Universities

The role of the South Moravian capital city is further strengthened by Brno’s important position in higher education – with 6 public and 4 private universities comprising more than thirty faculties is the second largest centre of higher education in the Czech Republic. Moreover, having some 70,000 university students, Brno has the highest rate of university students on the total number of residents.

 

Tab. 3: Brno Universities

University

Number of students

Number of graduates

Public

Masaryk University

31,176

6,975

Brno University of Technology

17,875

4,669

Mendel University Brno

8,413

2,195

University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno

2,788

639

University of Defence in Brno

1,534

307

Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno

679

198

Private

Newton College (Business and Management)

1,228

228

Sting Academy (private university of economics)

254

115

AMBIS (management and public administration)

4,398

566

Total

68,345

15,892

Source: Annual Reports 2019

Tab. 4: Brno Universities – students in chosen sectors

Sector

Number of students

Number of graduates

Economics, business and management

13,393

2,863

Natural sciences

9,954

2,520

Civil engineering and architecture

4,192

1,197

Engineering

4,077

1,096

Medicine

4,324

763

IT

4,302

851

Electronics

2,999

686

Pharmacy

853

176

Source: Annual Reports 2019; approximate data

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