Czech Technical University

Buildings of the university are located in different parts of Prague. The CTU main campus is located to the north-west of the center of the city. The university campus is surrounded mainly by diplomatic residences and thanks to its location close to the Prague Castle, to the historic city centre and to the Prague international airport, the university constitutes the perfect place for both business and leisure travelers. It is also in close vicinity to two 4-star hotels (Diplomat Hotel, Hotel International Praha) that are ones of the largest hotels in Prague.

Among nine dormitories belonging to CTU, the Strahov Dormitory is the largest accommodation facility of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

On-campus facilities of each dormitory include clubs, bars, restaurants, canteen, shops, sports fields, copy center, barbershop. Total costs for living in one of these dormitories including security deposit, insurance, advance for electricity, etc. varies from 4,000 CZK to 6,500 CZK monthly.

The university mediates contacts between companies and the business sector, on the one hand, and CTU students, on the other. It provides all services free-of- charge for CTU students, and also for CTU graduates for a period of three years after graduating.

CTU organizes lectures and seminars with experienced specialists of international companies; Mentoring Programme – a unique programme at CTU that offers students an insight into the workplace. Many graduates become successful researchers and professors at foreign universities and in unique partner laboratories, including CERN and the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The fee for the admission procedure is about CZK 550. The fee for studying in a study programme taught in a foreign (English) language for bachelors varies from 20,000 to 64,000 CZK, for masters from 40,000 to 66,000 CZK and for doctoral from 28,000 to 69,000 CZK per each semester.

Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. Emperor Joseph I established the university first as the Institute of Engineering Education in 1707.

Currently about 22 000 students are enrolled at eight faculties and five institutes, covering a total of 132 accredited bachelor, master and PhD studyprogrammes 482 fields of study within these programmes.

The University has built up strong bonds with its industrial partners, including important world-scale players, such as Toyota, Skanska, Bosch, Siemens, Honeywell, GE, Rockwell, ABB, McKinsey, DaimlerChrysler, and Skoda-Volkswagen. CTU alumni work as engineers and/or managers in these companies.

In 2016, CTU was ranked between 501st and 550th place out of 4,200 universities worldwide in the QS World University Rankings, which is published in the Times Educational Supplement.

Many great personalities have graduated from CTU, including the famous physicist Christian Doppler, notable chemists such as Vladimir Prelog, renowned engineers such as F. J. Gerstner and J. Bozek, the first president of the Czech Republic Václav Havel, inventor of modern soft contact lenses Otto Wichterle, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic Vlastimil Picek and many others.

CTU currently has eight faculties. The oldest and the biggest among them by the number of students are the Faculties of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering.