The University of Ostrava (UO), founded in 1991, has a total of almost 9,000 students from six faculties.3 The UO aims to create favourable conditions for international cooperation and a friendly environment for foreign academics and students.4

Due to the relatively small number of students, there is a rather family environment, which allows for more individual attention and flexible approaches to students' needs.5

The following six faculties exist at the UO:

• Faculty of Social Studies
• Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
• Faculty of Art
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Science

The Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling is also involved.

The UO attaches importance to the active creation of conditions and opportunities for the intensive development and sustainability of promising scientific teams in order to enjoy national and international recognition. Furthermore, the university sees the need to promote creative areas in order to be able to solve important social problems.6

The faculty relevant for IS:link guest students is the Faculty of Social Science. The faculty has seven departments. For study abroad, the Department of Informatics and Computers will be the most important faculty.7

The research of the Department of Informatics and Computers focuses on soft computing. The research activities can be divided into the following four areas:8

• Intelligent systems and algorithms
• Application of fuzzy approaches for the analysis, description, prediction and control systems
• Adaptive differential evolution algorithms and their applications
• Modeling of operating processes

Semester dates & deadlines:

https://www.osu.eu/academic-calendar/

Courses:

https://www.osu.eu/22821/courses/

At the University of Ostrava there are many different courses available for exchange students in English. There are numerous educational and recreational events, so a varied student life can be expected in Ostrava.9

There are several services available to students as a service to students. For example, there are halls of residence near the city centre and good access to shopping centres in the city centre. There are also numerous restaurants near the universities, the Landek Mining Museum and the Ostrava Zoo.

The university has an advice and career centre to accompany and support students in their personal and professional life. There, students are offered psychological, social or legal advice, among other things.10

Ostrava is close to the border between Poland and Slovakia. Students make up 10% of the population of Ostrava.

The city offers many theatres, art galleries, cafés and recreational sports such as hiking or cycling in the Beskydy Mountains.11 The cost of living in Ostrava is affordable compared to many other places in Europe.12

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1Photo from: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrava (last access: 18.07.20)

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3www.osu.eu/our-story/ (last access: 18.07.20)

4www.osu.eu/mission-and-vision/ (last access: 18.07.20)

5www.osu.eu/our-story/ (last access: 18.07.20)

6www.osu.eu/research/ (last access: 18.07.20)

7prf.osu.eu/kip/ (last access: 18.07.20)

8prf.osu.eu/kip/research/ (last access: 18.07.20)

9prf.osu.eu/why-study-at-our-faculty/ (last access: 18.07.20)

10www.osu.eu/counseling-and-career-centre/ (last access: 18.07.20)

11www.osu.eu/our-region/ (last access: 18.07.20)

12www.osu.eu/cost-of-living/ (last access: 18.07.20)