The Charles University – Third Oldest University in Europe The university has faculties spread throughout the city so when people talk about a single location it’s usually the Karolinum, the headquarters and oldest part of the Charles University. It is not the sort of place that you visit because apart from a small exhibition centre … Read More
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague DOX is a little way out of the centre in Holešovice. Opened in 2008, it’s in a converted factory giving it 3000 square metres of internal and external space for hosting a variety of exhibitions. DOX does not carry a permanent exhibition so you’ll normally find two or … Read More
A Trip to Prague Zoo Since having children we’ve been to Prague Zoo many times both before and after the flood in 2002. Without doubt it’s a lot better now than it was then. Apart from the animals that died that August, I can’t help but think that the flood was actually a blessing in … Read More
Prague Universities – Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – AMU AMU is the fifth oldest arts school offering a university-level qualification in TV and Film having been established as a faculty in 1946. The university itself was founded by Presidential decree in October 1945 with the original two faculties of DAMU for Theatre and … Read More
University of New York in Prague – UNYP This is not NYU. The University of New York in Prague is a private business. It’s the largest English Language higher education institute in the country and has only existed as an accredited higher education institution since 2001 but it’s strength is in it’s partnerships. You’ll see … Read More
Prague Metropolitan University – MUP Formed in 2001 and offering Barrier-free since 2003 it’s a fairly small university with only just over 5000 enrolled students. Languages taught as well as English include French, German, Russian, and Spanish. Students taking study program in English are also offered the opportunity for learning Czech (check the price). There … Read More
Prague University of Economics – VŠE VŠE (Výsoka Škola Ekonomika) started out life in 1919 known as VŠO (Commercial College) which was originally part of the Czech Technical University. It taught banking, wholesale trade and company organisation. Post-war 1949 it formed as a university for the first time and was called the University of Political … Read More
Czech University of Life Sciences – CULS CULS is a public university in that is funded by the state but overseen by a private academic board. Agricultural science was first taught in 1776 at what was then the Charles-Ferdinand University. It got it’s own department in 1812 but it was not until 1906 that Emperor … Read More
The Czech Technical University in Prague Foreigners will call it CTU, Czechs call it CVUT. Back in 1705 a man called Christian Josef Willenberg asked the Emperor for permission to educate six people from various classes in “Engineering Arts”. Basically that means “Fortification” so as well as structural building the early engineers were also trained … Read More
Factors to Consider When Choosing Prague Schools In Prague there is a large network of schools at all levels, both public and private. There are several portals with a list of schools where you can choose according to the place of your residence, but you will also find links to individual schools there. Portals like … Read More