Jan Perner Transport Faculty
In 1992 the foundations for Jan Perner Transport Faculty establishment were laid within the then VÅ CHT (Institute of Chemical Technology) in Pardubice. In that year, on 1 October, Department of Transport was established. Two professors, two senior lecturers and one assistant professor formed the department. The aim of the Department was to prepare the opening of Transport Faculty. On 1 April 1993 the activity of Jan Perner Transport Faculty began. In the same year, the first graduation ceremony of alumnae of Jan Perner Transport Faculty (DFJP) was held.
In November 1992 an intensive preparation for the realization of Transport Faculty was started. The Faculty was given the name of Jan Perner in his honour. Detailed study documentation was created and the personnel support of pedagogical, scientific, administrative and technical activities of the Faculty was prepared. The proposal of DFJP establishment was discussed and definitely approved by the scientific council of VÅ CHT (Institute of Chemical Technology).
Transport Faculty represents the continuity of tradition that was started by Railway Technical University in Prague and previously by Czech University in Prague. This way, DFJP represents the continuity of tradition that started in 1707 by establishment of the first public engineering university in the Central Europe called Professional Engineering University in Prague. However, the beginnings of technical studies date back to as early as 1344, the era of an emperor Charles IV., and they are connected with a man named Mathias of Arras.
