Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

The Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ) (Czech: Fakulta tropického zemědělství; FTZ) is a part of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU). The Faculty was established in 2013 by the transformation of the Institute of tropics and subtropics (ITS). The current dean is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hynek Roubík. The previous dean was Prof. Patrick Van Damme who became the second dean of the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ) but the first dean ever as a foreign national in the history of the Czech Republic (not counting deans from Slovakia). The Faculty is located in the campus of the CZU in Prague, the Czech Republic.

The main mission of the FTZ is education of students and publication of research results in the field of agriculture, rural development and sustainable management of natural and energy resources in the tropics and subtropics.

Motto of the faculty, initiated by Assoc. Prof. Hynek Roubík, since 2025 is: "Leading Excellence in Tropical AgriSciences"