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Why study Economics and Finance at Charles University in Prague?
Our school teaches Economics and Finance both at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels with the aim of providing internationally highly competitive education in the beautiful city of Prague. The key features of our school are:
- Quantitative skills. We build upon 7 core Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics courses on the undergraduate level.
- International environment. 88% of all Master's and 70% of all Bachelor's courses are in English. More than 1,500 international students from 83 countries have studied with us over the last 10 years.
- Stay abroad. We offer 50 Erasmus+ exchange agreements, plus study-abroad opportunities out of Europe, including Australia, China, and South Korea.
- Family size. 90 Bachelors, 80 Masters, and 5 PhDs graduate annually from our programs. Teaching as well as thesis writing is intensive and personal.
- Top lecturers. We combine strong academics with practitioners, especially in the finance courses.
- Hub of talent. We strive to develop the potential of the most ambitious students. Our alumni are highly successful on the job market and also receive numerous academic prizes and other accolades. The average wage premium of our graduates substantially exceeds the average wage premia of other schools in the country.
News
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IES researchers presented the report Czechia: health system review 2023
Our PhD candidate Lenka Šlegerová and our colleague Jana Votápková presented the newly published report Czechia: health system review 2023, co-authored by our colleague Lucie Bryndová, Pavel Hroboň (Third Faculty of Medicine, CU), Nathan Shuftan (TU Berlin) and Anne Spranger (TU Berlin), at the Round Table event organized by Zdravonický deník. -
Research seminar: Hwan-sik Choi (Binghamton University)
We would like to invite you to a research seminar by Hwan-sik Choi, Associate Professor of Economics at Binghamton University. Paper: The Role of Noncognitive Ability on Health Status and Wealth Accumulation -
Research seminar: Evarist Stoja (University of Bristol Business School)
We would like to invite you to a research seminar by Evarist Stoja, Professor of Finance at the University of Bristol Business School. Paper: The Taxonomy of Tail Risk -
Using artificial intelligence (AI) tools when studying at IES
Given the recent fast developments of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools – which are now available to the general public (such as the ChatGPT from OpenAI) - we consider it important to specify the conditions under which such tools can be used by students during their studies at IES. -
Julie Chytilová and Michal Bauer received the Bedřich Hrozný Prize
On Wednesday, April 5, a festive meeting commemorating the 675th anniversary of the founding of Charles University took place in the historic Carolinum building. On the occasion, Julie Chytilová and Michal Bauer received the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for Creative Initiative, for the publication of their study on the refusal of vaccination in the prestigious journal Nature: -
Julie Chytilová a Michal Bauer received the Bedřich Hrozný prize
On Wednesday, April 5, a festive meeting commemorating the 675th anniversary of the founding of Charles University took place in the historic Carolinum building. On the occasion, Julie Chytilová and Michal Bauer received the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for Creative Initiative, for the publication of their study on the refusal of vaccination in the prestigious journal Nature.
