Gaudeamus® 2012

5th year of the Gaudeamus Fair was held at the Holešovice exhibition grounds in exhibition halls E and D. Students could visit many originally designed booths. Participating schools tried to interest the students not only by their extensive study offer, but also by presenting state-of-the-art technologies and scientific findings applied to everyday life.

This year’s attendance was record-breaking. There were times when both exhibition halls were so full of students that it was almost impossible to move around. The attendance exceeded both organiser’s and exhibitor’s highest expectations.

More than 8 300 came to see the Exhibition during the two days. There were also substantially more senior year high school students, seeking specific schools or fields of study, compared to previous years. There also was a significant increase in student’s interest in studying abroad. There were 156 exhibitors from 10 countries all around the world.

The Science for Life accompanying program was a part of the Prague fair for the first time this year. The goal of the program was to present modern technologies and scientific discoveries. Students could try many interesting experiments for themselves. Four universities participated in the program.

Lectures given by participating schools were the traditional accompanying programme. The lecture hall was located in exhibition hall D and seated 120 people. The lectures proven to be the most effective way of passing information to the students, so the lecture hall was the most visited place.

During the Exhibition there was an exclusive music performance given by David Deyl and his band. David Deyl is a partner of the fair, he is also a doctoral student of the Faculty of Education of the J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. The music performance was organised by the university.