How to Apply

After clicking APPLY, you will be redirected to the study information system (InSIS).
Applications for the academic year 2026/2027 open on November 1, 2025.

Applicants pass the admission procedure in a long-distance form. They must submit a motivational video and an essay on a given economic topic at the latest by February 28 (1st intake) / by April 30 (2nd intake). The motivational video and essay have to be uploaded via the e-application in InSIS.

• Instructions:

1. 1. • The essay must be written in English and solely by the applicant without any assistance from others!
      • Students must choose only one from the topics mentioned below.
      • The scope of the essay must be 1,000 – 1,200 words.
      • The applicant must strictly avoid any form of plagiarism, including translations. If an essay or any part of it is copied or translated, the author will be excluded from the admission procedure. APA citation style is required.
      • The essay should be saved in MS WORD format (name it in the format “Essay + your name“) and uploaded to the e-application in InSIS at the latest by February 28 (1st intake) / by April 30 (2nd intake).
      • Motivational video briefly introducing yourself and your motivation statement to study our programme (1-3 mins max, can be shot on your phone). Please, insert the link to your video into a MS Word file (name it in the format “Motivational video link + your name“) and upload as part of your application at the latest by February 28 (1st intake) / by April 30 (2nd intake).

• Available essay topics:
  • My Business Idea: Briefly present a business idea you would like to develop in the future. What problem would it solve, and why could it succeed in the market?
  • A Company That Inspires Me: Describe a company that you find interesting or would like to work for.
  • An Industry That Interests Me: Choose an industry (e.g., technology, tourism, energy, sports…) and explain why it interests you and what you think its future prospects are.
  • A Book or Article on Economics or Business: Summarize the main ideas of a book or article you have read, and write about what you found most interesting.
  • Technology and Business: How do you think new technologies (e.g. AI, renewable energy, digital platforms) are changing the way companies and markets work?
  • Business and the Environment: Do you think companies can be both successful and environmentally friendly? Give your reasons and/or examples.
  • Free Market vs. Rules: What rules should governments set to make markets work well, in your opinion? (Provide possible examples.

Note: Please, do not forget to indicate all sources of information. Rules for in-text citations can be found here. Rules for the use of generative AI are available here.

 

Applicants have to upload the documents confirming their secondary school education by February 28 (1st intake) / by April 30 (2nd intake).

If you cannot provide the notarized copy of your secondary school leaving certificate and its translation to English / Czech language (or Czech or Slovak “maturitní vysvědčení”) just yet, an interim document in the form of a study confirmation with the expected date of your graduation will do.

Important – nostrification: Simultaneously, if you already have your secondary school leaving certificate, please make sure to start working on getting it nostrified. Successful candidates who graduated from their secondary schools outside the Czech Republic or Slovakia must, before being enrolled into the programme, submit a request for recognition of education abroad for the purpose of the admission procedure at VSE Prague. By law, a student without recognition cannot be enrolled as a full-time student.

After the application deadlines on-site/online interview follows. The admission results will be announced by March 31 (1st intake) / by May 28 (2nd intake). The results of the admission procedure will be announced by e-mail or in the information system InSIS.

Students who have been accepted and want to reserve their place must pay the tuition for the first academic year at the latest by July 31, 2026.

As of now, you are a student.