Rectorate and University Units
A Way to Produce Black Titanium Dioxide
White titanium dioxide is frequently used in the form of nanoparticles. There is a real chance now that black titanium dioxide in the form of nanotubes will see its first industrial application; it will appear on a clock face of a famous watch manufacturer. When approached by this manufact…
US Patent for Nanolayer Improving the Speed of Saving Data
Scientists from the University of Pardubice obtained an American patent protection for a special alloy nanolayer with unique properties. It enables to save data thousand times faster and in ten times higher density than materials which have been used for storage media up until now. Researchers fr…
The Chemiklání Chemistry Race races all the way to England!
The Czech Republic exports many things, but now we can add Chemiklání, the Chemistry Race that started at the University of Pardubice, to the list! Cambridge University in England again offered the Chemistry Race to school children this year. Teams solve a set of theoretical tasks within a…
Get the University Running
Get the University running! This call is a perfect match with springtime. Come along and let´s do something for our fitness and good mood. Run with us through the whole April and collect points for your faculty. Distance does not matter and nor does time. What matters, is that you strengthen your…
Reaching for European HR Excellence in Research
Enhancing the working conditions of the academic staff or promoting career growth of junior researchers. Creating a comfortable research environment. These are the objectives of the STROP project, which has started this January. Thanks to the project, the University hopes to win a European award …
Which Substances in Food Should we Fear?
“All things are poison and nothing is without poison. Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison,” says Miloslav Pouzar, a toxicologist, with reference to the famous quote of Paracelsus. He hastens to add, however, that the fear of toxins and poisons around us is often exaggerated. W…
The University of Pardubice ranks among the TOP 1,000 schools in the world
The University of Pardubice ranks among the TOP 1,000 higher education institutes in the world and one of the TOP 10 in the Czech Republic, as shown by QS World University Rankings 2021, one of the world's most prestigious rankings. According to its authors, the comparison serves not only for fu…
Filip Bureš’s Team and their Carbon Atoms
It was already at a primary school back in Slovakia that Filip Bureš fell for chemistry. He can recall in great detail all visits to the chemistry lab and the experiments done there. After his father let him have a small lab of his own in his company in Lanškroun, Czech Republic, he has stayed wi…
Rector: "This is the right time to say thank you"
Dear colleagues and students, We have gone through a period which changed our working and personal lives. This period turned our daily routine upside down and changed comfort into an unexpected challenge. In my opinion, you are as happy as I am to be able to slowly return to the normal ope…
The university analyses samples for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, applies for a grant for other devices
The University of Pardubice helps with the analysis of samples for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Researchers and doctoral students of the Faculty of Chemical Technology examine dozens of samples a day in unique specially secured laboratories. The faculty has applied for funding to purchase addition…
