About the Department of Electronic Structures.

Contact

Address

The Department of Electronic Structures

Charles University

Ke Karlovu 5,

121 16 Prague 2,

Czech Republic

Telephone:	+420-2-	2491 5014,
		2191 1393
Fax:	+420-2-	2491 1061,
		2191 1351
email:	kfes@karlov.mff.cuni.cz

Organizational facts

The Department is a part of Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague, and it is itself divided into three sections: the X-ray group, Group of Magnetic Studies, and Section of Theoretical Physics.

There are also WWW pages maintained by X-ray group and Group of Magnetic Studies

Orientation of research

The main direction of the research performed at our department lies in studies of the structure and electronic properties of materials. You can have a look on a more detailed survey by prof. Valvoda, head of the department.

How to get here

You arrive by an airplane

You can take the bus No. 119 right at the airport and go to its final stop which is located close to the metro station 'Dejvicka' (line A). You would need to go to the station 'Musem' and change there for the line C, which would bring you to the 'I.P. Pavlova' station - the closest one to the Department. This is the most convenient and cheapest way.
Another option is to take a shuttle bus (van), operated by the city authority which would bring you from the airport to downtown Prague. After arriving to the downtown you would have to take the metro and go to the the 'I.P. Pavlova' station on the line C.
You can also hire a cab, which is unrecommended, and it would bring you to any place you chose - this may be fairly expensive, though. You may avoid certain complications if negotiate the price before taking a cab.

You travel by train

You would arrive either to Main Railway Station - 'Hlavni nadrazi' or to the Railway Station 'Nadrazi Holesovice', in both cases it is very convenient to use metro. Metro station 'Hlavni nadrazi' (line C) is located just below the Main Railway Station. 'Nadrazi Holesovice' it is also located very close to the metro station named 'Nadrazi Holesovice' on line C.

You go by car.

please keep in mind that on week-days the roads leading to Prague as well as the city streets are quite jammed from approximately 8:00 till 11:00 and from 14:00 till 18:30.

Notes about public transport

If you plan to use public transport in Prague it would be more convenient to purchase a 1-, 3- or 5-days ticket valid for all kinds of public transport. These tickets are available at some of the metro stations or may be at your hotel. Regular 15 and 60 min tickets are also available. You would find them at your hotel, in any metro station (ticket machines or station guard will sell them) and at the majority of the news stands.