University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (Czech: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Latin: Universitas Bohemiae Meridionalis Budovicensis, JU or JČU) is a public university located in the city of České Budějovice (with branch campuses in Tábor, Vodňany, Nové Hrady) in the Czech Republic. Established in 1991, it has over 13,000 students and an academic staff of 856.[2][3] 573 students are currently enrolled in the university for their doctoral work.[2]

The rectorate and Faculty of Philosophy of the University of South Bohemia
Aerial view of the main campus of the University of South Bohemia
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
TypePublic
Established1991
RectorTomáš Machula[1]
Students13 458
Location,
48°58′43.15″N 14°26′54.3″E
CampusUrban
Websitewww.jcu.cz

History

The university was established on September 28, 1991, by an Act of Parliament, on the basis of two unrelated and independent institutions located in the city of České Budějovice. These two institutions, the Pedagogical Faculty (established in 1948 as a branch of the Faculty of Education of Charles University which subsequently became an independent faculty) and the Faculty of Agriculture (established in 1960 as part of the Prague University of Agriculture) were merged to form the university. Three additional faculties, the Faculty of Biological Science, Faculty of Theology, and Faculty of Health and Social Studies, were founded by the university academic senate in November, 1991.[4] The Faculty of Arts was founded in 2006 and the Faculty of Economics was added one year later. In 2009, the Faculty of Fisheries and Water Protection was established.

Structure

The university consists of eight faculties, as follows:

Faculty of Arts: The faculty consists of 8 academic departments.

Faculty of Agriculture: Established in 1960 it is one of the oldest faculties in the South Bohemia region and one of the founding members of the University of South Bohemia. Currently, in this faculty, there are almost 2000 students studying their bachelor, master and doctoral programme.[5]

Faculty of Economics: The Faculty of Economics consists of 8 departments. Its motto is "Effectively Together".[6]

Faculty of Education: This faculty consists of 15 academic departments which are attended by almost 2,200 students and it has 156 university teachers and 92 non-teaching employees.[7]

Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters: It is the most recently established faculty (estd. 2009) of the university and has 140 employers, 230 students and 50 doctoral candidates whereby more than half of the doctoral candidates are from abroad.[8]

Faculty of Health and Social Studies: Initially, it started as a part of the Faculty of Education but starting the next academic year 1991/1992 it became a separate faculty. The faculty has total of 7 academic departments with an official motto of "We teach people to help."

Faculty of Science: Established in 1991, the faculty is a successor of the Faculty of Biological Sciences (which was based on the Biology Centre of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) and houses 12 academic departments. Though it originally offered courses only in the area of biological disciplines, since 2007 (when it became Faculty of Science) several other fields of science (chemistry, physics, mathematics, informatics) are incorporated in this faculty as well.[9]

Faculty of Theology The theological faculty emphasizes the Christian ethical and social values. Since its inception in 1991, the diocesan bishop of České Budějovice has been by statute the moderator of the faculty.[4]

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[10]901-1000
USNWR Global[11]861

In 2018, Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as Shanghai Ranking, ranked the university in the 901-1000 band globally.[10] In U.S. News & World Report ranking the University of South Bohemia is rated at 861.[11]

University magazine

The university publishes a quarterly magazine (Journal) with 5000 copies. It contains news, interviews and reports from different faculties of the university.[12]

Student associations and activities

  • International Student Club
  • Student Radio K2
  • AIESEC
  • Student Union
  • South Bohemian University Orchestra
  • SUD Theater
  • JU Magazine

Alumni

Notable alumni of the university are[3]

References

  1. Tomáš Machula was elected a new rector of the University of South Bohemia (in Czech) jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  2. Annual report (in Czech) of University of South Bohemia (2016) jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  3. University of South Bohemia overview topuniversities.com Retrieved 5 January 2019
  4. About the theology faculty tf.jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  5. Characteristics of the Agriculture Faculty and Departments zf.jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  6. About the Economics Faculty ef.jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  7. About the Education Faculty pf.jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  8. Information about the faculty frov.jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  9. Faculty of Science prf.jcu.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
  10. ARWU World Top 500 Candidates 2018 shanghairanking.com Retrieved 5 January 2019
  11. University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Ranking usnews.com Retrieved 5 January 2019
  12. Media and promotion (in Czech) usnews.com Retrieved 5 January 2019
  13. Ambassador Hynek Kmonicek mzv.cz Retrieved 5 January 2019
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