mendel university of agriculture and forestry brno

Faculty of Agronomy

Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno

Faculty of Agronomy – International Relations


founded in 1919

as

Agriculture

University

renamed in 1994


Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)

1866

VillageVillage „Hynčice“ „Hynčice“

HynčiceHynčiceD

SK

PL

A

OlomoucOlomouc

House House wherewhere

J.G. J.G. Mendel was bornMendel was born

The Augustinian monastery, prelate quartersThe Augustinian monastery, prelate quarters

The experimental garden with the Museum Mendelianum The experimental garden with the Museum Mendelianum situated in the monasterysituated in the monastery

GraveGrave J.G. J.G. MendelMendel

University Structure

(14) (17)

(9)(8)

Study Overview on University Level

• About 7200 students

• M.Sc. 36 study programs

• Ph.D. 24 study programs

• 800 employee • 380 teachers

Structure – leadership of the faculty

DeanProf. Ing. Ladislav Zeman, Ph.D.

Four vice-deans for: – education and student

accommodation– pedagogy and study programs– research and development– accreditation and long term

conception and information technology

Study Overview on Faculty Level

• About 2200 students – B.Sc. 11 study programs – 1 new accreditation– M.Sc.18 study programs – 3 new accreditation– Ph.D. 12 study programs

• 300 Employees • 151 Teachers

Tuition Fees and Housing

• no tuition fees yetyet for any program for Czech students

• room and board about

1000 US/year for Czech students

• accommodation: double-rooms

Faculty Departments of • Plant Biology 10 • Applied and Landscape Ecology 13• Agrosystems and Bioclimatology 9• Crop Science, Breeding and Plant Medicine 9• Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology

and Plant Nutrition 12• Animal Nutrition and Forage Production 7• Morphology, Physiology and Animal Genetics 11• Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture 9• Molecular Biology and Radiobiology 3• Agriculture, Food and Environmental Engineering 12• Engineering and Automobile Transport 11• Food Technology 14• Animal Breeding 12• Chemistry and Biochemistry 19

Number of teachers

Faculty of Agronomy BSc. – Plant Production – Animal Production– General Agriculture – Plant Biotechnology– Waste Management – Plant medicine– Food Technology – Agroecology– Agricultural machinery

– Land Reclamation and Protection

Bc. 10 + 1 Bc. 10 + 1 programsprograms

New one:New one:

Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness

Faculty of Agronomy M.Sc.– Plant Production – General agriculture – Animal Production– Animal Nutrition – Fisheries and hydrobiology – Agricultural Production – Food Technology – Machinery Management– Automobile Transport – Agroecology – Waste Management – Animal Biotechnology – Plant Biotechnology– Genetic and Plant Breeding– Rural development– Plant medicine

M.Sc. 15 + 3 M.Sc. 15 + 3 programsprograms

New ones:New ones:

Food safety and Hygiene

Horse Breeding and Agroturism

Information Systems of Rural Areas and Agriculture

Faculty of Agronomy Ph.D.

– Anatomy and Physiology of Plants – Applied Ecology and Landscaping – Plant Protection – General Plant Production – Crop Science– Agricultural Chemistry – Processing of Agricultural Products– Molecular Biology and Animal Genetics– General Animal Production

– Special Animal Production – Waste Management

– Agricultural Technology and Mechanisation

Ph.D. 12 Ph.D. 12 programsprograms

Practise

• two University companies– field experiments– animals– M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses

• Botanic garden – 10 hectars of flowers, trees...

Research Activities• Czech Agency :

– GAČR, FRVŠ, NAZV…..

• International Projects: – 5th und 6th Frame Program EC– two-side projects (based on agreements) – NATO

• Research plan – 2007 - 2012– Biological and technological aspects of sustainability of controlled ecosystems and their adaptability to climate change

(arable land, pasture, SRC, water, adaptation)

International Relationships

• SOCRATES-ERASMUS (only EU)– (24 Universities) - yearly about 40

Students

• Leonardo da Vinci• TEMPUS• CEEPUS• Other two-side projects (DAAD,

AKTION…)

Yearly Average Temperature 1961-1990 (from 0°C to 10,5°C)

1602 m

Yearly Average precipitation 1961-1990 (from 400 mm to 1 500 mm )

maize pr.region

sugar beetpotato

cerealscereals

cereals

cerealshops

Soil Conditions

You are welcome to stay in Brno

First page of the famous Manuscript about genetic laws

mendel university of agriculture and forestry brno

Documents

plant nutrition

animal breeding

forage production

study programsresearch

university levelabout

food safety

faculty levelabout

hygienehorse breeding