There are 27 universities in the Czech republic. They vary in a wide range of sizes, ages and orientations. The Charles University is the oldest and the largest one. It was established 650 years ago in 1348 and it educates about 30 thousand students in 16 faculties. But there also exist smaller universities that were established recently whilst some of them educate only about one thousand of students.
All universities have their computer centers at either university or faculty level.
The university management expects from the ICT an improved information flow and therefore an improved quality and effectiveness of control of all vital processes with less paperwork. The university teachers expect better support for lectures, a better access to databases, better support of research, better connectivity with the rest of the world. The students have similar expectations. But these high expectations are often in a sharp contrast with a reality. Although extensive financial and labor resources are spent to ICT, the real improvements don t meet expectations.