University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

The University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (Czech: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, JU) is a public university in České Budějovice, in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, established on 28 September 1991 by Act No. 314/1991.捷克布杰约维采南波西米亚大学（捷克语：Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích，简称 JU）是捷克共和国南波西米亚州捷克布杰约维采的一所公立大学，依据第 314/1991 号法案于 1991 年 9 月 28 日设立。

It has eight faculties, about 9,000 students in more than 200 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and roughly 1,500 academic staff, with 592 students enrolled in doctoral study.该校设有八个学院，在 200 多个学士、硕士与博士项目中培养约 9,000 名学生，拥有约 1,500 名学术人员，其中 592 人在读博士。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1001-1200 band, and it is also ranked by THE, U.S. News and ARWU.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列第 1001-1200 位区间，同时进入 THE、U.S. News 与 ARWU 的榜单。

History

• The university's oldest root is the Pedagogical Faculty, founded in 1948 as a branch of the Faculty of Education of Charles University, which later became an independent faculty and trained teachers for South Bohemian schools.该校最古老的源头是教育学院，它于 1948 年作为查理大学教育学院的分支创立，后来成为独立学院，为南波西米亚的学校培养教师。
• The second root is the Faculty of Agriculture, established in 1960 as part of the Prague University of Agriculture and moved to České Budějovice.第二个源头是农学院，它于 1960 年作为布拉格农业大学的一部分设立，并迁至捷克布杰约维采。
• On 28 September 1991 an Act of Parliament merged the two institutions into a single University of South Bohemia, the first university based in the city, as part of the post-1989 reconstruction of Czechoslovak higher education.1991 年 9 月 28 日，议会法案将这两个机构合并为一所南波西米亚大学，这是该市第一所大学，也是 1989 年后捷克斯洛伐克高等教育重建的一部分。
• In November 1991 the university's academic senate founded three additional faculties, namely Biological Sciences, Theology, and Health and Social Studies, exercising the self-governance granted to Czechoslovak universities after 1989.1991 年 11 月，该校学术评议会又创设了三个学院，即生物科学学院、神学院与健康与社会研究学院，行使 1989 年后赋予捷克斯洛伐克大学的自治权。
• The Faculty of Health and Social Studies became a separate faculty in the 1991/1992 academic year, after starting as part of the Faculty of Education.健康与社会研究学院最初隶属教育学院，在 1991/1992 学年成为独立学院。
• The Faculty of Biological Sciences grew out of the Biology Centre of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and initially taught only biological disciplines, with Academy laboratories serving as teaching space.生物科学学院由捷克斯洛伐克科学院生物中心发展而来，最初只教授生物学各学科，科学院的实验室同时充当教学空间。
• The Faculty of Theology was founded with a statutory link to the diocese, under which the Bishop of České Budějovice serves as its moderator, and it trains clergy, religion teachers and social workers.神学院自创立起便与教区保持法定联系，捷克布杰约维采主教依章程担任学院的主持人，学院培养神职人员、宗教教师与社会工作者。
• The Faculty of Arts was founded in 2006, extending the university into history, philology, philosophy and cultural studies through eight academic departments.文学院于 2006 年成立，通过八个系把该校的学科版图扩展到历史学、语言学、哲学与文化研究。
• The Faculty of Economics was added in 2007, and the Faculty of Biological Sciences was renamed the Faculty of Science in the same year to reflect its broader remit.经济学院于 2007 年增设，生物科学学院也在同年更名为理学院，以反映其扩展后的学科范围。
• In 2009 the university established the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters in Vodňany, the newest of its eight faculties and a successor to a long tradition of Czech pond aquaculture in the town.2009 年，该校在沃德尼亚尼设立渔业与水域保护学院，这是八个学院中最年轻的一个，也继承了该镇悠久的捷克池塘养殖传统。
• The CENAKVA centre in Vodňany, a European-scale facility for aquaculture and the biodiversity of hydrocenoses, became the faculty's research base and was financed by European structural funds.位于沃德尼亚尼的 CENAKVA 中心是欧洲规模的水产养殖与水体生物多样性设施，成为该学院的研究基地，其建设由欧洲结构基金资助。
• Jiří Divíšek served as the first rector from 1991 to 1998 and oversaw the merger of the two founding faculties into a working university.伊日·迪维谢克于 1991 至 1998 年担任首任校长，主持了两个创办学院整合为一所运作中的大学。
• František Střeleček, an agricultural economist, was rector from 1998 to 2003 and consolidated the university's regional role.农业经济学家弗兰蒂谢克·斯特热莱切克于 1998 至 2003 年任校长，巩固了该校的区域角色。
• Václav Bůžek, a historian of the early modern Habsburg lands, was rector from 2004 to 2011 and promoted international research cooperation.早期近代哈布斯堡领地史学家瓦茨拉夫·布热克于 2004 至 2011 年任校长，推动了国际科研合作。
• Libor Grubhoffer, a virologist, led the university from 2012 and strengthened its ties with the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences.病毒学家利博尔·格鲁布霍费尔自 2012 年起领导该校，加强了与捷克科学院生物中心的联系。
• On 22 July 2019 the university received the HR Excellence in Research award from the European Commission for its human-resources strategy for researchers.2019 年 7 月 22 日，该校因面向研究人员的人力资源战略获得欧盟委员会颁发的「人力资源卓越研究奖」。
• The university adopted its Strategic Plan 2021-2030 in 2021, setting research quality, internationalisation and regional engagement as its main goals and introducing annual meetings between the rector and all deans.该校于 2021 年通过《2021-2030 战略计划》，把科研质量、国际化与区域参与列为主要目标，并建立校长与全体院长的年度会议机制。
• In January 2025 the university became a partner in KreativEU, a European Universities alliance that links it with institutions across the continent and supports joint teaching and mobility.2025 年 1 月，该校加入「KreativEU」欧洲大学联盟，与欧洲多国院校建立伙伴关系，并支持联合教学与学生流动。
• In May 2026 the university awarded its 40th honorary doctorate, to the environmental chemist Bryan William Brooks of Baylor University.2026 年 5 月，该校授予第 40 个荣誉博士学位，受赠者是贝勒大学环境化学家布莱恩·威廉·布鲁克斯。
• Pavel Kozák, a professor and fisheries scientist, is the current rector and leads a university that has grown from two faculties to eight since 1991.教授、渔业科学家帕维尔·科扎克现任校长，领导这所自 1991 年以来从两个学院扩展到八个学院的大学。
• The university is a member of the Association of Research Universities of the Czech Republic, a group of institutions selected for their research record, alongside six other Czech universities.该校是捷克共和国研究型大学协会成员，该协会由因科研表现而入选的院校组成，全国共有七所大学加入。
• Its campus has been continuously rebuilt since 1991, with new pavilions for science, agriculture and fisheries, a renovated dormitory estate and a replanted campus park.自 1991 年以来，该校校园持续改建，新建了理学、农业与渔业馆舍，翻修了宿舍区，并重新绿化了校园公园。

Academics

• The university has eight faculties: Arts, Agriculture and Technology, Economics, Education, Fisheries and Protection of Waters, Health and Social Sciences, Science, and Theology, each led by a dean elected by its academic senate.该校设有八个学院：文学院、农业与技术学院、经济学院、教育学院、渔业与水域保护学院、健康与社会科学学院、理学院与神学院，各院由学术评议会选举产生的院长领导。
• It offers more than 200 accredited bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, including teacher training, theology, natural sciences, agriculture and fisheries, taught mainly in Czech with selected programmes in English.该校开设 200 多个获认证的学士、硕士与博士项目，涵盖教师教育、神学、自然科学、农业与渔业，主要以捷克语授课，部分项目使用英语。
• About 9,000 students are enrolled, of whom 592 are doctoral candidates, and the academic staff numbers roughly 1,500.该校约有 9,000 名学生注册，其中 592 人为博士生，学术人员约 1,500 人。
• The Faculty of Education has 15 academic departments, about 2,200 students and 156 university teachers, making it one of the largest units and the main provider of teacher training in the region.教育学院设有 15 个系，约有 2,200 名学生与 156 名大学教师，是该校规模最大的单位之一，也是本地区教师教育的主要提供者。
• The Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, founded in 1960, teaches almost 2,000 students in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes and operates experimental farms and a food-technology pilot plant.农业与技术学院创办于 1960 年，在学士、硕士与博士层次培养近 2,000 名学生，并经营实验农场与食品技术中试车间。
• The Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters has about 230 students and 50 doctoral candidates, more than half of them from abroad, and runs its own experimental fish farm, with doctoral work on fish genetics, nutrition and water quality.渔业与水域保护学院约有 230 名学生与 50 名博士生，其中半数以上来自国外，并经营自己的实验鱼场，博士研究涵盖鱼类遗传、营养与水质。
• The Faculty of Science houses 12 academic departments and covers biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and informatics, with strong programmes in ecology and parasitology.理学院下设 12 个系，覆盖生物学、化学、物理学、数学与信息学，在生态学与寄生虫学方面具有优势。
• The Faculty of Arts has eight academic departments, and the Faculty of Economics has eight departments with a motto of Effectively Together, teaching management, finance and accounting.文学院设有八个系，经济学院设有八个系，其院训为「Effectively Together」，教授管理、金融与会计。
• The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences has seven departments and the motto We teach people to help, reflecting its focus on social work, nursing and health professions.健康与社会科学学院设有七个系，院训为「We teach people to help」，体现其面向社会工作、护理与健康职业的定位。
• The Faculty of Theology trains clergy and teachers and is governed by a statute that gives the diocesan bishop a moderating role.神学院培养神职人员与教师，其章程赋予教区主教主持性角色。
• CENAKVA in Vodňany is the university's flagship research infrastructure for aquaculture, fish genetics and water protection, and its name stands for Centre for Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses.位于沃德尼亚尼的 CENAKVA 是该校在水产养殖、鱼类遗传与水域保护方面的旗舰科研设施，其名称意为「水产养殖与水体生物多样性中心」。
• The university works closely with the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, a separate public research institution whose institutes share its České Budějovice campus.该校与捷克科学院生物中心密切合作，后者是独立的公共研究机构，其所属研究所与该校共用捷克布杰约维采园区。
• It maintains cooperation agreements with more than 450 universities worldwide and participates in Erasmus+ mobility, double-degree schemes and cross-border study in biological chemistry with Johannes Kepler University Linz.该校与全球 450 多所大学保持合作协议，并参与 Erasmus+ 流动、双学位项目以及与林茨约翰内斯·开普勒大学的生物化学跨境培养。
• The School of Doctoral Studies coordinates admission, supervision and defence across the eight faculties.博士研究学院统一协调八个学院的招生、指导与答辩事务。
• The Technology Transfer Office and the university's Publishing House support patenting, licensing and the publication of academic books, faculty monographs and textbooks.技术转移办公室与大学出版社支持专利申请、许可授权，以及学术著作、院系专著与教材的出版。
• The Academic Library and the university's six faculties in the city provide study places, databases, Czech and foreign journals and special collections for students and staff.学术图书馆与城市内的六个学院为学生和教职员工提供自习座位、数据库、捷克与外国期刊以及特藏。
• Admission is based on entrance examinations or on secondary-school results, depending on the programme, and most Czech-language programmes are tuition-free, while applicants to doctoral study also submit a research proposal.录取依据入学考试或中学成绩，具体取决于项目，多数捷克语授课项目免学费，博士申请者还需提交研究计划。

Campus

• The main campus is at Branišovská 1645/31a, 370 05 České Budějovice, a green site within walking distance of the historic centre, with lecture halls, laboratories and dormitories a few minutes apart.主校区位于捷克布杰约维采布劳尼绍夫斯卡街 1645/31a 号，邮编 370 05，是一片步行可达历史中心的绿地校园，讲堂、实验室与宿舍彼此相距仅几分钟。
• The university also operates branch campuses in Tábor, Vodňany and Nové Hrady, which host teacher training, fisheries and biological research respectively, including the Centre for Polar Ecology at Nové Hrady and the CENAKVA centre at Vodňany.该校还在塔博尔、沃德尼亚尼与新赫拉迪设有分校区，分别承担教师教育、渔业与生物学研究，其中新赫拉迪设有极地生态研究中心，沃德尼亚尼设有 CENAKVA 中心。
• The České Budějovice campus contains the Science and Technology Park, the Student Club, the university kindergarten and the Academic Library, and the park provides incubator space for spin-off companies.捷克布杰约维采校区设有科技园、学生俱乐部、大学幼儿园与学术图书馆，科技园为衍生企业提供孵化空间。
• New pavilions for the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology and the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters were built or modernised after 2000, with shared instrumentation and lecture halls.理学院、农业与技术学院以及渔业与水域保护学院的新馆舍在 2000 年后新建或完成现代化改造，内设共享仪器与讲堂。
• The CENAKVA complex in Vodňany includes experimental ponds, recirculation systems, a hatchery and laboratories for fish biology and aquaculture, and it is used for teaching as well as research.沃德尼亚尼的 CENAKVA 综合体包括实验池塘、循环水系统、孵化场以及鱼类生物学与水产养殖实验室，既用于科研也用于教学。
• The town lies about 120 kilometres south of Prague, at the confluence of the Vltava and Malše rivers, has about 94,000 inhabitants and is known for Budvar beer.该市位于布拉格以南约 120 公里，地处伏尔塔瓦河与马尔谢河交汇处，人口约 94,000 人，以百威啤酒闻名。
• The campus is close enough to the city centre for students to walk to the main square, Náměstí Přemysla Otakara II, one of the largest in the Czech Republic, and to the cathedral, the Black Tower and the river embankment.校园距离市中心足够近，学生可以步行前往捷克共和国最大的广场之一——普热米斯尔·奥托卡二世广场，以及主教座堂、黑塔与河岸。
• Student dormitories and refectories are managed by the university and are concentrated on and around the Branišovská campus, within walking distance of the lecture halls.学生宿舍与食堂由学校管理，集中在布劳尼绍夫斯卡校区及其周边，步行即可到达讲堂。
• The university does not publish a single campus area in hectares, and its estates are spread across the city and the three branch sites, from historic buildings in the centre to purpose-built laboratories on the outskirts.该校不公布以公顷计的单一校园面积，其校舍分布在城市各处以及三个分校点，从市中心的历保建筑一直延伸到郊外新建的实验室。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of South Bohemia is placed in the 1001-1200 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，南波西米亚大学位列第 1001-1200 位区间。
• THE World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 1201-1400 band, and U.S. News ranks it 1075th in its 2026-2027 global table.2027 年 THE 世界大学排名将其列入第 1201-1400 位区间，《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年全球榜单则将其列为第 1075 位。
• ARWU 2026 places the university in the 901-1000 band, the same range it occupied in 2020.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将其列入第 901-1000 位区间，与 2020 年所处区间相同。
• In the THE Young University Rankings 2023, which assess universities founded within the last 50 years, the university was placed 301-350 globally and first among Czech institutions.在 2023 年 THE 年轻大学排名中，该校位列全球第 301-350 位区间，并在捷克院校中排名第一，该榜单评估建校不超过 50 年的大学。
• QS ranked it 145th in its Emerging Europe and Central Asia ranking for 2022, a regional table in which it has consistently appeared.在 2022 年 QS 新兴欧洲与中亚排名中，该校位列第 145 位，并持续出现在该区域榜单中。
• In the THE subject rankings for 2024 it was placed 401-500 in life sciences and 501-600 in physical sciences, reflecting work in parasitology, ecology and fisheries.在 2024 年 THE 学科排名中，该校的生命科学位列第 401-500 位区间，物理科学位列第 501-600 位区间，反映其在寄生虫学、生态学与渔业方面的积累。
• OpenAlex indexes 20,366 works and 977,764 citations attributable to the university, concentrated in ecology, parasitology, fisheries and environmental science, with ecology and parasitology accounting for a large share of the citations.OpenAlex 收录了可归属该校的 20,366 项成果与 977,764 次引用，主要集中在生态学、寄生虫学、渔业与环境科学，其中生态学与寄生虫学贡献了相当大比例的引用。
• The university is one of the Czech institutions in the Association of Research Universities, a status based on its publication and grant record.该校是捷克研究型大学协会成员之一，这一身份以其论文与科研经费记录为基础。
• Its honorary doctorates, 40 by 2026, have gone to scientists such as Patrick Keeling of the University of British Columbia in 2025.截至 2026 年，该校已授予 40 个荣誉博士学位，2025 年的受赠者包括不列颠哥伦比亚大学的帕特里克·基林。
• The university's research is regularly published in Nature, Science and PNAS, according to its own research profile.根据该校的科研简介，其研究成果经常发表于《自然》《科学》与《美国科学院院刊》。

Student life

• The university has no formal Latin motto, and its public identity is built around research, regional engagement and the phrase ONE-USB.该校没有正式的拉丁文校训，其公共形象围绕科研、区域参与与「ONE-USB」这一口号构建。
• The quarterly university magazine Journal has a print run of 5,000 copies and carries news, interviews and reports from the eight faculties, and it is also available online.季刊《Journal》印量为 5,000 份，刊登八个学院的新闻、访谈与报道，同时提供网络版。
• Student Radio K2 broadcasts from the campus and gives students training in journalism, production and sound engineering, with shows streamed online as well as on air.学生电台 K2 从校园播出，为学生提供新闻、制作与音响工程方面的训练，节目同时在线直播与播出。
• Erasmus Student Network Budweis organises orientation, trips and language evenings for exchange students and their Czech hosts, and runs a buddy programme for incoming students.Erasmus 学生网络 Budweis 为交换生与捷克同学组织迎新、旅行与语言之夜，并为新到的国际学生安排学伴项目。
• The Student Union of the University of South Bohemia represents students on academic bodies, runs cultural events during the academic year and organises the welcome week for new students at the start of the winter semester.南波西米亚大学学生会代表学生参与学术机构，在学年中组织文化活动，并在冬季学期开学时为新生筹办迎新周。
• SUD Theater is a student theatre group that stages Czech and international plays on the campus and in the city.SUD 剧团是学生戏剧团体，在校园与城市中上演捷克及外国剧目。
• The Student Club and the campus park host concerts, film nights and the university's winter and summer social events, including the welcome party for first-year students.学生俱乐部与校园公园举办音乐会、电影之夜以及学校的冬季与夏季社交活动，包括为一年级新生举办的迎新派对。
• The university kindergarten, opened for staff and students with children, is part of a family-friendly campus policy.大学幼儿园面向有子女的教职员工与学生开放，是家庭友好型校园政策的一部分。
• Student life is shaped by České Budějovice itself, a compact university town with a medieval square, riverside paths, a brewery tradition and a summer festival season on the Vltava.学生生活深受捷克布杰约维采影响，这座紧凑的大学城拥有中世纪广场、河畔步道、啤酒酿造传统，以及伏尔塔瓦河畔的夏季艺术节季。

Notable people

• Jiří Divíšek was the first rector of the university from 1991 to 1998, oversaw its transition from two separate faculties to a single institution and led the merger negotiations.伊日·迪维谢克于 1991 至 1998 年担任该校首任校长，主持了从两个独立学院到单一大学的转型，并主导合并谈判。
• František Střeleček, an agricultural economist and rector from 1998 to 2003, helped establish the university's regional research agenda and its links with South Bohemian farms and food producers.农业经济学家弗兰蒂谢克·斯特热莱切克于 1998 至 2003 年任校长，协助确立了该校的区域科研议程，并建立了与南波西米亚农场及食品生产商的联系。
• Václav Bůžek, a historian of the Habsburg monarchy, was rector from 2004 to 2011, is a professor at the Faculty of Arts and has written books on the early modern nobility and court culture.哈布斯堡君主国史学家瓦茨拉夫·布热克于 2004 至 2011 年任校长，现为文学院教授，著有关于早期近代贵族与宫廷文化的著作。
• Libor Grubhoffer, a virologist and former director of the Biology Centre, led the university from 2012 and built its partnership with the Czech Academy of Sciences.病毒学家、生物中心前主任利博尔·格鲁布霍费尔自 2012 年起领导该校，建立了与捷克科学院的合作关系。
• Pavel Kozák, a professor of fisheries, is the current rector and previously directed the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters.渔业学教授帕维尔·科扎克现任校长，此前曾执掌渔业与水域保护学院。
• Julius Lukeš, professor at the Faculty of Science, received the J. G. Mendel Medal in 2023, was elected an international member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2024 and has published more than 350 papers on parasitology.理学院教授尤利乌斯·卢克什于 2023 年获得孟德尔奖章，2024 年当选美国国家科学院国际院士，并在寄生虫学领域发表论文 350 余篇。
• Hynek Kmoníček, a Czech diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States, is an alumnus of the university and a frequent commentator on foreign policy.捷克外交官、曾任驻美国大使的海内克·克莫尼切克是该校校友，也是外交政策评论的常见作者。
• Miluše Horská, a pedagogue and member of the Czech Senate, studied at the university's Faculty of Education.教育家、捷克参议员米卢谢·霍尔斯基曾就读于该校教育学院。
• Miroslav Lidinský, a former army officer and former chairman of the Dawn party, is listed among the university's alumni.前军官、曾领导「黎明」党的米罗斯拉夫·利丁斯基被列为该校校友。
• Bryan William Brooks of Baylor University received an honorary doctorate on 27 May 2026 for his work on environmental chemistry and aquatic toxicology, especially urbanised aquatic systems and pollution.贝勒大学的布莱恩·威廉·布鲁克斯因在环境化学与水生毒理学方面的研究，尤其是对城市化水体系统与污染的研究，于 2026 年 5 月 27 日获授荣誉博士学位。
• Patrick Keeling of the University of British Columbia received an honorary doctorate on 22 October 2025 for research on molecular evolution and eukaryotic cell biology.不列颠哥伦比亚大学的帕特里克·基林因在分子演化与真核细胞生物学方面的研究，于 2025 年 10 月 22 日获授荣誉博士学位。