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Masaryk University
Sign in to saveAlso known as Masarykova univerzita, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis, Univerzita J.E. Purkyně v Brně, muni.cz, MUNI
university in Brno, Czech Republic
Key facts
- Type
- Public
- Established
- 1919 ( 1919 )
- Affiliations
- EUA , Compostela Group , Utrecht Network
- Rector
- Prof. Martin Bareš [ cs ]
- Academic staff
- 2,200
- Administrative staff
- 3,000
- Students
- 35,115
- Campus
- Urban
- Colors
- Blue
- Website
- muni.cz
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1919
- Location
- Brno, Czechia
- Also known as
- MU
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.10267.32 · ISNI 0000 0001 2194 0956
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Named after
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
- Official name
- Masarykova universita
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Headquarters
- Brno
- Official website
- www.muni.cz
- Image
- Kounics palace in Brno 2010 (2).jpg
- Students count
- 32963
Show 14 more facts
- native label
- Masarykova univerzita
- topic's main category
- Category:Masaryk University
- Commons category
- Masaryk University
- inception
- 1919-01-28
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2001:718:805::/48
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Masaryk University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Masaryk University
- affiliation
- European University Association
- API endpoint URL
- idp2.ics.muni.cz/idp/shibboleth
- social media followers
- 9855
- collection or exhibition size
- 0
- ranking
- 408
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Encyclopedic overview
Masaryk University (MU) (Czech: Masarykova univerzita; Latin: Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of an independent Czechoslovakia as well as the leader of the movement for a second Czech university.
In 1960 the university was renamed Jan Evangelista Purkyně University after Jan Evangelista Purkyně, a Czech biologist. In 1990, following the Velvet Revolution it regained its original name. Since 1922, over 171,000 students have graduated from the university.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Masaryk University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.