University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (, , JU or JČU) is a public university located in the city of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

(with branch campuses in

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, Vodňany, Nové Hrady) in the

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. Established in 1991, it has more than 9,000 students in 200+ programmes including bachelor´s & master´s degrees as well as doctoral programmes and an academic staff 1,500.Annual report of University of South Bohemia (2019)
''jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019University of South Bohemia overview
''topuniversities.com'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 592 students are currently enrolled in the university for their doctoral work.

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

. These two institutions, the Pedagogical Faculty (established in 1948 as a branch of the Faculty of Education of

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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. 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 and Technology: 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.Characteristics of the Agriculture Faculty and Departments
''zf.jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 Faculty of Economics: The Faculty of Economics consists of 8 departments. Its motto is "Effectively Together".About the Economics Faculty
''ef.jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 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.About the Education Faculty
''pf.jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 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.Information about the faculty
''frov.jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 Faculty of Health and Social Sciences: 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

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) 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.Faculty of Science
''prf.jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 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.About the theology faculty
''tf.jcu.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019

Rankings

In 2020,

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, also known as Shanghai Ranking, ranked the university in the 901-1000 band globally, and as the Czech Republic's seventh best university among the 70 ranked institutions of tertiary education from the country. In U.S. News & World Report ranking the University of South Bohemia is rated at 941.

University magazine

The university publishes a quarterly magazine (''Journal'') with 5000 copies. It contains news, interviews and reports from different faculties of the university. Media and promotion (in Czech)
''usnews.com'' Retrieved 5 January 2019

Student associations and activities

*Erasmus Student Networ
ESN USB Budweis
*The Student Union of the University of South Bohemia *SUD Theater *Magazine Journal *Student Radio K2

Alumni

Notable alumni of the university are *

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– Czech diplomat and the current Czech Republic ambassador to the United States.Ambassador Hynek Kmonicek
''mzv.cz'' Retrieved 5 January 2019 * Miluše Horská – Czech pedagogue and politician. * Miroslav Lidinský – retired lieutenant at the

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, and was the chairman of the right-wing populist former political party Dawn - National Coalition.

References

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