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The university admitted around 600 students annually from over 60 countries. Most of the students lacked the means to support themselves through their education. Therefore the USL charged no tuition fees and the students were provided with dormitory accommodation, regular meals, as well as a monthly
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in 1961. Until 1966, the university had three departments - linguistics, social science and sciences. In 1966 the sciences department was discontinued. The university had only two rectors over the course of its existence, both lawyers: Jaroslav Martinic (1961–1969) and Otakar Taufer (1969–1974) The
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The University was abolished in 1974. The key reasons were high costs, the conflicts between students from different regions and ethnicities as well as between foreign students and local and the high share of alumni, that remained in Czechoslovakia instead of returning home after graduation, which
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that existed between 1961 and 1974. It was designed for students from formerly colonized countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The name of the school referred to the
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was at odds with the stated aims of the university. The linguistic department was preserved and moved to the
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but, in line with its aim to expose the students to the socialist society, teaching took place also in
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Former university for students from the developing world in Czechoslovakia
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Public university
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czech
Czechoslovakia
17 November 1939 Massacre
Gestapo
Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University
Karl Marx University
East Germany
Prague
Záhrádky
Dobruška
Holešov
Poděbrady
Mariánské Lázně
Senec
Herľany
Bratislava
Charles University
ISBN
978-80-7308-921-4
ISBN
978-80-7308-922-1
"The University of 17 November in Prague: Students from Third World countries in Czechoslovakia, 1961-1974"


"Konfliktní lekce z internacionalismu Studenti z "třetího světa" a jejich konfrontace s českým prostředím (1961–1974)"
"ČNR 1971-1976, tisk 81"
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