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VSB – Technical University of Ostrava

Coordinates: 49°50′0.86″N 18°9′50.44″E / 49.8335722°N 18.1640111°E / 49.8335722; 18.1640111
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49°50′0.86″N 18°9′50.44″E / 49.8335722°N 18.1640111°E / 49.8335722; 18.1640111

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava
TypePublic
Established1849; 175 years ago (1849)
RectorVáclav Snášel
Students22,512
1,740
Location
Ostrava
,
Czech Republic
Websitehttp://www.vsb.cz/en/
Audimax
Auditorium
Courtyard

The VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (or Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava in Czech) is a polytechnics university located in the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region in Czech Republic.

The institution was founded on 23 January 1849 as the Mining Academy in Příbram. In 1894, it was promoted to university status and in 1904, it was renamed to Vysoká škola báňská. In 1945, it was moved to Ostrava, then, the centre of Czechoslovak mining industry.

Today, the university has a total of about 20,000 students and consists of the following seven faculties:

Notable faculty

  • Karel Heyrowský (1802–1863), Professor of mining, mining machinery and mining measurements 1849–1863
  • Josef Theurer (1862–1928), Professor of mathematics and physics 1895–1926, first chancellor of Vysoká škola báňská in Příbram (1904), and rector 1903–1927
  • František Mařík (1884–1966), Professor of winding equipment
  • František Čechura (1887–1974), Professor of mining measurements, rector 1945–1950
  • Alois Řiman (1896–1966), Founder of mine planning
  • Richard Doležal (1921–2005), Professor of process engineering at TU Ostrava, CTU Prag, Braunschweig University of Technology, University of Stuttgart
  • Petr Šnapka (born 1943), Professor of economics and management, Dean IDMS
  • Tomáš Čermák (born 1943), engineer and rector of VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB-TUO).
  • Václav Roubíček (born 1944), Professor of fire engineering at TUO, rector 1997 to 2003; former member of the Senate of the Czech Republic
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