Jihlava Polytechnic University was visited by representatives of Tallinn University of Technology from Estonia

The Rector of Tallinn University of Technology Professor Tiit Land, the Dean of the School of Information Technologies Professor Gert Jervan and the Dean of the School of Engineering Professor Fyodor Sergeev met with the Rector Zdeněk Horák, the Vice-Rector Václav Baca and the Head of the Department of Technical Studies Radek Kolman at the Polytechnic University Jihlava.

During the meeting, they discussed in particular the issues of student and academic staff exchange, cooperation between universities and companies, the possibilities of interconnection in IT and the possibilities of projects using the Industry 4.0 laboratory. The visit also included a tour of the technical laboratories of the Department of Technical Studies.

In the future, Jihlava Polytechnic University would like to conclude a memorandum of mutual cooperation with a university in Estonia. "We are currently on the verge of concluding an inter-institutional agreement with Tallinn University of Technology and we believe that we will soon be able to start exchanges of students and academic staff, which will lead to a deepening of cooperation in other areas," said Zdeněk Horák, rector of the VŠPJ.

Tallinn University of Technology was founded in 1918 and is the only technical university in Estonia. It offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programmes in fields such as engineering, IT, natural sciences and business studies.