University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

The University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague, Czech: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze) is the largest university specialising in chemistry in the Czech Republic, founded in 1952 but with origins reaching back to the Prague Polytechnic of 1806.布拉格化学技术大学（英文 University of Chemistry and Technology，Prague，缩写 UCT Prague，捷克文 Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze）是捷克规模最大的化工类高校，创建于 1952 年，其渊源可上溯至 1806 年的布拉格理工学校。

It teaches and researches technical chemistry, chemical and biochemical technology, materials and chemical engineering, food chemistry, environmental studies and business and management across four faculties.学校在四个学院中开展技术化学、化学与生物化学工艺、材料与化学工程、食品化学、环境研究以及商业与管理等方向的教学与科研。

Its latest annual report records 4,310 students, of whom 2,374 are bachelor's, 1,170 master's and 804 doctoral candidates, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 place it at 652nd in the world.学校最新年度报告记录学生 4,310 人，其中本科生 2,374 人、硕士生 1,170 人、博士生 804 人；2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列为世界第 652 位。

History

• Chemistry teaching in the Czech lands began long before the modern university, after King Charles IV founded the University of Prague in 1348 and its arts faculty taught mathematics, astronomy and the basics of alchemy.捷克地区的化学教学远早于现代大学：1348 年查理四世创建布拉格大学后，其文学院即教授数学、天文学与炼金术基础。

• Eighteenth-century industrial development created a demand for a technical school, and Emperor Francis II signed the charter for the Prague Polytechnic in 1803.18 世纪的工业发展催生了对技术学校的需求，1803 年皇帝弗朗茨二世为布拉格理工学校签署了建校特许状。

• Two departments, mathematics and chemistry, opened on 10 November 1806, and the University of Chemistry and Technology is the direct successor of that chemistry department.1806 年 11 月 10 日，数学与化学两个系开办，布拉格化学技术大学正是这一化学系的直接继承者。

• Instruction in the chemistry department covered glass, iron and textile bleaching and dyeing, matching the leading industries of Bohemia, and later added brewing, sugar and analytical chemistry.化学系的教学涵盖玻璃、铁以及纺织漂染，契合波希米亚的主要产业，其后又增设酿造、制糖与分析化学。

• A mineralogical collection begun in the first half of the nineteenth century by Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe remains at the university and is the second most valuable mineral collection in the Czech Republic.由弗朗茨·克萨韦尔·马克西米利安·齐佩在 19 世纪上半叶开创的矿物学收藏仍存于学校，是捷克共和国价值第二高的矿物收藏。

• The space needed for laboratory teaching led to a purpose-built chemistry building on Trajanova Street, where the first classes were held in 1911.实验教学所需的空间促成了特拉亚诺瓦街上专门的化学大楼，1911 年在此首次开课。

• During the reorganisation of the Prague Polytechnic in 1920 the Faculty of Chemical and Technical Engineering was created as one of seven sections of the Czech Technical University.1920 年布拉格理工学校改组时，化学与技术工程学院作为捷克技术大学七个院部之一成立。

• Emil Votoček was the leading professor of the new faculty, and among the chemists trained under him were Otakar Quadrat and Rudolf Lukeš.埃米尔·沃托切克是新学院的核心教授，在他门下受训的化学家包括奥塔卡尔·夸德拉特与鲁道夫·卢克什。

• Professor Otto Wichterle, later known as the inventor of soft contact lenses, worked at the faculty and developed the polyamide fibre known as silon.后来以发明软性隐形眼镜闻名的奥托·维希特尔教授在此任教，并研制出名为「silon」的聚酰胺纤维。

• On 21 June 1925 President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk laid the foundation stone for the first buildings of the Dejvice campus, the first of them intended for the chemical faculty.1925 年 6 月 21 日，总统托马斯·加里格·马萨里克为德伊维采校区的首批建筑奠基，其中第一座即为化学学院所用。

• In 1928 Vladimir Prelog graduated from the faculty and took his doctorate there, going on to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975.1928 年弗拉迪米尔·普雷洛格从该学院毕业并在此获得博士学位，其后于 1975 年获得诺贝尔化学奖。

• Instruction in the main Dejvice building began in 1933 and a second faculty building was completed in 1937, after construction of the other planned buildings stalled for lack of funds.德伊维采主楼于 1933 年开始授课，1937 年又建成第二座学院大楼，此前其余规划建筑因资金不足而停工。

• In 1952 the Faculty of Chemical and Technical Engineering was separated from the Czech Technical University by government decree, forming an independent College of Chemistry in Prague.1952 年，化学与技术工程学院依据政府法令从捷克技术大学分出，组成独立的布拉格化学学院。

• The new institution began with three units covering inorganic technologies, organic technologies and food technologies.这所新院校起初包含无机工艺、有机工艺与食品工艺三个单位。

• A government decree in 1953 changed the name to its present form and created a fourth faculty of fuel and water technology.1953 年的一项政府法令将校名改为现今的名称，并增设第四个学院——燃料与水工艺学院。

• In 1959 the fuel and water faculty was renamed, and in 1960 a Faculty of Automation and Economics was established.1959 年燃料与水学院更名，1960 年又成立自动化与经济学学院。

• At the end of the 1960s the inorganic and organic faculties were merged into today's Faculty of Chemical Technology and the food faculty became the Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology.20 世纪 60 年代末，无机与有机两个学院合并为今日的化学技术学院，食品学院则改称食品与生物化学技术学院。

• The automation and economics faculty became today's Faculty of Chemical Engineering, and the fuel and water faculty took the name Faculty of Environmental Technology in 1991.自动化与经济学学院成为今日的化学工程学院，燃料与水学院于 1991 年更名为环境技术学院。

• In 2014 the university adopted its present English name, having been known in English as the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague before that year.学校于 2014 年采用现今的英文校名，此前英文名一直为「Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague」。

• It was the first Czech university authorised to award the Eurobachelor degree, a European label certifying the quality of its bachelor studies.学校是捷克第一所获授权颁发「Eurobachelor」学位的大学，这一欧洲标签用于认证其本科教育质量。

Academics

• The university has four faculties, of chemical technology, environmental technology, food and biochemical technology, and chemical engineering, together with departments serving the whole institution.学校设化学技术、环境技术、食品与生物化学技术、化学工程四个学院，另设服务全校的部门。

• It runs twenty-nine faculty departments, four all-university departments and one higher education institute.学校设有 29 个学院下属系、4 个全校性部门以及 1 个高等教育研究所。

• The latest annual report counts 4,310 students, of whom 55.1 per cent are bachelor's, 27.1 per cent master's and 17.2 per cent doctoral, with women making up 56.6 per cent of the total.最新年度报告统计学生 4,310 人，其中本科占 55.1%、硕士占 27.1%、博士占 17.2%，女生占总数的 56.6%。

• Foreign students make up 26.4 per cent of the student body, and the university has the highest ratio of doctoral to total students in the Czech Republic.外国学生占学生总数的 26.4%，学校博士生占全体学生的比例在捷克共和国位居第一。

• The university offers 144 study programmes, made up of 33 bachelor's, 43 master's, 68 doctoral and 27 joint or double-degree programmes, and graduated 1,347 students in the latest year.学校开设 144 个培养项目，包括 33 个本科、43 个硕士、68 个博士与 27 个联合或双学位项目；最近一年毕业 1,347 人。

• Staff totals 1,357.81 full-time equivalent positions, including 508.61 academics, 416.03 researchers, 433.16 administrative staff and 156.26 foreign academic and research staff.学校全职等效人员共 1,357.81 人，其中教学人员 508.61 人、研究人员 416.03 人、行政人员 433.16 人、外籍教学与研究人员 156.26 人。

• The university holds 66 patents and runs 43 active international research projects.学校拥有 66 项专利，并开展 43 个在研国际科研项目。

• The ChemTK library, housed in the modern National Library of Technology building, holds 87,242 items, subscribes to 300 periodicals and gives electronic access to more than 2,500 scientific journals.设于现代化国家技术图书馆大楼内的 ChemTK 图书馆藏有 87,242 件文献，订阅 300 种期刊，并提供 2,500 余种科技期刊的电子访问。

• The university's Central Laboratories consist of eight units for nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, organic elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, thermal-gravimetric analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy and surface analysis.学校的中央实验室由核磁共振、红外与拉曼光谱、质谱、有机元素分析、X 射线衍射、热重分析、原子吸收光谱与表面分析八个实验室组成。

• Industry is closely involved in teaching, with 201 lecturers drawn from industry and 80 industrial partners supervising master's and doctoral dissertations.产业界深度参与教学：有 201 名来自企业的讲师，以及 80 家参与指导硕士与博士论文的产业伙伴。

• Half of the university's income is generated by its own research, development and innovation activities, an unusual share for a Czech institution.学校收入的一半来自其自身的科研、开发与创新活动，这在捷克高校中属于少见的高比例。

• The university cooperates with more than 100 universities and institutions worldwide and is the most active Czech participant in the Erasmus+ student exchange programme.学校与全球 100 多所大学和机构合作，是 Erasmus+ 学生交换项目中参与最活跃的捷克高校。

• Among its researchers, Jana Hajšlová sits on the European Union advisory group on food quality and safety and František Štěpánek has won a European Research Council grant.在其研究人员中，亚娜·哈伊什洛娃是欧盟食品质量与安全咨询小组成员，弗朗齐歇克·什捷帕内克获得欧洲研究理事会资助。

• The university is a member of the European University Association, the European Federation of National Engineering Associations and the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy.学校是欧洲大学协会、欧洲国家工程协会联合会与国际工程教育学会的成员。

• Its lifelong-learning programme served 2,316 participants in the latest year, and it provides 1,651 dormitory beds for students.最近一年其终身学习项目服务 2,316 名学员，并为学生提供 1,651 个宿舍床位。

• The Dejvice campus also hosts a higher education institute attached to the university, extending its teaching into applied and continuing studies.德伊维采校区还设有隶属于学校的高等教育研究所，把教学延伸到应用与继续教育领域。

• It cooperates with the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and other institutions in the region, part of a network of more than 100 partner universities and organisations.学校与布拉迪斯拉发的斯洛伐克技术大学及本地区其他机构合作，属于一个拥有 100 多所伙伴院校与机构的网络。

• Beyond its four faculties the university supports research centres in chemistry and materials that work with Czech industry.除四个学院之外，学校还支持从事化学与材料研究的中心，与捷克产业界合作。

Campus

• The university's campus is in the Dejvice district of Prague 6, where its main building has stood since instruction began there in 1933.学校校区位于布拉格第六区的德伊维采，其主楼自 1933 年在此开课起沿用至今。

• President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk laid the foundation stone of the Dejvice buildings on 21 June 1925, in a district planned to mirror modern interwar architecture.总统托马斯·加里格·马萨里克于 1925 年 6 月 21 日为德伊维采建筑奠基，该区在城市规划上力求体现现代主义风格的两次大战间建筑。

• The main building of 1933 and a second chemistry building of 1937 remain the core of the teaching campus.1933 年的主楼与 1937 年的第二座化学大楼，仍是教学校区的核心。

• The university's earliest dedicated chemistry building stands on Trajanova Street, where laboratory teaching moved in 1911 before the Dejvice campus existed.学校最早的专门化学大楼位于特拉亚诺瓦街，1911 年实验教学迁入此处，当时德伊维采校区尚未建成。

• The Dejvice campus stands beside the Czech Technical University and the National Library of Technology, forming a dense university quarter in the city's north-west.德伊维采校区紧邻捷克技术大学与国家技术图书馆，在城市西北部形成一个密集的大学区。

• The ChemTK library occupies space in the National Library of Technology building, giving students access to one of the largest technical collections in the country.ChemTK 图书馆设于国家技术图书馆大楼内，使学生可以使用国内规模最大的技术馆藏之一。

• The Central Laboratories concentrate the university's major analytical instruments in one place for students, staff and external customers.中央实验室把学校的大型分析仪器集中在一处，供学生、教职员与外部客户使用。

• The campus is served by the Dejvice transport hub, which connects it to the centre of Prague by metro and tram.校区的交通依托德伊维采交通枢纽，经地铁与有轨电车与布拉格市中心相连。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague at 652nd in the world and fifth among Czech universities.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将布拉格化学技术大学列为世界第 652 位、捷克高校第 5 位。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 put the university in the 1401-1600 band.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入第 1401-1600 位。

• The US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places the university 1,888th in the world.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将该校列为世界第 1,888 位。

• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 does not place the university in its main list.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名未将该校列入主榜。

• In the 2020 QS edition the university ranked 355th in the world and second among Czech universities, and it has held a place among the top 400 in that ranking since then.在 2020 年 QS 榜单中，学校位列世界第 355 位、捷克高校第 2 位，此后一直保持在该榜前 400 名之列。

• On the academic-to-student ratio measure of the QS ranking the university was placed 30th in the world in the 2024 edition, its highest subject-level position.在 QS 排名的师生比指标上，学校在 2024 年榜单中位列世界第 30 位，是其最高的分项名次。

• In the 2022 U-Multirank exercise the university achieved the top rating in 11 criteria, more than any other Czech institution, including research, cooperation with industry and student mobility.在 2022 年 U-Multirank 评估中，学校在 11 项指标上获得最高评级，多于任何其他捷克高校，涵盖科研、产业合作与学生流动等。

• Peer Czech institutions such as Charles University, Masaryk University and Palacký University appear alongside it in national comparisons and exchange programmes.在捷克国内的比较与交换项目中，查理大学、马萨里克大学与帕拉茨基大学等同类院校常与该校并列出现。

• Among its alumni is Vladimir Prelog, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975, and Otto Wichterle, inventor of soft contact lenses.其校友中包括 1975 年获得诺贝尔化学奖的弗拉迪米尔·普雷洛格，以及软性隐形眼镜发明者奥托·维希特尔。

• OpenAlex records 27,738 works and 1,069,129 citations for the university, the machine-counted output behind its bibliometric profile.OpenAlex 记录该校成果数为 27,738 项、被引次数为 1,069,129 次，构成其文献计量画像的机器统计基础。

• Its chemistry and chemical-engineering programmes are among the most selective in the Czech Republic, and its graduates are sought by the country's chemical and pharmaceutical industries.其化学与化工类专业是捷克录取门槛最高的专业之一，其毕业生深受本国化工与制药行业青睐。

Student life

• The university has no formal Latin motto and presents itself through the English slogan a challenge that pays off.学校没有正式的拉丁文校训，而是以英文口号「a challenge that pays off（值得一搏的挑战）」自我表述。

• Ninety-nine students went abroad in the latest year under exchange programmes, and the university is the busiest Czech participant in Erasmus+.在最近一年，有 99 名学生通过交换项目出国；学校是 Erasmus+ 项目中参与最活跃的捷克高校。

• The ChemTK library and its electronic resources serve as the students' main study space, offering access to SciFinder and the Chemical Abstracts Service.ChemTK 图书馆及其电子资源是学生的主要学习空间，提供 SciFinder 与化学文摘社数据库的访问。

• The university provides 1,651 dormitory beds, and student projects use the Central Laboratories alongside grant-funded research and industrial work.学校提供 1,651 个宿舍床位；学生的项目与获资助的科研及工业任务同在中央实验室中开展。

• The university's historic mineralogical collection, begun in the nineteenth century, remains a teaching and cultural resource for students.学校始于 19 世纪的矿物学收藏至今仍是学生的教学与文化资源。

• Social and cultural life is tied to Prague 6, where the Dejvice campus places students within the city's large student quarter.学生的社交与文化生活与布拉格第六区相连，德伊维采校区使学生置身于该市规模庞大的学生城区域。

• The university is named after its subject rather than a person, and its public identity is built on chemistry, as reflected in its name and its Eurobachelor label.学校以其学科而非人物命名，其公共形象建立在化学之上，校名与「Eurobachelor」标签均体现了这一点。

• The university marked the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Prague Polytechnic chemistry department in the early twenty-first century, tracing its lineage to 1806.学校在 21 世纪初纪念布拉格理工学校化学系创办 200 周年，把自身谱系上溯至 1806 年。

• Its graduates work across the Czech chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, and the university reports strong employment outcomes for them.其毕业生遍布捷克的化工、制药与食品行业，学校称其毕业生就业表现良好。

Notable people

• Otto Wichterle (1913-1998), a professor at the institution and later a dean of the independent university, invented soft contact lenses and the polyamide fibre silon.该校教授、独立建校后的首批院长之一奥托·维希特尔（1913—1998）发明了软性隐形眼镜与聚酰胺纤维「silon」。

• Vladimir Prelog (1906-1998), who graduated in 1928 and took his doctorate here, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for work on the stereochemistry of organic molecules.弗拉迪米尔·普雷洛格（1906—1998）1928 年在此毕业并获博士学位，因有机分子立体化学研究于 1975 年获得诺贝尔化学奖。

• Emil Votoček (1872-1950), a long-serving professor, wrote the Czech chemical nomenclature and gave his name to the university's highest student award, the Votoček Scholarship, and its Votoček Medals.长期任教的埃米尔·沃托切克（1872—1950）撰写了捷克化学命名法，学校的最高学生奖项「沃托切克奖学金」与「沃托切克奖章」即以他命名。

• František Šorm, Rudolf Zahradník and Jiří Drahoš, three presidents of the Czech Academy of Sciences, were connected with the school as researchers or teachers.捷克科学院的三位院长弗朗齐歇克·绍尔姆、鲁道夫·扎赫拉德尼克与伊日·德拉霍什，都曾以研究者或教师身份与该校相关联。

• Antonín Holý (1936-2012), the chemist behind antiviral compounds used against HIV, received an honorary doctorate from the university in 2006.艾滋病抗病毒药物背后的化学家安东宁·霍利（1936—2012）于 2006 年获授该校名誉博士学位。

• Jana Hajšlová, a professor at the university, advises the European Union on food quality and safety and leads its food-analysis research.学校教授亚娜·哈伊什洛娃为欧盟食品质量与安全事务提供咨询，并主持其食品分析研究。

• František Štěpánek, a researcher at the university, has been awarded a European Research Council grant.学校研究员弗朗齐歇克·什捷帕内克获得欧洲研究理事会资助。

• Milan Pospíšil became rector of the university on 1 January 2024, succeeding Pavel Matějka, who had held the post before him.米兰·波斯皮希尔于 2024 年 1 月 1 日出任校长，接替此前担任该职的帕维尔·马捷卡。

• Otakar Quadrat and Rudolf Lukeš, chemists trained under Votoček, carried the faculty's chemical tradition into the twentieth century.在沃托切克门下受训的化学家奥塔卡尔·夸德拉特与鲁道夫·卢克什，把学院的化学传统延续到 20 世纪。

• Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe, the first professor of mineralogy at the Prague Polytechnic, built the mineral collection that the university still keeps.布拉格理工学校首位矿物学教授弗朗茨·克萨韦尔·马克西米利安·齐佩建立了学校至今保存的矿物收藏。

• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, laid the foundation stone of the Dejvice campus in 1925, tying the university to the founding of the republic.捷克斯洛伐克首任总统托马斯·加里格·马萨里克于 1925 年为德伊维采校区奠基，使学校与共和国的创建相联系。