For Students

Thesis Opportunities

We offer supervision of Bachelor’s, Master’s as well as Doctoral theses with a focus on botany. Our research covers various groups of organisms traditionally studied within botany (plants, algae, fungi, and lichens), as well as their ecological interactions with animals and soil organisms. Topics range from systematics, taxonomy, and evolution to theoretical studies of ecological interactions and applied research, including projects focused on education and teaching. Students can choose between fieldwork and laboratory-based projects; research often combines both approaches.

Currently offered thesis topics can be found on the webpages of individual research groups, their list is in the Research section.

Teaching

At the Bachelor’s level, the department provides courses focused on botany as well as courses such as biostatistics. The department is responsible for these courses.

At the Master’s level, the department runs the Botany programme and, in cooperation with the Department of Zoology and the Department of Ecosystem Biology, the English-taught programme Ecology. In the winter semester of odd-numbered years, we organize the Quantitative Ecology Module – a block of courses taught in English that enables international students, usually within the Erasmus programme, to study at our department.

Seminars

The seminars of the department take place in the meeting room of the Botany Villa on Wednesdays at 15:00. The student seminars are usually in Czech but now and then is there an English presentation of foreign students or invited speakers.

Programme of seminars (CZ)

Excursions

The department organizes weekend botany excursions for students and the public. Their schedule is found primarily on the Czech website, English translation will usually be placed in the news section of department of botany.

Programme of excursions (CZ)

We also organize a number of field courses for students, some jointly with other departments.