Fastening positive relations between the civilian and military societies is a persistent mission of the University of Defence that uses tools such as presentations of growing professionalism or improving academic activities. From this point of view, attention is primarily paid to maintaining traditionally good contacts to national and/or local government bodies, universities and Czech national defence and security corps.

In terms of regional cooperation, the University of Defence exercises effort in deepening relations with important education and research and development institutions or entities, especially in the regions of Brno and Hradec Kralove. University’s teachers and researchers give lectures, training or advice to the local administrative bodies of the regions including regional government, such as governor’s offices, to the elements of the Czech Integrated Rescue System or county administrations. University of Defence cooperates with Regional Development Agency South Moravia to contribute to designing the joint Regional Innovation Strategy of South Moravia in 2009 – 2013.

Cooperation with universities

Among the leading institutions in cooperation, the following should be mentioned: Masaryk University, Mendel University, University of Technology (all in Brno), Charles University (Prague), particularly its Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmacy (in Hradec Kralove), Faculty of Health Studies of the University of Pardubice and also University Hospital Hradec Králové. For research and development projects, University of Defence Faculties collaborate with Czech Technical University in Prague, Technical University of Liberec, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, research establishments of the Ministry of Health and Central Military Hospital in Prague.

The Faculty of Military Health Sciences academic staff members are involved in the preparations and later shall engage in the execution of „University Campus in Hradec Kralove“ project designed to build a university campus for teaching, training, research and development in health care. They are further involved in „Scientific and Research Capacity in Medicine and Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove“ project intended to establish collaboration between the entities engaged in medical research and the enterprises in the region, in the Czech Republic and abroad.