Masaryk University
Masaryk Institution is the Czech Republic's second-largest university and a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. It was founded in 1919 in Brno as the second Czech university (after Charles University, which was founded in 1348 and Palack University, which was active from 1573 to 1860), and today has 10 faculties and 35,115 students. Tomá Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of an independent Czechoslovakia and the pioneer of the drive for a second Czech university, was honored with the name.
After Jan Evangelista Purkyn, a Czech biologist, the university was renamed Jan Evangelista Purkyn University in 1960. Following the Velvet Revolution in 1990, it reverted to its old name. Over 171,000 students have graduated from the university since its founding in 1922.
The university is a research-intensive establishment. It places "a strong emphasis on international collaboration with famous foreign universities and [other] research institutions," according to the report. For the years 2016–2018, the university remained among the top 600 universities in the world. Masaryk University was ranked seventh among all universities in EU-countries that entered the EU after 2004. According to a recent QS Students City rating, Masaryk University is tied for fifth place in the world with Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, and Amsterdam, ahead of New York, London, and Sydney, but behind Prague, in the category "student's outlook."
- QS Ranking 2022: 551
- THE Ranking 2022: 801
- ARWU Ranking 2021: 601
Founded: 1919
Location:Brno
Website:www.muni.cz
