Programme of celebrations

February 1 and 3, 2024, 9.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. | VŠPJ Open Day

Come and take a peek under the hood of studying at our university. The Open Day of the Polytechnic College Jihlava will take place twice this year. For the first time, the doors of the VŠPJ will open to all interested parties on Thursday, 1 February 2024 from 9.00 to 14.00. Applicants for studies at the VŠPJ who cannot make the Thursday deadline due to school or work obligations, but fortunately they do not have to despair. The Open Day will also take place at the weekend, on Saturday, 3 February, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to tours of the medical, technical, economic or social fields, applicants can also look forward to presentations by individual departments, for example, which will give them an overview of their study options. They will also get a unique opportunity to talk to current students at info points, test their English at the British Council Test Centre, race on the treadmill or try out wheelchair handling.

15 March 2024, 7.30pm | 8th VŠPJ Representative Ball

The Rector of the Polytechnic University Jihlava invites employees, students and the general public to the 8th Representative Ball of the Polytechnic University Jihlava, which will take place on Friday, 15 March 2024 in the premises of the Worker's House at Žižkova 15, Jihlava. The gates of the Worker's House will open at 7 pm and the ball itself will start at 7.30 pm.

Tickets can be purchased HERE

April 23, 2024 | Roundtable: Vocational training programs and their importance for regions

The Polytechnic College Jihlava is organising a round table to share good practice and discuss current issues related to vocational study programmes. Representatives of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, rectors of universities, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic, representatives of local governments, etc. are invited to the round table. Registration is possible until 10 April 2024 at the e-mail address lucia.dostalova@vspj.cz.

May 21, 2024 | Euro or Koruna? Public debate on the possible adoption of the Euro in the Czech Republic

June 3 - June 9, 2024 | Higher Education Week in Jihlava - 20 years of VŠPJ

The Polytechnic College Jihlava was established by law on 3 June 2004 as the first public non-university college in the Czech Republic. Two decades since its foundation, during which it has become an indispensable centre of regional education, it will celebrate the Week of Higher Education in Jihlava from 3 to 9 June 2024. Students, staff and friends of the school from the general public can look forward to concerts, lectures or discussions. The week will close with sports. On Thursday, 6 June, the traditional sports event Sport with VŠPJ 2024 will take place at Masaryk Square in Jihlava. From 7 to 9 June, the International Baseball Tournament Memorial of Rector Ladislav Jirka - VŠPJ Cup will take place at the Sports Complex of Otokar Březina and Demlova Elementary Schools, commemorating the first rector of VŠPJ and his passion for baseball. The birthday celebrations were financially supported by the Vysočina Region and the Statutory City of Jihlava.

June 3, 2024 | Birthday cake cutting, planting of the 20th anniversary tree and placing a time capsule in the school building

June 3, 2024 | Festive Evening at the Horácké divadlo Jihlava

4. 6. 2024 | Round table: The importance of regional universities for regions in the Czech Republic

5. 6. 2024 | Lecture series dedicated to the history of the VŠPJ, its predecessors and developments leading to its establishment

 

June 5, 2024 | Lecture: the case of Babice 1951. Crossroads of stories. Lecturer: prof. PhDr. Michal Stehlík, Ph.D.

 

June 5, 2024 | Unveiling of the Memorial to the Executed Innocent Victims of the Communist Regime

The building of the Jihlava Polytechnic University witnessed the turbulent Czechoslovak history of the 20th century. The political prisoners executed behind the brick wall of the former regional court in Tyršova Street will be commemorated by the Memorial to the Executed Innocent Victims of the Communist Regime, which will be unveiled on 5 June 2024 at 3 pm. The memorial will stand on the site where 11 people lost their lives in mock trials in the 1950s. The Jihlava Polytechnic University and the Statutory City of Jihlava invite all interested parties to the unveiling ceremony behind the Jihlava Polytechnic University's Teaching Centre. The author of the memorial is architect Zdeněk Sendler.

 

June 5, 2024 | Polytechna Fest - concert series to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the school

June 6, 2024 | Sporting with the University of Applied Sciences

7 - 9 June 2024 | Rector Jirka Memorial

September 24, 2024 | Academic Day of VŠPJ

Academic and Graduation Day is the traditional informal opening of the academic year at the Polytechnic University of Jihlava. During this event, new and existing students, staff and alumni, as well as visitors from the public, have the opportunity to spend an afternoon in pleasant company, meet and talk with representatives of the college, heads of departments, supervisors of study programmes and other persons from the VŠPJ.

November 2024 | Jobstart 2024

In November 2024, the thirteenth annual Job and Internship Fair for students, alumni, staff and friends of the school will be held at the VŠPJ. The fair will be held at the VŠPJ Learning Centre at Tolstého 16, 586 01 Jihlava and its adjacent premises. Interested parties can look forward to offers from exhibitors, while the afternoon programme is dedicated to professional lectures focusing on the development of professional skills.

November 2024 | Meeting of the Lights at the Keys

On the occasion of the International Students' Day and the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy, the Jihlava Polytechnic College together with the Society for the Return of the TGM Statue to Jihlava organises the MEETING OF LIGHTS AT THE KEYS. The event will commemorate the historical events of 1939 and the Velvet Revolution fifty years later. Join us for the parade of lights starting from the Polytechnic University Jihlava.

December 2024 | Christmas at VŠPJ

So in 2024, Christmas at VŠPJ will take place, a traditional charity event in which students and employees of VŠPJ support a selected non-profit organization from the Vysočina Region with a material collection.