More than 4,800 students of the Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University have a considerable impact on the life in the university town. Of the eight existing faculties, the Philosophical Faculty is one of the largest. It provides its students with a variety of opportunities.
The freedom in combination of the choices is in the Czech context quite exceptional – the students themselves choose which two subjects they are going to combine and which form of study they will take. The Philosophical Faculty in this way develops the legacy of Josef Ludvík Fischer, the first Rector of the re-established university in Olomouc, the legacy of the need to transgress the bounds of space and the limitations of subjects and specializations. The Faculty now is an institution capable of competition with faculties in Europe and its departments are favourably appraised even outside Europe.
