University of West Bohemia

University of West Bohemia

Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni
Type	Public
Established	1991
Rector	Miroslav Holeček
Administrative staff	1,172
Students	18,151
Doctoral students	1,055
Location	Pilsen, Czech Republic 49°43′25.28″N 13°21′5.55″E / 49.7236889°N 13.3515417°ECoordinates: 49°43′25.28″N 13°21′5.55″E / 49.7236889°N 13.3515417°E
Website	http://www.zcu.cz/en/

The University of West Bohemia (Czech: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni, ZČU) is a university in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1991 and consists of nine faculties.

History

The University was formed by the merger of the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Education in Pilsen. The College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering was established in 1949 as a part of the Czech Technical University in Prague. It became an independent School in 1953. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering were formed in 1960. The Faculty of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Economics were formed in 1990. The Faculty of Education was formed in 1948 as a Pilsen subsidiary of the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. It became separate in 1953 as a College of Education and was later renamed as the Institute of Education. It became an independent Faculty of Education in 1964. Both Schools merged in 1991 as the University of West Bohemia.

Faculty of Law was established in 1993, The Faculty of Philosophy and Art in 2001, The Faculty of Art and Design in 2013 and The Faculty of Health Care Studies in 2008 when Private College in Pilsen merged with the University.

Organization

Campus Bory

The faculties are the basic units of the university. The units implement their own academic programs. Departments and institutes are responsible for the delivery of courses and for conducting research.

• The Faculty of Applied Sciences

The Faculty of Applied Sciences

• The Faculty of Economics
• The Faculty of Electrical Engineering

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering

• The Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
• The Faculty of Education
• The Faculty of Law
• The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art and Design
• The Faculty of Health Care Studies
• Institute of Applied Language Studies
• New Technologies - Research Centre in the West Bohemia region

Rectors of ZČU

• doc. RNDr. Jiří Holenda, CSc. (1992–1998)
• prof. Ing. Zdeněk Vostracký, DrSc.(1998–2004)
• doc. Ing. Josef Průša, CSc. (2004–2011)
• doc. PaedDr. Ilona Mauritzová, Ph.D. (2011-2015)
• doc. Dr. RNDr. Miroslav Holeček (since 2015)

Notable faculty

• Brad Vice, English

External links

• University of West Bohemia Website (Czech) (English)
• Center of Computer Graphics and Visualization