Mendel University in Brno (MENDELU) is a higher education school in the field of agriculture and forestry with a 95-year history. Named after the founder of genetics and the discoverer of the laws of inheritance, G. J. Mendel, the university is located within the limits of Brno, so the students can enjoy all the perks of living in the municipal centre of Moravia.

• The university offers 75 programs at 5 faculties, attended by more than 11,000 students.

• Mendel University is a member of the Central European Institute of Technology’s research excellence centre.

• MENDELU maintains 70 speciality laboratories.

• Almost 1,600 international students account for nearly 20% of the entire student body, world’s premier agricultural schools control student exchange programs.

• Besides agricultural programs, Mendel University offers sought-after creative specialities, such as Landscape Design, Finance, and Management and Marketing.

• The University’s Faculty of Economics provides a variety of creative courses, such as Digital Photography, Computer Graphics, Music, Organization of Exhibitions and Fairs, PR, and so on.

• Studying in the Czech language is free.

MENDELU rating

MENDELU is in the top universities of the Czech Republic and is among the top 100 universities in Europe and Asia according to the EECA University Rankings 2021, thanks to its international students and faculty ratio and international research network score. Mendel University is also ranked 801 in the QS World University Rankings.

MENDELU exchange programs

Mendel University believes in international partnerships with leading agricultural universities all around Europe, Asia, and the US. The school’s main partners are Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and many others.

MENDELU students are not only able to go on foreign student exchange programs, such as Erasmus+, but are also encouraged to apply for internships and traineeships in international partner companies, for which the university provides recommendation letters and placement help.

Faculty of AgriSciences

Bachelor’s degree programs

• Agroecology

• Agroecology

• Landscaping and soil protection

• Water in the agroecosystem

• Applied technology

• Waste management

• Operation of technology

• Technical expertise and valuation

• Agricultural buildings and technological equipment

• Phytotechnology

• Plant Production

• Plant medicine (Phytomedicine)

• Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

• Professional farming

• Food technology

• Agricultural engineering

• Agricultural business

• Agricultural engineering

• Animal Breeding

• Fishing

• Animal Breeding

Enrollment is carried out without exams, based on a certificate competition.

Master’s degree specializations

• Agroecology

• Agroecology

• Landscaping and soil protection

• Water in the agroecosystem

• Plant production

• Animal Nutrition

• Molecular biology and biotechnology

• MBB of plants

• MBB of animals

• Waste management

• Food science and human nutrition

• Food quality and safety

• Food technology

• Human nutrition

• Professional farming

• Machinery management

• Plant protection

• Fisheries and hydrobiology

• Technical expertise and appraisement

• Agricultural engineering

• Agribusiness

• Agricultural engineering

• Animal breeding

• Horse breeding and agrotourism

• Animal breeding

• General Agriculture (in English)

Entrance exams for follow-up Master’s programs: a written test in the subjects that were taken as part of the state examinations of the corresponding bachelor’s degree program.

For master’s program in English payment of tuition fee of CZK 79,390 per annum (approx. USD3500) is required.

Submission of applications: until March 31.

Web-site of the faculty: ipm.af.mendelu.cz

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology

Bachelor’s degree specializations

Arboristics Furniture Design (creative exam\portfolio application) Landscaping Forestry Tropical and subtropical forestry Forestry Gamekeeping Wood-based construction Technology and management of wood processing Furniture Design and Manufacture Furniture design Furniture production

Master’s degree specializations

• Furniture design

• Landscape Engineering

• Forest engineering

• Forest engineering

• Forest engineering of the tropics and subtropics

• Furniture engineering

• Wood-based constructions

• Technical biology of woody plants

• Wood processing technology and management

• European Forestry (in English)

Entrance exams for Master’s programs: an exam in the subjects that were taken as part of the state examinations of the corresponding bachelor’s degree program.

For the master’s program in English payment of a tuition fee of CZK 65,000 per annum (approx. USD2790) is required.

Submission of applications: until March 31.

Web-site of the faculty: ldf.mendelu.cz

Faculty of Economics

Bachelor’s degree specializations

• Finance

• Financial services

• Trade and service management

• Economics and Management (full-time and part-time form)

• IS / ICT Administration (full-time and part-time form)

• Open Informatics

• Economics and Management (in English)

Entrance exams: a test of prerequisites for study: for the study program Administration IS / ICT additional test in Informatics is required.

Master’s degree specializations

• Economics and Management

• Economics and Management (part-time)

• Economic Policy and Administration

• Accounting and Taxes

• Open Informatics

• Open Informatics (in Engish)

Submission of applications: for bachelor’s degree – until April 3, for master’s degree – until May 15.

For bachelor and master’s programs in English payment of a tuition fee of CZK 65,000 per annum (approx. USD2790) is required.

Web-site of the faculty: pef.mendelu.cz

Faculty of Horticulture

Bachelor’s degree specializations

• Horticultural engineering

• Horticulture (full-time and part-time)

• Viticulture and winemaking (full-time and part-time)

• Processing technologies and food quality (full-time and part-time)

• Landscape architecture (full-time)

• Implementation and management of greenery

• Garden and landscape realizations (full-time)

• Greenery Management (part-time)

• Floristic work (full-time)

Entrance exam: no exams for programs Horticultural engineering, Implementation and management of greenery and Floristic work. For the program Landscape architecture, the applicant needs to undergo a test in biology, a creativity exam and an interview.

Master’s degree specializations

• Horticultural engineering

• Horticulture (full-time and part-time)

• Viticulture and winemaking (full-time and part-time)

• Processing technologies and food quality (full-time and part-time)

• Landscape architecture (full-time)

• Implementation and management of greenery(full-time)

• Floristic work (full-time)

Submission of applications: for bachelor’s degree – until March 31, for master’s degree – until May 20.

Web-site of the faculty: zf.mendelu.cz

Faculty of Regional Development and International studies

Bachelor’s degree specializations

• Regional Development

• International Territorial Studies

• International Territorial Studies (in English)

Entrance exams: prerequisites for the study test (TSP, example) – for programs in Czech; a test for general knowledge for the program in English (example).

Master’s degree specializations

• Regional Development

• International Territorial Studies

• International Territorial Studies (in English)

Entrance exams: for program Regional Development applicants must undergo an exam in regional economics and politics, sociology, and environment protection; for program International Territorial Studies applicants must undergo an exam in regional development ( including problems of using natural sources, problems of developing countries).

Submission of applications: until April 30.

The tuition fee for studying in English is 58 000 Kč per annum.

Web-site of the faculty: frrms.mendelu.cz