Methodical Guideline of the Vice-Rector for Education on the Course of Teaching in the Winter Semester of the Academic Year 2021/2022

Teaching will always be governed by conditions that the state administration will set. The essential requirement remains to ensure pedagogical activities in their entirety and the required quality.
The primary goal and priority of CZU are to maintain, as far as possible, standard teaching in terms of form and content in accordance with the accredited form of the study program.
If the epidemic situation is favourable and the conditions set by the Ministry of Health do not create obstacles for full-time teaching, teaching must be carried out in a normal mode, where lectures and exercises should take place primarily in contact (in person) with the joint presence of students and teachers.
Given the need to reduce student accumulation in large groups, it is recommended that teachers consider conducting theoretical instruction in a hybrid mode where appropriate depending on the nature of the subject and the number of students. Hybrid teaching combines some of the forms of teaching defined below:
1. Contact teaching takes place when students and teachers are in the same place.
2. Distance learning takes place when there are students and teachers in different places.
3. Synchronous teaching takes place if students and teachers are present at the same time.
4. Asynchronous teaching is one in which the teacher and the students are not present at the same time.
  
  For theoretical teaching in the winter semester of the academic year 2021/2022, it is recommended to combine contact teaching with remote synchronous teaching. This means that lectures would also be broadcast online.
If the personal presence of students in teaching and examinations during university studies is limited or the epidemic situation at the university does not allow for full contact teaching, it is a priority to maintain the full-time form of practical teaching (tutorials, seminars). In this case, a suitable way of hybrid teaching is a combination of remote synchronous teaching in the form of online transmission of lectures with contact (full-time) practical teaching within tutorials and seminars. In this way, a possible condition of a limited number of students present in class can be met.
Hybrid teaching is also recommended to be introduced in study programs where international students study who, through no fault of their own, cannot attend classes in person (e.g. due to the impossibility of coming to the Czech Republic).
The deans of the faculties set the conditions for hybrid teaching in accordance with the needs and nature of the study programs. In the case of the introduction of hybrid teaching, teachers must define the teaching method in individual subjects at the beginning of the semester, to which the conditions for fulfilling credits must also correspond.
If the state power excludes the personal presence of students in teaching or the epidemic situation at CZU is fundamentally unfavourable, it will be necessary to switch to a full distance form of teaching. If the state authority excludes the personal presence of students in teaching or the epidemic situation at CZU is fundamentally unfavourable, it will be necessary to switch to a full distance form of teaching. The Rector orders comprehensive distance education for CZU based on a measure issued by the Government of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Health, or based on a specific legally binding anti-epidemic measure imposed on the university by the locally competent hygienic station. A condition for distance learning is also a valid decision of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on special authorizations of public and private universities in an emergency.
Distance learning should be understood as active distance learning, which takes place in accordance with the schedule and in which teaching in the personal presence of students is replaced by online teaching (synchronous remote learning). In addition, all relevant e-learning methods are used, including study aids in the form of, for example, recorded lectures (asynchronous distance learning).
Teachers will prioritise the LMS Moodle and MS Teams platforms for distance learning due to the unification of technical requirements for teachers and students, as well as thanks to the support of DICT and CAVS. User manuals have already been created for these platforms, and training has been organized.
The LMS Moodle application will be used by guarantors and teachers of subjects mainly to make study materials available to students online or test students' knowledge through online tests. The provision of study materials (often reduced to pdf lectures or a script) in the LMS Moodle environment must be considered in this respect as a very minimum, which is not an adequate substitute for contact teaching by e-learning.
Teachers will use the MS Teams application mainly for the organization, recording and online transmission of lectures, if necessary and possible for sharing seminars and tutorials, or for online consultations with students.
In line with the requirements of the faculties, DICT will prepare teams in the MS Teams environment for all currently taught subjects and provide other necessary technical support.
The scope of the distance form of teaching in study programs will be registered at the level of individual study subjects due to the information obligation to the National Accreditation Office for Higher Education.
The distance teaching elements will be used in accordance with the methodical guideline of the National Accreditation Office for Higher Education, i.e. only in those cases where objective external circumstances do not allow to implement the study program in accordance with the granted accreditation or in accordance with the authorization to carry out the study program based on institutional accreditation.
The implementation of study subjects in a hybrid or distance way will be monitored and evaluated, both from the point of view of students and teachers. This feedback will provide reflection to improve the teaching process or eliminate shortcomings.
To ensure suitable conditions for the implementation of hybrid and distance teaching, it is necessary to equip lecture halls and classrooms with appropriate technology.
All necessary information, including imposed hygienic preventive measures and recommended methodical procedures, is continuously published on the CZU website in the "Aktuálně COVID-19" section.
The conditions of teaching at faculties/Institute are usually set by the Order of the Dean/ Director.

Informations for the winter semester 2021/2022

Dear Students,

a new academic year will start in three weeks; therefore, I am contacting you with information on how teaching at CZU should commence.

The current epidemic situation and the conditions set by the Ministry of Health do not create obstacles to contact teaching. Therefore, we are preparing to start teaching in the regular mode, where lectures and exercises should take place primarily in contact (in person) in the joint presence of students and teachers. At the same time, however, teachers will be advised to consider conducting theoretical instruction in a hybrid mode where appropriate depending on the nature of the subject and the number of students. This means that lectures would also be broadcast online. Your faculty will provide you with exact information on how the teaching will occur before the semester starts. You will receive specific instructions for individual subjects from teachers in the first week of the semester.

If the state's stipulated condition for participation in contact teaching is proof of the absence of infection, you need to be prepared that you will have to prove your vaccination or illness or a valid negative test for COVID-19 when entering the university. This obligation currently applies to residents in dormitories, which the Ministry of Health perceives as the primary risk of infection. Proof of absence of infection for the accommodated must therefore be taken into account during the winter semester; the exact procedure of the inspection will be specified. The use of the "Tečka" application in mobile phones is planned to speed up this process.

Dear students, I firmly believe that the situation will be favourable at the time of the start of teaching and that we will be able to welcome you again at the end of September at our beautiful university campus.

I look forward to meeting you.

doc. Ing. Jiří Remeš, Ph.D.
Vice-Rector for Education

Current measures

Wear respiratory protective equipment until further notice.

All persons are prohibited from moving and staying without respiratory protective equipment (nose, mouth) such as a respirator, facemask, mouthpiece, scarf, shawl or other means that prevent the spread of droplets in all common (internal) areas of CZU, with the exceptions provided for in an emergency measure by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic(in particular employees and persons in a similar position while performing work atone place, if such a person works at a distance of at least 1.5 metresfrom another person).

Valid Rector's Decisions to prevent the spread of the infection

In connection with the current situation, the Czech University of Life Sciences carefully monitors the development of the situation and is in intensive contact with the contracted medical facility MEDLIN - MUDr. Pavel Lindovský and the Regional Hygiene Station. CZU regularly monitors the information channels of national institutions and other public health authorities and is ready to take further measures to prevent the spread of the disease in the event of increased risk. In this context, CZU fully complies with the legislation and currently established regulations and is awaiting relevant decisions of superior bodies (decisions of the Government Council, the Ministry of Health, and the Regional Hygiene Station).

Rector's Decision 16/2021 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 10th August 2021

Rector's Decision 12/2021 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 11th June 2021
Rector's Decision 10/2021 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 31st May 2021
Rector's Decision 5/2021 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 17th March 2021
Rector's Decision 4/2021 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 1th March 2021
Rector's Decision 1/2021 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 4th January 2021
Rector's Decision 30/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 3rd December 2020
Rector's Decision 29/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 25th November 2020
Rector's Decision 27/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 2nd November 2020
Rector's Decision 26/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 23rd October 2020
Rector's Decision 25/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 14th October 2020
Rector's Decision 24/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 12th October 2020
Rector's Decision 21/2020 - University grant competition of CZU for doctoral students within the project Improving the quality of the internal grant scheme at CZU
Rector´s Decision 20/2020 - Ensuring the conditions of study and work performance at CZU as of 17th September 2020

FEM information

FEM STUDY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE (SO)

Study Administration Office and Informatin Centre - office hours according to the schedule on the FEM website
For enrolment to a higher year the FEM Study office works only in the ON-line mode. Students send their possible applications by e-mail to the relevant study officer.

You can find the conditions of study at the CZU from 11 June 2021 below.
The operation of the library - see news.
The operation of the FEM is governed by the current situation in Prague and the Czech Republic.
Students are required to report a positive test for COVID-19, or quarantine immediately through the CZU questionnaire.
It is mandatory to wear masks in the interior of the FEM.
Persons with symptoms of respiratory diseases are prohibited from entering the faculty building.
The resulting questions, comments or compliments will be resolved most efficiently and quickly via the FEM online form - questions and comments for teaching.

Our priority is a quick and effective solution to the problems that have arisen. That's why it's important to properly target your queries:

To solve possible problems in a specific studied subject or during the elaboration of the Bachelor's/Diploma Thesis, first contact the pedagogue who teaches you (he / she is entered in your schedule, in the BT/DT assignment). If he does not respond for a long time, contact the head of the relevant department.
If you need advice on the study process, contact your Study Department Officer (according to your program / field, year and form of study). If it does not respond to your repeated urgency for a long time, contact the head of the Study Department.
Only if you cannot solve the problem in this way, contact the relevant study vice-dean according to the degree of your study (bachelor's, master's).

If you need to solve a problem with your study stay abroad, or you are a foreign student in English-taught programmes, contact the International Relations Office, and in case of persistent problems, contact the relevant vice-dean.

If you need to solve a problem with accommodation, contact the head of the operation of the relevant dormitories, in case of a persistent problem, contact the Directorate of Dormitories and Canteens.

When solving a problem in the field of IT (connection, login, etc.), contact the Helpdesk or the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of the CZU (OIKT).

Current FANFR measures

The faculty currently has no specific or additional information and follows the CZU instructions.

Current FFWS measures

The faculty currently has no specific or additional information and follows the CZU instructions.

Current FTA measures

Dear students of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Here you will find the most important information about the upcoming academic year 2020/2021:

All courses at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTA) from September 29, 2020, to October 30, 2020, will be organized as distance teaching (online lecturing).

The organization of the academic year in FTA is governed by the Valid Rector's Decisions (see below)

The online teaching will take place according to the announced time table (Teaching Time Schedule) of each course.

It is mandatory to wear masks in all indoor areas of FTA.

Students are obliged to report a positive result of the RT-PCR test for SARS COV-2, immediately through the CZU questionnaire. Furthermore, students will notify the FTA Study Administration Office via email ( markovai@ftz.czu.cz ).

Persons with symptoms of respiratory diseases are prohibited from entering the faculty building.

Due to the current epidemiological situation the graduation ceremony, which was announced for October 9, 2020, will be canceled.

Current FES measures

The faculty currently has no specific or additional information and follows the CZU instructions.

Current IEC measures

All forms of study (full-time, part-time, lifelong learning) at the Institute of Education and Communication (IEC) have changed into distance (online) study from 25 September 2020 to 18 February 2021. If some concrete lesson is not possible to be carried out in the distance form, it will be run on a block basis in the respect for anti-epidemic measures.
In the examination period starting from 19 December 2020, the method and form of verification of the study results (examinations and ECTS) shall be determined by regulation of the IEC Director.
The operation of the IEC and the organization of the academic year is governed by the current epidemiological situation in Prague and the Czech Republic, the actual Rector's Decision and the Director's Decree. Please, monitor news on the CZU and the IEC website.
The distance form of teaching will take place according to set timetable.
Students are obliged to report a positive result of the RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS COV-2, immediately through the CZU questionnaire. Furthermore, students are obliged to immediately report a positive test for COVID-19, or quarantine, to the IEC study department via email (popovicova@ivp.czu.cz).

Current FE measures

The faculty currently has no specific or additional information and follows the CZU instructions.

TF - Dean

Doc. Ing. Jiří Mašek, Ph.D.

masekj@tf.czu.cz
+420 224 384 228

Studijní oddělení

TF

Bc. Ivana Zástěrová

zasterova@tf.czu.cz
+420 224 383 218

TF

Lenka Jiroutková

jiroutkoval@tf.czu.cz
+420 224 384 216

Oddělení mezinárodních vztahů

TF

Ing. Monika Divišová

divisovamonika@tf.czu.cz
+420 224 383 212

Study Administration Office

FAPPZ

Ing. Jitka Voženílková, CSc.

vozenilkova@af.czu.cz
+420 224 384 668

International Relations Office

FAPPZ

Ing. Jitka Kloučková

iro@af.czu.cz
+420 224 384 577

Study Administration Office

FTZ

Mgr. Ilona Marková

markovai@ftz.czu.cz
+420 224 382 164
+420 704 870 177

International Relations Office

FTZ

Ing. Jana Hummelová ,Ph.D.

hummelova@ftz.czu.cz
+420 224 382 496

Study Administration Office

FLD

Ing. František Stehlík

stehlik@fld.czu.cz
+420 224 383 710

International Relations Office

FLD

Ing. Kateřina Navrátilová

navratilova@fld.czu.cz
+420 224 384 871

Horká linka FŽP

+420 224 382 992

Study Administration Office

FŽP

Ing. Renáta Beránková

berankovar@fzp.czu.cz
+420 224 383 765

International Relations Office

FŽP

Mgr. Jitka Rendlová

rendlova@fzp.czu.cz
+420 224 383 685

Study Administration Office

IVP

Ing. Tereza Popovičová

popovicova@ivp.czu.cz
+420 224 386 001

International Relations Office

IVP

Ing. Barbora Jordánová

jordanova@ivp.czu.cz
+420 224 386 006

FEM online – questions and comments on teaching

Study Administration Office

PEF

Infocentrum

+420 224 384 345

International Relations Office

PEF

Ing. Jana Sluková

slukovaj@pef.czu.cz
+420 224 382 061

PEF

Ing. Jan Hučko, Ph.D.

huckoj@pef.czu.cz
+420 224 382 313

Operation of CZU Components

Refectory (Menza)

From 1st June 2021, the CZU refectory (Menza) is OPEN.

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Dormitories

The operation and services of the Dormitories are provided in the usual mode without restrictions. With regard to the development of the epidemiological situation, the premises and the distribution of meals have been adjusted to comply with the currently generally binding legal regulations.

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Library

CZU Library is open for limited services and operates under hygienic conditions given by an extraordinary measure of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic.

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Cash desk – Library

Cash desk is open on Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 13 p.m. to 15 p.m.

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Card Center - Library

Cash desk is open on Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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Department of Physical Education (KTV)

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Registry - Rector's Office

The services are provided in the usual regime under the conditions stipulated by generally binding legal regulations . Enter the registry individually with your nose and mouth covered.

Faculties

All CZU buildings shall be possible only with an employee card (excluding CZU dormitory buildings).

Information regarding SARS CoV-2 situation at CZU Prague

Methodical Guideline of the Vice-Rector for Education on the Course of Teaching in the Winter Semester of the Academic Year 2021/2022

Informations for the winter semester 2021/2022

Current measures

Valid Rector's Decisions to prevent the spread of the infection

FEM information

Current FANFR measures

Current FFWS measures

Current FTA measures

Current FES measures

Current IEC measures

Current FE measures

Contacts

PR Department

Head of the Security Department

Registration of the positive RT-PCR test

Tracking of contacts of the positively tested on COVID-19

Halls of Residence and Refectory

Coordinator of outgoing students

Head of the International Relations Office

Incomming Erasmus and Exchange students

Coordinator of outgoing students

Coordinator of outgoing students

International Relations Office of the Faculties

FEM

FEM

FANFR

FE

TF

FES

FFWS

FTA

IEC