The Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Technical University of Ostrava has the status of an Forensic Institute based on the decision of the Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic JUDr. Pavel Rychetský, dated July 23, 2002, under reference number M-1009/2002 and upon the decision of the Minister of Justice JUDr. Daniela Kovářová, dated 28 April 2010, under reference 102/2010-OD-ZN.