Awards and prizes

Student Awards and prizes

Graduates of IES FSV UK are known for their high-quality and in-depth knowledge and skills in the fields of economics and finance (see final theses), as well as their analytical abilities, which enable them to independently solve complex problems in various environments. Thanks to this flexible education, IES graduates are in high demand in the job market and easily find diverse career opportunities. The quality of graduates is also confirmed by numerous awards for their theses and other research.

News

  • The Czech Economic Society has awarded two of our alumni

    On November 30, 2023, the General Assembly of the Czech Economic Society took place, during which the Young Economist of the Year Award, the Karel Engliš Prize and the CES President's Award for authors aged 25 years or younger were also presented. We are delighted that two of these awards were won by our alumni - congratulations on your success!
    Announcement 30. 11. 2023 - Barbora Holková

  • Our alumnus, Jan Sinčák, has won the Professor Michal Mejstřík Award

    He has received it for his exceptionally beneficial master thesis on "Machine Learning Methods in Payment Card Fraud Detection." The Award was presented during the Mastercard Bank of the Year 2023 gala evening. Congratulations!
    Announcement 24. 11. 2023 - Barbora Holková

  • Our scientists received the Bedřich Hrozný Prize

    Within the celebrations of the 675th anniversary of the founding of Charles University, Michal Bauer and Julie Chytilová (IES FSV UK and CERGE-EI) received the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for Creative Achievement,  for their publication of a study on the refusal of vaccination in the prestigious journal Nature. Read more here.
    Announcement 11. 4. 2023 - Barbora Holková

  • Deloitte Outstanding Thesis (DOT) Award winners announced

    On August 30, 2021, the Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award (DOT Award) was presented at Deloitte headquarters in Prague. 
    Theses 31. 8. 2021 - Barbora Holková

  • IES Students and Alumni Were Awarded the CES Awards

    The Czech Economic Society (CES) awards the Young Economist of the Year Award to members of the Czech economics community under 30 years of age every year, who register for the competition by submitting their original, professional papers.  Furthermore, the CES can also decide to award the Karl Engliš Prize to the paper best dealing with Czech economic policy.  We are happy to see our students and alumni among the laureates regularly. Těší nás, že v obou kategoriích pravidelně vídáme oceněné práce našich studentů a absolventů.  V letošním roce uspěli tři studenti doktorského programu na IES - Marek Šedivý,  Dominika Ehrenbergerová a Josef Bajzík. Hlavní cenu Mladý ekonom získal absolvent bakalářského programu na IES Bruno Baránek. 
    Announcement 6. 12. 2020 - Barbora Holková

  • Our students received Roger Noll Prize

    Our student Jan Liehman has received the 2019 Roger Noll Prize for his undergraduate thesis in sports economics. The purpose of the Noll Prize is to recognize and encourage empirical undergraduate scholarship in sports economics. The winning thesis Do National Hockey League Players Perform Better During Their Contract Years? was supervised by our colleague Matěj Opatrný. In 2018, the winner of the prize was our student Jakub Linhart. His thesis US Collegiate Football Analysis: Team’s Success as an Indicator of Academic Performance was completed under supervision of dr. Radek Janhuba.
    Theses 29. 3. 2020 - Barbora Holková