The Faculty of Informatics was founded in 1994 as the first Faculty of Informatics in the Czech Republic. Currently, it is one of the leading faculties in Central Europe in research. Today, with an ever-increasing interest in studies, we provide computer science education at all levels of higher education to two thousand students in Czech and English. Experts from the world's leading universities come to lecture and work with us on a permanent basis. In addition to quality teaching, cutting-edge research is carried out in nearly twenty laboratories, often in cooperation with the faculty's industrial partners or companies located in the science and technology park directly on the FI campus. Research opportunities at FI cover a wide range of topics from theoretical computer science to applied research. FI researchers publish hundreds of papers annually, including papers published at top computer science conferences (A*) and in top ten journals according to Journal Citation Reports.

All staff are cared for by the FI HR department, secretariat, ICT technicians and other administrative staff. The organisational structure of FI can be found here.

Welcome Office - support and services for international staff

Foreign employees in employment, of which the Faculty has about 5% and they come from 12 countries (except Slovakia), are taken care of through the University's Welcome Office, which is part of the MU Centre for International Cooperation. The Welcome Office provides incoming foreign employees with above-standard services - from arranging visas to helping them find accommodation, a nursery or an English-speaking doctor to arranging insurance, a bank account or car registration. It also organises various leisure activities for foreign employees, such as a spring trip to the Holedná Game Reserve, autumn pétanque under Špilberk or a Christmas party where foreign employees can make non-work contacts and get to know Czech Christmas traditions better.

Questionnaire for foreign employees Employee guide Check list

Events for employees, students and the general public

However, FI is not just a "school", for example, there is the Friends of the Nordic Wildlife Society, a group of people not only from FI, who share a passion for computer science, natural sciences and their popularisation. They are behind a number of events for FI students and the general public, such as the Correspondence Seminar in Computer Science, the online logic competition InterLoS, the urban game InterSoB or the open door weekend with the benefits of Get to know FI.

What does it look like at FI? Watch a short video.

Staff portal

The entry point to all important information resources for employees is the Employee Portal, a modern e-tool for internal communication.

The portal brings together information that is important for the daily work of employees in a clear format. From news from the Muni Yammer (MY) network, to personal calendars and an overview of documents to be processed, alerts, to the current menu at the employee's favourite restaurants or a link to the current Employee Newsletter.

The portal also displays profiles of everyone at MU. These profiles include, but are not limited to, business phone numbers and an overview of MU employee absences for the next 10 days. All the information is displayed in one place even if the employee in question has multiple appointments at different MU faculties/workplaces.

News

Petangue in Špilberk gardens

Offer of the Welcome Office MU: We would like to invite you to our annual autumn informal afternoon meeting in Špilberk gardens to play pétanque and spend some time with your colleagues and friends. It is a great opportunity to meet your international colleagues from different faculties and institutes at Masaryk University and share your witty life stories and valuable experience from living and working in Brno, especially for those who are new in Brno.

Come on 20th September at 4pm to play pétanque or just have a chat with us or your colleagues. Let´s meet directly at the pétangue play ground.

Please register for the event so that we know how much we should buy to satisfy all participants: registration form. After playing we can move to Café Podnebí.

Barbecue event in Lužánky park

Offer of the Welcome Office MU: The summer is approaching and before you all go for vacation or back to your home country we would like to invite you to a barbecue event in Lužánky park on 31st May starting at 4pm. This event is organized primarily for international employees at MU but we will warmly welcome your friends or colleagues from your faculty.

We have made a reservation for the grill from 4pm till 6pm it will be possible to barbecue a piece of meat, fish, sausages, cheese, or veggies you bring on your own. We will arrange the rest - bread, barbecue sauce, ketchup, mustard, mineral water/non-alcoholic beer, cups, napkins, paper plates and cutleries. While (or after) barbecuing, we may play the badminton or volleyball or just have a chat. After 6pm we can continue in a nearby pub Ponava.

Please register for the event so that we know how much we should buy to satisfy all participants: registration form.

23rd Film Festival of the Faculty of Informatics MU

Come and see the 23rd Masaryk University Faculty of Informatics Film Festival on 19 May 2023 at 7pm at the University Cinema Scala and Faculty of Informatics MU.

This year the festival will be held with the theme "On the Edge". It is a state both uncertain and full of potential. A moment of heightened attention and tension. A moment of intense creativity and inspiration, or also the edge of despair and hopelessness, requiring resilience and creative will. Sometimes we learn to balance on the edge, but in the end we always have to decide which direction to take, what values we stand for and which version of the future is more appealing. So together, let's go beyond what is comfortable.

Together, we can look forward to three blocks of short films produced by Masaryk University students and external filmmakers.

Let´s go for a trip to the nature and discover the beauties of Brno

Offer of the Welcome Office MU: Spring is coming and it is the best time to meet again! Let´s go for a trip to the nature and discover the beauties of Brno suburb together. The Welcome office MU would like to invite you to a half-day trip to Holedná park on 25th April in the afternoon. The observation tower in Holedná park will be our destination. You will meet your foreign colleagues from other faculties and departments as well as do something good for yourself walking in the nature. Feel free to take your family members or friends to this trip.

Meeting point 1: Česká clock at 3:30pm, taking tram no. 10 to Svratecká tram stop at 3:40pm. Meeting point 2: Svratecká tram stop at 3:55pm

Start: 4:05pm Svratecká tram stop (approximately 30 min to reach the Holedná observation tower, 1,2 km). Finish: 6:30pm Vozovna Komín (approximately 40 min from Holedná tower to Vozovna Komín, 2,2 km)