List of Charles University rectors

Last updated September 12, 2025

This is a list of rectors of the University of Prague founded in 1347/1348 by Emperor Charles IV (the current official name is Charles University).

University of Prague
1372–1419 University of 3 faculties
1372–1419 Independent Law School
1419–1622 Utraquist Academy (Carolinum)
1556–1654 Jesuit Ferdinand's Academy (Clementinum)
1622–1638 Common rectors of Carolinum and Clementinum
1638–1654 Jesuit Ferdinand's University (Clementinum)
1654–1881 Charles-Ferdinand University
1882–1939 Czech University
1882–1945 German University
1945–present Charles University
References
External links

University of Prague

1366 Henricus de Etwat de Primislawia (Jindřich z Etwatu neboli z Embecku)
1367 Henricus de Nanexen alias de Embeck (Jindřich z Nanexen neboli z Embecku)
1372 Nicolaus Gewiczka seu de Kolberg (Mikuláš z Jevíčka neboli z Kolobřehu). In 1372, the Faculty of Law became an independent university.

1638–1654 Jesuit Ferdinand's University (Clementinum)

In 1638–1654, Carolinum had no rector.^[2]

1638–1639 Jiří Meridies
1639–1643 Blažej Slanina ^[3]
1643–1646 Pavel Anastasius
1646–1650 Ondřej du Buisson
1650–1652 Jiří Molitoris ^[4]
1652–1653 Jiří Hogenegger (1616–1684), vice-rector
1653–1654 Jan Molitoris ^[5]

1654–1881 Charles-Ferdinand University

In 1654 both universities were unified.

1654 Jan Molitoris ^[6]
1655 Jindřich Pipius
1655 Mikuláš Franchimont z Franckensfeldu
1655–1659 Ondřej Schambogen
1660 Kryštof Norbert Knauth z Fahnenschwungu
1661 Jan z Vrbna
1662 Jan Marcus Marci z Kronlandu
1663 Jan z Vrbna
1664 Kryštof Kyblín z Waffenburku
1665 Jan Saxius
1666 Mikuláš Franchimont z Franckenfeldu
1667 Václav Zímmerman
1668 Ignác František Tam
1669 Šimon Schürer
1670–1671 Jakub Jan Václav Dobřenský de Nigro Ponte
1672 Daniel Krupský
1673 Jan Jiří Funck
1674 Matyáš Tanner
1675–1676 Jan Jiří Proxa
1677 Řehoř Král
1678 Matyáš Alois Malanotte
1679 Jiří Weis
1680–1681 Šebestián Kristián Zeidler z Zeidlernu
1682 Jan Wald
1683 Jan Jiří Funck
1684 František z Vrtby
1685–1686 Jakub Jan Václav Dobřenský de Nigro Ponte
1687 Emanuel de Boye
1688 Jan Kryštof Schambogen
1689 Václav Sattenwolf
1690 Jan Jindřich Proxa
1691 Václav Sattenwolf
1692 Jan Kryštof Schambogen
1693 Ondřej Muntzer
1694 Jan Antonín Cassinis de Bugella
1695 Jan Dubský
1696–1697 Jan Jindřich Turba
1698 Ferdinand Rudolf Waldhauser
1699 Jan František Löw z Erlsfeldu
1700 Kašpar Knittel
1701 Jan Jindřich Turba
1702 Tomáš Schmidl
1703 Jan František Löw z Erlsfeldu
1704 Jáchym Stechau
1705 Jan Kašpar Ignác Wolwert de Neffe
1706 Jiří Kinský (Chsinsky)
1707 Jan Kašpar Ignác Voigt
1708 Jan Miller
1709–1710 Václav Jan z Kriegelsteinu
1711 Jan Miller
1712 Jan Frantíšek Löw z Erlsfeldu
1713 Jakub Stessl
1714–1715 Václav Xaver Neumann z Puchholtze
1716 František Fragstein
1717 Jan František Lbw z Erlsfeldu
1718–1719 Heřman Oppersdorf
1720 Jan Adam Besnecker
1721 Jakub Stessl
1722 Leonard Ferdinand Meisner
1723 Franz Retz
1724 Václav Xaver Neumann z Puchholtze
1725–1726 Jan Nonnert
1727 Ferdinand Leonard Meisner
1728 Jan Seidel
1729 Václav Xaver Neumann z Puchholtze
1730–1731 Julius Zwicker
1732 Ferdinand Leonard Meisner
1733 Jan Seidel
1734 Václav Xaver Neumann z Puchholtze
1735 Jan Seidel
1736 Jan Jakub Gelhausen vicerektor Václav Xaver
1737 Václav Xaver Neumann z Puchholtze
1738 Jan Heilman
1739–1740 Václav Xaver Neumann z Puchholtze
1741–1742 Jiří Peter
1744 Jakub Smith z Balroe
1745 František Xaver Heissler
1746 Jindřich Petr Proichhausen
1747 Leopold Grimm
1748 Antonín Václav Rings
1749 Leopold Grimm
1750 Mikuláš Ignác Knigsmann
1751 Bernard Weber
1752 Jan Ignác Mayer z Mayersbachu
1753 Bernard Weber
1754 Josef Azzoni
1755–1756 Baltazar Lindner
1757 Jan Antonín Scrinci
1758 Jan Tille
1759 Jan Nepomuk Václav Dvořák z Boru
1760 Jan Tille; from 17 June 1760 Jan Antonín Scrinci
1761 Jan Antonín Scrinci
1762 Jan Matyáš Schweiberer
1763–1674 Ignác Kajetán Veit
1765–1676 František Xaver Wissinger
1767 František Du Toy
1768 Jáchym Pleiner
1769 František Václav Štěpán z Kronefelsu
1770–1771 Petr Janovka
1772–1773 František Wissinger (He died on 29 July, 1772 in Rome, the last Jesuit rector)
1774 František Václav Stephan
1775–1776 Pavel Seddeler
1777 František Du Toy
1778 Antonín František Veselý
1779 Ferdinand Woldřich
1780–1781 Tomáš Jan Hrdlička
1782 Leonard Antonín Verbeck
1783–1784 Karel Jindřich Seibt
1785 Josef Antonín Schuster
1786 Cosmas Schmalfus
1787 Tadeáš Bayer
1788 Jan Diesbach
1789 Ferdinand Woldřich
1790 Karel Rafael Ungar
1791 Václav Vojtěch Forsat
1892 Jan Diesbach
1793 Josef z Bretfeldu
1794 Jiljí Chládek
1795 Jan Křitel Zauschner
1796 Antonín Strnad
1797 Josef z Bretfeldu
1798 Kašpar Royko
1799 Josef Bohumír Mikan
1800 Stanislav Vydra
1801 Jan Nepomuk Vignet
1802 Vavřinec Chrysostomus Rogner
1803 Antonín Michelič
1804 Jan Goskho ze Sachsenthalu
1805 Josef z Bretfeldu
1806 František Xaver Hain
1807 Ignác Matuschka
1808 Václev Lenhart
1809 Josef z Bretfeldu
1810 Karel František Fischer
1811 Josef Rottenberger
1812 Milo Jan Nepomuk Grün
1813 Josef z Bretfeldu na Kronenburgu
1814–1815 František Pitroff
1816 Alois Martin David
1817 Josef z Bretfeldu na Kronenburgu
1818 Karel František Fischer
1819 Josef Rottenberger
1820 František Mikuláš Titze
1821 Michael Schuster
1822 František Seraf Wilhelm
1823 Ignác Nádherný
1824 Josef Antonín Köhler
1825 Martin Adolf Kopetz
1826 Benedikt Jan Nepomuk Eiffer
1827 Jan Theobald Held
1828 Josef Ladislav Jandera
1829 Jan Kaňka
1830 František Tippmann
1831 Julius Vincenz von Krombholz
1832 Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka (František Ignác Kassián Halaška)
1833 Tomáš Karel Härdtl
1834 Maxmilián Millauer
1835 František Wünsch
1836 Josef Leonard Knoll
1837 Karel Václav Wolfram
1838 Václav Vilém Václavíček
1839 Antonín Jan Jungmann
1840 Josef Jungmann
1841 Antonín Karel Mudroch
1842 Mikuláš Tomek
1843 Jan Nepomuk Fischer
1844 Jeroným Josef Zeidler
1845 Leopold Hasner von Artha
1846 Jeroným Josef Zeidler
1847–1848 Josef Reisich
1849 Josef Hoffmeister
1850 František Serafin Češík
1850–1851 Matyáš Popel
1851–1852 Vincenc František Kostelecký
1852–1853 Jiří Norbert Schnabel
1853–1854 Jan Nep. Ignác Rotter
1854–1855 Franz von Pitha
1855–1856 Jeroným Josef Teidler
1856–1857 Jan Chlupp
1857–1858 Gabriel Güntner
1858–1859 Anton von Jaksch
1859–1860 August Emanuel von Reuss
1860–1861 František Eduard Tuna
1861–1862 Jan Křitel Smutek
1862–1863 Josef von Löschner
1863–1864 Jan Jindřich Löwe
1864–1865 František Xaver Schneider
1865–1866 Vincenc Náhlovský
1866–1867 Josef Halla
1867–1868 Vincenc František
1868–1869 Jan Bedřich Schulte
1869–1870 Eduard Petr
1870–1871 Emanuel Seidl
1871–1872 Konstantin von Höfler
1872–1873 Jan Nepomuk Schier
1873–1874 František Antonín Mayer
1874–1875 Joseph Hasner
1875–1876 Samuel Friedrich Stein
1876–1877 Karl von Czyhlarz
1877–1878 Antonín Reinwarth
1878–1879 Jan Streng
1879–1880 Ernst Mach
1880–1881 Huga Kremer–Auenrode
1881–1882 Josef Schindler

1882–1939 Czech University

1882–1883 Václav Vladivoj Tomek
1883–1884 Antonín Randa
1884–1885 Jan Streng
1885–1886 Václav Tomek
1886–1887 Emil Ott
1888–1889 František Studnička
1889–1890 Matouš Talíř
1890–1891 Vladimír Tomsa
1891–1892 Antonín Frič
1892–1893 Jiří Pražák
1893–1894 Frantšek X. Kryštůfek
1894–1895 Arnold Spina
1895–1896 Karel Vrba
1896–1897 Jaromír Hanel
1897–1898 Eugen Kadeřávek
1898–1899 Josef Reinsberg
1889–1900 Jan Gebauer
1900–1901 Josef Strupecký
1901–1902 Jan Ladislav Sýkora
1902–1903 Ivan Horbaczewski
1903–1904 Čeněk Strouhal
1904–1905 František Stroch
1905–1906 Antonín Vřešťál
1906–1907 Jaroslav Hlava
1907–1908 Lubor Niederle
1908–1909 Leopold Heyrovský
1909–1910 Josef Král
1910–1911 Jan Jánošík
1911–1912 Jaromír Čelákovský
1912–1913 František Vejdovský
1913–1914 František Mareš
1914–1915 Kamil Henner
1915–1916 Rudolf Dvořák
1916–1917 Vítězslav Janovský
1917–1918 Gabriel Pecháček
1918–1919 Karel Hermann–Otavský
1919–1920 Josef Zubatý
1920–1921 František Mareš
1921–1922 Bohumil Němec
1922–1923 Cyril Horáček
1923–1924 František Pastrnek
1924–1925 Otakar Kukula
1925–1926 Karel Petr
1926–1927 Josef Vančura
1927–1928 Lubor Niederle
1928–1929 Vladimír Slavík
1929–1930 Jindřich Matiegka
1930–1931 August Miřička
1931–1932 Josef Pekař
1932–1933 Rudolf Kimla
1933–1934 Karel Domin
1934–1935 Josef Drachovský
1935–1936 Gustav Friedrich
1936–1937 Karel Weigner
1937–1938 František Slavík
1938–1939 Vilém Funk
1939–1940 Bedřich Hrozný

1882–1945 German University

1882–1883 Ewald Hering
1883–1884 Ernst Mach, replaced by Ferdinand Lippich
1884–1885 Friedrich Rulf
1885–1886 Wenzel Frind
1886–1887 Carl Gussenbauer
1887–1888 Moritz Willkomm
1888–1889 Dominik Ullmann
1889/1890 Josef Sprinzl
1890/1891 Philipp Knoll
1891/1892 Johann von Kelle
1892/1893 Emil Sax
1893/1894 Gustav Carl Laube
1894/1895 Josef Schindler
1895/1896 Karl Hugo Huppert
1896/1897 Anton Marty
1897/1898 Joseph Ulbrich
1898–1899 Anton Kurz
1899/1900 Carl Holzinger Ritter von Weidich
1900/1901 Hans Chiari
1901/1902 Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser
1902/1902 Adolf Bachmann
1903/1904 Carl Rabl, elected rector Virgil Grimmich died on 13 August 1903
1904/1905 Alois Rzach
1905/1906 Josef Rieber
1906/1907 Emil Pfersche
1907/1908 August Sauer
1908/1909 Rudolf von Jaksch
1909/1910 Josef Zaus
1910/1911 Max Grünert
1911/1912 Heinrich Rauchberg
1912/1913 Robert Lendlmayr Ritter von Lendenfeld, died on 3 June 1913
1913/1914 Richard Ritter von Zeynek, 1869–1945
1914/1915 Heinrich Swoboda
1915/1916 Adolf Zycha
1916/1917 Ottokar Weber
1917/1918 Anton Elschnig
1918–1920 August Naegle
1920/1921 Franz Wähner
1921/1922 Robert Mayr-Harting
1922/1923 Samuel Steinherz
1923/1924 Karl Kreibich
1924/1925 Josef Jatsch
1925/1926 Carl Isidor Cori
1926/1927 Otto Peterka
1927/1928 Carl Isidor Cori
1928/1929 Otto Grosser
1929/1930 August Naegle
1930/1931 Carl Isidor Cori
1931–1933 Mariano San Nicolò
1933/1934 Gerhard Gesemann
1934/1935 Otto Grosser
1935/1936 Karl Hilgenreiner
1936/1937 Michael Stark
1937/1938 Rudolf Schránil
1938/1939 Ernst Otto
1939/1940 Ernst Otto
1940–1942 Wilhelm Saure
1942/1943 Alfred Buntru
1943/1944 Friedrich Klausing
1944/1945 Kurt Albrecht

1945–present Charles University

1945–1946 Jan Bělehrádek
1946–1947 Bohumil Bydžovský
1947–1948 Karel Engliš
1948–1954 Jan Mukařovský
1954–1958 Miroslav Katětov
1958–1966 Jaroslav Procházka
1966–1969 Oldřich Starý
1969–1970 Josef Charvát
1970–1976 Bedřich Švestka
1976–1990 Zdeněk Češka
1990–1995 Radim Palouš
1995–1999 Karel Malý
1999–2005 Ivan Wilhelm
2005-2014 Václav Hampl
2014–2022 Tomáš Zima
2022–present Milena Králíčková

References

↑ "Zdislav ze Zvířetic".
↑ http://www.upol.cz/fileadmin/zuparchiv/XIV/cislo28.pdf )
↑ "První diplomy Univerzity Charlese de Gaulla LILLE III pro studenty UP" [First diplomas of the University Charles de Gaulle LILLE III for UP students](PDF) (in Czech). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-30.
↑ "Zurnal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
↑ "Zurnal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-08.
↑ "Zurnal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-08.

External links

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Karl-Ferdinands-Universität Prag (in German)

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[1] "Zdislav ze Zvířetic".

[2] ttp://www.upol.cz/fileadmin/zuparchiv/XIV/cislo28.pdf )

[3] "První diplomy Univerzity Charlese de Gaulla LILLE III pro studenty UP" [First diplomas of the University Charles de Gaulle LILLE III for UP students](PDF) (in Czech). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-30.

[4] "Zurnal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.

[5] "Zurnal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-08.

[6] "Zurnal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-08.

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List of Charles University rectors

Contents

University of Prague

1372–1419 University of 3 faculties

1372–1419 Independent Law School

1419–1622 Utraquist Academy (Carolinum)

1556–1654 Jesuit Ferdinand's Academy (Clementinum)

1622–1638 Common rectors of Carolinum and Clementinum