre for Energy...

18 October 2023 | The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-TUO is making a significant contribution to energy transition and sustainability.

06 October 2023 | CNT scientists, as well as PhD students in nanotechnology study program, are working with their colleagues in Turkey to develop safer battery prototypes.

06 October 2023 | In late September, the Rector's College visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal, Germany, a valued partner of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform...

04 October 2023 | Professors B. Strnadel, H. Fukotomi, O. Umezawa and E. Kobayasi have been awarded the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) Best Research Achievement Award for 2021.

03 October 2023 | This year, despite the competition and an increased number of participating institutions—1904 universities from 108 countries, over 100 more than the previous year, VSB – Technical...

02 October 2023 | The NanoCzech Liberec 2023 conference, the first edition of which took place on 27 September, offered a meeting place for nanotechnology companies and interest organisations,...

25 September 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

20 September 2023 | The Business2Science conference organised by the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre Ostrava on 19th October, will feature panel discussions, case studies, pitch-deck sessions, and...

07 September 2023 | 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,...

06 September 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

10 August 2023 | 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 2023 | The Department of Electronics was successful this year in two international competitions and gained participation in international COST (European Cooperation in Science and...

27 July 2023 | 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...

26 July 2023 | Researchers at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-TUO, in collaboration with the University Hospital Ostrava and Tecpa, have developed a sensory mat...

25 July 2023 | Scientists from Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava acquired significant project named ExPEDite. This project focused on...

18 July 2023 | 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...

03 July 2023 | 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...

28 June 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

28 June 2023 | The hosting agreement was signed in Luxembourg for the acquisition and operation of a quantum computer by the international LUMI-Q consortium. It will be installed at...

20 June 2023 | 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...

12 June 2023 | 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 2023 | We were honored to receive a distinguished guest on Friday, 9 June.

07 June 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

02 June 2023 | On 15 June, Dr. Kunio Hasegawa, a world expert in nuclear safety, will speak about the characterization and assessment of material defects in the nuclear industry. The lecture,...

23 May 2023 | 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...

22 May 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

03 May 2023 | 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...

03 May 2023 | A unique Global Experts programme, funded by the Moravian-Silesian Region, is being launched to attract the world's top scientists to local universities. The first university...

25 April 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | Communication of science was the main topic of two events this week for the academic community and other staff of VSB-TUO.

20 April 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

04 April 2023 | 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...

04 April 2023 | Scientists from the Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN) at Palacký University Olomouc, together with researchers from the CEET and IT4Innovations research...

03 April 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

24 March 2023 | In the 25th anniversary edition of the Werner von Siemens Awards for 2022, which recognizes the best students, young researchers, and teachers in technical and natural science...

17 March 2023 | 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 2023 | The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) of the VSB-TUO hosted distinguished guests on the second Friday of March. Representatives of the Technology Agency of...

14 March 2023 | The Advisory Council meeting of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing took place at VSB - Technical University of...

07 March 2023 | 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...

02 March 2023 | The possibility to register for this year’s workshops for ERC applicants has been opened

01 March 2023 | Technology Centre Prague together with Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information are pleased to invite you to the Czech-Slovak Information Day on MSCA Staff Exchanges.

01 March 2023 | Uznávaný celosvětový odborník na elektrochemii Profesor Richard Compton z Oxfordské univerzity navštívil VŠB-TUO.

22 February 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

13 February 2023 | 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...

06 February 2023 | 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...

27 January 2023 | 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 2023 | 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 2023 | 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...

04 January 2023 | 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...

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

12 December 2022 | 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...

06 December 2022 | The way out of the current energy crisis, but also solutions for long-term energy independence and sustainability in the Czech Republic will be sought by academics in cooperation...

30 November 2022 | Researchers from the Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Metrology participated in the development of the protective half-mask.

23 November 2022 | 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 2022 | 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....

22 November 2022 | The Danube Transnational Programme finances regional projects involving 2 to 4 participating countries of the Danube region (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Montenegro,...

22 November 2022 | The French Institute in Prague and the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MSMT) are happy to announce the new launch of the Barrande Fellowship Programme for 2023, the...

21 November 2022 | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava together with their partners from the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing at VSB...

24 October 2022 | 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 2022 | 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...

07 October 2022 | 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...

05 October 2022 | The European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC has selected sites to host new European quantum computers. LUMI-Q consortium is among the projects chosen, and its quantum computer will be...

30 September 2022 | 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 2022 | 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...

23 September 2022 | Ondřej Kabot from the ENET Centre, a part of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies at VSB-TUO, gathered the experience of foreign colleagues in research on partial...

22 September 2022 | 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...

19 September 2022 | We are an open platform for cooperation and invite the public sector, companies and universities to join hands and seek opportunities for the development of the Region. This is...

16 September 2022 | 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...

12 September 2022 | The PhD Academy Info Day brought a look back at the past pilot run and especially an invitation to participate in the upcoming year.

29 August 2022 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre develop SMARAGD to aid the development and prosperity of the Region.

24 August 2022 | The Info Day will provide you with the latest news and information on the PhD Academy of the VSB-TUO in the upcoming academic year. The event will take place on 9th September at...

24 August 2022 | During the holidays, about 150 children were introduced to the research of the Institute of Environmental Technology (IET), which is part of the Centre for Energy and Environmental...

16 August 2022 | VŠB – The Technical University of Ostrava has been ranked in the top 1,000 universities in the world for the second time. In the prestigious international ranking of universities,...

19 July 2022 | Scientists at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center are developing a specialised software package that will make the study of proteins easier and faster. The advanced...

15 July 2022 | The energy from the distribution network, photovoltaic power plant and batteries is now used by Auto Kubíček in Olomouc thanks to the unique EMA microgrid.

30 June 2022 | David Seidl from the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava joined the expert debate on the possible use of alternative...

30 June 2022 | The fifth seminar, held at the beginning of June, concluded the series of presentations within the FIP Academy.

29 June 2022 | Another step towards mutual research cooperation was reached during the visit of representatives of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) and the Faculty of...

28 June 2022 | 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...

28 June 2022 | Registration for the PhD Academy is open, 36 courses are available. Sign up now!

27 June 2022 | The construction of a photovoltaic power plant on the roof of a factory building is the culmination of long-term cooperation between the engineering company Ostroj and the Energy...

13 June 2022 | The LUMI supercomputer is the first pre-exascale supercomputer of the pan-European EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and is now also the most powerful supercomputer in Europe.

07 June 2022 | 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 2022 | 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 2022 | 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...

20 May 2022 | The first hydrogen train crossed the Czech Republic on Thursday; it travelled on the line from Olomouc to Opava. It is no coincidence that Lukáš Prokop and David Seidl from the...

19 May 2022 | 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...

17 May 2022 | New information on robotics or the combined technology of hydroforming and injection molding will be available on 2 June at the FIP Academy seminar. The first presentation will be...

15 May 2022 | 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...

03 May 2022 | The seminar, held on Friday 28 April, was the final part of the three-year project Research on the Potential of Hydrogen Technologies for Transformation of the Energy Mix of the...

29 April 2022 | VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has improved its position in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022, which compares universities against the United Nations’...

29 April 2022 | Important information for further research into the operation of electric vehicles is currently being obtained by scientists from the ENET Centre during a training course for...

28 April 2022 | Monday's visit of the Minister of Science, Research and Innovation, Helena Langšádlová, to VSB – Technical University of Ostrava was dedicated to the presentation of the Centre for...

27 April 2022 | VSB-TUO appears for the third time in the international ranking of the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) and ranks in the top 9.2% out of 19,788 universities worldwide....

26 April 2022 | 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...

26 April 2022 | Membrane separation. This is the solution offered by the Energy Research Centre, part of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies at VSB-TUO, for the use of waste and...

21 April 2022 | Christian Teicht from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (Fraunhofer ICT) and Bedřich Smetana from the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology at VSB-Technical...

20 April 2022 | Different variants of composite materials for 3D printing, consisting of a polymer matrix of Onyx and carbon reinforced filament (printing string), were prepared, and subsequently...

19 April 2022 | According to the Web of Science database, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has seen a significant improvement, year-on-year, in the number of highly cited papers....

14 April 2022 | Hydrogen public transport buses, hydrogen trains, charging stations, and other necessary equipment for the use of this energy source are not dreams of the very distant future in...

12 April 2022 | The sun instead of electric furnaces and a cheap nanomaterial instead of gold. This is, in a nutshell, the fundamental principle behind a new process that can speed up and make...

07 April 2022 | In mid-March, the PhD Academy of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava hosted a lecture by Zifan Wang, a postdoc from the University of Oxford. The young scientist talked about the...

05 April 2022 | Successful experiment in collaboration with another department.

29 March 2022

18 March 2022 | Michal Vaštyl from the Institute of Environmental Technology (IET), one of the components of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB – Technical...

14 March 2022 | Lukáš Halagačka from the Nanotechnology Centre and IT4Innovations at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) has been studying the structures of silicon nanowires for the...

11 March 2022 | On Thursday, 3rd March, Dieter Weise from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (Fraunhofer IWU) introduced his research topic on incremental sheet...

02 March 2022 | The results of virtual reality research are published in an impact journal.

02 March 2022 | A multidisciplinary approach to the microcosm will be presented by Zifan Wang from the University of Oxford as part of the PhD Academy. On Wednesday 16 March, he will be giving a...

01 March 2022 | New composting technologies are very important for sustainable development are important for the future

28 February 2022 | The Nanotechnology Centre, now part of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies’ (CEET) at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, marks 15 years since its establishment....

21 February 2022 | The second FIP Academy online seminar will take place on 3 March, at 2 pm. Researchers and PhD students can look forward to presentations by Dieter Weise and Christian Teicht, who...

18 February 2022 | Representatives from the Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) have launched the construction of a new unique...

11 February 2022 | Reading Room in Poruba is open until 18:00 again.

07 February 2022 | On 3 February, the lectures led by Ladislav Foltyn from IT4Innovations at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava and Vladislav Kolarik from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical...

02 February 2022 | Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is searching for suitable candidates for the position of Senior researcher from abroad.

24 January 2022 | The newly established FIP Academy aims to connect researchers from all of the partner institutions of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for...

20 January 2022 | The PhD Academy of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, a unique system of courses and services for PhD students in the Czech Republic, is offering more than three dozen...

10 January 2022 | A collaboration between Czech and German scientists has resulted in a unique environmentally friendly nanomaterial, which can speed up and allow for the cheaper industrial...

07 January 2022 | 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...

05 January 2022 | The Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET) at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava celebrated its first birthday with the arrival of the New Year.

15 December 2021 | The world of nanoparticles, their physical and physicochemical properties, their mutual interaction, or their ability to organise themselves into higher units. These are just some...

03 December 2021 | Academic writing does not exist as a separate didactic or scientific field in which future instructors of academic writing courses can be trained within the Czech Republic. Experts...

28 November 2021 | How do the lipids used in current mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 behave? Can they affect the vaccines‘ properties? Why are they stored under different conditions? These questions...

24 November 2021 | The joint publication resulted from the collaboration of researchers from the Institute of Environmental Technology (IET), part of CEET, at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava...

21 November 2021 | We are pleased to share that eight members of our university have been recognized in the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in a study from Stanford University.

18 November 2021 | 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...

12 November 2021 | Until now, observing subatomic structures was beyond the resolution capabilities of direct imaging methods, and this seemed unlikely to change. Czech scientists, however, have...

11 November 2021 | A total of 56 publications in high impact journals, five dozen articles in proceedings, 23 theses, three functional samples, two patents, one prototype and four products launched...

04 November 2021 | Forty scientists from two research institutes met on Thursday, 4th November, at IT4Innovations in Ostrava to present their research activities to each other and discuss the...

12 October 2021 | The Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics and Computer Science of VSB-TUO has prepared an International...

01 October 2021 | Rektor Vysoké školy báňské – Technické univerzity Ostrava vyhlašuje výzvu v rámci celouniverzitní grantové soutěže o podporu studentských grantů na výzkum prováděný studenty...

17 September 2021 | VSB - Technical University of Ostrava has launched the PhD Academy for students of doctoral programmes. This unique system of courses and support services is designed to help PhD...

13 September 2021 | Scientists from the Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN) of Palacký University Olomouc, the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech...

10 September 2021 | Students of doctoral programmes at VSB-TUO can now use the “helping hand” of the PhD Academy. Jana Kukutschová, the Vice-Rector for Science and Research and one of the initiators...

18 August 2021 | 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 2021 | Researchers prepared a water-insoluble nanofibrous antimicrobial material based on hyaluronic acid for the possible application in biomedicine.

26 July 2021 | Scientists have developed the first transparent luminescent solar concentrator based on lead-free perovskite nanocrystals.

20 July 2021 | Green Technologies & Innovations in Czechia, Bavaria and Saxony, 2-3 September 2021, Prague

01 July 2021 | Academic writing is an essential part of scholarly activities and should be systematically encouraged. The international conference of the European Association for the Teaching of...

22 June 2021 | Summer opening hours

04 June 2021 | International competition Falling Walls Venture aimed at students, young scientists, innovators and start-up founders

03 June 2021 | two international competitions - Falling Walls Lab and Falling Walls Venture aimed at students, young scientists, innovators and start-up founders

21 May 2021 | Provision of services in the Central Library and all its branches has been fully restored. Lending services are provided in the standard manner.

30 April 2021 | From May 3rd, 2021 until May 21st, 2021, there are limited opening hours of the Central Library lending departments.

13 February 2021 | Central Library of VSB-TUO is providing its services to internal users only in lending departments in Poruba, at the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Safety Engineering.

02 April 2019

13 September 2017 | Pozvánka na akci

15 October 2015 | INVITATION: Nominate your EUREKA project consortium for the EUREKA Innovation Award 2015/2016

17 February 2015 | The Czech Science Foundation announces a public tender for the international/bilateral grant projects with the expected start date of the awarded projects in 2016.

10 November 2014 | Teruo Kishi is President of Innovative Structural Materials Association in Japan, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo and President Emeritus in NIMS.

25 February 2011 | Zlín, 12.4.2011