University of Ostrava

The University of Ostrava is an institution which strives to bring progressive tendencies and critical knowledge into its local territory through the promotion of scientific activities and style of education that is research-driven and ready to adapt to the challenges of contemporary society. Offering a wide variety of degree programs, the UO excels particularly in the disciplines of fuzzy modelling and artificial intelligence, genome biology, in the study of biodiversity and environmental geography. In 2021, the UO ranked among the top 1000-1200 universities in the world according to the QS Ranking and top 300-350 among the THE Young University Rankings.