Masaryk University completed the campus, it cost five billion

Brno - Masaryk University has completed and opened its campus in Brno-Bohunice, one of the largest and most expensive projects in the academic sphere in recent years in Central Europe. It has transferred mainly the natural sciences and medical fields from facilities scattered throughout the city into the new pavilions. The total costs exceeded five billion crowns. The campus is not only a place for study but also for scientific research, said the university rector Petr Fiala to reporters.
    "With the successful implementation of the campus project, Masaryk University has managed to fulfill an almost 100-year-old goal of the university's founders, who aimed to build infrastructure worthy of the second Czech university," Fiala stated. The campus is the heart of a new urban district, with a covered bridge connecting it to the Faculty Hospital Brno and a new shopping center. A private investor is preparing the construction of accommodation for students and faculty.
    The area consumed 10,000 tons of steel and 85,000 tons of concrete. There are 3,000 kilometers of cables running through the campus, said the bursar Ladislav Janíček.
    The university campus in Bohunice consists of a total of 24 educational and research pavilions. It includes an information center with a library and study rooms, an educational center with an auditorium and lecture halls, and a sports hall. The campus will serve approximately 5,000 students and 1,000 educators and research workers from the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Sports Studies.
    The total costs for the construction of the campus amount to 5.159 billion crowns. The project is financed from the state budget supported by a loan from the European Investment Bank, Masaryk University's own resources, and funding from the city of Brno. Construction work began in 2003. The first objects of the campus were opened in 2005, with more following in 2007 and 2009. Today, the last one was ceremonially opened.
    Around the campus, a number of other related scientific, research, and university facilities are likely to gradually emerge, and there are also plans for service development. The Brno city hall is preparing the construction of a tram line to the campus. So far, the area is only accessible by bus. "Brno approved a change to the zoning plan in September, which will allow the track to be built. I believe it will be accomplished in two or three years," stated the deputy mayor Martin Ander (Green Party).
    The campus has been enlivened by a number of contemporary artworks - including sculptures, plastics, and busts of prominent figures. For example, incoming visitors from the shopping center will see a bronze sculpture of T. G. Masaryk by the sculptor Vincence Makovský at the entrance.