University of West Bohemia

University of West Bohemia
Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni
Established	1991
Type	Public
Rector	Ilona Mauritzová
Admin. staff	1,172
Students	18,151
Doctoral students	1,055
Location	Pilsen, Czech Republic
Website	http://www.zcu.cz/index-en.html

The University of West Bohemia (Czech: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni, ZČU) is a university in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1991 and consists of seven faculties.

Organization

The faculties are the basic units of the university. The units implement their own academic programs. Departments and institutes are responsible for the delivery of courses and for conducting research.

• The Faculty of Applied Sciences [FAV]
• The Faculty of Economics [FEK]
• The Faculty of Electrical Engineering [FEL]
• The Faculty of Philosophy and Arts [FF]
• The Faculty of Education [FPE]
• The Faculty of Law [FPR]
• The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering [FST]
• The Institute of Art and Design [UUD]
• The Faculty of Health Care Studies[FZS]
• New Technologies - Research Centre in the West Bohemia region[NTC]

External links

• University of West Bohemia Website (Czech) (English)
• Center of Computer Graphics and Visualization