University of Finance and Administration

University of Finance and Administration

Type	Private, Non-profit
Established	1999
Rector	Doctor Bohuslava Šenkýřová
Students	5,421
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Affiliations	ERASMUS, City University, COEUR
Website	http://www.vsfs.cz/

The University of Finance and Administration (Czech: Vysoká škola finanční a správní o.p.s., VŠFS) is a private business school in the Czech Republic. It was founded by the Bank Academy and Czech Coal Group in 1999 and was one of the first private business schools in country. It has had full university status from the accreditation committee of the Czech government since 2009.

History

• 1998 - According to the new Tertiary Education Code 111/1998 Sb., private schools can offer education
• 1999 - University of Finance and Administration was founded
• 2001 - New campuses in Most and Kladno were opened
• 2002 - Cooperation with City University of Seattle, USA started
• 2004 - VSFS entered program Erasmus (University Charter) European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)
• 2009 - VSFS received state approval for doctoral program and became a university

Study programs in Czech

• Bachelors and Masters study programmes taught in Czech
• Doctoral Study Programme (Ph.D.)
• Study programs for local and regional government bodies (accredited by the Ministry of the Interior)
• Preparatory courses for students of Bachelor and Master programs
• Courses to order and open courses

Study programs in English offered due to cooperation with City University of Seattle

- The VSFS partner for organizing and implementation of MBA & BSBA programs is City University of Seattle, USA.

MBA program

• Global Management
• Financial Management
• Marketing Management

BSBA program

• offered only in form of Double Degree (combination of Czech and English program)

Erasmus partners

1. Belgium
   • EPHEC
2. Finland
   • Humanities University of Applied Sciences
   • Savonia University of Applied Sciences
3. France
   • Burgundy School of Business
   • Douai Business School
   • Université Paris XII Val de Marne
   • Groupe ESC Troyes
   • Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille
4. Hungary
   • Budapest College of Management
5. Ireland
   • Athlone Institute of Technology
6. Iceland
   • Bifröst University
7. Italy
   • Sapienza University of Rome
8. Liechtenstein
   • Hochschule Liechtenstein
9. Lithuania
   • Vilnius University
10. Germany
    • Fachhochschule Ingolstadt
    • Fachhochschule Mainz
    • Technische Fachhochschule Berlin
    • Technische Universität Chemnitz
    • University of Cooperative Education
11. United Kingdom
    • University of Gloucestershire
12. Netherlands
    • Hogeschool Zeeland
13. Poland
    • Opole University of Technology Politechnika Opolska
    • Wroclaw University of Economics
14. Austria
    • Fachhoschule des bfi Wien
15. Slovakia
    • City University of Seattle (Vysoká Škola Manažmentu)
    • Bratislavská vysoká škola práva
16. Slovenia
    • GEA College of Entrepreneurship
17. Spain
    • Polytechnic University of Valencia Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Campus Alcoy
18. Turkey
    • Anadolu University

Regional campuses

Campus in Most

Director Ing. Josef Švec

Campus in Most

Campus in Kladno

Director Mgr. Eva Čermáková

Campus in Kladno

See also

• Education in the Czech Republic

External links

• Web of VSFS
• Information system (IS) VŠFS
• International Students Club
• ACTA of VSFS – R & D magazine

Coordinates: 50°5′00″N 14°26′28″E / 50.08333°N 14.44111°E / 50.08333; 14.44111