  tomas bata university in zlÃ­n (tbu), (czech univerzita tomÃ¡Å¡e bati ve zlÃ­nÄ), is a university comprising six faculties offering courses in technology, economics, humanities, arts and health care. the university is named after the entrepreneur tomas bata (1876â1932) who was also the originator of the shoe industry in zlÃ­n. with a current student population of more than 12,000, tbu ranks among medium-sized czech universities. == history == tbu in zlÃ­n came from the 40-year tradition of the faculty of technology, which was established in zlÃ­n in 1969. this faculty was founded in 1960 as a vocational college for the svit factory, and it was a part of the technical university in bratislava. in 1963 it became a part of the technical university in brno. this faculty had been educating specialists in leather, plastics and rubber technology for a long time. later another vocational college in the town was established - the design department, which is still a part of the academy of arts, architecture and design in prague. a proposal for the establishment tomas bata university in zlÃ­n was developed in the 1990s. as at that time, both the faculty of management and economics and institute of advertising and marketing communications (later the faculty of multimedia communications) were founded. h
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