Establishment of the University of Prague

Timeline

1. 1348Avignon · AvignonBohemian King Charles IV (then heir of the Luxembourg dynasty) petitioned Pope Clement VI to found a university, receiving approval through the bull Foundationis Universitatis Studii Pragensis, which granted Prague studium generale status and the right to confer degrees.
2. 1348–1349Prague · PragueFollowing the Paris model, the university established faculties of theology, canon law, civil law, medicine, and liberal arts (the seven arts), formally admitting students and masters in 1349; Charles IV linked the university to the building of Prague's New Town and to court cultural policy, attracting German and Bohemian scholars.
3. 1350–1400Prague · PragueThe University of Prague became the most important academic institution in the eastern Holy Roman Empire, training clergy, jurists, and administrators; before the Hussite movement at the end of the 14th century, the university was already an important source of Bohemian national consciousness and ideas of religious reform.