We deal with additional, extension and specialisation studies. We focus on research activities in the field of complementary educational studies in education. We develop study materials and carry out innovations in the specialisation study of school management and educational counselling.

The basic research goal of the Centre is to investigate the socio-cultural horizons of medieval man across social stratification in order to bring the culture of (not only) Central Europe in the medieval period closer to us.

The Centre profiles itself as a research institution of the Departments of Education for Citizenship and Music Education of the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava and develops one of the priority directions of research at the Faculty of Education under the title: culture - identity - region.

We are a research institute of higher education. We focus on research and development in the field of feedstock transformation, especially in waste and alternative fuels. On usable forms of energy and their subsequent efficient use.

Research and development in the Moravian-Silesian region with a focus on the long-term development of priority fields of their integration into the European research area. Development and research in the fields of nanotechnology, mechatronics, new materials and technologies for their production and environmental technologies.

The Centre is focused on research, support and development of science gifted pupils living and studying in the Moravian-Silesian Region. We also support teachers, assistants and parents of the gifted, as well as those who meet them in many other activities.

The Archives supervises the methodological management of the Central General Records Office and manages the museum collections housed in the old headquarters building.

We provide professional services for the development and implementation of national water policy focusing on hydraulics, hydrology, hydrogeology. We are engaged in promoting water protection, flood prevention and waste and packaging management, research on the status, use and changes of aquatic ecosystems and their links in the landscape.

We focus on research into the materials and processes of the Earth's crust and their effects on the environment. We study the structure and properties of anthropogenic sediments, physical laws and mechanisms of induced processes in rocks. We organize lectures at universities and courses.

A research institute dedicated to research on regional issues, especially in terms of literary and artistic traditions. The institute is concerned with the study of regions in the Czech and Central European context and their inspiring role in cultural and artistic production.

Teaching, research and analytical activities in the field of nanotechnology. Focuses on the preparation of metal nanoparticles using biotechnology, preparation and characterization of layered silicates and hydrotalcites intercalated with organic molecules.

We operate an institute engaged in research and application of fuzzy modeling. We are engaged in the development of new algorithms for global optimization problems or improvement of software tools for fuzzy modeling of complex processes. We try to extend and improve existing fuzzy modeling methods.

The company is one of the Czech institutions in the field of applied research in regional sciences. It carries out evaluations of operational programmes, strategies and projects. It produces strategic and conceptual documents for ministries, regions and cities.