Employees of the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University (FI MU) have many opportunities to further their education, develop professionally and grow, and maintain a balance between work and personal life.

Doctoral studies, habilitation proceedings and proceedings for appointment as professor

Doctoral studies

Doctoral studies are the first step towards a scientific career. FI MU has accredited a four-year doctoral study programme in Computer Science with two specialisations - Foundations of Computer Science and Technology and Methodology of Computer Systems, in full-time and combined form of study, in Czech and English. FI MU supports students with technical equipment, facilities and financial support. Thanks to the cooperation with other departments (Czech and foreign) and the support of grant agencies, students can participate in professional conferences, summer schools or complete part of their studies abroad.

Doctoral students are offered various development activities - lectures and in-depth workshops aimed at acquiring the knowledge needed for scientific activity (FRESHERS: Skills for Research Career), a Summer School for Doctoral Students or MUNI Seminar Series lectures by world-leading scientists, including Nobel or Turing Prize laureates.

Habilitation and promotion to professor

FI MU has accreditation for the habilitation procedure and the procedure for appointment as a professor in the field of Computer Science.

Career counselling

Masaryk University and its units systematically create prerequisites and conditions for career development and growth of employees. The creation of a university framework for career development and growth is in line with the requirements of The European Charter & Code for Researchers principles, which are a condition for maintaining the prestigious HR Award.

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Professional and personal development opportunities at MU and the Faculty

Masaryk University Internal Education Platform

The Masaryk University Internal Learning Platform is a central place where employees and doctoral students can find development and training events in one clear place. It offers an environment that supports professional growth, the development of key competencies and helps to reflect on one's own development in the context of one's job role and goals. The platform includes nine learning areas that support planning and competency development across careers:

• Personal Competencies.
• Competences for leading people.
• Pedagogical competences.
• Competences for science and research.
• Professional competences.
• Linguistic competence.
• Digital competences.
• Other competences.
• Mandatory and legislative training.

Who provides training in each area? For example, workshops and programmes aimed at developing competences for leading people, as well as workshops to raise the level of personal competences, are mainly provided by the Department for Personnel Management of the MU Rectorate. The Department for Personnel Management also cooperates with the Legal Department to offer training in specific professional topics that do not fall within the scope of pedagogical, personal or other competences and competences for managers and employees. Training sessions are organised to train male and female employees in areas that are part of their work agenda (e.g. IT training, working in INET, working in IS MUNI, MAGION, etc.) or in areas that cut across different agendas (e.g. GDPR, Cyber Security, contract drafting, etc.).

Raising the level of pedagogical competences of academic staff is ensured by the Centre for the Development of Educational Competences of MU (CERPEK). CERPEK offers comprehensive training programmes focused on individualised development of university lecturers, workshops focused on all aspects of teaching at the university and also mentoring. You can find out more about CERPEK activities and news through the CERPEK newsletter. CERPEK Newsletter

Language competences

Language training is provided by the MU Language Training Centre, which offers discounted language courses to male and female employees, with courses not only in English but also in Spanish, French, German, Russian and Arabic. Foreign employees can take advantage of the free Czech for Foreign MU Staff courses. For academic staff, it organises semester courses, summer and winter schools of academic English.

Applications are currently open for the summer schools of academic English. Summer School of Academic English

Development of supervisors and supervisees studying in the doctoral programme

In addition to these activities, there are also various workshops and activities for supervisors and supervisees of students in the doctoral programme, mainly organised by the Department of Doctoral Studies and Scientific Qualifications of the Research Department of the MU Rectorate. All information on planned workshops and other activities is concentrated in the PhD_Supers elearning course in the MU Information System. PhD SUPERS course

Foreign experience

Gaining foreign experience is particularly important for the development of academic and research staff. International mobility is provided by the MU Centre for International Cooperation, and support for FI staff is provided by the FI Department of Doctoral and International Studies. Erasmus+ Europe, Erasmus+ ICM (outside Europe), Programme of Relations with Foreign Universities, Global Staff Mobility, AKTION.

Detailed information on the call for applications for training of academic and non-academic staff for Erasmus+ mobility can be found HERE.

Training and support for the submission and implementation of research projects

Administrative and organisational support for the submission and implementation of projects is provided by the FI MU Research and Project Support Department, which informs about funding providers, open calls, grant and R&D seminars, etc. on its website and on the MU Information System noticeboard.

Training in administration, economics, use of internal systems and information technology

MU provides a range of training courses in administration, economics and internal IT systems. In order to develop their IT skills, employees can attend training courses on Microsoft Office 365, OneDrive document libraries, Microsoft Teams, etc. Most of the training sessions are recorded so that employees can attend them at a time that suits them. A catalogue of MU IT services, tutorials, practical advice and recommendations, as well as a range of IT training courses are available to employees at www.it.muni.cz. Gender and reconciling family and professional life are also among the development topics emphasised.

Lifelong learning

Male and female employees can also take advantage of the lifelong learning programmes of individual MU faculties. Information about the programmes on offer is published on the faculties' websites and in the MU Business Centre.

University Libraries

Employee benefits include free use of the MU libraries, of which there are ten and they are located at various locations in Brno. By registering at one of the libraries, employees can use the services of all libraries. The FI library has about 20 000 volumes of books and 20 titles of printed journals, a systematically built and continuously updated collection of books and journals consists of 90% of titles in English and 10% in Czech. The library has 20 study places available for users.

CURRENT OFFER OF EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND MOBILITY PROGRAMMES FOR THE STAFF OF THE FI

Some offers are published on the MU Employee Portal or the MU Information System and require a login.

Questions about development and training can be sent to or to the FI MU Training Coordinator.

Faculty of Informatics MU is a proud recipient of the HR Excellence in Research Award, a European quality certificate for HR processes.

For more information, please visit HR Award at FI MU