Double Master with Prague University of Economics and Business

The university is highly appraised both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The Faculty of Business Administration is EQUIS accredited, which ranks the faculty among the top 1% of business schools in the world. Two master degree programmes „International Business – Central European Business Realities“ and „Mezinárodní obchod“ (taught at the Faculty of International Relations) have been certified with EPAS accreditation by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development). The “Master in Official Statistics” programme (taught at the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics) received the accreditation EMOS (European Master in Official Statistics) by the ESSC (European Statistical System Committee). The international MBA programme is accredited by the association FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) and by CAMBAS (The Czech Association of MBA Schools), which is a member organization of EQUAL – European Quality Link by EFMD. The Faculty of Finance and Accounting has received the accreditation from the professional body ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

In August 2018, the Initial Accreditation Committee of AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accepted the Initial Self Evaluation Report, thus allowing VŠE to enter the core part of the accreditation process.

VŠE is annually ranked by the Financial Times and has already been appraised for several years by the Eduniversal Ranking project as one of the best “business schools” in Central and Eastern Europe.

During the application for winter term, the double degree application is included in the regular application process for either the Master in Business Administration or the Master in Finance and Accounting. The application for the double degree requires the following additional documents / proofs:

• Statement of motivation in English or German;
• English at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of References for Languages

Information regarding the necessary documents and deadlines can be found here:

>>>Further Information about the dual degree application and deadlines

On completion of the double degree programme the Prague University of Economics and Business awards the academic degree

• Ing. in Finance and Accounting

and the University of Bamberg awards the academic degrees

• Master of Science in Business Administration or
• Master of Science in Finance and Accounting

The degree programme comprises 4 semesters. Students spend the first two semesters (Master 1, Bac +4, respectively) at their home institution and the last two semesters (Master 2, Bac +5, respectively) at the host institution. During their stay at the host institution, students remain enrolled at their home institution. Both institutions recognize the course credits earned according to the double degree programme mutually and equivalently.

At the University of Bamberg, course credit and credit recognition are governed by the examination regulations for the master degree programme in Business Administrationand the examination regulations for the master degree programme inFinance and Accounting. Course credit and credit recognition at the Prague University of Economics and Business are regulated by the Prague University of Economics and Business’s examination regulations. To a large extent, students can define the course of study themselves by selecting their choice of certain areas of focus. Students initially admitted in Bamberg may choose from all areas of focus that are part of the master degree programme in Business Administration.

The following tables inform about the allocation of credits for the degree in Bamberg:

The programme details mainly depend on whether the student starts the programme in Bamberg or in Prague. The following overview is designed for planning and orientation, while the individual programme details result from the individual recognition agreement students reach with the programme coordinators at both universities based on the current versions of the studying and examination rules for the underlying degree programmes. The courses currently offered in Bamberg are defined by the current version of the Module Handbook (German only).

The recognition of modules from Prague in the module groups in Bamberg is for students matriculated in Business Administration the following:

The distribution of ECTS for students matriculated in the Master in Business Administration in Bamberg is the following:

The allocation of ECTS for students matriculated in the Master Finance and Accounting in Bamberg is the following: