Palacký University Olomouc

Graduates find occupation in regional development agencies, public authorities and other organizations engaged in the management and planning of spatial units. The department also provides higher education for future teachers of geography at secondary schools in several teaching qualifications in full-time as well as distant form of study. The department also offers three-year undergraduate, two-year Master, and four-year Doctoral degree programme in International Development Studies, which is one of the first of its kind in the Czech Republic and Central and Eastern Europe.

https://www.prf.upol.cz/en/departments-and-facilities/earth-sciences/

Basic and applied research at the Department of Geography is based on processing digital spatial information through GIS technologies. The research focuses on issues such as urban climate, renewable energy, gambling and other social pathologies. Other research of the department is directed to four main areas: indicators of development and sustainability, evaluation of development interventions, the impact of policies of developed countries to developing countries, and internal conditions of developing countries.

https://www.prf.upol.cz/en/departments-and-facilities/earth-sciences/

Geography; Regional geography; Development & Environmental Studies

The programme is conceived as academic, it comprises of block of theoretical courses from the fields of physical and human geography with emphasis on more detailed analysis of phenomena relevant for regional dimension of economic and social development.

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The programme is conceived as academic, it extends basic knowledge from individual disciplines of human and physical geography, from regional geography of the world and the Czech Republic. Emphasis is put on individual assessment of specific issues in regions, search for wider context and rules of spatial differentiation of nature and society.

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Environmental studies and sustainable development offers a comprehensive introduction into the area of environment protection, with regards to global aspects of environmental issues and with the aim of discovering sustainable ways of life among the Western societies. Study subjects cover both the key areas of environmental issues as well as the practical skills. This interdisciplinary curriculum is set up in a way as to enable a deeper understanding of mutual links and connections among the three key pillars of sustainable development: environmental, economic and social ones.

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Emphasis is placed on geographic orientation of the field and on a balance of the other disciplines, which contribute to understanding the progress in development countries (e.g. development economics, international relations, environmental problems in developed countries). Specialized subjects are an inseparable part, which are focused on the developed issues. The practical part of the study is focused on the expansion of the skills, mainly in area of gaining, processing and evaluating information (quantitative and quality research methods), language competencies and management.

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The aim of the master´s programme International Development Studies is to prepare professionals for careers in development policy and practice. Besides complex geographical disciplines, students will acquire profound knowledge in development related issues as well as research methodology and environmental or social sciences. They can choose from a variety of specialization courses to best suit their needs and interests. Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be equipped to work in state as well as private and non-governmental sector on national and international levels.

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The Department offers an intellectually challenging comparative and multi-disciplinary graduate and postgraduate academic training on all aspects of the history and culture since prehistoric times to the 21st century. It provides an excellent academic gateway to the comparative history and culture of Central and Western Europe in general, and to a variety of specific issues and research topics in particular.

https://historie.upol.cz/incoming-students/

With a strong track record especially in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Urban History, Cultural Anthropology and/or Modern Exile Studies, the Department prides itself with being an elite research and academic institution in the Czech republic and Central Europe. One of the integral part of the study programme of e. g. archaeology at the Department of History is a professional practice in the field excavations as well as in conservatory laboratories.

https://historie.upol.cz/incoming-students/

Historical Sciences; Archival Works; Euroculture

The study programme provides a basic overview of historical development from the earliest periods to the end of the 20th century, with a focus on the Euro-American cultural area. The first course: knowledge of thehistory of Prehistory and Antiquity, basics of auxiliary historical sciences, introduction to historian's work; it is complemented by seminar in history and an optional foreign language. The second course: the Middle Ages, Early Modern period, 19th century history and 20th century history - which is dependent on a coherence among general, world, national and regional history.

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The core of the programme consists of an optionally selected block of courses given by a wide range of specialized lectures and seminars aimed at certain periods of history, geographical areas (for instance, the history of Russia in the 20th century, the history of Latin America, Turkey) or concrete issues (for instance, the history of nobility, witch trials, women in the Middle Ages). It is compulsory to select a set number of courses dealing with a historiographical topic. Other additional courses may be chosen at student's discretion and according to the free capacity of all programmes.

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Department of EP provides study programs in the field of Applied Physics and Didactics of Physics. It offers Bachelor and Master degree programs of Applied Physics, Nanotechnology and Teaching Physics. It guarantees doctoral programs Applied Physics and Didactics of Physics. The department provides tuition in basic courses including physics laboratory practices not only for physical branches but also chemical and biological. The didactics department is also engaged in writing textbooks and methodological materials for elementary and secondary schools and the general public.

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The experts of the department focus primarily on nuclear spectroscopic methods including Mössbauer spectroscopy, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, electron beam lithography, image processing, metrology, numerical simulations of physical phenomena and design of measurement systems. The research staff closely collaborates with major institutions in the Czech Republic (such as the Institute of Physics of Materials ASCR Brno, Mathematics and Physics Faculty of Charles University in Prague) and abroad (among other JINR Dubna, DESY Hamburg, ELTE Budapest).

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Experimental Physics

The study is academic with emphasis to laboratory experiences. I tis constituted by a block of theoretical subjects describing principles and applications of nanotechnologies in the field of nanomaterials, nanofotonics, and bionanotechnologies with a block of theoretical subjects focused on methods of nanomaterials characterization. The study includes three 5-weeks laboratory practice, which guarantee high laboratory experiences of the graduates.

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The study provides a broad physical and mathematical fundamentals. Students are leaded to a team work in collaboration with workers of physical and engineering scope and they have to be able to work in interdisciplinary fields on a border between physics and technical spheres. During the study, an emphasis is put to a high professionalism in the fields of mathematical-physical, electronics, instrumental physics, computer techniques and programming, control of experiments, modern electronic measurement methods, and nanotechnologies.

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The study is academic and consists of blocks of theoretical subjects in the field of physics, mathematics, and partially chemistry and nanotechnology. The study is further completed by laboratory practices in order to achieve experimental practice.

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At the Department of Optics one can study a wide spectrum of disciplines and specializations, covering many areas of modern optics, such as the physics of lasers, fundamental quantum properties of light, optical quantum information processing, advanced optoelectronic communication systems, application of special optical beams, digital holography, optical tomographic methods, spectroscopy problems or correction of visual impairments.

http://optics.upol.cz/en/

Research staff and students of the department are considered the top experts in the field. Thanks to several research projects the department has acquired cutting-edge laboratory equipment. Department works closely with many leading universities and research institutes in Europe and overseas. Major partners of the department in the Czech Republic include the Institute of Scientific Instruments ASCR, Brno University of Technology, Charles University and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, and a number of major optical companies in the region.

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Optics

The Master course provides the broader background for education in physics and mathematics focused on applications in optics and optoelectronics. Students are trained for creative and independent work in optical science and optoelectronics in optical factories or research facilities as well for work in interdisciplinary fields, where optics are used. Special attention is paid to IT technologies used in optical applications.

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The objective of the study is to meet the demands of practice in optical disciplines. It mostly covers current trends in applied optics. The field is based on mastering basic concepts of mathematics and physics and emphasizes a deeper knowledge of principles of optics and electronics, a design of optical and optoelectronic systems, computational methods used in digital optics. The students get experimental experience in the fields of optical metrology, spectroscopy, microscopy and modern methods of digital holography.

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The objective of the study is to meet the demands of practice in optical disciplines. It mostly covers current trends in applied optics. The field is based on mastering basic concepts of mathematics and physics and emphasizes a deeper knowledge of principles of optics and electronics, a design of optical and optoelectronic systems, computational methods used in digital optics. The students get experimental experience in the fields of optical metrology, spectroscopy, microscopy and modern methods of digital holography.

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The course provides the broader background for education in physics and mathematics focused on applications in optics and optoelectronics. Students are trained for creative and independent work in physics and technical applications and could continue their studies in Master courses Optics and optoelectronics or Digital and instrumentál optics. A broader spectrum of subjects provides fair bases for interdisciplinary studies. The Bachelor course is finished by the final exam and defence of Bachelor thesis.

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The study is academic, stemming from the most general mathematical and physical basis covering subjects such as mechanics, acoustics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics and molecular physics, theoretical mechanics, theory of relativity, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, quantum physics, solid-state physics, mathematical analysis, algebra, analytic geometry and equations of mathematical physics.

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