Monday, 16 February | 7:30 am | Transfusion Department, University Hospital Olomouc

As part of the traditional Academic Week, the annual Donate Blood with Palacký University! challenge will take place. It aims to support and promote free blood donations. During the week-long event, we invite all Palacký University students and employees to come and donate the most precious asset – their blood! First-time donors are especially welcome. All donors from Palacký University can look forward to a small gift package from their alma mater this week. Registration and more information can be found at www.daruj.upol.cz.

Monday,  16 February | 9:00 am | UP Student Club

Kick off the summer semester at the university community and counseling centre in the traditional Coffee Monday event. Come start your week with coffee, meet new people, and take part in a clothing and book swap. Other activities will also be available, such as making cloth bags, cookies, or writing letters to your future self. The event is held in cooperation with the Talented Palacký and Sustainable University programmes.

Monday, 16 February | 7 pm | Jazz Tibet Club

The UP Academic Week is not only about celebrating the anniversary of the renewal of Palacký University after 1946 but also about the traditional special Pub Quiz with Palacký University! Put together a team and become the winner of the contest of knowledge, wit and guts! There will be the usual five rounds and fifty-six questions focused on the topics of the university and Olomouc. A maximum of six-member teams can apply (capacity is limited, so don't hesitate), most of which must be students or employees of Palacký University. The top ten teams can expect great prizes from UPoint and other quiz partners.
Details on registration - see Facebook event.

Tuesday, 17 February | 4 pm | Metropol Cinema

• Rector's Awards for Best Student Theses and Sports Achievements
• Rector's Award for Sustainability
• Rector's Honorable Mentions to Students of Doctoral Programmes for a Professional Article
• Rector's Honorable Mentions to Authors of Professional Books
• UP Teaching Awards
• Rector's Award for Popularization of Science and Communication with the Public
• Special Award for Non-Academic Staff

At this traditional ceremony, Rector Michael Kohajda will award authors of academic publications and successful students for the best Bachelor’s and Master’s theses, dissertations, and sports performances in 2025, and students of doctoral study programmes. For the second time, the ceremony will be accompanied by the UP Teaching Awards and the Rector's Award for the best graduate thesis in the field of sustainability. For the first time ever, the ceremony will also include the presentation of the Rector's Award for the Popularization of Science and Communication with the Public and Special Awards for Non-Academic Staff. For the second year running, the UP Teaching Awards and the Rector's Award for the Best Graduate Theses in the Field of Sustainability will be presented. The ceremony will be hosted by Roman Vencl of Moravian Theatre Olomouc. Admission to the event is free. You can reserve your place from January 19 on the Metropol Cinema website.

Wednesday, 18 February | 7 pm | Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow

On Wednesday, February 18, a student Mass will be held for all students, teachers, and employees of UP, as well as for the academic parish. This day also marks Ash Wednesday. According to tradition, the Mass will take place at 7 p.m. in the Church of Our Lady of the Snows.

Thursday, 19 February | 5 pm | Fort Science

Palacký University Olomouc is proud to thank its scientists who regularly appear in the media and thus spread the good name of the university. The meeting is hosted by science popularizer Vendula Lužná. The event, to which academics and their families are invited, will also provide an opportunity for networking. The event programme will also include a science AZ Quiz with Aleš Zbořil and refreshments.
Target group: invited scientists, representatives of individual faculties and university units

Friday, 20 February | 7:30 pm | NH Hotel

Palacký University Ball will take place on Friday, February 20, 2026, at the NH Collection Congress Olomouc Hotel. This year's university ball will be truly extraordinary, as it will take place on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the university's modern existence in Olomouc. The ball's programme, which this year will focus on swing music and swing-related themes, will offer musical entertainment provided by the New Street Band big band and DJs Swing Thing & Papa Django, an acrobatic show by Olomoucká akrosféra, swing workshops and exhibitions with Swingstones, refreshments, a raffle, and, above all, great fun. Presenter and singer Erika Stárková will host the evening.
More information and tickets on ples.upol.cz/en.

Saturday, 21 February | 3 pm | Olomouc churches

Thanks to the kind cooperation with the Archbishopric of Olomouc, the bells of the Olomouc churches (St. Moritz, St. Michael, and St. Wenceslas) will ring out at 3 pm. Traditionally, they commemorate the event when, on 21 February 1946, Olomouc citizens were told in this way that a law had been passed on the re-establishment of the University of Olomouc, thus restoring their forefathers’ dream of a university town. 

Saturday, 21 February  – Sunday 22 February | Fort Science

Students and employees of Palacký University will be granted free admission to Fort Science, one ticket to 4 exhibitions per employee or student ISIC card.
Fort Science – the interactive science centre of Palacký University Olomouc – is located in the uniquely reconstructed, historically protected building of a large artillery warehouse in the Olomouc Crown Fortress. Using interactive exhibitions, workshops, a laboratory, and a digital planetarium, university staff and students introduce children and adults to scientific knowledge and historical facts in a fun and playful way. Fort Science is also an important institution of community, cultural and social life and a pivotal contributor to the so-called third role of the University of Olomouc. The Interactive Science Museum welcomes nearly 100,000 visitors annually thanks to its genius loci and unique atmosphere.

Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 February | Museum of Art

Students and employees of UP can also enjoy the weekend of the academic week and visit the exhibitions of the Olomouc Museum of Art, which are also free of charge on an employee card or student ISIC card.
Olomouc Museum of Art exhibits paintings, sculptures, drawings, applied graphics, photographs, applied art, and architectural documentation. During the weekand in UP Academic Week, students and employees of Palacký University may visit the exhibitions in the Museum of Modern Art building on Denisova Street, and the reconstructed Archdiocesan Museum on Václavské náměstí free of charge.

Monday 16 – Friday 20 February | Transfusion Department of University Hospital Olomouc

During the Academic Week, we’re asking all university students and employees to register into our system to donate that most precious gift – your blood. Both regular donors and – especially first-time donors – are most welcome. Would you like to make your first donation as part of our campaign? Register from 15 January at daruj@upol.cz; we will set up a day and time of your donation at your convenience, and answer any questions you may have about free blood and plasma donation. Besides the good feeling you will get from helping others, you can look forward to a reward: a hearty breakfast and small gifts/souvenirs from UPoint and University Hospital Olomouc. All you have to do is show your ISIC or UP employee card. After the event is over, each participant has a chance to win an attractive prize from our partners, such as gift vouchers to the cinema, cafés, even a boat ride. We would like to thank all our partners supporting the event from the bottom of our hearts! Donate Blood with the Rector is co-organised with the Transfusion Department of University Hospital Olomouc.

Please note, that all donors must be able to communicate in Czech and have health insurance with a Czech health insurance company. For detailed information, visit www.daruj.upol.cz (in Czech).