On Thursday, 9 January 2025, the election of the Dean of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague took place. The Academic Senate of FTZ elected a new dean in the first round of secret voting for the term 2025–2029. The newly elected dean is the current Vice-Dean for Science and Research, doc. Ing. Hynek Roubík, Ph.D.

He will assume the leadership of the faculty on 25 April 2025, succeeding the current dean, prof. dr. ir. Patrick Van Damme, whose term concludes on the same day.

Official Election Results:

• Ing. Petra Chaloupková, Ph.D., dr. h. c.: 3 votes
• doc. Ing. Hynek Roubík, Ph.D.: 6 votes
• Abstentions: 0 votes

 

Members of the Academic Community of FTZ may submit objections regarding the election process within 8 days of the announcement by addressing them in writing to the Chair of the Academic Senate of FTZ. The Senate will decide on any objections with finality within one week of their submission.

We thank the members of the Election Committee for ensuring a smooth election process. Congratulations to the newly elected dean, and we wish him a successful term of office!

The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague has concluded a new collective agreement with the CZU University Trade Union for 2025. 

The Election Committee of the PEF CZU Prague Academic Senate, following the Rules of Procedure of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics and Management CZU Prague, announced the results of the election of the candidate for the position of FEM Dean on 19th December 2024.

Doc. Lukáš Trakal from the Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences CZU Prague received the prestigious Czech Head Award - Minister of the Environment Award on November 24th, 2024, at a ceremony  broadcast live on Czech Television.  The awards are awarded annually by the Czech Head PROJECT Institute, which helps scientists and researchers build public awareness of their contribution to society and popularize domestic science.