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Education

Weaknesses
5	W1	Absence of a detailed system of teaching quality control corresponding to the basic needs and mission of a technical university
	W2	Feedback student evaluation of the quality of received education conducted ad hoc, often formal, the obtained information is not considered by heads of on a long-term basis
4	W3	Low numbers of international students
4	W4	Inadequate legislative framework for education of international students
	W5	Funding of higher education – the technical support/equipment often funded from resources allocated for research and development and from funds provided by cooperating companies
	W6	Owing to rapid technical development laboratory equipment (at some faculties) needs upgrading
	W7	A high number of scheduled classes difficult to reduce (in favour of self-study, consultations, modern teaching methods)
	W8	A small share of social sciences
	W9	Shortage of job opportunities for graduates of Bachelor degree programmes
	W10	Insufficient use of Internet and visual presentations on websites in instruction
	W11	Indifferent attitude of some teachers to the problems of their faculty
1	W12	Shortage of younger teachers in most study areas, high average age of professors and associate professors
2	W13	Absence of a central system that would motivate teachers to get involved in study programmes in English
3	W14	Low number of teachers involved in lecturing at universities abroad
	W15	Insufficient cooperation among faculties in education
	W16	Low-level knowledge of English or another world language of incoming students
	W17	Different (and often insufficient) computer literacy of students
	W18	Low interest of students in university activities (consumer attitude)
	W19	Insufficient involvement of students in learning
6	W20	Secondary-school attitude of the students to learning during the first years of study
	W21	Few students complete the programme within the nominal length of study, a solid dissertation cannot be written in three years
	W22	Not enough attention to first-year students (transfer from secondary school to university)
	W21	The form and numbers of student transfer between degree programmes (Bc – Mgr., Mgr.-PhD) have not been specified
	W23	Not fully designed curricula of the structured Bachelor and Master degree programmes
1a	W24	A low proportion of middle generation academic staff
4	W25	Inadequate salaries and recognition of pedagogical work
7	W26	Pedagogical qualifications not required by rule
	W27	Copyright and fees of authors of electronic texts have not been specified
	W28	Shortage of instruction and specialised laboratories at some faculties
Management
Weaknesses
	W1	Outdated organisation structure of the Rector´s Office and existence of two parallel BUT management systems (academic and economic) with different powers and responsibilities
1	W2	Considerable administrative load of academic staff
3	W3	Inadequate legislation concerning study fees – ambiguity of the relevant act
5	W4	Technical and staff problems and delays in introduction of new central SW: the economic system (SAP) and subsystems (Brutis, Apollo, Student)
2	W5	Bureaucracy in administration
	W6	Insufficient employment of stimulation tools
	W7	Shortage of job opportunities for Ph.D. graduates at university
	W8	Absence of systematic methodological support from the Rector´s Office, particularly in economic issues
6	W9	Absence of a quality control system (mainly of teaching, feedback control of the relationship teacher - student, student - faculty management, etc.)
	W10	Disproportions in the development of individual departments at the ´new´ faculties (differences in the personal and professional development of all faculty workplaces)
	W11	Very low interest of students in university activities, formal approach of the Student Union, its minimal contact with students and faculty managements, the highest level of student representation is in academic senates of faculties and in the Academic Senate of BUT
	W12	Strong autonomy of faculties hindering the development of BUT
	W13	Executive (management) power effected by academics
4	W14	Underestimation of the human factor, low investment in in-service training of the university staff (absence of a long-term programme of personal growth at the university)
	W15	Too many responsibilities passed on to the lowest management level – heads of departments
7	W16	No real strategy of human resources development
8	W17	Absence of a stimulation system
External Relations
Weaknesses
	W1	Formal contacts of the Brno city council with the university
5	W2	Weak presentation of BUT in the media
	W3	Financial support from the Ministry of Education
4	W4	Low numbers of international students and teachers coming within the framework of international mobility programmes
6	W5	Shortage of programmes in English (inadequate policy of the Ministry of Education)
	W6	The currently low number of student exchange projects focused on eastern countries ( the former Soviet Union)
3	W7	Low numbers of international students
	W8	The decreasing growth dynamics in numbers of students undertaking part of their studies abroad (due to the steadily decreasing financial support from the European Union)
	W9	Conservative international cooperation policy
1	W10	Insufficient motivation and desire to engage a greater number of (mainly young) academics in cooperation outside the university
2	W11	Seeking financial support for student mobility from other than government resources
	W12	Absence of a system of student and teacher motivation to take short-term stays at foreign universities (recognition of study results, compulsory subjects in English)
7	W13	A low degree of internationalisation of the internal faculty and university environment
8	W14	Cooperation with higher education representatives
Research
Weaknesses
5	W1	Currently relatively low success in seeking EU grants (the 5th and 6th framework programmes)
4	W2	Limited capability of creating interdisciplinary teams
	W3	Negative attitude of the industrial sector to the funding of research
	W4	Relatively slow transfer of research results to industry (as opposed to some positive examples – construction of the VUT 100 plane, water pumps awarded at the Brno fair, mechanisation of waste incinerator, etc.)
7	W5	Extensive cooperation with industry – predominantly short-term orders, absence of long-term projects
3	W6	Excessive workload of academics also due to their involvement in numerous small projects (instead of focusing on significant grant projects and international projects)
8	W7	Shortage of highly-specialised research laboratories due to the lack of funding from public and other sources
2	W8	Absence of purely research teams (caused by the mechanism of higher education funding based on the number of students educated at the faculty)
1	W9	Teaching overload of academic staff (large numbers of scheduled hours and subjects per person) resulting from the mechanism of higher education funding
6	W10	Absence of a transparent economic and legislative framework for involvement in European projects
9	W11	Insufficient government support, absence of a long-term vision, underestimation of university education and research
7	W12	Scattered and random cooperation with the industrial sector, reluctant attitude of well-established companies to practical training of undergraduates and PhD students
	W13	Gaps in the transfer of new ideas from the university to the Technological Park and the Incubator
	W14	Protection of the intellectual property of the university and individual authors

Appendix 1 Regulation for habilitation procedures and procedures for the

appointment of professors

Brno University of Technology