Branch programme/details

Description of verification and evaluation criteria:

Every applicant needs to provide (in addition to her/his application form) following documents:

a) Copy of a diploma to show completed secondary (or higher) studies, or confirmation that ongoing secondary studies will be completed in the current academic year;

b) Transcript of records and academic results from previous studies;

c) Structured CV;

d) Document showing the level of English proficiency;

e) Brief (English) essay (approx. 1 500 words) on a topic related to PPE (demonstrating the usefulness of the multidisciplinary approach characteristic of PPE to analysing and solving a concrete social problem or problems).

f) Recommended only: Letter of recommendation from a person acquainted with the applicant's intellectual skills and creativity.

g) Recommended only: Secondary school qualification. If you possess an internationally recognised high-school diploma or university entrance exam certificate, such as International Baccalaureate (IB), GCE – Advanced Level, SAT, ACT, Gaokao (NCEE), Suenung (CSAT), you should submit it as well. Applicants from the Czech Republic and Slovakia who do not possess any internationally recognised secondary school qualification are encouraged to submit their SCIO OSP test results.

Ad a) Confirmation of studies may be substituted with a transcript of records, provided that these are from the same academic year as the application. 

Ad d) Applicants should provide a certificate from one of the following standardized tests:

• IELTS Academic - the minimum required overall band score of 6.5, with band score 6.0 or above in all four components;

• TOEFL Internet-Based Test (IBT) - the minimum required overall score of 83, with a minimum scaled score in the four sections: reading 19, writing 24, listening 20, speaking 20;

• Cambridge ESOL FCE - minimum Cambridge English Scale Score of 180;

• Cambridge ESOL CAE and CPE receiving a certificate.

A standardized English test is not required from applicants who:

• are native English speakers;

• have studied in English at the secondary school level for at least two years;

• have studied in English at the university level for at least one year;

• have worked for at least one year at a company where the language of communication was English;

• have passed Level II of the CFA exams in English.

When a score from an English-language test is not presented, the applicants should provide a certificate of their use of English during their prior studies or employment to support their claim. The certificate should contain contact information (an email address and a telephone number) to person (a programme director, or an employee supervisor) who can confirm the scope of the use of English language in the program or employment.

Only test results from within the previous two calendar years can be accepted

All documents which are not originally in Czech, Slovak or English must be officially translated into English. Only complete applications will be considered. Personal data will be used exclusively for organizing the course enrollments.

The admission committee will assess individual applicants with regard to their (i) academic background (grades from previous secondary studies): 0-30 points, (ii) English proficiency: 0-30 points, (iii) Essay on PPE topic: 0-40 points. The final ranking of applicants will be determined by a sum of awarded points (ranging possibly between 0-100). The point limit for accepting applicants is set by the Dean.

A necessary condition for being accepted is the completion of secondary education. Applicants who undertook secondary studies abroad must have these studies officially validated in the Czech Republic.

Admission to Bachelor's studies is conditioned by completed secondary education confirmed by a school-leaving certificate.