IHSS&IWA26 / BRNO / CZECHIA / 23–28 August 2026 PROGRAMME BOOKLET 32 MAIN ORGANISER Brno University of Technology Brno University of Technology (BU T) is a public university with a history dating back to 1899. A significant part of the activities of the BUT consists of research and development, which is carried out mainly at the research centres. The university has managed to build five research centres of its own, thanks mainly to grant support, and is also involved in two centres of excellence together with Other universities and scientific institutions. Faculty of Chemistry The Faculty of Chemistry of Brno University of Technology (FCH BUT), which continues its activities in the long tradition of chemical university education in Brno, which began with the establishment of the chemical department of the Czech Technical University in November 1911 and was interrupted in 1951 by the transformation of the Brno Technical University into a Military Technical Academy. It is therefore one of the oldest Czech chemical faculties. FCH BUT places great emphasis on excellent basic research as well as on cooperation with industrial partners to ensure the transfer of the results of professional and scientific activities into practice and at the same time to keep an overview of current needs and trends in industry-related manufacturing companies. The professional scope of FCH align particularly with the areas of food chemistry and biotechnology, materials chemistry, physical and consumer chemistry and environmental chemistry and technology. Materials Research Centre Another key part of the faculty is the Materials Research Centre, which was built in 2010-2013 with the support of european funding as a centre of excellence focused mainly on high-tech applied research in two research directions: inorganic materials, and advanced organic materials and biomaterials. The main objective of the centre is to strengthen the cooperation between university research and the application sphere in the form of contract research and joint research projects, thus accelerating the transfer of knowledge and technology into practice.
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