Programme of celebrations

February 1 and 3, 2024, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | VŠPJ Open Doors Days

March 15, 2024, 7.30 p.m. | 8th VŠPJ Representative Ball

April 23, 2024 | Roundtable: Vocational training programmes and their relevance for regions

The College of Polytechnics 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 April 10, 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 | The Week of Higher Education in Jihlava - 20 years of VŠPJ

The College of Polytechnics Jihlava was established by law on June 3, 2004 as the first non-university institution of higher education in the Czech Republic. In the two decades since its foundation, it has become an indispensable centre of regional education.  The College of Polytechnics Jihlava will celebrate The Week of Higher Education in Jihlava from June 3 to June 9, 2024. Students, staff and the general public can look forward to concerts, lectures, public discussions, and sport activities.  The birthday celebrations are financially supported by the Vysočina Region and the Statutory City of Jihlava.

June 3, 2024 | Birthday cake, 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 colleges and universtities 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 foundation

 

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 College of Polytechnics Jihlava 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 June 5, 2024 at 3 p.m. The memorial will stand on the site where 11 people lost their lives in mock trials in the 1950s. The College of Polytechnics Jihlava and the Statutory City of Jihlava invite all interested parties to the unveiling ceremony behind the Educational Centre of the College of Polytechnics Jihlava. The author of the memorial is architect Zdeněk Sendler.

 

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

June 6, 2024 | Let' sport with the College of Polytechnics Jihlava

June 7 - 9, 2024 | The Rector Ladislav Jirků Memorial

September 24, 2024 | Academic Day of VŠPJ

Academic Day is the traditional informal opening of the academic year at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava. During this event, new and current 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 18, 2024 | Procession commemorating the events of November 17

On the occasion of the International Students' Day and the Day of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy, the Student Chamber of the Academic Senate of the College of Polytechnics is organizing a procession to the Keys Monument. The event commemorates the historical events of 1939 and the Velvet Revolution fifty years later in 1989.

November 19 - 21, 2024 | Jobstart 2024

Jobstart is a job and internship fair for students, alumni, staff and friends of the college. Each year, interested parties can look forward to offers from exhibitors and a programme of dedicated talks focusing on professional skills development. The VŠPJ thus provides a unique opportunity for students to map the job market, informally meet future supervisors and co-workers, make contacts, complete a mock interview or listen to a lecture on the career path of VŠPJ graduates.

December 18, 2024 | Christmas at VŠPJ

Christmas at VŠPJ is 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. This year VŠPJ will support eMBéčko, a low-threshold facility for children and youth in Moravské Budějovice. The low-threshold facility eMBéčko provides children and youth aged 7 to 20 years old who are in the Třebíč district in the streets, parks and other outdoor places and spend their free time in an unorganized way, with the safe space of the club and field work in the streets, professional and basic counseling in the field of relationships, school, drugs, educational problems, violence, etc.