Our mission is science and research
State-of-the-art equipment, cutting-edge technologies and international cooperation. This is what research at MU is all about.
We are dedicated to establishing the right priorities, committed to securing sufficient funding and fully aware of the ethical and social implications of our research results.
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Lumír Krejčí elected member of EMBO
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced in July its newly elected members, including Masaryk University’s Lumír Krejčí from the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science.
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MUNI Seminar Series links mathematics with neuroscience and economics with sociology
The MUNI Seminar Series regularly offers lectures on current trends in science and the opportunity to meet leading figures from different fields in three areas.
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Research Breakfast brings human stories and motivation
The Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University started the series of Research Breakfasts in the spring semester. Rector Martin Bareš appeared as the guest in May.
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Karel Šmejkal: I still find research an exciting game
For 24 years, Karel Šmejkal of the Faculty of Pharmacy has focused on pharmacognosy and phytochemistry. This year he received the MU Rector’s Award for long-term excellence in research in the field of natural sciences and medicine.
We provide our scientists with
excellent working conditions
Support from the International Scientific Advisory Board
The International Scientific Advisory Board provides us with very welcome feedback. The ISAB helps MU establish research priorities, develop scientific strategies and boost international cooperation.
We focus on areas we excel in
We have results.
Find out more.
Our scientists have achieved success at national and international levels. In addition to issuing a wide range of significant scientific publications, we regularly organize seminars and lectures on science and research conducted at MU.
We share our technologies and facilities
Access to central laboratories equipped with unique instruments is provided to other university units as well as other academic workplaces and even private companies.
We shape the scientific environment
for the better
We participate in key infrastructures
MU Research infrastructures are an important pillar of research and innovation systems.
Their significance is emphasized by our participation in 14 projects listed in the Czech National Roadmap for Large RDI Infrastructures.
Eleven of these projects are also part of research infrastructures of pan-European interest included in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) for 2021.