What will the Globcentrum look like?

Globcentrum is the next planned stage in the development of the Albertov Campus. It will provide facilities for education and research in fields that help us understand changes affecting the planet, society and the environment.

The Globcentrum educational centre covers seven areas:

• Climate change and atmospheric processes

• Dynamics of natural processes and landscape changes

• Socio-geographic and demographic manifestations of global processes and changes

• Geodynamics

• Geochemistry, biogeochemistry and toxicology

• Ecosystems, biodiversity and biological invasion

• Geoinformatics and geostatistics

In addition to classrooms, offices and laboratories, Globcentrum will offer shared facilities, including educational collections, particularly herbarium collections, libraries and map collections, and a computing centre. The building is also planned to include exhibition spaces, sports and relaxation facilities, and a childcare group.

Like Biocentrum, Globcentrum will be based on the principle of learning through science, combining high-quality teaching with research in which students take an active part. Together, the two buildings will create an environment that fosters collaboration across disciplines and faculties.

Globcentrum in numbers

- Total number of staff: 480

- Maximum number of students on site at any one time: 345

Globcentrum will also house a new university canteen with a capacity of approximately 1,500 diners.