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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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Welcome to our new website!
With the new academic year approaching, we would like to announce the launch of the new IES website! We hope that you will like it and that it will bring you clear and easy access to all important information. -
Opening hours of our building and our library in September
Starting on Monday, September 4, 2023, the opening hours of the Opletalova building will return to normal: Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. -
JEM235 Traditional and Alternative Risk Transfer in the Insurance Sector
On September 25-26, Prof. Maurizio Pompella (University of Siena) will give a short course on basic principles of unconventional risk transfer in insurance. -
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