At present, the University of Ostrava has made 25 agreements with foreign universities at the university level. Many agreements have also been made at the level of faculties and departments. Research and creative activities form an inherent part of the qualification growth of the teaching staff of the University.
Postgraduate studies are in their very beginning.
Year after year, more universitz teachers join various grant programmes, including foreign ones. The internal grant competition, announced by the vice-rector, primarily supports young researchers. Within the short time of their existence, these two institutes have already won good reputations. The Pedagogical Faculty scientific and research activities focus on mathematics in education, the Czech Language didactics, didactics of arts, crafts, and music, pedagogical studies of music, motodiagnostics and protection and recovery of the environment as a part of future teachers' education. Artistic creations by the Pedagogical Faculty teachers and students are displayed at numerous exhibitions and concerts, both home and abroad.