On Monday, September 15, 2025, the Dean of ECON MUNI, Professor Jiří Špalek, honoured the best scientists. This year, the Dean's Awards were presented in seven categories and were received by 27 researchers.
Masaryk University guarantees an income amounting to 1.2 times the minimum wage for all full-time doctoral students who are meeting their study obligations and are within the standard period of study.
Fifty-seven years ago, on 21 August 1968, Czechoslovakia was occupied by the armies of five Warsaw Pact countries led by the Soviet Union. The invasion put an end to free debate at universities and crushed hopes of a more open society.
Starting this September, PhD students in the Czech Republic will see a major change — they will be legally entitled to a minimum income amounting to at least 1.2 times the minimum wage.
In this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Masaryk University improved its score in the indicator measuring the number of articles published in Nature and Science.
With the support of Google.org, Masaryk University is set to launch the main phase of a unique cybersecurity project in the autumn semester of 2025. This initiative will see collaboration between the Faculty of Informatics, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Studies, and the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
With the support of Google.org, Masaryk University is set to launch the main phase of a unique cybersecurity project in the autumn semester of 2025. This initiative will see collaboration between the Faculty of Informatics, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Studies, and the Faculty of Economics and Administration.
How do financial markets affect our daily lives and why is it a good idea to do a PhD? Professor Štefan Lyócsa talks about more than that. His research is focused on what influences investors' attention. Starting next year, he will also be supervising a new PhD programme in Economics, Finance and Management. In the middle of June, the President of the Czech Republic appointed him professor of economics.