Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU

Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU (FNSPE CTU) ; is a faculty of Czech Technical University in Prague.

History
It was established in 1955, as part of the Charles University, but in 1959 became a new special faculty of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The establishment of the Faculty was connected with the beginning of a new era of the peaceful use of nuclear energy. A complex approach to all nuclear branches was intended, so specialists from universities, technological institutions, and industry were brought together to comply with this task. Later, newly developed areas of physics application, e.g. plasma and solid state physics, lasers, cosmic research, etc., were included in the Faculty curricula.

The characteristics of the Faculty activities developed during its history, and the most advanced areas of technological progress have always attracted its attention. Students with a special interest in mathematics were taught individually, and, subsequently, the study of mathematical engineering was established. The Faculty is equipped with several large research facilities, such as the VR-1 training nuclear reactor, scanning electron microscopes, high power laser systems, computational and advanced radiochemical laboratories, satellite laser ranging station (Helwan, Egypt), etc.

Focus and structure

Its main responsibility is to offer both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In addition, the Faculty is also responsible for fundamental and applied research in fields related to nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, nuclear power engineering, materials science, mathematics, software engineering, and physical electronics. Therefore it maintains close relations with various research institutions both at home and abroad.

The current structure of FNSPE includes 10 academic Departments, namely of Mathematics, Physics, Languages, Nuclear Chemistry, Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation, Materials, Solid State Engineering, Physical Electronics, Nuclear Reactors, and Software Engineering in Economics, located either in BÅ™ehová Street (the main premises, housing also the Dean´s Office and the Central Faculty Library), in Trojanova Street or in Troja.
Although the Faculty shares the same basic structure in its degree courses as the other faculties of the CTU, it is unique in several respects, namely :

#Most students have a grammar school background.
#All undergraduates take full-time courses, i.e., no part-time programmes are offered.

Student and Staff Services

The University and its Faculties have special support facilities offering services to their students and staff. They are provided by, e.g., the Libraries, the Dormitories , the University Publishing House, and the Medical Centre.

Library

The Central Faculty Library is located in the main premises in BÅ™ehová Street. It contains an extensive collection of books and periodicals covering the study programmes and research projects of the school. It also shelves reference books, journals, newspapers, lecture notes, proceedings, dictionaries, degree projects, PhD dissertations, etc. Lecture notes and many books may be taken out on loan, but dictionaries and some textbooks are available for reference use only.

The Tereza Centre

The Department of Mathematics has established a centre for supporting training of visually impaired university students, referred to as the Tereza Centre. The classroom/laboratory of the centre is equipped - besides the common personal computers - with some special devices, such as several Braille displays, large monitors, speech outputs, a closed circuit television, scanners, a Braille printer, and a specialized device enabling perception of pictures and other graphic information. Visually handicapped students can connect themselves to the Internet.

Accommodation and Meals

Full-time non-residential students who live too far to commute can apply for accommodation in the dormitories. The room charge can vary according to the quality of housing. Most dormitories provide shared study-bedrooms, usually doubles. Cheap private housing is difficult to find and is quite expensive.
Meals at reduced prices are available in the dining rooms of the dormitories, or they may be taken in the university cafeterias (“mensas”). Most dining rooms provide all daily meals except weekday lunches. Meal tickets (vouchers)for the whole month can be obtained from the respective “Mensa” office.

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