History

In the school year of 1961/62, the first 15 students applied to study the new specialisation “Glass Machines and Glassmaking Equipment”. A separate department was subsequently established in 1963 and its first students graduated in the same year. With the expansion of the professional focus to ceramic machines, the department was renamed “Department of Glass and Ceramic Machines”.

The first head of the department was Prof. Ing. Dr. techn. František Kotšmíd, who was accompanied by well-known glass experts Prof. Ing. Dr. techn. Jaroslav Staněk from VŠCHT Praha (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague) and Prof. Ing. Dr. techn. Milota Fanderlík from the Státní Výzkumný Ústav Sklářský v Hradci Králové (State Glass Research Institute in Hradec Králové). 

Graduates work in the positions of designers, scientific researchers, and in technical economic work at all levels of management. Many of the graduates have remained faithful to their field and many held and still hold important positions in the management of glass and ceramic companies. More information about current educational opportunities is available on the website STUDENT.

Historically, the department has participated in many activities of the faculty and the university. Over the past few years, it has led two research projects (Optimisation of the Properties of Machines and Work Processes, and Optimisation of the Properties of Machines in Interaction with Work Processes and People). The department took a very responsible approach to the OP R&D project (Centre for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovations, CxI) and the subsequent NPU project (Development of the Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovations, TUL).