Interview with first foreign deat in Czech Republic
The Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTA) CZU has elected a foreign national as a new dean in an effort to expand its international positioning/ranking
INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW DEAN By Klára Jiřičná
In March 2021, Prof. Patrick Van Damme became the second dean of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTA) but the first dean ever as a foreign national in the history of the Czech University of Life Sciences. A professor in tropical agronomy, Patrick Van Damme speaks 6 languages (and knows about a few more…) and is retiring later this year from his home university in Belgium, but has a lot of energy and plans to consolidate FTA´s international ranking and further develop its international mandate.
Author: Hynek Roubík
Other authors: Klára Jiřičná
Organization: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Year: 2021
Country/ies: Czechia
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Magazine article
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Content language: English