FZU is also involved in education at the university level, supervision of Master and PhD students and science communication.

The fifth department is the Joint Laboratory of Optics, which FZU shares with Palacký University in Olomouc (central Moravia) and is also located there.

The lecture is named after Vladimír Dvořák, a physicist in the field of solid state physics and also the director of FZU in 1993–2001.

Among the speakers were Yoshihiro Ishibashi, Anton Zeilinger, Dieter Vollhardt, Allan H. MacDonald, Peter Jenni, Orazio Svelto, Janos Hajdu, Marco Cavaglià, Paul Lecoq, Shaoyi Jiang, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Jorge J. Rocca, Marko Topic.

[28] FZU participates in a number of activities popularizing research among the public, for example through lectures, excursions, workshops for students, etc.

The biggest events include the Science Fair (Veletrh vědy), the Academy Week (Open Days) and the European Researchers' Night.

FZU also participates in ScienceFest (VědaFest), Take Back Your Streets (Zažít město jinak) and many other events in the Czech Republic.