University of the Third Age

University of the Third Age MENDELU

The Institute of Lifelong Learning has been organising education for seniors in the form of the University of the Third Age since 2003, when it launched its first year with the educational programme “Man and Nature at the Beginning of the Third Millennium”.

Every year, more than a thousand seniors in Brno and nearly three hundred more at our branches start their studies. This number testifies to the continuing interest of the seniors to spend their time in a meaningful way, to learn about new developments in the world of science and to make new friendships.

Study

University of the Third Age (U3A) offers a basic three-year and a follow-up two-year study programme, which include lectures on the topics of the key disciplines of all parts of Mendel University in Brno, i.e. the Faculty of AgriSciences, the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Faculty of Horticulture, the Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies and the Institute of Lifelong Learning. Theoretically oriented lectures are complemented by practical exercises and excursions.

Furthermore students can sign up for one-year courses, such as Garden and Health, Our Garden, Trees, Forest and Landscape, or Man and the World, which explore deeper the topics covered in the
basic study. The offer also includes the popular one-semester courses in foreign languages, flower arranging or photography. Newly offered are also online courses on topics such as Permaculture, Meat Production or Genetics and Health.

The University of the Third Age branches

The interest of seniors in actively enjoying life is not limited to the city of Brno and its surroundings but has also reached more distant areas. Gradually, U3A branches were established at those places, which currently include:

Bruntál (at the Business Academy and the Secondary School of Agriculture in Bruntál),
Lednice (at the Faculty of Horticulture of Mendel University in Brno),
Kyjov (at the Klvaňa Grammar School and the Kyjov Secondary Medical School),
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (at the Secondary School of Agriculture and Science in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm),
Vyškov (at the Grammar School and Secondary Vocational School of Health and Economics Vyškov).
Velké Pavlovice (et the Grammer school at the Velké Pavlovice)

Projects

MENDELU University of the Third Age also implements national or international projects. Deatil information can be found below.

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