Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU), (Czech Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně), is a Czech public university in the Moravian city of Zlín, comprising six faculties offering courses in technology, economics, humanities, arts and health care. The university was named after the entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, the founder of the shoe industry in Zlín. With a current student population of more than 9,200, This faculty was founded in 1960 as a vocational college for the Svit factory, and it was a part of the Technical University in Bratislava. In 1963 it became a part of the Technical University in Brno. This faculty had been educating specialists in leather, plastics and rubber technology for a long time. Later another vocational college in the town was established - the Design department, which is still a part of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

A proposal for the establishment of Tomas Bata University in Zlín was developed in the 1990s. As at that time, both the Faculty of Management and Economics and Institute of Advertising and Marketing Communications (later the Faculty of Multimedia Communications) were founded. However, on November 14, 2000, accredited degree courses within 111 The building is also the new seat of the rectorate of the university. Eva Jiřičná, a Czech architect and a native of Zlín, received an honorary doctorate on 18 May 2011. in recognition of her work on the influence of pressure on the rheological behavior of PIM materials.

Prof. Martin Zatloukal, an Exxon Mobil Chemical European Science and Engineering Award laureate. The prize is intended for scientists specializing in polymer processing.

Assoc. Prof. Vladimír Pavlínek, a Morand Lambla Award laureate for his long-running research into conductive polymers and the ways of using them in intelligent applications, made by the international Polymer Processing Society.

Notable staff and graduates of TBU

Marcela Kubalčíková, Michal Smola, Daniel Málek, Klára Křížová Tereza Marusincova

References

  • Tomas Bata University in Zlín website