Open Day 2025: Number of registrations increased by 9 percent
This year´s Open Day offered an expanded programme across all ten faculties of Masaryk University, as well as two workshops. A total of 3,500 prospective students registered.
This year´s Open Day offered an expanded programme across all ten faculties of Masaryk University, as well as two workshops. A total of 3,500 prospective students registered.
Support for Ukraine, the situation in Slovakia, the risks associated with social media, questions about Russia and Belarus, the role of the traditional media, and questions about the new government – these were the topics that resonated during Czech President Petr Pavel’s meeting with MU students.
In mid-October, an MU delegation took part in a working trip across Brazil. Over the course of two weeks, they visited a number of universities, research centres, and secondary schools.
On Thursday, November 6, 36 doctoral students and their supervisors or consultants received the Vice-Rector’s Award for Excellent Results in Doctoral Studies at Masaryk University.
ECON MUNI has therefore joined a unique project called Czech Cybersecurity Seminars. Supported by Google.org, the project aims to strengthen digital security in everyday life. A whole network of student ambassadors is emerging to deliver practical knowledge in a comprehensible way to communities, non-profit organizations, schools as well as other organizations that often lack the resources, knowledge or time for such activities.
At the beginning of the semester, the area in front of ECON MUNI was covered with a temporary installation designed to attract the attention of passers-by and encourage them to think about the future of this shared space.
In mid-October, both students and staff could find out everything about Erasmus programmes.
A researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Economics, Policy, and Innovation (HEPII) will be teaching in the Applied Health Economics master's program at ECON MUNI starting this fall. He focuses on health technology assessment (HTA), which helps decide which drugs and medical devices will be covered by public health insurance. In this interview, he explains why HTA is key to modern healthcare and how it connects science, economics, and ethics.