General description of the Faculty

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Studies started its activity in September 1990 as a part of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Pedagogical faculty. It was able to defend its right to existence and it became an independent faculty of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice from the beginning of the subsequent academic year 1991/1992.

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Studies deals, in summary, with the composition of health and social issues. At present it constitutes an integral part of the University of South Bohemia. The main inspiring philosophy is the effort to bridge the idea gap that separated strictly the issues of health care disciplines from the multiform social problems in the past periods.

The Faculty is significant by its up-to-date conception of departmental discipline of rehabilitation as a concept of traditionally presented rehabilitation of physical type, health and therapeutic rehabilitation, but also social, psychological and educational rehabilitation, i.e. so called comprehensive, self-contained rehabilitation strategy.