Editing Brno (section)

==Education==
[[File:Kampus 2 (Fotoarchiv RMU).jpg|thumb|Masaryk University Campus in Brno-Bohunice]]
In 2019, 62,000 students were enrolled in Brno's higher education institutions.<ref name="studentcount"/> The city is also home to a number of [[research and development]] institutions, including the [[Central European Institute of Technology]] (CEITEC),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceitec.eu/|title=CEITEC|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> and the [[International Clinical Research Center]] (ICRC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fnusa-icrc.org/en/|title=FNUSA ICRC|access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Zemědělská 1, Brno.JPG|thumb|left|Mendel University]]
With over 40,000 students, [[Masaryk University]] is the largest university in Brno and the second biggest in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utrecht-network.org/en/site/brno|title=Marasyk University, Brno|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120035226/http://www.utrecht-network.org/en/site/brno|archive-date=20 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It consists of nine faculties, with more than 190 departments, institutes, and clinics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muni.cz/history/summary?lang=en|title=Brief history of the Masaryk University|access-date=2 October 2011}}</ref>

The [[Brno University of Technology]] was established in 1899, and is now among the biggest technical universities in the Czech Republic with over 20,000 students. [[Viktor Kaplan]], inventor of the [[Kaplan turbine]], spent nearly 30 years at the [[German Technical University in Brno]], which ceased to exist in 1945, its property transferred to Brno University of Technology.

[[Mendel University in Brno|Mendel University]], named after the founder of genetics [[Gregor Mendel]], who developed his [[Mendelian inheritance|revolutionary scientific theories]] in Brno, has roughly 10,000 students.

[[Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts]], named after [[Leoš Janáček]], was founded in 1947 and is one of two academies of music and drama in the Czech Republic.<ref name=jamu>{{cite web |url=http://english.jamu.cz/jamu/general.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428151103/http://english.jamu.cz/jamu/general.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 April 2009 |title=Janáček Academy – history |access-date=4 March 2010 }}</ref> It holds the annual [[Leoš Janáček Competition]].<ref name=jamu2>{{cite web|url=http://hf.jamu.cz/english/leos-janacek-international-competition/ |title=Janáček Academy – Leoš Janáček Competition |publisher=Hf.jamu.cz |access-date=4 March 2010}}</ref>