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Dear students,

even holidays and tropical temperatures don't mean that life on university stops. Planning, building, cleaning, painting, moving, and preparing for the upcoming academic year is going on everywhere. For example, renovations are in full swing in the dormitories, the Faculty of Law and Education, the Faculty of Health Sciences building on Tr. Svobody and other places. We bring you information about the annual service week, invite you to the September university festival for all and there are also a couple of competitions.

WHAT’S GOING ON AT UP

Briefly from the UP management meeting

At the management meeting (June 17), it was discussed that UP has become part of the global IBM Quantum Network, making state-of-the-art quantum computers and technologies available via the cloud, thanks to a collaboration with CTU. The university is in contact with its students from Iran and Israel. Read the full summary (in Czech) (after logging in to the UP Portal). More detailed information will subsequently be available in the minutes of the management meeting in UPShare, as well as in the minutes of other bodies, in UP standards and documents, and on other information platforms.

UP systems will be unavailable or down for a week in August

The annual Service Week of the UP Computer Centre will take place this year from Monday 11 to Friday 15 August 2025. During this week, the necessary extensive maintenance, updates and upgrades of the University's information networks and systems will take place. Although the UP Computer Center (CVT) staff is attempting to minimize the impact of the interventions on users, there will be significant service outages, unavailability of websites, the UP Portal and related applications, STAG, email, single sign-on, storage, or Internet connectivity in general during the period.

All systems will be completely down for one full day due to upgrades to the backbone switches, and the functionality of the University's information systems will not be guaranteed during the rest of the week.

Therefore, we recommend that you consider the date of the service week when planning for the holiday months and direct important tasks that may be affected by the temporary unavailability of University systems to another date. The CVT team thanks all users for their understanding.

Course registration for the winter semester is approaching

Summer has barely begun, and one should already be planning for autumn and winter... In fact, some faculties are already starting course registration at this time. Open the current academic year schedule (PDF) (in Czech). On page 5 and beyond, you will find the dates and times when enrollment will begin according to your faculty, year, type of study, and other criteria.

Nominate volunteers for the Rector’s Award

Do you know a colleague or student who cares about the world around them and is willing to lend a helping hand? Then do not hesitate to nominate such a person for the Rector's Award for volunteers from among students, alumni and staff of Palacký University for 2025. You have the opportunity until 31 August 2025, through the nomination questionnaire. Details can be found on the UP Volunteering Centre website. (in Czech)

Video from the inauguration of UP Rector Michael Kohajda

Ceremonial act of the inauguration of the Rector (in Czech) doc. JUDr. Michael Kohajda, Ph.D., took place on Thursday 19 June in the Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Olomouc. You can watch a one-minute aftermovie or stream the entire ceremony.

INVITATIONS

MEET UP: Experience the university city

MEET UP – this is the day when UP will introduce you to Olomouc – the university city. An afternoon and evening programme consisting of concerts, workshops and presentations. One day to get acquainted with student associations and university departments, one day to enjoy the beginning of the academic year! Performances by P/\ST, Laser Viking and Cringe Prine. All this on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from 2 to 10 pm on Olomouc's embankment, or the Josef Jařab waterfront – from Bristol to the dorms. Free entry. More information will be added gradually on the website meetup.upol.cz and in the FB event.

COMPETITIONS

Compete for a portion of health with Palacký University

In the first holiday competition, you can win a gift voucher worth CZK 1,000 from KOJU for the purchase of syrups and ginger shots, which come in handy not only in summer. Just send us the correct answer to the competition question to soutěz@upol.cz by 9 July: When and where will the university event MEET UP – Get to know the university city take place this year?

Win the book Naše univerzitní město (Our University City)

Symbolically, at the beginning of the holiday season, UP Press presented the large-format picture reading book Naše univerzitní město (Our University City) for preschool children. A total of seven richly illustrated double pages guide children through the entire academic year and offer countless cartoon micro-stories, fun activities and challenges. The book is written by cartoonist Bára Valecká and editor Tereza Vintrová. One of the copies can be yours - just answer correctly which cartoon characters are the main guides of Naše univerzitní město. 

Please send your answers by 9 July to vydavatelstvi@upol.cz, with the subject line Competition: Our University Town. The lucky winners will be contacted on Thursday, 10 July.