ISC guide 2010/2011 - International Students Club VUT
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Dear Erasmus and other exchange students,<br />
We are delighted that you have chosen to study at Brno University of<br />
Technology (BUT).<br />
This <strong>guide</strong> was prepared for all international students who are coming to Brno to<br />
study at Brno University of Technology (BUT). We know that it is hard to get around<br />
on your own, not knowing the city and the language. We would like to make life for<br />
international students in Brno easier by putting together some valuable and helpful<br />
information.<br />
Our aim is not to create a tour <strong>guide</strong> telling you about the history and culture of the<br />
city and Czech people but rather we want it to be helpful telling you about our<br />
university, study information and rules at college and in practical life. It will answer<br />
nearly all questions that you may have during your stay at BUT.<br />
Guide is updated every academic year by adding new information based on our<br />
experience and feedback from those who have already used it, from you.<br />
We wish you only the best during your stay at BUT.<br />
Mobility Programme Department<br />
Study Section of Rectorate<br />
Brno University of Technology<br />
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Table of contents<br />
1. Brno University of Technology 4<br />
Academic Degrees 5<br />
Education 5<br />
Research 6<br />
<strong>International</strong> Cooperation 7<br />
Academic Year 7<br />
Information on all degree programme 8<br />
Main University Regulations 8<br />
BUT Organisational Structure 8<br />
BUT Faculties 10<br />
BUT Student Facilities 23<br />
Accommodation 23<br />
Meals 24<br />
Facilities for special needs students 25<br />
BUT Libraries 26<br />
BUT Computer Centres 27<br />
BUT Sports Facilities 27<br />
Czech Language Courses 27<br />
<strong>ISC</strong> – <strong>International</strong> <strong>Students</strong> <strong>Club</strong> 29<br />
Excursions, Day Trips 29<br />
2. Introducing the Czech Republic and Brno 30<br />
The Czech Republic 30<br />
Government 30<br />
Education 30<br />
Brno 31<br />
Public Holidays 32<br />
3. Practical Information 33<br />
Cost of living in Brno for an Erasmus student 33<br />
Important Telephone Numbers 33<br />
ISIC - <strong>International</strong> Student Identity Card 35<br />
Medical Care 35<br />
Banking 36<br />
Transportation 36<br />
Public Transport in Brno 36<br />
Transport Outside Brno 37<br />
Air Travel 38<br />
Taxis 38<br />
Car Rentals 38<br />
Postal Services 39<br />
Internet 39<br />
Accommodation 40<br />
Visiting Czechs in Their Homes 40<br />
Laundry 41<br />
Computer Shops 41<br />
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4. Free, Leisure Time 42<br />
Cultural Activities 42<br />
Information Centres 42<br />
Museums and galleries 42<br />
Theatres 43<br />
Cinemas 43<br />
Concert Halls – classical music 43<br />
Concert – clubs, pop music, other music styles 43<br />
Libraries 43<br />
Newsagents 46<br />
Other activities 46<br />
Shopping, Eating out, <strong>Club</strong>s 47<br />
Shopping 47<br />
Eating Out 48<br />
Concerts – <strong>Club</strong>s, Pop Music, Other Music Styles 49<br />
<strong>Club</strong>s with darts, pool or table football 50<br />
Other Places and Activities 51<br />
ZOO 51<br />
The Brno Dam 51<br />
The Masaryk Racing Circuit 51<br />
Brno Exhibition Centre (BVV) 51<br />
Planetarium 52<br />
Botanical Garden 52<br />
Horse Riding 52<br />
Paintball 52<br />
Gokarting 53<br />
Skating 53<br />
Conversational Minimum 54<br />
<strong>ISC</strong> Members Contacts 55<br />
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1. Brno University of Technology<br />
Brno University of Technology has status public higher-education institution,<br />
university type. The Czech Technical University was founded in 1899. During over<br />
than hundred years of its existence the number of study areas has increased and at<br />
present the Brno University of Technology, as the only technical university in the<br />
Czech Republic, covers the whole spectrum of technical disciplines.<br />
With more than 23,000 students, the Brno University of Technology is one of the<br />
largest universities in the Czech Republic.<br />
Faculties are spread around the city, housed in well-renovated traditional buildings<br />
and in modern university mini campuses. All equipped with a large number of<br />
lecture halls, classrooms and modern laboratories. A sufficient number of<br />
dormitories, cafeteria and sports facilities are available to students.<br />
The students at Brno University of Technology can choose one of the following<br />
study areas taught at the faculties:<br />
mechanical engineering: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering<br />
· civil engineering: Faculty of Civil Engineering<br />
· electrical engineering: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication<br />
· informatics: Faculty of Information Technology<br />
· chemistry and chemical engineering: Faculty of Chemistry<br />
· economics and management: Faculty of Business and Management<br />
· architecture: Faculty of Architecture<br />
· design and fine arts: Faculty of Fine Arts<br />
· forensic engineering: Institute of Forensic Engineering<br />
More information about BUT the following website:<br />
www.vutbr.cz<br />
www.vutbr.cz/ects<br />
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Academic Degrees<br />
The Brno University of Technology provides university education in the following<br />
study programmes: Bachelor´s (3 or 4-year, academic title Bc. or BcA.), Master´s<br />
(1,5 – 5-year, academic title Ing., Ing.arch. or MgA.), and Doctoral (3 - 4-year, title<br />
Ph.D.) in both – full-time and part-time forms.<br />
Education<br />
The essential way of education consist of lectures, seminaries, ateliers, projects,<br />
training, tuition, practical experience, excursion and students´ autonomous<br />
working. It is also possible to study some of the study programmes in English,<br />
faculties also offer particular courses taught in English.<br />
<strong>Students</strong> choose appropriate set of subjects which are required, selective, or<br />
elective with necessary number of credits that represent study-load of particular<br />
studied subjects.<br />
Since the academic year 2004/2005 all graduates from the Bachelor and Master’s<br />
study programmes at Brno University of Technology have been provided, free of<br />
charge, with a Diploma Supplement.<br />
In 2006, Brno University of Technology was awarded the prestige certificate of<br />
European Commission Diploma Supplement Label.<br />
In 2009, Brno University of Technology has received the ECTS Label and DS<br />
Label prestigious awards for 2009 – 2013 in appreciation of its quality as<br />
a higher-education institution.<br />
BUT is one of the only two Czech universities to be awarded the ECTS Label. It is an<br />
appreciation of its correct application of the credit system to all Bachelor's and<br />
Master's programmes in line with the objectives of the Bologna process. The DS<br />
Label received by BUT certifies that the diploma supplements received by the<br />
graduates free of charge are correct. Both the labels certify that BUT meets the<br />
strict higher-education criteria imposed by the European Union. They significantly<br />
help extend student mobility opening the university to international students.<br />
The ECTS Label is the most prestigious European award in tertiary education<br />
certifying the fulfilment of the university's strategic goals in the European higher-<br />
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education space. It means that Brno University of Technology is prepared to meet<br />
all the obligations following from the Bologna Declaration and subsequent<br />
international agreements. Using the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation<br />
System (ECTS) makes the recognition of study at a university abroad more<br />
transparent, which directly supports student mobility both within and outside<br />
the European higher-education space.<br />
The DS Label testifies that the English-Czech diploma supplement meets the<br />
requirements recommended by the European Commission both in terms of its form<br />
and content. The supplement has been designed to provide a diploma with<br />
additional data enhancing its informative value to make the international academic<br />
and professional recognition more just. The supplement includes a full list of the<br />
courses a graduate has completed indicating the number of credits on the ECTS<br />
scale. Included are also courses taken during study at a foreign university, data on<br />
the final project, its presentation, state examination, and an overall study<br />
evaluation.<br />
Research<br />
One of the most important aims is to accumulate knowledge and apply it for<br />
practical purposes. Research activities are focused on projects by the Ministry of<br />
Education, grant agencies, international programmes (COST, COPERNICUS,<br />
EUREKA, 6th and 7th Framework Programme, Czech-American and Czech-Austrian<br />
cooperation) and many Czech as well as foreign industrial orders. Achievements are<br />
appreciated by research institutions and industrial companies (Skoda Auto, Smeral,<br />
IBM, ABB, Philips, Flextronics, CEZ, IMOS, end other).<br />
Brno University of Technology is involved in activities of several research centres<br />
and associations, e.g.:<br />
• Aerospace Research Centre<br />
• Centre for Mechanical Engineering and Technology<br />
• Research Centre of Applied Cybernetics<br />
• Brno University of Technology Association for Biomedical Engineering and<br />
Bionics<br />
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<strong>International</strong> Cooperation<br />
Brno University of Technology co-operates with a number of other universities in<br />
Europe and overseas. It has a huge experience in teaching foreign students within<br />
EU educational programmes such as CEEPUS, ERASMUS, Leonardo, etc. The<br />
information about offered courses are available in brochures at each faculty.<br />
Lecturers at Brno University of Technology are ready to be taught in English for<br />
those students who are not versed in the Czech language.<br />
Academic Year<br />
The academic year is divided into two semesters:<br />
• Winter semester from late September to January<br />
• Summer semester from February to September<br />
The academic year <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>2011</strong> begins on 1. 9. <strong>2010</strong>:<br />
• Winter semester classes begin on 20. 9. <strong>2010</strong><br />
• Summer semester classes begin on 7. 2. <strong>2011</strong><br />
Each semester consists of 13 weeks of classes and is followed by an examination<br />
period. The lessons start at 7 AM and then every hour. Duration of lesson is<br />
50 minutes.<br />
Information on all degree programme<br />
More information the following website:<br />
www.vutbr.cz/ects<br />
http://www.vutbr.cz/index.php?gm=gm_programy&wapp=portal&tail=37&lang=1<br />
Allocation of credits<br />
Primary allocation of credits depends on contributions of individual courses to<br />
a week’s study workload of 40 hours covering lectures, exercises, seminars,<br />
projects, training, self-study and examinations.<br />
The total number of credits for one semester is 30 (60 credits per year). Initial<br />
numbers of credits are corrected every year on the basis of the actual study<br />
workload of students in individual courses. Credits are awarded to individual<br />
students after completion of the course and the successful assessment of the<br />
achieved learning outcomes.<br />
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Main University Regulations<br />
Constitution of BUT:<br />
http://www.vutbr.cz/uploads/vnitrni_predpisy328/8971_internal_regulations_of_brno_unive<br />
rsity_of_technology.pdf?lang=0<br />
Study and Examination Regulation of BUT:<br />
http://www.vutbr.cz/uploads/vnitrni_predpisy328/8993_regulations_for_studies.pdf?lang=0<br />
Scholarship rules of BUT:<br />
http://www.vutbr.cz/uploads/vnitrni_predpisy328/8970_scholarship_regulations.pdf?lang=0<br />
BUT Organisational Structure<br />
RECTOR’S OFFICE:<br />
BUT Centre<br />
Antonínská 548/1, CZ 601 90 Brno<br />
Phone: +420 541 141 111 (switchboard)<br />
Rector:<br />
Prof. Ing. Karel Rais, CSc., MBA<br />
Tel: +420 541 145 200<br />
E-mail: rector@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Vice-Rector for Strategic Development:<br />
prof. RNDr. Ing. Petr Štěpánek, CSc.<br />
Tel: +420 541 145 222<br />
E-mail: vicerector-building@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Vice-rector for education and student affairs:<br />
Doc. RNDr. Miloslav Švec, CSc.<br />
Tel: +420 541 145 207<br />
E-mail: vicerector-education@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Vice-rector for external relations:<br />
doc. MgA. Petr Kvíčala<br />
Tel: +420 541 145 114<br />
E-mail: vicerector-foreign@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Vice-rector for research and creative activities:<br />
prof. RNDr. Michal Kotoul, DrSc.<br />
Tel: +420 541 145 206<br />
E-mail: vicerector-research@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Vice-rector for informations and communication technology:<br />
prof. Ing. Pavel Jura, CSc.<br />
Tel: +420 541 145 232<br />
E-mail: prorektor-ict@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
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BUT Erasmus coordinator<br />
Ing. Michaela Fojtová<br />
Head of the Study department - Rectorate<br />
Phone: +420 541 145 243<br />
E-mail: fojtova@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Mobility programme department – Study department of Rectorate:<br />
Erasmus officer – student mobility<br />
Ing. Martina Matyášová<br />
Phone: +420 541 145 116<br />
E-mail: matyasova@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Erasmus officer – student mobility<br />
Renata Sátorová<br />
Phone: +420 541 145 145<br />
E-mail: satorova@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Erasmus officer – staff mobility<br />
Bc. Magdaléna Káňová<br />
Phone: +420 541 145 123<br />
E-mail: kanova@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Students</strong> <strong>Club</strong> (<strong>ISC</strong>)<br />
Veronika Dvorníková<br />
Head coordinator of <strong>ISC</strong><br />
Phone: +420 733 690 488<br />
E-mail: isc@ro.vutbr.cz<br />
Website: http://www.isc.vutbr.cz<br />
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BUT Faculties<br />
Faculty of Civil Engineering<br />
www.fce.vutbr.cz<br />
Veveří 331/95, 662 37 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for external affairs<br />
Doc. Ing. Jiří Hirš, CSc.<br />
Tel: +420 541 147 920<br />
E-mail: hirs.j@fce.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
Ms Ludmila Zelinková<br />
Tel: +420 541 147 160<br />
E-Mail: zelinkova.l@fce.vutbr.cz<br />
Faculty of Civil Engineering is the founding Faculty of Czech Technical University<br />
dating back to 1899. The Faculty is situated in the centre of Brno and with an<br />
enrolment of over 6 000 students, it is the largest faculty of the Brno University of<br />
Technology.<br />
The Faculty of Civil Engineering and its individual members are actively engaged in<br />
programmes of research with colleagues, educational institutions and companies<br />
within the Czech Republic and abroad. In recent years a large number of<br />
collaborative efforts have been initiated with universities in various countries all<br />
over the world. Many faculty members are actively involved in several European<br />
research projects sponsored through, for example, Cooperation in Science and<br />
Technology (COST), COPERNICUS and other similar programmes. Departments and<br />
individual faculty members also do research on projects funded by the Grant<br />
Agency of the Czech Republic.<br />
Fields of Study<br />
Architecture of Building Structures; Building Material Engineering, Building<br />
Constructions; Structures and Traffic Constructions; Civil Engineering Management;<br />
Water Management and Water Structures; Geodesy and Cartography<br />
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Faculty of Mechanical<br />
Engineering<br />
www.fme.vutbr.cz<br />
Technická 2896/2,<br />
616 69 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for foreign relations<br />
doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.<br />
Tel: +420 541 142 474<br />
E-mail: prodekan-2stupen@fme.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
Ms Miroslava Gonová<br />
Tel: +420 541 142 134<br />
E-mail: gonova@fme.vutbr.cz<br />
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is the second largest faculty of the Brno<br />
University of Technology with almost 4 600 students and 15 specialized institutes.<br />
Studies in Mechanical Engineering go back to 1899. The Faculty was established as<br />
a school in 1958.<br />
Study is strictly structured in three follow-up levels of education - Bachelor's,<br />
Master's, and doctoral study programmes. All study programmes are accredited in<br />
Czech and in English, and there are joint degree and double degree programmes<br />
organized as international study programmes in cooperation with institutions of<br />
higher education abroad (ENSAM Cluny and TU Chemnitz). Various projects from<br />
practice, involvement in research activities carried out at the institutes, and possible<br />
study or stays abroad are integral parts of the study. Each year, approximately 750<br />
students graduate from the faculty having good career prospects with no difficulty<br />
in finding jobs.<br />
The Faculty has had dozens of contacts with the universities and companies in<br />
Europe, U.S.A. and Asia. It is actively engaged in projects within the 6th framework<br />
programme, as well as other EU projects, more than 120 projects granted by the<br />
Ministry of Industry and Trade, grant agencies, 5 research centres, and others.<br />
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Fields of Study<br />
In addition to traditional engineering fields such as construction or technology,<br />
there is a growing emphasis on applied disciplines such as applied mechanics,<br />
biomechanics, mechatronics, precision mechanics and optics, quality management,<br />
engineering informatics, materials engineering, mathematical engineering, industrial<br />
design etc.<br />
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Faculty of Electrical<br />
Engineering and<br />
Communication<br />
www.feec.vutbr.cz<br />
Údolní 244/53,<br />
602 00 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for external relations<br />
prof. Ing. Radimír Vrba, CSc.<br />
Tel: +420 541 146 161<br />
E-mail: prodekan-zahranici@feec.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
JUDr. Jarmila Pončová<br />
Tel: +420 541 146 328<br />
E-mail: poncova@feec.vutbr.cz<br />
Studies in electrical engineers at BUT go back to 1905. The Faculty was established<br />
as a school in 1959. The credit system is compatible with the ECTS. There are<br />
numerous exchange programmes for students and academic staff including Erasmus<br />
programmes. The language of instruction is Czech and English.<br />
The Faculty presently consists of 12 departments with about 190 teachers, 360 PhD<br />
students, and over 4000 students in basic and advanced programs.<br />
The quality of teaching is guaranteed by accreditation procedures, one at the<br />
national level by the Ministry of Education, another at the European level by the<br />
European Association for Education FEANI.<br />
The setting of the Faculty is rather suburban than downtown, concentrated into<br />
three localities, which are interconnected by optical data networks and connected to<br />
the rest of the world by Internet.<br />
Fields of Study<br />
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication specializes in automation,<br />
biomedical engineering, power engineering, electronics, electronics manufacturing,<br />
microelectronics, robotics, heavy current and telecommunication technology.<br />
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Faculty of Architecture<br />
www.fa.vutbr.cz<br />
Poříčí 273/5, 639 00 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for internal and international relations<br />
Ing. arch. Jiri Palacky, Ph.D.<br />
Tel: +420 541 146 673<br />
E-mail: prodekan-zahranici@fa.vutbr.cz<br />
Study department officer<br />
Mrs. Anna Horáková<br />
Tel: +420 541 146 621<br />
E-mail: horakova@fa.vutbr.cz<br />
Studies in Architecture started at BUT in 1919. The Faculty was formed in 1976.<br />
Presently if offers accredited Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral study programmes of<br />
architecture and urban planning with over 800 students. The Master’s programme is<br />
also offered in English an includes courses of contemporary architecture; building<br />
reconstruction; planning of town and region development; building realization,<br />
enterprise and finance; building techniques and technology; graphic and drawing<br />
techniques etc.<br />
<strong>Students</strong> and teachers of the Faculty participate in various creative and research<br />
activities such as some domestic and international competitions and exhibitions<br />
(France, Sweden), research projects “Czech Architecture and Urban Planning in the<br />
New Situation” and “Building Housing for Seniors”, exhibitions of diploma projects<br />
at the Faculty and abroad, international workshops and conferences about<br />
renovation of industrial heritage and revitalization, exhibition Figurama,<br />
architectural structures.<br />
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Fields of Study<br />
The programmes are also offered in English and include following courses:<br />
contemporary architecture; building reconstruction; planning of town and region<br />
development; building realization, enterprise and finance; building techniques and<br />
technology, graphic and drawing techniques; module workshop – building design;<br />
module specialized studio; diploma project.<br />
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Faculty of Business and<br />
Management<br />
www.fbm.vutbr.cz<br />
Kolejní 2906/4, 612 00 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for foreign relations<br />
Ing. Zdeňka Videcká, Ph.D.<br />
Tel: +420 541 142 792<br />
E-mail: proděkan-zahranici@fbm.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
Ing. Gabriela Kořanová<br />
Tel: +420 541 142 508<br />
E-mail: koranova@fbm.vutbr.cz<br />
The Faculty of Business and Management was established in 1992. However,<br />
studies of Business and Management had been a part of programs of Faculty of<br />
Mechanical Engineering for several decades. Today FBM is a modern-established<br />
faculty with over 3 000 students.<br />
Fields of Study<br />
The courses are enriched by providing the students with knowledge and skills<br />
necessary for managers of industrial enterprises or businessmen, especially in the<br />
field of marketing, accountancy, finance, management, strategic management,<br />
enterprise logistics, information technologies, statistics, sociology, psychology and<br />
law. The Faculty also offers MBA studies in cooperation with Nottingham Trent<br />
University and Dominican University of Illinois, and a broad spectrum of courses of<br />
lifelong learning.<br />
For English speaking students the Faculty of Business and Management offers some<br />
Master’s and Doctoral study programmes and a special program for Erasmus<br />
students “Company Management and Economics”, which is based on current offer of<br />
courses in master programme.<br />
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Research activities of the Faculty are in the fields of business, management and<br />
sustainable development. The Faculty participated on EU projects of the 5 th and the<br />
6 th Framework Programmes. Several research projects have been financed by<br />
European Social Fund. The Faculty also organizes several international conferences<br />
every year.<br />
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Faculty of Chemistry<br />
www.fch.vutbr.cz<br />
Purkyňova 464/118,<br />
612 00 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for education (including mobility LLP/ERASMUS)<br />
Ing. Martin Zmrzlý, Ph.D.<br />
Tel.: +420 541 149 344<br />
E-mail: prodekan-vzdelavani@fch.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
Mgr. Alena Sýkorová<br />
Tel: +420 541 149 346<br />
E-mail: sykorova@fch.vutbr.cz<br />
Study in Chemistry has been offered since 1919. The present Faculty was<br />
established in 1992. The faculty is situated in the Czech Technology Park, an area of<br />
120 hectares integrating education, research, business, industry and even leisure<br />
still being close to the city centre connected to it by many direct routes of public<br />
transport. Thus it provides its students, researchers and scientists with maximum<br />
comfort. Its laboratories are well furnished. Research of the Faculty uses<br />
extensively computer technology.<br />
The Faculty of Chemistry offers a broad spectrum of study fields that reflect social<br />
demand for graduates in Chemistry. Today the faculty has the staff of 155<br />
employees. About 1000 students are enrolled in various bachelor, master and<br />
doctoral degree study programmes focused on both chemical and food branches.<br />
The alumni of the above branch oriented programmes are prepared to work in<br />
research, industry and for the positions of industrial and business management staff<br />
especially in chemical, pharmaceutical, building, consumer and food industries as<br />
well as in public administration.<br />
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Fields of Study<br />
Material Chemistry; Material Engineering; Physical Chemistry; Macromolecular<br />
Chemistry; Technical Chemistry; Crisis Management and Population Protection;<br />
Bioengineering; Consumer Chemistry; Food Chemistry and Biotechnology;<br />
Environmental Chemistry; etc.<br />
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Faculty of Fine Arts<br />
www.ffa.vutbr.cz<br />
Rybářská 125/13/15,<br />
603 00 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for student affairs and external relations<br />
PhDr. Pavel Ondračka<br />
Tel: +420 541 146 829<br />
E-mail: ondracka@ffa.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
PhDr. Hedvika Šimíčková<br />
Phone: 541 146 804<br />
E-mail: simickova@ffa.vutbr.cz<br />
The tradition of art education at Brno University of Technology dates back to 1899<br />
when the Institute of Drawing was established at the Faculty of Construction of the<br />
University. The early 1990s have offered new perspectives to the school, and the<br />
Institute of Fine Arts was settled. The establishment of the Faculty of Fine Arts was<br />
approved by the Ministry of Education, and the Faculty was opened in January<br />
1993.<br />
The Faculty of Fine Arts, with almost 300 students, is one of only several academic<br />
institutions in the Czech Republic where young people can be educated in fine arts.<br />
The Faculty began to build its profile, linking up the rather traditional teaching in<br />
conventional studios with adequate forms of teaching in modern artistic disciplines.<br />
The academic staff consists of artists from Brno, Prague and Bratislava. <strong>Students</strong>,<br />
graduates and teachers organize or participate in more than 100 exhibitions every<br />
year, both at home and abroad. The faculty has its own gallery and audio Atelier.<br />
Faculty of Fine Arts emphasizes linkage between fine arts and engineering,<br />
connection between the Faculty and other Faculties of BUT in design and modern<br />
technologies. It offers a mixture of classical disciplines, design and new media. The<br />
Faculty is relatively small and the teaching is mainly individual; every student is<br />
being trained as an individual in a different way.<br />
Fields of Study<br />
Sculpture; Painting; Graphics; Graphic Design; Industrial Design; Conceptual<br />
Trends; Video-Multimedia-Performance.<br />
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Faculty of Information<br />
Technology<br />
www.fit.vutbr.cz<br />
Božetěchova 1/2,<br />
612 66 Brno<br />
Vice-dean for external relations<br />
Doc. Dr. Ing. Pavel Zemčík<br />
Phone: +420 541 141 217<br />
E-mail: prodekan-zahranici@fit.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
Mrs. Michaela Studená<br />
Phone: +420 541 141 265<br />
E-mail: studena@fit.vutbr.cz<br />
The Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Brno University of Technology was<br />
established in January 2002. It was developed from the former Department of<br />
Computer Science and Engineering of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and<br />
Computer Science. The Department was established in 1964 and has had a long<br />
tradition in teaching computer science and informatics in the framework of the<br />
former Faculty.<br />
At present, the Faculty of Information Technology, with almost 3000 students,<br />
offers a three-year Bachelor study programme Information Technology (Bc.), a twoyear<br />
follow-up Master study programme Information Technology (Ing.), and Ph.D.<br />
study programme in the scientific branch Information Technology. These study<br />
programmes respect the principles of the Bologna Declaration for the development<br />
of tertiary education in Europe. The structures of both study programmes are fully<br />
compatible with the European space for higher education.<br />
The second-level students and postgraduate doctoral students are involved in<br />
research projects, which form an important part of the Faculty activities.<br />
A considerable part of teaching and research activities is centralized in the<br />
Computer Centre. The Faculty’s biggest achievement has been the development of<br />
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Language Identification System for speech recognition that is in the forefront in the<br />
technology in the world.<br />
Fields of Study<br />
Information Technology; Computer Science and Engineering; Bioinformatics and<br />
Biocomputing; Computer and Embedded Systems; Computer Graphics and<br />
Multimedia; Computer Systems and Networks; Information Systems; Information<br />
Technology Security; Intelligent Systems; Management and Information<br />
Technologies; Mathematical Methods in Information Technology.<br />
Institute of Forensic<br />
Engineering<br />
www.usi.vutbr.cz<br />
Údolní 53,<br />
602 00 Brno<br />
Head for education, science and research<br />
doc. Ing. Robert Kledus, Ph.D<br />
Phone: +420 541 146 010<br />
E-mail: robert.kledus@usi.vutbr.cz<br />
<strong>International</strong> department officer<br />
Ing. Bc. Marek Semela, PhD.<br />
Phone: +420 541 146 010<br />
E-mail: semela@usi.vutbr.cz<br />
Institute of Forensic Engineering educates future experts in traffic, economy,<br />
building industry and engineering.<br />
Master study:<br />
• Real Estate Engineering (properties, legislative relations to properties, valuation<br />
of real estate, real properties…)<br />
• Expert Engineering in Traffic (road traffic and transport, traffic law, international<br />
contracts, transport company direction, traffic accidents analysis…)<br />
Whole university following master study programme:<br />
• Risk Engineering (identification, analysis and reducing or eliminating risks in<br />
engineering areas…)<br />
• with fields of study:<br />
Risk management of building constructions (cooperation with FCE)<br />
Risk management of engine plants (with FME)<br />
Risk management of electronics devices (with FEEC)<br />
Risk management in information systems (with FIT)<br />
Risk management of chemical technologies (with FCH)<br />
Risk management in companies a institutions (with FBM)<br />
Doctoral study:<br />
Forensic Engineering<br />
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BUT Student Facilities<br />
Accommodation<br />
Brno University of Technology<br />
Halls of Residence and Dining Services of BUT<br />
Kolejní 2<br />
612 00 Brno<br />
Phone: +420 541 142 931-3<br />
Phone: +420 541 142 903<br />
Fax: +420 541 242 935<br />
http://www.skm.vutbr.cz/Angl<br />
BUT provides good-class accommodation - mostly in double rooms. Half of the<br />
bedrooms are equipped with their own bathroom and toilet, another half has<br />
a common bathroom unit for a certain number of rooms. Most of the rooms are<br />
two-bed and three-bed rooms, a small number are single rooms.<br />
<strong>Students</strong> have a study room, TV room, bicycle room, music room with a piano, and<br />
a darkroom at their disposal. All halls are equipped with laundries and dryers as<br />
well as public phones.<br />
The premises offer various sports facilities like multipurpose fields, quality body<br />
building gyms, gymnasiums, pool tables, table tennis equipment and other sports<br />
facilities of the Center for Sports Activities.<br />
Halls of Residence offers:<br />
• 100 % high speed internet connection<br />
• wide range of dining services (cafeterias, restaurants, pizzerias, cafés, bars and<br />
snack bars)<br />
• modern catering system (cashless, no pre-ordering, no limit, online menus)<br />
• halls of residence provide quality sports facilities<br />
• student advising centre: http://www.kam.vutbr.cz/presbloky/?p=msus<br />
There are 6 797 beds available in four BUT dormitories:<br />
Pod Palackého vrchem Residence Hall, Kolejní 2, Brno<br />
Purkyně Residence Hall, Purkyňova 93, Brno<br />
List Residence Hall, Kounicova 46/48, Brno<br />
Mánesovy Residence Hall, Mánesova 12, Brno<br />
Starý pivovar boarding house, Božetěchova 1, Brno<br />
It is necessary to reserve a room by a student before his arrival through internet:<br />
http://www.skm.vutbr.cz/Angl/Info.asp?y=0708<br />
The monthly price for 1 person varies from 2000 CZK to 2600 CZK per month.<br />
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Foreign students are mainly accommodated in complex named “Pod Palackého<br />
vrchem” at Kolejní Street near the Faculty of Business and Management or at dorms<br />
named “Manesovy koleje” at Manesova Street. Near dormhouses, there are many<br />
facilities available for students such as: fitness centre, gym, boulder centre, cinema,<br />
student club, snack bar, copy centre.<br />
Grocery store, newspapers drugstore all in one:<br />
Monday - Wednesday 7:00 – 20:00<br />
Thursday 7:00 – 19:30<br />
Friday 7:00 – 13:00<br />
Saturday 8:00 – 12:30<br />
Sunday 15:00 – 19:30<br />
If you have any problems with accommodation or people in dorms or other related<br />
problems feel free to visit Counselling Centre:<br />
Counselling Centre Over blocks<br />
Kolejní 2, block A4<br />
www.kam.vutbr.cz/presbloky<br />
Contact person: Ms Jana Kalousková<br />
Tel: 549 257 301, 541 142 903<br />
kalousko@adm.skm.vutbr.cz<br />
Accommodation scholarship:<br />
Every Erasmus student is eligible to be given an accommodation scholarship from<br />
BUT. As a first step it is necessary to contact Erasmus office on a particular faculty<br />
and fill in an application form for the scholarship. It takes a few days to work up the<br />
application and after this process a student obtains an e-mail with the information<br />
about the day of withdrawing his (her) money.<br />
Meals<br />
www.skm.vutbr.cz/Menzy.asp<br />
16 dining facilities in the premises of halls of residence and BUT<br />
faculties offer rich and varied menus. Broad choice of hot and cold<br />
meals, made-to-order meals, vegetarian meals and desserts in<br />
cafeterias and restaurants. vegetable and fruit salads with main courses, fruits,<br />
variety of alcoholic and soft drinks. Pleasant cafés and bars are ideal for taking<br />
a rest and meeting friends.<br />
<strong>Students</strong> can take their meals in a number of student cafeterias (in Czech it is<br />
called “menza”). You can find actual menu for lunches and dinners at<br />
http://jidelnicek.kam.vutbr.cz/ while cafeterias are opened. You can actually make<br />
your choice, before you go to eat.<br />
Dining services in halls of residence:<br />
• Pizzeria Mozzarella (self-service cafeteria), Kolejní 2, Brno<br />
• Kolejní cafeteria, Kolejní 2, Brno<br />
• Caffé Bar Piccolo, Kolejní 2, Brno<br />
• Purkyně cafeteria, Purkyňova 93, Brno<br />
• Purkyně snack bar, Purkyňova 93, Brno<br />
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• Restaurant (with full service), Božetěchova 1, Brno<br />
• Cafeteria, Božetěchova 1, Brno<br />
• Café, Božetěchova 1, Brno<br />
Dining services in BUT faculties:<br />
Integrated building of the Faculty of Business and Management and the Faculty of<br />
Electrical Engineering and Communication, Kolejní 4, Brno<br />
• Mini cafeteria<br />
Faculty of Chemistry, Purkyňova 118, Brno<br />
• Student cafeteria<br />
• Snack bar<br />
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technická 2, Brno<br />
• "Q" Restaurant<br />
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Veveří 95, Brno<br />
• "V" Restaurant<br />
• Pizzeria Presto (serviced restaurant)<br />
BUT Rectorate, Antonínská 1, Brno<br />
• BUT Center café<br />
How you get your meals? All you need is to use your student card (ISIC). First, you<br />
will have to top up it by cash at any cafeteria’s cashier. Then you can purchase<br />
chosen meal with your card. Credit on your card will be decreased by a price of<br />
each meal you purchase. You can buy as much food as you like while you have<br />
credit on your ISIC. You will receive your student card from your faculty Erasmus<br />
contact person. Price of one student lunch is around 30 CZK for a main dish and<br />
5 CZK for a soup. Exception is pizza Mozarella, which is little bit more expensive.<br />
Facilities for special needs students<br />
All the faculties make efforts in order to enable the study of disabled<br />
students. Only at the Faculty of Chemistry, the study of disabled<br />
students is more difficult as work in chemical laboratory necessitates<br />
good health.<br />
Computer rooms are barrier free. Barrier free access is also ensured at all other<br />
faculties except the Faculty of Fine Arts. The study conditions are adapted to the<br />
individual needs of students. Faculties set up individual timetables offering<br />
cooperation with the tutor as needed in a particular course. Electronic textbooks<br />
and other aids of a multimedia nature are available at most of the faculties; at<br />
FEEC, students may follow a laboratory lesson from virtual laboratories, FIT<br />
students are offered on-line lectures, students at FME were offered improved<br />
connection to their home computers to the academic network.<br />
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BUT Libraries<br />
www.lib.vutbr.cz<br />
BUT Central Library: Antonínská 1<br />
Monday-Thursday: 09:00 – 20:00<br />
Friday: 09:00 – 15:00<br />
Faculty library FA: Poříčí 5<br />
Monday, Wednesday:<br />
9:00 – 20:00<br />
Tuesday, Thursday:<br />
9:00 – 17:00<br />
Friday: 9:00 – 14:00<br />
Faculty library FCE: Veveří 95<br />
Monday-Friday: 8:00 – 20:00<br />
Saturday: 9:00 – 15:00<br />
Faculty library FFA:<br />
Rybářská 13/15<br />
Monday: 13:00 – 15:00<br />
Tuesday, Thursday: 9:00 - 11:00<br />
13:00 - 15:00<br />
Wednesday: 13:00 - 17:00<br />
Area library FME: Technická 2<br />
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 – 18:00<br />
Friday: 9:00 – 13:00<br />
Faculty library FBM: IO Kolejní 4<br />
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 – 17:30<br />
Friday: 9:00 – 13:00<br />
Area library BUT:<br />
Purkyňova 464/118<br />
Monday, Wednesday: 9:00 – 18:00<br />
Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 – 19:00<br />
Friday: 8:00 – 14:00<br />
Area library FEEC: IO Kolejní 4<br />
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 – 17:00<br />
Friday: 9:00 – 13:00<br />
Faculty library FIT: Božetěchova 2<br />
Monday-Thursday: 8:00 – 17:00<br />
Friday: 8:00 – 15:00<br />
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Libraries don’t provide a lot of English literature, but you can find some books,<br />
journals and magazines in English, if you are interested.<br />
BUT Computer Centres<br />
www.cis.vutbr.cz<br />
Each faculty has its own computer centre. Besides that you can use<br />
two computer rooms in the BUT Centre, Antonínská 1 (part of the<br />
central library).<br />
BUT Sports Facilities<br />
Centre of sport activities of BUT (CESA)<br />
http://www.cesa.vutbr.cz/<br />
Technická 2, 616 69 Brno<br />
Director: RNDr. Hana Lepková<br />
Tel: + 420 541 142 270<br />
lepkova@cesa.vutbr.cz<br />
Brno University of Technology has own sports facilities and<br />
sport centres, which offers wide range of sports for<br />
students. For BUT students are mainly all of the classes<br />
free of charge or with a small contribution.<br />
Example of sports at CESA: aerobic, badminton, basketball, bowling, indoor cycling,<br />
football, mountain bikes, swimming, horse riding, skiing, squash, tennis, and much<br />
more…<br />
City Sports Facilities<br />
Besides that Brno offers a wide range of sporting and recreational opportunities.<br />
The city of Brno also provides dozens of sporting facilities, including three indoor<br />
swimming pools, four open-air swimming pools and two winter stadiums. The<br />
enormous Boby Centre, the largest of these facilities, boasts squash courts,<br />
a bowling alley, and some of the best workout facilities in the Czech Republic, not to<br />
mention the country’s largest discotheque. Information about specific sporting and<br />
athletics facilities in Brno can be found on the City of Brno WebPages:<br />
http://www.brno.cz/index.php?nav01=57&lan=en<br />
Czech Language Courses<br />
Every international student coming to BUT has an opportunity to<br />
take part in an intensive Czech language course (5 days), which is<br />
prepared as a part of the invitation week.<br />
For those who might be interested in further study there are several possibilities.<br />
On the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and<br />
Communication and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering their language institutes<br />
provide one semestral courses of Czech, always according to interest of foreign<br />
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students. For more information about these Czech Language courses, contact<br />
a study department of a particular faculty.<br />
Some other possibilities where to study Czech Language:<br />
Brno University of Technology<br />
Lifelong Learning Institute<br />
Kounicova 966/67a<br />
602 00 Brno<br />
managing director: PhDr. Petra Navrátilová<br />
Tel: +420 541 148 810<br />
E-mail: navratilova.petra@lli.vutbr.cz<br />
http://www.lli.vutbr.cz/en<br />
http://www.lli.vutbr.cz/czech-language-for-foreigners<br />
Lifelong Learning Institute at BUT offers Intensive course of Czech language<br />
for foreigners .They are designed for everybody who needs and wants to<br />
speak Czech. Individual preparation for entrance examination to Brno<br />
University of Technology is also offered. There are usually 9 – 13 students in<br />
the class. The classes last two semesters, 35 weeks, 4 hours per day<br />
(8.30-12.00).<br />
Brno University of Technology<br />
Faculty of Civil Engineering<br />
Institute of Social Sciences<br />
Žižkova 17, 602 00 Brno<br />
Contact person: PhDr. Zuzana Wotkeová, CSc.<br />
wotkeova.z@fce.vutbr.cz<br />
Masaryk University<br />
Department of Czech for Foreigners<br />
Faculty of Arts<br />
Arne Nováka 1, 660 88 Brno<br />
Tel: 549 496 492, 549 494 631<br />
bohem@phil.muni.cz<br />
Contact person: PhDr. Eva Rusínová<br />
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry<br />
Language department<br />
Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno<br />
Tel: 545 132 061<br />
jazyky@mendelu.cz<br />
Contact person: PhDr. Jitka Brešová, CSc.<br />
Brno English Centre<br />
Starobrněnská 16/18, 602 00 Brno<br />
Tel: 542 211 435<br />
skola@brnoenglishcentre.cz<br />
http://www.brnoenglishcentre.cz/web.php?lang=eng<br />
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<strong>ISC</strong> – INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CLUB<br />
BUT also offers international students services through its <strong>International</strong> Student<br />
<strong>Club</strong> a non-profit organization that consists of voluntary university students,<br />
especially in the form of help for students before and after their arrival in Brno<br />
(picking them up at the airport or train or coach station, providing information,<br />
helping them to settle in at the residence, arranging for the necessary documents<br />
such as student cards, public transport passes, etc.), the organization of leisuretime<br />
activities (day-trips and excursions, country, city and university presentations,<br />
sports activities, tram party, boat party, carnival, etc.), help with everyday<br />
problems faced by international students such as accompanying them to a doctor,<br />
dealing with official bodies, etc.<br />
BUT also organizes a welcome week for international<br />
students before the beginning of each semester, which<br />
includes an intensive Czech course, Welcome weekend<br />
and a tour of Brno.<br />
Excursions, Day Trips<br />
In recent years <strong>ISC</strong> has prepared a number of day trips and excursions to<br />
interesting places in the region such as the place of the battlefield of Austerlitz, the<br />
site of Napoleon’s most famous military victory, Moravian Carst, the karstic caves<br />
with little river in national reservation, château Lednice, part of UNESCO heritage<br />
site, town Znojmo, the local wine centre, Černá Hora, moravian brewery and much<br />
more. <strong>ISC</strong> tries to arrange inexpensive transport and entrance fees, so the<br />
participation fees are not too high.<br />
You can find all information about excursions, trips and other events and the club<br />
itself at the web page of <strong>International</strong> Student <strong>Club</strong>:<br />
www.isc.vutbr.cz<br />
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Introducing the Czech Republic and Brno<br />
The Czech Republic<br />
The Czech Republic or Česká<br />
Republika has an area of 78.864<br />
square kilometres and it is<br />
a landlocked country in central<br />
Europe. Czech Republic borders its former<br />
federal partner, Slovakia, in the east, Austria in<br />
the south, Germany in the southwest and<br />
northwest and Poland in the north. The nation’s<br />
capital is Praha (Prague).<br />
The Czech Republic was created in 1993 after<br />
dissolution of Czechoslovakia. It consists of the historic lands of Bohemia and<br />
Moravia (commonly called the Czech Lands) and the south western portion of<br />
Silesia. Czechoslovakia was formed by Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-<br />
Hungarian Empire at the end of the World War I in 1918. In 1948 Communist Party<br />
of Czechoslovakia took over the country and brought it under the domination of the<br />
Soviet Union for over forty years. The liberalization attempt of 1968 was crushed by<br />
Warsaw Pact troops. The country finally gained its independence and freedom in<br />
1989 and started to build a democratic society.<br />
The Czech Republic climate is complex, but generally moderate oceanic climate<br />
prevails, with hasher continental influences increasing toward to east. The Elbe,<br />
Vltava, and Morava are well known Czech rivers. With the exception of some<br />
highland areas, which receive more than 1.500 mm of precipitation a year, annual<br />
averages are between 500 and 760 mm throughout most of the country. Winter<br />
temperatures are mild. In January in Prague average temperature is -3°C. Summer<br />
temperatures are warmer, in July and August average is about 18°C.<br />
Government<br />
The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy. President is the head of the<br />
state. The Government is led by Prime Minister. The Parliamant has two chambers –<br />
Chamber of Deputies and Senate. The two dominating political parties are Civic<br />
Democrats and Social Democrats.<br />
Education<br />
There is a nine year compulsory public education<br />
system. Most of institutions of higher education<br />
have completed the Bologna Process. For studies<br />
in Czech there is no charge; tuition is charged for<br />
studies in English language. The biggest<br />
concentration of universities is in Prague and<br />
Brno.<br />
More information about the Czech Republic:<br />
www.czech.cz<br />
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Brno<br />
Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, with a population<br />
nearly 400,000 and it is the centre of Southern Moravia Region. The city<br />
is located in the middle of Moravia, 120 kilometres to the North of<br />
Vienna, 200 kilometres to the East of Prague. Easily accessible by most<br />
transportation means, it has rail and bus connections to all major<br />
European cities. It is surrounded by a romantic countryside, forest and many<br />
attractive tourist sites and natural landmarks.<br />
In the nineteenth century it became one of the most prominent industrial centres in<br />
the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Brno was the first city in Europe to use Edison’s<br />
electric light bulb to illuminate the theatre. Gregor<br />
Mendel formulated his theory of heredity right<br />
here, in Brno. Victor Kaplan designed the first<br />
water turbine here too, and Leoš Janáček lived<br />
and composed his musical works in Brno as well.<br />
Bohuslav Fuchs, Mies van der Rohe, Arnošt<br />
Wiesner and other have built examples of modern<br />
architecture in the city and this is also the place<br />
where Milan Kundera wrote his first novels.<br />
Brno is a home to an opera, a ballet, repertory and musical theatres, Brno<br />
Philharmonic Orchestra and many museums. Annually it holds several music and<br />
theatrical festivals.<br />
Brno has beautiful scenery and has excellent leisure and sport facilities. Brno Dam<br />
offers possibility of going round on boat, and in summer you can play beach<br />
volleyball there.<br />
New modern motorcycle and auto racing track was built 15<br />
years ago and hold Grand Prix racing tournament every year.<br />
Several sports clubs and sports groups provide opportunities<br />
for various field sports. List of available sports facilities<br />
complete two ice-hockey stadiums, one cycling stadium and a<br />
shooting range. In the vicinity of Brno, you can find several tourist attractions and<br />
historic sites: Macocha abyss and stalactite caves, the Napoleon Austerlitz (Slavkov)<br />
battlefield, Pernštejn castle, the chateau and park at Lednice, the Pálava hill range<br />
nature reserve.<br />
Petrov - Cathedral<br />
One of Brno’s most prominent features is its intellectual potential<br />
resulting from rich research and educational facilities. There are six<br />
higher education institutions in Brno offering degrees in science,<br />
engineering, humanities, medicine, law, agriculture, arts and other<br />
areas: Brno University of Technology, Masaryk University, Mendel<br />
University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brbno, University of<br />
Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Janáček Academy of<br />
Music and Performing Arts, The University of Defence.<br />
For more information see: www.brno.cz<br />
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Public Holidays<br />
• 1 January - New Year’s Eve<br />
• Easter Monday - Moveable, The Monday after Easter Sunday<br />
• 1 May – Labour Day<br />
• 8 May - Liberation Day from Nazism (End of World War II.)<br />
• 5 July - Slavonic Apostles St Cyril and Methodius<br />
• 6 July - Remembrance of the death of Jan Hus (burnt at stake in 1415)<br />
• 28 September - St. Václav Day (day of Czech statehood)<br />
• 28 October - Day of commemorating the foundation of Czechoslovakia (1918)<br />
• 17 November – Day of struggle for freedom and democracy (1989),<br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Students</strong> Day (1941)<br />
• 24 – 26 November - Christmas holidays<br />
This booklet is not meant to be a Brno tourist <strong>guide</strong>. However, we would encourage you to buy one –<br />
they are available in several languages in most bookstores in the downtown. You can learn from them<br />
more about history of the city as well as about its major sights.<br />
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3. Practical Information<br />
Cost of living in Brno for an Erasmus student<br />
Renting a single bed in 2-3 bedroom flat<br />
• CZK 3,000<br />
• €115<br />
Renting an older one bedroom flat<br />
• CZK 9,000<br />
• €245<br />
A monthly bus & tram pass<br />
• CZK 265<br />
• €10<br />
A beer or a glass of wine in a pub<br />
• CZK 25<br />
• €0.95<br />
A lunch in a cheap restaurant<br />
• CZK 70<br />
• €2.70<br />
A ticket for a concet or party<br />
• CZK 100-300<br />
• €3.80-€11.50<br />
Food for one person for one day<br />
• CZK 50-100<br />
• €1.95-€3.90<br />
Usual fine for disorderliness :)<br />
• CZK 500<br />
• €19.20<br />
Total amount of money needed for a month of frugal life<br />
• CZK 7,500 €290<br />
Total amount of money needed for a month of king-like life<br />
• CZK 18,000 €690<br />
Important Telephone Numbers<br />
Quick medical help<br />
545 113 113<br />
Emergency call 112<br />
Ambulance 155<br />
Police 158<br />
Firemen 150<br />
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Brno City police 156<br />
Czech foreign police<br />
974 620 251<br />
(Kopečná 3)<br />
Pharmacy with continuous service (24/7)<br />
Kobližná 7 542 212 110<br />
Koliště 47 545 424 811<br />
Information about phone<br />
numbers in CZ 1180<br />
Information about phone<br />
numbers abroad 1181<br />
Accurate time 14112<br />
24-hour emergency road<br />
service 1230 or 1240<br />
Continuous Post Office<br />
Nádražní 418/7 542 151 111<br />
(close to main railway station)<br />
www.cpost.cz<br />
Information about travelling by:<br />
Public transport in Brno<br />
www.dpmb.cz 543 174 317<br />
Non-Stop info about transportation 900 144 444<br />
Railway transport 972 624 125<br />
972 624 403<br />
Coach and bus transport:<br />
national lines 543 217 733-5<br />
international lines 543 212 651<br />
543 211 484<br />
Air transport 545 521 312<br />
Czech airlines branch in Brno<br />
(Nádražní 4) 542 211 414<br />
542 210 739<br />
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ISIC - <strong>International</strong> Student Identity Card<br />
This card is used in BUT’s cafeterias and it will allow you to benefit<br />
from student reductions for such things as the public transport pass,<br />
most museum and theatre tickets, and many coaches, rail and air<br />
fares. If for some reason you are unable to get your card from you<br />
home country of university it is also possible to apply for the ISIC in<br />
Brno at GTS <strong>International</strong>, Vachova 4, www.gtsint.cz.<br />
Medical Care<br />
General practitioner: <strong>Students</strong> with health insurance are entitled to visit any<br />
general practitioner. The Student Health Centre, situated in the student halls of<br />
residence at Kolejní Street, provides medical care for BUT students.<br />
In case of health problems it will probably be most convenient for you to go to<br />
MUDr. Eva Zezulová, general practitioner who has had a great deal of experience<br />
treating international students and speaks basic medical English. Her surgery is<br />
situated at A03/A06 buiding at “Pod Palackého vrchem” dorms, Kolejní 2, Brno<br />
(tel: +420 541 213 689).<br />
Before going to the GP, please contact your international coordinator to<br />
make an appointment for you!<br />
Emergency cases: In case of an urgent need of medical attention at a time when<br />
doctors’ offices are not open, and you are confined to bed, call the first-aid service<br />
at CZ +420 545113113 Call, a doctor will come to examine you within a very short<br />
time. In other cases you should go in person to the emergency service at<br />
nám.28.října 23, which is open Monday – Friday from 19:00 till 6:30 and non-stop<br />
on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Emergency dental care is also available at the<br />
same address and telephone number. For cases you got injured go to Úrazová<br />
nemocnice:<br />
Ponávka 6, Brno, tel: +420 545 538 111<br />
http://www.unbr.cz/article.asp?nArticleID=34&nDepartmentID=59&nLanguageID=2<br />
Central extension for high emergency calls is 112 (international, communication in<br />
foreign languages) and 155 (local, communication in Czech language only). In<br />
case you have to pay for the health care in cash, you have to ask for<br />
reimbursement your home insurance company.<br />
Pharmacies: Most of the medicines available elsewhere can be obtained here,<br />
though not necessarily in every pharmacy. In case of need of some kind of medicine<br />
in the evening, at night or over the weekend, when shops are normally closed,<br />
there is a non-stop pharmacy located conveniently in the centre of the city,<br />
Kobližná 7, Koliště 47 or Štefánikova 23.<br />
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Banking<br />
Debit cards are generally the easiest and cheapest how way to<br />
manage money here. It is usual to make a payment with your card<br />
even it was issued outside of Czech Republic. Brno city centre<br />
provides many conveniently located cash dispensers capable of<br />
handling transactions with other financial institutions.<br />
Foreign currency can be exchanged at any bank or in special currency exchange<br />
offices. Banks are usually more expensive in exchanging money so we recommend<br />
exchange offices and advise you to check around to see which one gives the best<br />
rate, since these can vary considerably. The small exchange offices along<br />
Masarykova and Česká Street are said to offer the best exchange rates in the Czech<br />
Republic.<br />
Some of you may wish to open an account in crowns or a foreign currency at a local<br />
bank, especially if you are going to be in Brno for more than one semester. This can<br />
be done relatively easily at any bank, though you will probably find that banks in<br />
the city centre, especially branches of the larger banks, offer the best range of<br />
services.<br />
The Office for <strong>International</strong> Studies can advice you, which bank will serve you best.<br />
Credit and electronic debit cards (Master-Card, Maestro, Visa Card) can be used in<br />
most restaurants, as well as in larger shops. In smaller shops credit cards are less<br />
likely to be welcomed, there you will probably have to pay in cash.<br />
Transportation<br />
Public Transport in Brno<br />
Dopravní podnik města Brna (DPMB)<br />
(Novobranská 18) tel.: 543 174 317<br />
www.dpmb.cz<br />
Searchable timetables of trains, coaches, Brno public transport, and Prague airport:<br />
www.idos-jizdni-rady.cz<br />
Brno transport network map:<br />
www.dpmb.cz/e4.asp<br />
In the Integrated Public Transport System of the South Moravian Region (abbr. IDS<br />
JMK) means that all existing means of transport in the region of the South Moravia<br />
and City of Brno are connected together. Under the same conditions you can travel<br />
in local trains, regional busses, public city transport of Brno (trams, busses, trolleybusses)<br />
and city transport in the City of Blansko (buses). In all of these lines you<br />
can use the same tickets and pay the same prices and the very similar regulations<br />
are used.<br />
The IDS JMK tickets you cannot use in speed trains and in Ex, IC, EC and SC trains<br />
as well as in busses which are not marked with the three digits numbers.<br />
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There is a variable tariff system used to determine IDS JMK fares. The fare is<br />
determined by the expected length (time) of your travel and the number of fare<br />
zones. In case you do not travel more than the time and number of zones you have<br />
paid for, you can transfer as many times as you like, even from train or trams to<br />
buses and back again. You cannot change with two tickets - the 2 zones / 10<br />
minutes ticket and the four-station ticket.<br />
To use the transport you need a validated ticket (stamped in<br />
a yellow machine immediately after getting on the vehicle) or<br />
a travel card. To get the student travel card you need<br />
1 photograph and a certificate proving that you are a student of<br />
BUT (if you want this travel card, contact your international<br />
advisor). Individual PT tickets can be purchased at newsstands<br />
and in some shops, if you buy tickets directly from the tram/bus/trolley-bus driver,<br />
it will cost you more.<br />
Transport Outside Brno<br />
The bus and train connections from Brno to Prague are very convenient. You can<br />
either take a bus from the main bus station Zvonařka or use one of the three<br />
private transport companies Čebus, Tourbus or Student Agency whose stops are<br />
located by the main train station in the area opposite to the Hotel Grand (Benešova<br />
1820). One-way ticket costs 150 CZK (120 – 130 CZK with the student discount)<br />
and the journey takes 2 and half hour.<br />
These buses go approximately once in an hour, from 5 am till 8.30 pm. You should<br />
get your tickets ahead at their ticket office. Taking a bus is usually faster than train.<br />
Čebus<br />
tel: 542 218 455, www.cebus.cz<br />
Tourbus<br />
tel: 543 163 493, www.tourbus.cz<br />
Student Agency<br />
tel: 542 424 242, www.studentagency.cz<br />
The train connections are very good as well, especially if you take an InterCity,<br />
EuroCity train or even SuperCity, which is the fastest way how to get to Prague. It<br />
takes about 2 hours 20 minutes by SuperCity and around 3 hours by other trains.<br />
The prices for the trains are slightly higher than those for the buses. Information on<br />
bus and train schedules: www.idos-jizdni-rady.cz<br />
The homepage of Czech Rail, the national railway system: www.cd.cz<br />
Buses for outside the Czech Republic<br />
www.eurolines.cz<br />
www.eurolines.com<br />
www.studentagency.cz<br />
www.gtsint.cz<br />
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Air Travel<br />
<strong>International</strong> Prague Airport Ruzyně is the closest international<br />
airport to get there you can take a Czech Airlines bus or Student<br />
Agency buses. Their buses leave from the opposite the Hotel<br />
Grand (as well as the buses to Prague), platform number 1. If you<br />
purchase your bus ticket together with a flight ticket with Czech Airlines, the bus<br />
ticket is free of charge. For schedules and further information please contact Czech<br />
Airlines<br />
www.czech-airlines.com<br />
www.csa.cz<br />
Nádražní 4<br />
Tel: 542 211 414, 542 210 739<br />
Taxis<br />
When using a taxi, ask in advance the approximate price of the<br />
service and make sure that the taximeter has been set to zero at<br />
the beginning and it is running during your ride. You should pay<br />
about 20-30 CZK per km.<br />
Here are some of the most reputable taxi firms in Brno:<br />
• AA & Ave taxi<br />
Brno, Česká 11, www.avetaxi.cz<br />
Tel.: 542 222 222, 606 620 620<br />
Green line: 800 100 779<br />
• City taxi<br />
Brno, Solniční 4, Tel.: 542 321 321<br />
• Impuls taxi<br />
Brno, Starobrněnská 19<br />
Tel.: 542 216 666, 724 006 660<br />
• Lido taxi<br />
Brno, Joštova 3, www.lidotaxi.cz<br />
Internet page in Czech and<br />
German, lido@lidotaxi.cz<br />
Tel.: 542 214 221,608 422 142<br />
Car rentals<br />
• Alimex CR<br />
Heršpická 6, Brno, Tel: 543 248 755, 800 150 170 (free of charge call)<br />
brno@alimexcr.cz<br />
www.alimexcr.cz<br />
• Europcar<br />
Holiday Inn Brno, Křížkovského 20, Brno, Tel: 543 122 026 www.europcar.cz<br />
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Km distances from Brno to:<br />
• České Budějovice 186 km<br />
• Hradec Králové 147 km<br />
• Jihlava 87 km<br />
• Karlovy Vary 52 km<br />
• Olomouc 77 km<br />
• Ostrava 268 km<br />
• Pardubice 144 km<br />
• Plzeň 292 km<br />
• Praha 226 km<br />
• Zlín 98 km<br />
Postal Services<br />
Postal services are provided by Česká pošta (www.cpost.cz). The post office with<br />
24 hours service is right next to the train station.<br />
Pošta Brno 2 (Nádražní 3)<br />
tel.: 542 151 111<br />
Czech postal codes consist of five digits written in front of the city name in a group<br />
of 3 plus 2 digits (e.g. 110 00)<br />
Internet<br />
Internet is widely used in the Czech Republic. Internet cafés are quite common in<br />
bigger cities. Almost all libraries have Internet connection and most of them provide<br />
the public access to Internet as well. Do not forget when looking at Czech web<br />
sites, that most of them also have their English version so first look for a note<br />
saying English, or for a British/American flag symbol or something else, which could<br />
switch you to the English version. They are usually located in corners or sides of the<br />
pages.<br />
Useful web sites:<br />
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
www.mzv.cz<br />
• Multilingual dictionary<br />
www.slovnik.seznam.cz<br />
• Czech info Centrum<br />
www.czech.cz<br />
• Info on South Moravia<br />
www.jizni-morava.cz<br />
• Maps Czech Republic<br />
www.mapy.cz<br />
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Brno City info server<br />
www.brno.cz<br />
brno.inetservis.cz<br />
Accommodation<br />
Brno has wide range of hotels and nice little hostels to stay for you<br />
or you family and you will not have a problem to find a cheap and<br />
decent accommodation. To safe some money you can first try<br />
student dormitories or adjoining hotels.<br />
• Penzion Palacký (next to the Palacký dormitory)<br />
Kolejní 2, Tel: 541 641 418<br />
• Penzion Venia<br />
Riegrova 27, Tel: 541 213 290<br />
www.klecka-ag.cz/pension_c.html<br />
• Hotel Akord<br />
Palackého 118, Tel: 549 211 555<br />
www.hotel-akord.cz<br />
• Hotel SLAVIA<br />
Solniční 15, Tel: 542 321 249<br />
www.slaviabrno.cz<br />
• Hotel SLOVAN<br />
Lidická 23, Tel: 533 422 111<br />
www.hotelslovan.cz<br />
• Hotel AMPHONE<br />
třída kpt. Jaroše 29, Tel: 545 428 310<br />
www.amphone.cz<br />
• Hotel AVANTI<br />
Střední 61, Tel: 541 510 111<br />
www.avantihotel.cz<br />
Useful websites for finding accommodation in Czech Republic<br />
www.travel<strong>guide</strong>.cz<br />
www.czech.cz<br />
www.pruvodce.com<br />
Visiting Czechs in Their Homes<br />
The almost universal custom in Czech households is to wear<br />
slippers inside the house or flat. This means that if you are visiting<br />
friends at their home, you will probably be expected to shed your<br />
shoes too. However, most households are normally prepared for<br />
this: there is a selection of slippers for guests waiting at<br />
the entrance to the home or flat.<br />
If you are invited to someone’s place for a meal, it is the custom to take a small gift<br />
– often something to consume, such as a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates. Or a<br />
small bouquet of flowers might be appropriate.<br />
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Laundry<br />
Laundromats and dry-cleaner’s:<br />
• Americká prádelna pod balony – Petr Olšer<br />
(American Laundromats)<br />
Hybešova 291/45, 602 00 Brno<br />
www.laundry.zde.cz<br />
Tel: 775 602 167<br />
• <strong>Club</strong>wash<br />
Stará 27, 602 00 Brno<br />
www.clubwash.cz<br />
Computer Shops<br />
• GNT<br />
Purkyňova 93, 612 00 Brno<br />
www.gnt.cz<br />
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Free, Leisure Time<br />
Cultural Activities<br />
Brno has a number of cinemas, several theatres,<br />
clubs, and dancing and concert halls. There are<br />
many festivals and similar events held in the<br />
city regularly every year. Every month a<br />
thorough list of upcoming cultural events in<br />
Brno can be found in the ”Kam v Brně” brochure<br />
available in Kulturní a informační centrum KIC<br />
(Radnická 8, tel.: 542 211 090) and in a<br />
number of bookstores and newspaper stands. You can also pick up a free weekly<br />
information leaflet Downtown in KIC or elsewhere in cinemas, restaurants,<br />
department store, etc.<br />
Information Centres:<br />
Radnická 8 - 542 214 379, 606 738 098 (offers all kind of information, arrange<br />
accomodation, sells tickets), email: pankova@kicbrno.cz<br />
Nádražní 6 - 542 221 450<br />
Mendlovo nám. 16 - 543 242 236<br />
www.kamvbrne.cz<br />
www.kultura-brno.cz<br />
Museums and galleries<br />
http://www.kultura-brno.cz/index_english.php<br />
http://www.brno.cz/<br />
The four main institutions here are the Moravian Museum, The Moravian Gallery,<br />
the Museum of the City of Brno and the House of Art (Dům umění), each of which<br />
has facilities at more than one location. Besides their permanent collections, which<br />
are described below, they also mount many temporary exhibitions each year. All<br />
museums and galleries are closed on Mondays; in addition, the Moravian Museum is<br />
closed on Sundays and the Moravian Gallery on Tuesdays.<br />
In addition to the above institutions, of course, there are many galleries, both<br />
public and private, with continually changing exhibitions of paintings, sculpture,<br />
graphic works, and photographs and media art. One of these, the Design Centre of<br />
the Czech Republic (Radnická 2), specializes in publicizing the latest in all aspects of<br />
Czech design.<br />
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Theatres<br />
http://www.brno.cz/toCP1250/index.php?nav01=3&nav02=60&nav03=1073&lan=en<br />
The theatres in Brno offer a wide range of stage productions – dramas, operas,<br />
ballets, operettas, musicals and puppet plays.<br />
Here we list only the main theatres:<br />
The Janáček Theatre (Rooseveltova 17, booking office– Dvořákova 11) tel.: 542 210<br />
218, 542 212 131<br />
The Mahen Theatre (Malinovského nám. 1, booking office – Dvořákova 11) tel.: 542<br />
210 218, 542 212 131<br />
The Brno Municipal Theatre (Lidická 16) tel.: 545 212 024<br />
The Goose on a String Theatre (Zelný trh 9) tel.: 542 210 099<br />
HaDivadlo (Sukova 4/6) tel.: 542 212 761<br />
The Bolek Polívka Theatre (Jakubské nám. 5) tel.: 542 214 903<br />
Studio Marta (Bayerova 5) tel.: 541 212 308<br />
Radost Puppet Theatre (Bratislavská 32) tel.: 545 321 273<br />
Cinemas<br />
There are plenty of cinemas in Brno, and the city now has two multiplex cinemas,<br />
one in the centre of the city at the recently opened Velký Špalíček shopping centre<br />
(Mečová street) the other at the Olympia hyper-store on the city’s outskirts<br />
(reachable by free shuttle-bus from the stop alongside the Tesco department store<br />
behind the main railway station).<br />
http://www.palacecinemas.cz/<br />
For those with a deeper interest in film, there are three other possibilities. The Kino<br />
Art cinema (Cihlářská 19, tel.: 541 213 542) offers a good selection of less<br />
commercial films and film classics, films not targeted at the general public, films<br />
from unusual countries and so on.<br />
Concert Halls – classical music<br />
The State Philharmonic Orchestra in Brno (Besední dům, Komenského nám. 8, tel.:<br />
542 214 255) http://www.musica.cz/bpo/<br />
Faculty of Music at the Janáček Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Brno<br />
(Komenského nám. 6, tel.: 542 321 307)<br />
Libraries<br />
Moravská zemská knihovna<br />
Kounicova 65a, tel.: 541 646 111<br />
http://www.mzk.cz/eng/<br />
It is the biggest general Brno library and is open to public, the library card for oneyear<br />
costs 100 CZK (50 CZK for students). In order to obtain this card, you have to<br />
go to the ”Čtenářské průkazy” (Library Cards) section of the library, show your<br />
passport and pay the fee.<br />
If you do not intend to use the library regularly, you can get a ”one-time use card”<br />
for a 10 CZK fee after presenting a valid form of your identification.<br />
Unfortunately, you will not be allowed to take any book out of the library (even<br />
though if you are holder of Library Cards).<br />
Jiří Mahen Library<br />
Kobližná 4, tel.: 542 532 111<br />
http://www.kjm.cz/index2.php?s=en_ge/aj01.html&id=25.0&d=1100.0<br />
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Dietrichstein Palace<br />
Pražák Palace<br />
The Moravian Gallery - Main building<br />
Brno´s castle ”Špilberk”<br />
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Tugendhat Villa<br />
House of the Lords of Kunštát<br />
"BESEDNÍ DŮM" the home of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra<br />
Moravská zemská knihovna<br />
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Newsagents<br />
If you are looking for foreign newspapers and magazines, the<br />
best places to find them are at the Main Train Station or in<br />
any of the major hotels (<strong>International</strong>, Continental, and<br />
Grand). A limited selection of foreign newspapers in English,<br />
French, German and Russian can be also purchased in most<br />
newspaper stands around the town.<br />
Other activities:<br />
Minigolf:<br />
• Minigolf club 90<br />
Jiráskova 52, Brno<br />
• Sokol Brno I.<br />
Kounicova 20/22, Brno<br />
Tel: 541 212 805<br />
Bouldering:<br />
• Sportovní hala Rosnička<br />
Horákova 7, 616 00 Brno<br />
• Free sport<br />
Kounicova 28, 602 00 Brno<br />
Tel: 541 243 294<br />
Pétanque:<br />
• Playing field park Lužánky<br />
• Pétanque Areál<br />
Street Černozemní, Brno<br />
Aeroclub:<br />
www.akmedlanky.cz/index.php?menu=eklub<br />
Rent a bike:<br />
HELIA Sport BRNO<br />
Úvoz 61<br />
Tel: 541241291<br />
www.haliasport.cz<br />
Aeroclub Medlanky<br />
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Shopping, Eating out, <strong>Club</strong>s<br />
Shopping<br />
Brno attractive city centre features hundreds of shops offering<br />
everything from latest fashion, books in various languages to<br />
beautiful antiques.<br />
Most grocery stores in Brno sell basic everyday food, they open at<br />
around seven and usually close at six (if you are looking for more<br />
variety and longer opening hours, visit Tesco store, or other<br />
supermarkets). For miscellaneous daily needs, students often find<br />
the Tesco store, located near the main railway station, and other supermarket a<br />
useful resource. For bigger shopping try Hyper Tesco and Ikea Super Mall. You can<br />
get there using free shuttle buses departing from Vaňkovka Mall. At the shopping<br />
centres within the city you can shop seven days a week.<br />
You can get to nearest Tesco store by bus number 67 from Skácelova bus stop. You<br />
get off at fifth stop, just in front of Tesco store, which is inside of a smaller mall.<br />
You will get back with the same bus running opposite direction.<br />
Department stores and shops:<br />
• Indies (CD, MC, Concert tickets) www.kdeco.cz<br />
Kobližná 16, Tel: 542 218 382<br />
• Vágner (stationary, toys, music, photographic equipment, sport equipment)<br />
Česká 16/18, Tel: 542 212 922<br />
• TESCO (food, clothing, footwear, sport equipment, stationary, chemists, house<br />
hold goods, electrical suppliers)<br />
Dornych 4, Tel: 543 543 111<br />
• Baťa (footwear)<br />
Česká 4, Tel: 542 321 218<br />
Art shops and stationers:<br />
• Artspektrum<br />
Starobrněnská 16/18<br />
• Courtyard studios<br />
Dominikánské nám. 6/7,<br />
Tel: 542 212 508<br />
Supermarkets<br />
you can find branches of these supermarkets all over town<br />
• Delvita, Billa, Albert, Julius Meinl<br />
Hypermarkets: free shuttle bus<br />
• Shopping Park<br />
Brno – Dolní Heršpice, Skandinávská 2<br />
IKEA – household goods<br />
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TESCO store<br />
• Olympia Centre<br />
Brno – Modřice, U Dálnice 777<br />
Hypernova<br />
Palace cinemas<br />
Planet bowling<br />
• Tesco store<br />
Brno-Přízřenice, Moravanské lány<br />
• Galerie Vaňkovka<br />
Ve Vaňkovce 1<br />
www.galerie-vankovka.cz<br />
Gift stores:<br />
There are many things you can buy as a nice gift from Czech Republic. Very famous<br />
around the world is Bohemian Crystal or Czech garnet.<br />
• Sklo crystal office<br />
Vídeňská 103, Brno; Orlí 27, Brno<br />
Tel: 543 215 162<br />
• Český porcelán (Bohemia Crystal)<br />
Jánská 8, Brno<br />
Tel: 542 210 209<br />
• Cimrman<br />
Masarykova 7, Brno<br />
Tel: 542 210 036<br />
• Onte crystal<br />
Orlí 27, Brno<br />
Tel: 542 221 920<br />
• Exklusiv<br />
Zelný trh 10, Brno<br />
Tel: 542 217 874<br />
Eating Out<br />
Restaurants, pubs, cafés – eating and drinking of all kinds – play<br />
a important role in Czechs’ lives. For many and perhaps for most<br />
Czechs, these are the general places to meet yeach other, to relax, to<br />
chat and of course to gossip each other. As a result, there is a whole<br />
range of different kinds of places where you can get a meal and/or<br />
a drink and a whole range of prices as well.<br />
www.kamvbrne.cz<br />
Restaurants:<br />
• Moravská chalupa<br />
Křížkovského 47, Tel: 543 143 101<br />
• Restaurace Dávné časy<br />
Starobrněnská 20, Tel: 542 215 292<br />
• Restaurace Jarmark<br />
Mečová 2 – Velký Špalíček, Tel: 543 237 320<br />
• Restaurace Kanas<br />
Kolejní 15, Tel: 541 238 503<br />
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• Restaurace Sport (video projection-football, ice-hockey, and so on)<br />
Nádražní 365, Tel: 547 234 448<br />
• Restaurace U Lucerny<br />
Veveří 20, Tel: 549 252 042<br />
• Restaurant U Růžového Pantera<br />
Pionýrská 7, Tel: 541 236 079<br />
• Starobrněnská pivnice<br />
Mendlovo náměstí<br />
Café-bar Vyhlídka<br />
Vegetarian Restaurants:<br />
• Restaurace Aura<br />
Kabátníkova 2, Tel: 541 213 273<br />
• Oáza – a bistro and a health-food store<br />
Slovákova 2, Tel: 541 241 962<br />
For Beer-lovers:<br />
If you are looking for good beer, check out this web site:<br />
www.seznamhospod.cz/search.php?lokalita=Brno - unfortunately there is not<br />
English version, but it is very well arranged. It is a very thorough <strong>guide</strong> of pubs not<br />
only in Brno. You can choose the beer you like and find a list of pubs where it is<br />
available.<br />
Concerts – <strong>Club</strong>s, Pop Music, Other Music Styles<br />
Brno has many clubs designed to cater to such a wide range of tastes.<br />
They tend to appear and disappear with more frequency then<br />
theatres, cinemas and even restaurants. Unfortunately there is no<br />
convenient way to find out about everything that is going on at the<br />
city’s clubs. Many clubs advertise their programs through posters.<br />
www.kamvbrne.cz<br />
• FLÉDA<br />
Štefánikova 24, Brno<br />
www.fleda.cz<br />
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• Livingstone<br />
Dominikánské náměstí, Brno<br />
• Caribic Music <strong>Club</strong><br />
Běhounská 22, Brno<br />
www.caribicbrno.cz<br />
• Perpetum – Music club<br />
Rooseveltova 9, Brno<br />
• Podobrazy – Jazz club<br />
Moravské nám. 1a, Brno<br />
• Jazz club Barborka<br />
Veveří 21, Brno<br />
• Alterna<br />
Kounicova 48, Brno<br />
www.alterna.cz<br />
• Klub Leitnerova<br />
Leitnerova 2, Brno<br />
www.volny.cz/leitnerka<br />
• Skleněná louka<br />
Kounicova 23, Brno<br />
www.sklenenalouka.cz<br />
• Absolut bar<br />
Jánská 21, Brno<br />
www.absolutbar.cz<br />
• Mersey<br />
Minská 15, Brno<br />
www.mersey.cz<br />
• Mandarin<br />
Jakubské náměstí 6, Brno<br />
www.mandarin-club.com<br />
<strong>Club</strong>s with darts, pool or table football<br />
• Bernard V-klub<br />
Gorkého 44, Brno<br />
Tel: 603 432 386<br />
• Restaurace Červený drak<br />
Štefánikova 1, Brno<br />
Tel.: 541 236 047<br />
www.almara.cz/cerveny-drak<br />
• Delta Billiard Brno<br />
Lidická 23, passageway of hotel Slovan, Tel: 541 218 989<br />
www.delta-billiard.cz<br />
• 14ka<br />
Jánská 14, Brno<br />
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Gaia Mesiah in music-club Fléda
Other Places and Activities<br />
ZOO<br />
Zoologická zahrada Brno<br />
Tel: 546 432 311<br />
www.zoobrno.cz<br />
The Brno ZOO was established in 1953 and is situated in the nature reserve Mniší<br />
hora at Bystrc. About 150 species of animals are currently housed and bred here.<br />
Viewing routes are over 7 km long and cover an area of 65 hectares. The ZOO<br />
offers a number of other complementary events and is the ideal place for leisure<br />
and education.<br />
Open daily November – February 8 am to 5 pm, October and March 8 am to 6 pm,<br />
April to September 8 am to 7 pm.<br />
The Brno Dam<br />
The dam is officially known as Kníničská přehrada after the former village that was<br />
once situated there. The dam had been built between years 1936-1940.<br />
Though its wall is only 120 meters long, it holds a lake with an area of 252 hectares<br />
and 10 km long. The dam is a popular recreational spot for swimming, beach<br />
volleyball and fishing in the summer and ice-skating and cross-country skiing during<br />
the winter. Surroundings of the dam are beautiful forests and magnificent castle of<br />
Veveří. Landscape around also offers a large number of paths and trails for hikers<br />
and bikers. A very popular Boat trips are also available between May and<br />
September.<br />
The Masaryk Racing Circuit<br />
The Masaryk racing circuit is situated between the villages<br />
Ostrovačice and Žebětín and has an area of 127 hectares. The<br />
racetrack is world class and is 5,394 metres long and 15 metres<br />
wide. The current modern circuit replaced the classic natural road<br />
circuit in 1987. The new Masaryk Circuit not only host a wide variety of racing<br />
events all year long but it is also used for recreational activities. It has a 9-hole golf<br />
course. One of the most well known events held here is the World Motorcycle<br />
Championship called Grand Prix ČR, held every year in the second half of August.<br />
Brno Exhibition Centre (BVV)<br />
Brno Trade fairs and Exhibitions Co. Ltd<br />
Výstavište 1, Brno<br />
Tel: 541 151 111<br />
www.bvv.cz<br />
One of the most famous European exhibition<br />
complexes is originated at the beginning of the<br />
20 th century in the Pisárky basin. The current<br />
number of pavilions is 17, the total covered area is<br />
8,671 m 2 , open area 77,394 m 2 . About<br />
50 international fairs and shows are held here<br />
annually.<br />
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List of well known exhibitions:<br />
• Autotec – <strong>International</strong> Motor Show<br />
• Go - <strong>International</strong> Travel Trade Fair<br />
• Intercanis - <strong>International</strong> Dog Show<br />
• Styl & Kabo - <strong>International</strong> Fashion Fair, Footwear and Leatherwear<br />
• Salima, Vinex, Pivex - <strong>International</strong> Food Fair, Wine Fair, Beer Fair<br />
• Christmas markets<br />
Planetarium<br />
The Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and<br />
Planetarium<br />
Kraví hora 2, Brno<br />
Tel: 541 321 287<br />
For German/English/French speaking visitors<br />
is prepared an audiovisual performance<br />
called “People and Stars”. More information<br />
at www.hvezdarna.cz/enindex.php3<br />
E-mail: e-mail@hvezdarna.cz<br />
Botanical Garden<br />
Veveří, Brno<br />
(Tram stop Konečného náměstí)<br />
Opening hours of the garden:<br />
April – September<br />
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 17:00<br />
Saturday - Sunday 9:00 – 16:00<br />
October – March<br />
Monday – Sunday 9:00 – 15:00<br />
Opening hours of the glass-case:<br />
All the week<br />
October – March 9:00 – 15:00<br />
April – September 9:00 – 16:00<br />
Horse Riding<br />
There are not many possibilities in Brno to do horse riding. It is better to go outside<br />
Brno to specialized places.<br />
• TJ Pegas, Moravany 22<br />
Tel: 547 244 333<br />
• Jednota Moravan<br />
Veveří 109, Brno<br />
Tel: 549 254 142<br />
Paintball<br />
Brněnská 72, Hustopeče u Brna<br />
Tel: 777 302 306 - Aleš Pospíšil<br />
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Fax: 0626 / 411 099<br />
e-mail: azpaintball@azpaintball.cz<br />
www.azpaintball.cz<br />
Gokarting<br />
There are several places in Brno to go gokarting,<br />
both indoor and outdoor.<br />
Indoor:<br />
• Kart & bike arena<br />
Heršpická 5a, 639 00 Brno<br />
Tel: 543 107 888<br />
www.motokary-brno.cz<br />
Outdoor:<br />
• Kart outdoor Modřice (outside)<br />
Skating<br />
All public skating places are open-air<br />
• Vodova Skating Stadium<br />
Vodova Street (near tram stop Cervinkova – line 12)<br />
Tue – Fri:<br />
3 – 5.30 p.m., 6.30 – 9 p.m.<br />
Sat, Sun, holidays:<br />
9 a.m. – 12, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.<br />
5 – 8 p.m.<br />
Entrance Fee: 40 CZK<br />
• Olympia Ice Arena (RENTING SKATES)<br />
Olympia centre, U dálnice 777, Brno-Modřice, (free-busses from Galerie<br />
Vankovka)<br />
Mon – Fri:<br />
1 – 3 p.m., 4 – 6 p.m.<br />
7 – 10 p.m.<br />
Sat – Sun:<br />
9 – 12 a.m., 1 – 3 p.m.<br />
4 – 6 p.m., 7 – 10 p.m.<br />
Entrance Fee: 50,- CZK, Skates rental fee: 30 CZK<br />
(1000CZK return deposit + ID)<br />
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Conversational Minimum<br />
Hi. Hello.<br />
Ahoj.<br />
See you.<br />
Na shledanou.<br />
How are you?<br />
Jak se máš?<br />
What’s your name?<br />
Jak se jmenuješ?<br />
My name is...<br />
Jmenuji se...<br />
I can’t understand.<br />
Nerozumím.<br />
Yes.<br />
Ano.<br />
No.<br />
Ne.<br />
Please.<br />
Prosím.<br />
Thank you.<br />
Děkuji.<br />
I’m sorry.<br />
Promiňte. (Pardon).<br />
Could you give me your telephone number please?<br />
Můžeš mi dát své telefonní číslo?<br />
Will you help me please?<br />
Můžete mi prosím pomoct?<br />
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<strong>ISC</strong> Members Contacts<br />
Jitka Šafářová<br />
Main coordinator of day-to-day life<br />
(+420) 733 690 488<br />
jitkasafarova@gmail.com<br />
František Brázdilík<br />
Creativity, spirit, problem solving...<br />
(+420) 721 083 842<br />
brazdilik@gmail.com<br />
Jarka Víšková<br />
Czech 4 fun chieftain, Sports, Party coordinator<br />
jarka.viskova@gmail.com<br />
320 064 807<br />
Jakub Šiška<br />
IT issues<br />
siska.jakub@gmail.com<br />
224 320 116<br />
Karel Bubník<br />
<strong>ISC</strong> mountain lover<br />
(+420) 723 280 828<br />
233 546 889<br />
Ondra Cabalka<br />
Senior treasurer<br />
ondracabalka@yahoo.com<br />
Ivana Hopfingerová<br />
<strong>ISC</strong> designer<br />
iwa.hop@gmail.com<br />
Lukáš Mišinger<br />
Pavol Stano<br />
Jiří Miklósy<br />
(+420) 732 770 902<br />
330 907 322<br />
Martin Paulíček<br />
paul.m@atlas.cz
Tomáš Fedra<br />
(+420) 777 627 421<br />
tomas.fedra@centrum.cz<br />
Jiří Dušek<br />
jirkadus@gmail.com<br />
249 219 637<br />
trew.x@hotmail.com<br />
Jiří Zahrádka<br />
Our IT garden<br />
(+420) 775 064 343<br />
zahradji@centrum.cz<br />
Rostislav Hulík<br />
Telephone<br />
rosta.hulik@hotmail.com<br />
323 188 024<br />
rostislav.hulik<br />
Alexander Ulma<br />
(+420) 728 088 985<br />
alexandrulma@gmail.com<br />
Vojta Draxl<br />
Europeanship, politician and web magician<br />
(+420) 601 509 007<br />
vojta@draxl.eu