Detail programu/oboru

This program analyses and explores processes that shape global geopolitics and geoeconomics, particularly in geostrategic regions. The program will cultivate your analytical skills. You will  connect different fields of study and combine a global perspective with attention to detail and local interests. Therefore, the program is an excellent stepping stone for both future academic and professional careers. There is an option of a double degree in collaboration with National Taiwan University.

GPS is focused on understanding how the world works in the age of unprecedented connectivity, security downgrade, and growing geostrategic tensions. You will learn why geography may be a tyranny but also a country's greatest advantage. Become skilled at geopolitical and geoeconomic analysis, gain empirical knowledge of regions and countries, develop your analytical, writing, and argumentation skills as well as understand cutting-edge theories. 

Our courses are taught by leading academic specialists with extensive policy networks and practitioners. Throughout the curriculum, interactive  lectures and seminars are designed to build empirical knowledge and help you acquire analytical, language, writing, and argumentation skills in practically oriented courses. Specialized courses and modules will focus on areas such as world politics, global power shifts, disintegration processes, failed states, war, natural resources and conflicts, international law, and political risk analysis. As a career-focused program, GPS emphasizes hands-on experience and offers practically oriented courses like Political Risk Analysis, Geopolitical Debates, Geopolitics of Defence Industry, and Arms Trade.

In addition to the application form, every applicant needs to provide the following documents:

a) A copy of a diploma to show at least completed Bachelor studies or confirmation that ongoing Bachelor studies will be completed in the current academic year

b) Transcript of records and academic results from previous studies

c) Structured CV

d) Motivation letter

e) Document showing the level of English proficiency.

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 b) The transcripts from all years of the previous university study should be submitted.

Ad d) Motivation letter should highlight the motivation of the student to study the programme, it should be programspecific. The recommended length of the motivation letter is approximately 2 000 characters, including spaces.

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

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

• TOEFL Internet-Based Test (iBT) & TOEFL iBT Home Edition - the minimum required overall score of 83, with a minimum score of 20 in the four sections;

• Cambridge B2 First (former FCE) - minimum Cambridge English Scale Score of 175;

• Cambridge C1 Advanced (former CAE) or C2 Proficiency (former CPE) receiving a certificate;

• PTE Academic test - the minimum required score above 56;

• LanguageCert ESOL - Communicator with High Pass, Expert or Mastery;

• Duolingo English Test (DET) - the minimum required overall score of 120, with a subscore of 105 or above in all four components.

A standardized English test is not required from applicants who:

• 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 in a full degree program.

When a score from an English-language test is not presented, the applicants should provide a confirmation of their use of English during their prior studies to support their claim. The confirmation should contain the information that the study program was conducted in English as a language of study. A diploma supplement or transcript containing this information can also be accepted.

All documents that are not originally in Czech, Slovak, or English must be officially translated into English, Czech or Slovak language by a certified translator. A sworn translation is not required for the application itself. Only complete applications will be considered. Personal data will be used exclusively to organize the admission process and course enrollments.

T​he admissions committee will assess applicants on the basis of the submitted documents. Firstly, the documents proving English proficiency are examined for the level required for the study. Only those applications that fulfill the requirements for English proficiency are assessed further by the admissions committee and given a ranking from 0 - 100 points. The following criteria will be evaluated: (i) the academic credibility of the university attended by the applicant graduated (0-30), (ii) motivation and recommendation (0-20), (iii) grade points evaluating the provided transcript and assessment of the preparedness of the applicant to meet the coursework requirements of GPS (0-30), (iv) proficiency in English (0-20). The point limit for accepting applicants is set by the Dean with respect to the number of applicants and the capacity of the programme.

Podmínkou přijetí ke studiu v magisterském studijním programu je dosažení středního vzdělání s maturitní zkouškou. Podmínkou přijetí ke studiu v magisterském studijním programu, který navazuje na bakalářský studijní program, je rovněž řádné ukončení studia v kterémkoliv typu studijního programu.

As a graduate of this program, you'll be ready to pursue successful careers all over the world. Strong empirical knowledge of the world, methodological and theoretical background, and practical skills will make you highly valued experts, ready to become country risk, intel or security analyst, secure a job in diplomacy, foreign affairs, defence, trade sector, or defence industry. Join international organizations such as NATO, the European Union, work in international business, media, or continue a career in academia, think tanks or the world of NGOs.