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REGION
Top University Education in the Hradec Králové Region
Education is the key competitive factor
today. The pressure is increasing
on a better education as one of the
basic conditions for a career on the
labour market and a better position
in life. In the Hradec Králové Region,
increasing the educational level of the
inhabitants is an integral part of the
regional development strategy. The
University of Hradec Králové, and particularly
its Faculty of Informatics and
Management, represents top quality
in the fi eld of university education.
The Faculty of Informatics and Management
educates university-qualifi ed professionals
for a broad range of opportunities in
the private and state sectors. Apart from the
programmes delivered in Czech, there are
also two Bachelor’s degree programmes in
Information Management and Applied Informatics,
a follow-up two-year Master’s degree
programme in Information Management
and a Doctoral study programme in Information
and Knowledge Management, delivered
in English. Economic-management skills are
an integral part of all fi elds of studies, along
with a great emphasis on the eff ective use of
modern Information Technologies.
� SEVERAL ADVANTAGEOUS
PROGRAMMES
The Faculty of Informatics and Management is
aware of the necessity of maintaining strong
relationships with industrial and research institutions.
These links with the private sector
help us to ensure that our students receive
the most up-to-date education and that they
work with academic staff who keep pace
with changes. The valuable contact between
the prospective employers of our graduates
and our academic staff ensures that students
benefi t from a realistic learning environment.
Therefore, the Faculty has developed several
advantageous programmes with businesses
and institutions in our region, e.g. the IT Clus-
nies. The Faculty co-operates with numerous
regional, national, and international companies
on conducting educational IT courses or
communication and managerial skills. In cooperation
with partners from the commercial
sphere, interesting workshops are organised
(Student Business Forum in co-operation
with the Technology Centre, Hradec Králové,
IT Full Power – IBM Technical Academy, Microsoft
Academic Conferences etc.), as well
as competitions (Best Java Programmer in cooperation
with FG Forrest, and Top Ten ORTEX
in co-operation with ORTEX Company).
� VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL
PROJECTS
The Faculty also co-operates with other European,
Taiwanese, and American universities
in participating in various international
projects. Every year, more than 60 students
of the Faculty study at a European institution
under the Erasmus Programme, 18
students attend Taiwanese universities, and
two students attend universities in the USA.
Currently (in March 2010), co-operation is
continuing during the summer months,
working on the VitalMind Project with CogniFit
Ltd., Haifa, Israel, and Philips Innovative
Lab, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
The Faculty also fully supports a close link
with the practical life sphere. Many seminar
and Bachelor’s papers and theses deal with
very practical topics - cloud computing and
company solutions, modern tools for creating
context, help for company decision-supporting
systems of the GIST Company, modern
open-source technology for Business
Intelligence, Version Control of SW products
in multiproject environment etc. Signifi -
cant professionals are invited to lecture at
the Faculty, for example, top managers of
companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers,
SUN Microsystems, Microsoft, and Tesco
Stores ČR.
The Faculty of Informatics and Management
is a member of the Hradec IT cluster. The main
activity of the cluster is to ensure benefi cial
services for cluster participants, with the aims
of improving the quality of management, increasing
innovation potential, reducing costs
and developing commercial opportunities
for individual companies. The University of
Hradec Králové, nineteen companies, and the
Hradec Králové Technology Centre have since
provided active co-operation. These days,
several projects are being prepared, which
the Faculty is participating in with other
member companies, e.g. innovative methods
of performance analyses of database
servers, research of tools, procedures and
organisational structures which could be applied
in the process of product management
optimisation with impact on managing the
new ICT product development; research and
application of tools for mutual integration of
algorithms and data in Java and Micro Focus
Cobol environments; proposal and defi nition
of XMPP standards for the GIS area etc.
Petra Poulová
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and
Management of the University
of Hradec Králové
www.uhk.cz/fi m
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