In Czech Republic, in the city of Prague, there is an institution that has existed for almost as long as the modern society itself. This university has survived historical movements, border changes, epidemics, crusades, world wars, invasions, national conflicts and cultural revolutions. Today, 670 years after its foundation, it is ranked 15th in the list of the oldest universities in the world. This is the Univerzita Karlova - Charles University - which was founded in 1348, by decree of Charles IV, King of Bohemia and future German Roman Emperor. Generations of cultural, political and economic revolutions are not the only disturbances that the school has gone through.