University of Defence (Czech Republic)
Encyclopedia
The University of Defence (Czech
: Univerzita obrany, UO) is an institution of higher education
of the Czech Armed Forces located in Brno
and Hradec Králové
. The university is responsible for education of military professionals and experts engaged in national security.
One can earn these degrees at three faculties of the university:
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
: Univerzita obrany, UO) is an institution of higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
of the Czech Armed Forces located in Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
and Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, and electronics manufacture. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos...
. The university is responsible for education of military professionals and experts engaged in national security.
Degrees
UO offers these types of degrees:- Bachelor's degreeBachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
- Master's degreeMaster's degreeA master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
- Doctoral degree
One can earn these degrees at three faculties of the university:
- Faculty of Economics and Management
- Department of Econometrics
- Department of Economy
- Department of Logistics
- Department of Population Protection
- Department of Fire Support Control
- Department of Combat Support Management
- Department of Social Sciences and Law
- Department of Military Management and Tactics
- Faculty of Military Technology
- Department of Weapons and Ammunition
- Department of Combat and Special Vehicles
- Department of Engineer Technologies
- Department of Aerospace and Rocket Technologies
- Department of Air Force
- Department of Aerospace Electrical Systems
- Department of Radar Technologies
- Department of AD Systems
- Department of Communication and Information Systems
- Department of Military Geography and Meteorology
- Department of Mathematics and Physics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Faculty of Military Health Sciences
- Department of Epidemiology
- Department of Military Medical Service Management
- Department of Radiobiology
- Department of Toxicology
- Department of War Surgery
- Department of War Internal Medicine
- Department of Military Hygiene
- Department of General and Urgent Medicine
- Department of General Education Subjects
- Institute of Mollecular Pathology
- Centre for Advanced Studies