Bulletin homepage
Erasmus in times of Covid
There are preventive measures across the world and at many partner universities the teaching is being delivered at least partially online. Many students had to start their exchange by obligatory self-quarantine. However, that does not mean that the exchange is not beneficial or that students are not able to enjoy it. On the contrary! We are happy to receive mostly positive news from abroad and we hope it stays that way. You can read through the positive feedback from the exchange abroad during the pandemic below.
Read more
FIR Gained Another TAČR Project. Experts Will Examine the Effects of Falling Oil Prices on Producer Countries.
From 1 August 2020, a team composed of experts from the Jan Masaryk Center for International Studies, the Department of World Economy and the Department of Corporate and European Law began solving an applied research project of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic entitled Research on Impacts on Producer States in the EU Neighborhood. This is another tender within the BETA2 call of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. The results of the project will serve the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Read more
FIR Has Successfully Completed the First Year of the New Alumni Mentoring Program. How Was It? and What Is the Next One Going to Be Like?
FIR launched the first year of the Alumni mentoring program, which connects students with graduates, at the beginning of the last academic year. The program lasted 8 months and connected 59 mentors & 59 mentees.
Read more
The Department of Tourism Has Concluded a Memorandum of Cooperation With CzechTourism
In the summer, the Department of Tourism of FIR VŠE officially confirmed its long-term cooperation with the CzechToursim agency. The Dean of FIR Assoc. Prof. Josef Taušer and Ing. Jan Herget, Ph.D., the director of CzechTourism and also a graduate of FIR, signed a memorandum of cooperation.
Read more
FIR in brief
The Faculty of International Relations (FIR) is one of the largest faculties at the Prague University of Economics and Business. There are two main directions in both teaching and research: International Business and International Politics and Diplomacy. Other programs, focusing on Business and Law, International Politics and Diplomacy or Tourism also play an inevitable role. The key distinctive feature of FIR is high level of internationalization at all stages with strong emphasis on language knowledge of students. FIR is the first faculty in the Czech Republic that has achieved accreditation of a study program by EFMD. Two master programs in International Business have been awarded with the EFMD Accredited labelfor the period of 5 years.
Mission
Mission of the Faculty of International Relations is to develop education and knowledge in the field of international economic and political relations and to provide internationally recognized study programs based on critical thinking and openness, personal and societal responsibility and commitment to lifelong learning.
Vision
Vision of the Faculty of International Relations – it is the best education and research institution in the field of international economic and political relations in the Czech Republic and through its strategy of internalization and internationally verified process of quality assurance and enhancement it is an internationally recognized institution, which belongs among top three best ranked schools within the region of Central and Eastern Europe.
EFMD Accredited
FIR successfully defended international accreditation EFMD Accredited for two master’s degree programs International Trade and International Business, this time for the period of 5 years. This exceptional success invites FIR into the elite club of only eight universities worldwide, which have gained the longest possible period of accreditation for more than one program. Accreditation itself means for the faculty not only an appreciation of its sucessess and a confirmation of right strategic and managerial decision in key area of development, but it is also an important commitment and challenge for an enduring perfection of established direction.
Dean of the Faculty of International Relations doc. Ing. Josef Taušer, Ph.D. speaks about the prestigious international accreditation EPAS that the Faculty has recently successfully defended for two programs for the period of 5 years.
EPAS accredits high quality business & management programs with significant international scope.
Subscribe to new posts
Get informed about current news