The Faculty of Science

Who are we?

The USB Faculty of Science was established in 2007 from the USB Biological Faculty through the expansion of the biologically oriented studies to include the chemical, mathematical, physical and informatics disciplines. The study programs offered also include the education of future secondary school teachers. The USB FS in its current form allows candidates with a wide range of ideas about the focus of their studies and future careers to select the appropriate field or combination of fields: graduates of the faculty can find their application in various fields of scientific research, in university and secondary education, but also in government, institutions, in health care facilities or in the private sector. The USB FS is not only educational, but also a successful scientific research institution. It allows those interested in scientific work to work during their studies on scientific teams, where they can also participate in international research projects and often celebrate their first research achievements there. The long-term aim of USB FS is to support the travel of students abroad to specialized workplaces and universities. The procurement of the latest knowledge, different scientific approaches and the language improvement of students is the objective. According to independent studies, USB FS ranks among the top research-oriented science faculties in the country. The same results are also shown on the basis of the evaluation of schools according to the methodology of the Government Council for Research and Development. USB FU has established numerous instances of collaboration with major domestic and foreign research institutions and universities during its existence

What do we do and for whom?

The faculty is currently organizationally divided into institutes which provide for the development of new non-biological science disciplines and into biological science departments. An integral part of the life of the faculty is its collaboration with the workplace of the Academy of Sciences of the CR in the region. The USB Faculty of Science shares premises with the Biology Centre of the ASCR, part of the USB FS teaching staff are recruited from employees of the BC of the ASCR and many students work on their projects under the guidance of experts in the ASCR workplace. The Faculty of Science is currently divided into the following departments and institutes:

• Department of Botany

• Department of Ecosystem Biology

• Department of Plant Physiology

• Department of Animal Physiology

• Department of Genetics

• Department of Molecular Biology

• Department of Medical Biology

• Department of Parasitology

• Department of Zoology

• Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Institute of Physics and Biophysics

• Institute of Mathematics and Biomathematics

• Institute of Applied Informatics

• Department of Languages

Why do we exist?

The Faculty of Science is focused primarily on education in bachelor's, master's and doctoral study programs. Bachelor’s degrees can be obtained in the following programs: biology, biophysics, biological chemistry, biomedical laboratory technology, environmental care, applied informatics, chemistry, physics, measuring and computer technology as well as vocational training for future secondary school teachers.

Master's programs offer a variety of biological disciplines and specializations in the following departments: botany, ecosystem biology, animal physiology, genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry, general biology, parasitology and zoology. Other science disciplines are provided by several of the newly formed institutes: Chemistry and biochemistry, physics and biophysics, applied informatics and mathematics.

Since the beginning of its existence, USB FS has been a research faculty with a strong emphasis on science education in study programs, especially doctoral. This is also reflected in the results of evaluation of the scientific work of the USB FS compared with other faculties in the CR.

What are our aims?

The Faculty of Science (Faculty of Biological Sciences) of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice has, since the very beginning of its existence, been built as a research faculty at the interface with the South Bohemian or the České Budějovice workplace of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The faculty research ambitions remain the main long-term goal orientation of the faculty. One of the main reasons for the expansion of the thematic portfolio of the original biological faculty was to create conditions for the significant strengthening of modern life sciences with an emphasis on relationships with other branches of natural sciences (chemistry, physics), mathematics and informatics. Their close cooperation and penetration of biological sciences in scientific work and study programs is a prerequisite for enabling the faculty to keep pace in an international / global context. On the way to maintaining and strengthening the international reputation of the faculty, persistent emphasis is placed on formal and informal international contacts, exchanges of students within joint projects, but also teachers sharing new experiences of modern cutting-edge research.

Where to find us?

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Contact information

Address:

Branišovská 1160/31

370 05 České Budějovice

Registration No.: 60076658
Tel.: +420 387 772 244
Fax: +420 385 310 366
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Web: http://www.prf.jcu.cz