Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd České republiky
Abbreviation	FZU
Formation	1 January 1954
Location	Prague, Czech Republic;
Coordinates	50°07′24″N 14°28′08″E / 50.123471°N 14.468835°E
Fields	Physics research
Director	Michael Prouza
Parent organization	Czech Academy of Sciences
Staff	c. 1100
Students	c. 130
Website	https://www.fzu.cz

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU, Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd České republiky) is a public research institution in the Czech Republic and a part of the Czech Academy of Sciences.^[1] The Institute specialises in fundamental and applied research across five fields: particle physics, condensed matter physics and solid-state physics, optics and physics of plasma. FZU is also involved in education at the university level, supervision of Master and PhD students and science communication.