History and Location
Most of the theoretical and preclinical departments of the Second Faculty of Medicine are located on the Plzeňská Campus, on Plzeňská Street. The faculty acquired these premises after the Velvet Revolution; until 1989 they served as a military training ground. The lower part of the whole area belongs to the Czech Technical University, and the upper part is owned by Charles University.
Building B (“Earthworm”)
The first of the new buildings of the theoretical and preclinical departments, nicknamed the “Earthworm” because of its shape and distinctive yellow staircase, replaced the original buildings in the summer of 2011. (It is designated as Building B.) While walking through it, you will come across the histological floor (home to the Department of Histology and Embryology), which has two rest areas: one painted in eosinophilic colours, the other in hematoxylin colours – so that students can study in a beautiful atmosphere.
Building C
In September 2019, another part, Building C, was opened, adjoining the building from 2011; the faculty thus acquired its own Department of Anatomy. It is also home to the Department of Biophysics, the Department of Pharmacology, the Department of Physiology, the Department of Neuroscience, and the Department of Pathological Physiology.
The Department of Anatomy, opened in 2019, is one of the most modern in the Czech Republic. It has 16 dissection tables, a virtual dissection table, an operating theatre for teaching clinical anatomy, ultrasound technology, 3D printing of teaching models, and state-of-the-art facilities for working with donor bodies.
Building A
The last of the buildings in the area of the theoretical and preclinical departments on Plzeňská, designated as Building A, was opened in October 2022, bringing fourteen years of construction to an end. Its second floor houses classrooms for 20 to 60 people, the third floor an auditorium for 200 people and classrooms for 40 to 60 people, and the fourth floor consultation rooms and a sunny terrace. The Department of Epidemiology, the Department of Languages and the Department of Ethics moved into the new premises.
