The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) has ranked among the most successful Czech universities in the latest edition of the Leiden Ranking. It is one of only two Czech universities with an above-average share of highly cited publications by global standards. It also ranks first in the country for the proportion of papers among the world’s top 10% most cited.

On Tuesday 10 November 2026, students at the Czech University of Life Sciences will hold a rally in support of public service media, thereby joining the nationwide protests of university students. They will gather at 11.55 am by the Sundial, a symbol of the Velvet Revolution of November 1989 at CZU.

How can Czech forests be prepared for a changing climate, and how can their resilience be strengthened? These are the questions explored in the new documentary film Roots of Tomorrow, which premiered on 3 November at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU). Using the forests of the Brdy region as an example, the film introduces the principles of close-to-nature forest management and explores how they can be applied in forestry practice.

An international research team—including ornithologist Martin Bulla from FZP CZU—has just published a study in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal examining the temporal links between the various phases of the annual cycle of migratory birds. By reconstructing the year-round migratory behavior of 2,324 individuals across 83 bird species, the researchers discovered a strong temporal connection throughout the migration process: from departure from breeding grounds and arrival at wintering grounds, to departure from wintering grounds and the eventual return to the breeding ones. As part of the study, the scientists compiled a unique global database of data from tracking devices. They found that while birds can compensate for some delays by traveling faster, this compensation is never complete.