Prague University of Economics and Business - VSE (reviews)

I’ve graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the program Applied Informatics.

The teaching staff is mostly highly qualified, but the university sometimes feel slightly more like a work training. Number one thing that matters seems to be future employability, which I personally appreciate, but if you wish to dive deep into theory and become a scientist, there are better universities for it.

The dorms were affordable, there were mostly enough slots and options to choose from.

The school is located basically right above a metro station (Hlavní nádraží) which is super convenient (though first year subjects are mostly taught elsewhere).

There are better and worse subjects, some just seem like a filler. There are many kazach, russian and ukrainian students attending the czech programs.

Overall, quite a lot of international students are present. There are also various international programs the students can take parts in and the community is nice overall.

I’m studying at Master in Finance and Accounting. All courses that the University had to provide were identical to my expectation. I guess that the system of education is really convenient for instance the middle of the semester you have to write the midterm test that allows you to learn part of the course materials and get some points for the total score. If you are active in the class you will get some points. Most of the professors check your attendance. At the end of the semester, you have to write the final exam oral and written however I had only passed 2 oral exams. If you definitely want to get real practical examples until you will get a dream job, it will only depend on your responsibility, willingness and patience for learning something new.

At this university, you need to memorize tons of information – most of it you will never ever use + you will forget it right after the exam. Students are not encouraged to use their brains and to come up with their own solutions, but to just absorb the information the teacher gives them. I got As and Bs but haven’t learn almost anything.

I am a local student of Bachelor degree in the Faculty of Economics which is one of the best in Europe according to several international rankings. The uni has given me a chance to experience a total mind change. Not only that a learnt so much from my field of study, I also had an opportunity to attend workshops, presentations and discussion with locally or even internationally known and super smart people (for free). I could visit job or study abroad fairs which helped me to connect more easily with specific institutions. I was also lucky enough to become a member of Erasmus Student Network (my local section is ESN VSE Prague) through which I not only learnt how to responsibly organize all kinds of events or present in front of people but I also made friends with foreign students who came here to study. That opened my mind about interculture mistatements. In general anyone studying here is just privilaged.