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A rector is a senior official in an educational institution, and can be an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world, the rector is often the most senio
Inauguration of Rector Lubomír Dvořák (Palacký University), 2006
Then Rector of the Bologna University, Ivano Dionigi, with then Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi, 2015.
Enrique Graue 34th Rector of the UNAM during his inaugural speech, 2015
Colonnade at the reconstructed Yushima Seidō in Tokyo. The hereditary rectors of this Edo period institution were selected from the Hayashi clan.
Palacký University Olomouc
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Palacký University Olomouc is the oldest university in Moravia and the second-oldest in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1573 as a public university led by the Jesuit order in Olomouc, which
Rector (academia)
…reformer Jan Hus, physician Jan Jesenius, theologian Rodrigo de Arriaga and representative of Enlightenment Josef Vratislav Monse. Jiřina Popelová (Palacký University of Olomouc) became the first female Rector in 1950. The rectors are addressed "Your Magnificence Rector" ("Vaše Magnificence pane rektore…
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Faculty of Science stairwell
A sundial commemorating the quatercentenary of Olomouc University (1573–1973) on the facade of the Rector's Office Building
1998 copy of Olomouc University Rector's Mace - the original from ca. 1572 is as of 2013 still held by the Innsbruck University