University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (Czech: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Latin: Universitas Bohemiae Meridionalis Budovicensis, JU or JČU) is a public university located in the city of České Budějovice (with branch campuses in Tábor, Vodňany, Nové Hrady) in the Czech Republic.

[2] The university was established on September 28, 1991, by an Act of Parliament, on the basis of two unrelated and independent institutions located in the city of České Budějovice.

The faculty has total of 7 academic departments with an official motto of "We teach people to help."

Since its inception in 1991, the diocesan bishop of České Budějovice has been by statute the moderator of the faculty.

[10] In U.S. News & World Report ranking the University of South Bohemia is rated at 941.