Study programs

We take part in bachelor’s, master’s, as well as Ph.D. studies, mainly in International Business, International and Diplomatic Studies, and European Economic Integration.

Department mission

The Department of International Economic Relations (KMEV) focuses on macroeconomic aspects of the world economy and international trade, which form an interconnected whole of knowledge of real development processes and thus help to find approaches to solving global and regional problems. The Department of International Economic Relations provides the other departments of FIR and some other faculties of the University of Economics with a macroeconomic theoretical framework and its application for the study of the systemic context of the world economy and international trade.

The department provides the theoretical background for teaching to its application subjects and other FMV departments by teaching course 2SE251 International Economics and 2SE455 International Economics II. These are part of all English-instructed bachelor’s and master’s programs of the faculty.

Key courses

Another key group of subjects provided by KMEV to the Faculty are application courses. These mainly subject 2SE252 World Economy, 2MO351 International Trade, 2SE601 International Economic Relations, 2MO454 Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability in Business, 2SE152 Geography of the World Economy and 2SE154 Geography of International Relations. These subjects are mainly involved in International Business and International and Diplomatic Studies programs; both bachelor’s and master’s.

The Department of International Economic Relations is the main guaranteeing center of the Master’s program European Economic Integration, for which it teaches basic compulsory and elective courses.

Other areas of specialization

In addition, the department continues to develop special subjects within the framework of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs of the FIR, especially in the main specialization European Economic Integration and secondary specializations European Economic Integration, Chinese Studies, and Development Studies. These subjects complete the profile of the graduate of the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs and are also the basis for studying in doctoral study programs.

The department runs three minor specialization for all master students of the Prague University of Economics and Business.

Our minor specializations in Czech

European Economic Integration

Minor specialization European economic integration is intended for those students who want to actively expand their main specialization with a European dimension. The study provides advanced knowledge of EU economic policy, the functioning of the internal market, other policies, and European Union law. The study of this specialization is an important basis for management decisions at both policy and business level in the European Union. Graduates of the field are ready to work in executive and managerial positions in the institutions of the European Union, public administration of the Czech Republic, NGOs, and companies doing business in the internal market of the European Union and on world markets, wherever the influence of the Activities of the European Union is manifested.

Chinese Studies

Minor specialization of Chinese Studies is intended for students who want to actively expand the profile of their main specialization to the specifics of the development and functioning of the expanding Chinese economy and business in its increasingly promising market. Graduates understand the underlying trends in the development of the Chinese economy and, based on its development, are able to assess the current state of view of the future direction of the Chinese economic system. Graduates of secondary specialization are prepared for work in executive and managerial positions in foreign trade and on the specifics of business on the Chinese market, for working in diplomacy, in public/government bodies and in governmental and non-governmental organizations with regional and global activities, or in the news media.

Development Studies

Minor specialization Development studies are intended for students who want to actively expand the profile of their main specialization with a deeper knowledge of the issues of countries that do not belong to the group of advanced market economies. These are not only developing countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania, but also so-called transitive economies in South-East Europe and the post-Soviet region. The study allows you to get to know in-depth the essence of the economic, political, and social processes that take place in the developing world and at the same time to orient yourself in the complex issue of this part of the world. Particular emphasis is placed on institutional development factors in the spirit of the new institutional economics and on the issue of inequality and poverty represented, among others, by the textbooks of Banerjee and Duflo.