Silesian University of Opava
| Silesian University of Opava | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1991 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Opava |
| country | Czech Republic |
| Rector | Rudolf Žáček |
| Students | 4,792 (2005) |
| Website | www.slu.cz |
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The Silesian University of Opava, in Czech Slezská univerzita v Opavě, (SU) is a Czech university founded in 1991 with locations in Opava and Karviná .
history
prehistory
As early as the Middle Ages, Opava was one of the cities with a highly developed school system. In the second half of the 14th century the schools are explicitly mentioned here. On the occasion of Albrecht von Waldstein , the Jesuit boarding school in Opava was founded, in which the historian Bohuslav Balbín held an important position in the 17th century . The Jesuit high school became the basis of the German high school in Opava.
The normal school founded in 1775 later became a teacher training institute . The cultural tradition in the former capital of Austrian Silesia is also linked to the establishment of the City Theater and the Silesian State Museum, which is now the oldest museum in the Czech Republic. In 1883 the Czech cultural association Matice opavská founded a Czech grammar school in Opava, which within a few years was the only one of its kind in Austria-Silesia to teach students from all over the country and the neighboring part of Moravia.
In addition to the kk teacher training institute, which was reorganized in 1867, another training center was established in 1870 with the German teacher training institute. In 1920 both were united.
Czechoslovakia
After the end of the Second World War, Ostrava became the seat of higher education. In Opava it was still hoped that the Ostrava industrial center would only become the seat of the technical facilities, while the traditional cultural center of Czech Silesia could receive the university's three humanities faculties (philosophical, educational and legal). Two other faculties, medical and natural science, were to be located in Ostrava.
In 1953 the higher teacher training institute resumed its work in Troppau. In the years up to 1959, this school prepared the qualification of teachers for teaching from 6th to 8th grade. The institution was later moved to Ostrava, from which the Pedagogical Faculty gradually emerged.
In the 1960s, the conditions for the existence of a natural science faculty in Ostrau were not sufficient, so these subjects were taught in Troppau. The building of the closed higher teacher training institute was used for this purpose.
During the political liberalization between 1968 and 1969, negotiations were held to establish a university in Opava. After the first positive steps, however, these efforts failed with the onset of political “normalization” under Gustáv Husák .
The Silesian University could only come into being in the process of social changes after November 17, 1989. The initiators of the idea of the new university in Opava and Karviná showed great perseverance in the preparations for the foundation, to which other cities in Silesia and North Moravia have also joined .
Establishment and development of the university
The Academic Senate of Masaryk University in Brno approved the establishment of the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences in Opava and the Faculty of Business Administration in Karviná on September 17, 1990.
Classes at both faculties began on October 8, 1990. With Act 314/1991 Coll., The faculties were separated from the Masaryk University and the Silesian University was established. The law came into force on September 28, 1991.
At the beginning of 1999, the Institute of Mathematics, based in Opava, was spun off from the Philosophical and Natural Sciences Faculty. In 2008, further areas were spun off from the philosophical and natural science faculty, and the Faculty of Public Politics was created.
Faculties and institutions
- Faculty of philosophy and science
- Faculty of Business Administration in Karviná
- Faculty of Public Policy
- Institute for Mathematics
Web links
- University homepage (Czech, English)
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