Tomáš Čermák graduated in 1964 from Brno University of Technology at the faculty of electrical engineering.
In 1974 he earned his Ph.D. in the field of electrical drives at the Brno University of Technology.
Čermák was rector of the Technical University of Ostrava from 1990 to 1997,[1] and vice-rector for R&D and Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2003.
Čermák is a member of numerous national and international committees, such as vice-president of Czech Universities Council, Member of General Assembly of Czech Academy of Science (AVČR) and founding member of the Czech Engineering Academy (IAČR) and International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE).
Čermák is an author of nine books and numerous articles in journals and papers from national and international conferences.