The Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc is a research-based faculty that offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral studies invarious branches of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Sciences.Currently, the Faculty has more than 4000 students.

Fields of Study
Faculty prepares specialists in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, ecology, and teachers for secondary schools. Teacher education study programs are organized as combinations of two disciplines (e.g. mathematics–chemistry, biology-geography). We provide
bachelor, master and doctoral programmes.

Research
The Faculty has great creative potential; it can pride itself on a rich portfolio of original scientific results that are pushing the limits of our knowledge and multilateral international cooperation. Some of the research teams rank very high in the international context. According to the methodology of the Czech Research, Development and Innovation Council, the Faculty of Science ranked fifth in 2011 among all faculties and scientific institutes in the Czech Republic. In 2010, the faculty ranked sixth. Among the students of the Faculty of Science, there are winners of prestigious awards, such as the Česká hlavička (Czech Mind) Award or Scopus Young Researcher Award. The faculty is very successful in obtaining national as well as international grants.