ECTS Credit System, Course Enrolment and Course Groups

How can I draw credits?

1. By successful completion of study duties (the corresponding number of credits will be moved to the InSIS section “Acquired Credits”);
2. by unsuccessful completion of study duties (the corresponding number of credits will be moved to the InSIS section “Lost Credits”. Credits are deducted for each attempt to complete a course, with the exception of state exams.);
3. by recognition of study duties (for recognition, a “recognition fee” at the value of one fifth of the recognized credits is deducted, with an exception for foreign stays or courses from the cVOR group);
4. by correction of credit vouchers.

• voucher correction is a tool to maintain an appropriate study duration;
• it is performed at the beginning of each semester by deducing as many credits as missing up to a twenty-fold of the number of the student´s finished semester (i.e. after the first semester, the student must complete at least 20 credits, after the second semester 40 credits, 60 credits after the third semester, etc;).
• for distance studies, this requirement is reduced to multiples of 15 – please see Article 13 (2) of the Study and Examination Rules of the University of Economics;
• the correction is made until the student completes the entire study plan, except for the thesis defence and state exams.

ATTENTION: Recognized credits e.g. for cVOR subjects can be found on InSIS, in the section “Credits recognized outside a study period” – these credits are not included into “Acquired Credits”!

What are the reserve credits (credit vouchers) and how are they used?

Reserve credits can be used to repeat unsuccessfully completed courses or to study beyond the curriculum.

At a time when the number of free credit vouchers is lower than the number of credits required to complete the curriculum, the student cannot continue studying. Such a situation arises when a student withdraws all his reserve credits through:

• unsuccessful attempts to complete courses;
• credit vouchers corrections;
• recognition fee;
• drawing of credit vouchers beyond the curriculum.

What happens when I have withdrawn all my credits?

Terminating students with a lack of credit vouchers to complete their studies takes place at the beginning of each semester. Information about a student’s exclusion is first displayed on InSIS. During the following 30-day period, the student can appeal against the termination. If there are no clear reasons for assigning additional credit vouchers, the student’s termination is confirmed.

The Dean has a right to assign additional credit vouchers. However, this is a very exceptional tool and its use is very carefully considered.

Assignment of additional vouchers can be requested electronically via InSIS Contact Center. The condition is a completed current semester, i.e. the student has all courses closed on InSIS. Issue is dealt with by the Vice-Dean for Study Affairs.

Study Plan

The model study plan determines the optimal course of study with respect to the continuity and capacities of the individual courses.

WARNING: Some courses may be listed strictly according to the model study plan, i.e. only once per academic year. This is usual in smaller study fields and specializations.

For compulsory courses, the prerequisites are usually defined. They indicate conditions of the course enrolment. Usually, it is completion of a certain course (for example, a higher level of a language can be studied after the previous test has been completed).

The prerequisites can be found in the individual syllabuses on InSIS.

The cancellation of a prerequisite can only be requested in exceptional cases (e.g. a study abroad, for which you could not register the previous course). First, you must get the permission of the course guarantor and contact the Vice-Dean for Studies. He will ask you to complete the registration for the given semester and, in his office hours, he will allow you to register the course. Please deal with the issue early enough before the end of the registration process.

Basic groups of courses – bachelor studies

• Programme compulsory courses (oborově povinné předměty = oP) – these courses are the core of the programme and all students must take them
• Compulsory language courses (povinné jazykové předměty = oJP) – all students must take language courses, they can choose the language and proficiency level
• Optional courses (oborově volitelný = oV) – all students must take optional courses from faculty level, they can choose the individual courses
• Optional courses 2 (oborově volitelný 2 = oV2) – all students must take optional courses from university level, they can choose the individual courses

Basic groups of courses – master studies

• Major specialization compulsory courses (povinné předměty hlavní specializace = hP) – these courses are to be chosen from a list of courses specified for a given programme
• Major specialization optional courses (volitelné předměty hlavní specializace – hV) – these courses are to be chosen from a list specified for the given programme
• Faculty optional courses (fakultně volitelné předměty – fVM) – these courses are to be chosen from a list of courses available to all the programmes at the faculty
• University optional courses (celoškolsky volitelné předměty – cVM) – these courses are to be chosen from all the courses listed at VŠE. Please be aware that the study programmes at FIR do not have credit vouchers for this group. If you decide to study such a course, the credits will be deducted from your reserve credit vouchers.
• Minor specialization compulsory courses (povinné předměty vedlejší specializace – sP) – these courses are to be chosen according to the requirements of individual minor specializations
• Minor specialization optional courses (volitelné předměty vedlejší specializace – sV) – these courses are to be chosen according to the requirements of individual minor specializations

What should I do if I have wrongly chosen a group during enrolment?

You can apply for the correction of a course entry to a wrongly selected group by requesting an electronic application via InSIS. Please make sure that the course belongs to the requested group.

How does the registration take place?

During the registration, you choose both courses and their timetable, i.e. you automatically create your schedule for the next semester. During registration it is possible (as opposed to enrolment) to choose courses beyond their capacity. Therefore, the schedule may, or may not, be accepted during enrolment.

Students who register a course in an upper class always have priority:

• 1st class – compulsory courses – oP, hP, sP, fJV, fJP, oJP, oJV
• 2nd class – compulsory elective courses – fVB, fVM, sV
• 3rd class – optional courses – cVB, cVM

If there are more registered students than the course capacity, even in one round, i.e. in the same class, priority belongs to:

• students with a higher number of credits earned
• in the case of equality, the number of lost credits decides
• and in the case of the equality of both measures, a random selection is made

WARNING: Registering courses without a selected schedule is not valid.

An unregistered course can only be enrolled in the third round, i.e. when all the students who have validly registered are already enrolled

What follows the registrations?

After the end of registrations, the departments adjust the schedules of their courses according to the actual interest of the students.

All students registered for compulsory courses according to their model study plan must be enrolled.

Optional courses with low student interest in registrations could be cancelled.

It is essential for students to register courses even if its enrolment is not guaranteed. The registrations system is protected against excessive demands of students (they may, for instance, fear that senior students will be preferred). This protection is the number of credits after automated enrolments. A student cannot descend below this limit during enrolment and must pass all the credits.

What is the enrolment for?

Enrolment shows that a student who has fulfilled the conditions set by the Study Regulations is able to continue to the next semester.

Enrolment is launched after registrations and takes place in three rounds.

Until the end of the third round of enrolment, students are still registered as active students of the previous semester. After the third round, students are enrolled in the new semester. This does not apply to students enrolled in the first semester of their study programme. They are enrolled separately using a so-called fixed schedule before the first round of automated enrolment.

How does the enrolment take place?

Enrolment takes place in three rounds. Each of them follows different rules.

Each round involves automated and subsequent manual enrolment of courses via InSIS (“Student´s Portal” – “Registration/Enrolment”).

Automated enrolment evaluates the results of registrations based on various criteria. Simply said, the more credits you have already gained, the greater the chance for earlier enrolment.

Manual entry then serves to correct already enrolled courses.

WARNING: Students may also dismiss courses from their enrolments, but the final number of enrolled courses must not fall below the number of credits earned in previous automatic enrolments (the sum of credits for courses enrolled in the first, second and third rounds). Schedule adjustment is usually possible until the first week of semester. After that you cannot change your schedule any more.

Enrolment rounds rules

The first round of automated enrolment – courses from the first class are evaluated (according to the relevant study plan). A list is progressively compiled from registered students according to the rules set (explained above). Students who have not been successful in the first round of enrolment may attempt to enrol in registered courses in the first round of manual enrolment.

The first round of manual enrolment – is available to students after the first round of automated enrolment. Students can make changes and enrol in first class courses, but only those who have registered. Students who have not registered can enrol in courses in which vacancies have remained. Students with a registered schedule may change their timetable regarding courses’ remaining capacity.

Second round of automated enrolment – second class subjects are evaluated according to the relevant study plan.

Second round of manual enrolment – students can make changes and enrol for their registered first and second class subjects.

Third round of automated enrolment – Third class subjects are evaluated according to the relevant study plan.

Third round of manual enrolment – Students can make changes and enrol for items in all classes and can also enrol in courses that have not been registered before.