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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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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. -
Tomáš Havránek has been appointed a Research Affiliate at CEPR
Náš kolega Tomáš Havránek se stal členem prestižní organizace CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) na pozici Research Affiliate v programu International Trade and Regional Economics. -
IES Students Won the Local Round of the CFA Research Challenge
On Thursday, February 4, 2021, a team of four students of the Institute of Economic Studies (FSS, Charles University), Anna Umlaufová, Martin Bosák, Tiep Luu Danh and Matěj Sainer won the Local Round of the prestigious CFA Research Challenge an annual global student competition organized by the CFA Institute. Given the epidemiological situation, the Czech and Slovak finals (presentations of the top five teams) took place online this year. -
Jozef Baruník became a consultant to Market intelligence division at the Bank of England
In January 2021, our colleague and Program Director of the MFDA program, Jozef Baruník, became an external consultant to Market intelligence division at the Bank of England where he will contribute to the research priorities areas focused on the impact of financial markets on real economy, policy and markets, and also provide regular consultations to the research teams. Congratulations! Gratulujeme! -
Prof. Michal Mejstřík Passed Away
On January 7, 2021, our colleague, a prominent Czech economist, co-founder and former long-term Director of the Institute of Economic Studies, prof. Ing. Michal Mejstřík, CSc., passed away. -
Petr Janský presented his research on harmful tax practices at EP Public Hearing
At the beginning of December, our colleague, Associate Prof. Petr Janský took part in a panel discussion within European Parliament "Do harmful tax practices within and outside the EU create distortions of competition in the Single Market?”, where members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters discussed with their guests the existence of current harmful tax practices outside the EU and how the existing tools could be improved to eliminate them. The debate then focused on to what extent harmful tax practices within the EU create distortions of competition in the Single Market and which legislative or non-legislative tools could be used to tackle them.
