Joint Masters Students
The Joint Masters in Economics is uniquely designed for academically motivated students with a Bachelor's degree who would like to obtain a PhD in economics and pursue careers in the global academic sector or international organizations.
The program is run jointly by CERGE-EI and the Institute of Economics Studies (IES) at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University. It combines the Master courses at the IES with the MA/PhD courses at CERGE-EI such that by completing the program the student:
- obtains the Master's degree in Economics from IES
- completes the 1st year of MA/PhD coursework at CERGE-EI with the expectation to be admitted to the 2nd year of the MA/PhD program at CERGE-EI
During the Joint Masters program the students are enrolled into the Masters program “Economics” at IES. By entering the Joint Masters program students have an option to enroll into the 1st year PhD courses at CERGE-EI instead of corresponding courses at IES and receive credits for them. For example, a student can choose to take a PhD courses Microeconomics I at CERGE-EI which would be recognized as passing the equivalent Master-level Microeconomics courses at IES.
Application deadline is February 28.
Apply to the program at the Faculty of Social Sciences
Benefits
- high-level, challenging Economics courses
- most courses are in English
- no tuition fee
- smooth transition to the PhD program at CERGE-EI
- upon completion, the graduates have earned a MA degree in Economics and completed the 1st year of CERGE-EI MA/PhD program
- option to revert to the masters-only program at IES at no cost in case of not passing the PhD-level courses at CERGE-EI
- Academic Skills Center instruction in English as a professional Economics-specific language
- higher chances for being admitted to a prestigious PhD abroad
- for Bachelor degree holders from IES, there are no admission requirements (except for the Preparatory Semester)
