BASIC INFORMATION

The Czech Republic is located in the heart of Europe and boasts a unique natural and cultural wealth. The total area of the country is 78,866 square kilometers and its population is around 10.4 million people. The Czech Republic shares borders with Germany, Poland, Austria and the Slovak Republic, and its capital city is Prague. It is a parliamentary democracy and has been an EU member state since 2004. The modern day Czech Republic is known as much for scientific research and development, as its impressive history and culture. Over the last decade Czech Science has made revolutionary discoveries and inventions, and developed innovative procedures in several areas, including the treatments of HIV and Hepatitis B, Gamma Radiation research, and the development of Memrec – a computer controlled by eye movement – by scientists from the Czech Technical Institute of Prague.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Every year, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic offers scholarships to support the studies of foreigners at public universities in the Czech Republic on the basis of government resolutions under foreign development cooperation (government scholarships) or the bilateral international agreements in the field of education (scholarships under international agreements). These scholarships are provided for talented students from the EU non-member states for the period of the first academic year at the universities of the region, in the follow-up Master’s and Postgraduate studies in the technical field and natural sciences, in Czech language. Some Czech higher education institutions also grant individual scholarships for excellent study results or in cases of underprivileged students. The Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) offers scholarships for International students for postgraduate study in scientific research.