Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem ( cs, Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, abbreviated as UJEP) is a public

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (, , ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway ju ...

in the

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. The institution was established on 28 September 1991. It bears the name of famous Czech scientist

Jan Evangelista Purkyně Jan Evangelista Purkyně (; also written Johann Evangelist Purkinje) (17 or 18 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term '' protoplasm'' for the fluid substance of a cell. He was one of t ...

who was born in nearby

Libochovice Libochovice (german: Libochowitz) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,400 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Dubany and Poplze are administrative parts of Libochovice. ...

. More than 12,000 students are studying at the university. UJEP has around 900 employees.

History

Originally, in 1954, the pedagogical high school was established; in 1964 it changed to the Faculty of Education. With Act No. 314/1991 of the

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, the university was established. The formal inauguration ceremony was held on 28 September 1991. This university consists of eight faculties of which the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, the Faculty of the Environment and the Institute of Slavonic and German Studies were the first parts of the university.

Location

The university is near the German border in

. It is in the centre of the city with its many faculties and

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. The city cooperates with UJEP with aims to create a new

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that will take the place of the former Masaryk Hospital.

Structure

The self-governing academic bodies of the University include: * Academic Senate *

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* Scientific Council * Disciplinary Board * Board of Trustees * Bursar (University Bookshop, Economic Department, Administration of Residential Halls and Canteens) * Faculties and Institutes

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Universities in the Czech RepublicFaculty of Social and Economic StudiesFaculty of Art and DesignFaculty of the EnvironmentFaculty of EducationFaculty of ScienceFaculty of PhilosophyFaculty of Production Technology and ManagementFaculty of Health StudiesInstitute of Slavonic and Germanic Studies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti Nad Labem Universities in the Czech Republic Educational institutions established in 1991 1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia