ŠKODA AUTO University (, abbreviated ŠAVŠ) is a private university, located in

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

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. The ŠKODA AUTO University was founded in 2000. It was established by

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manufacturer

Škoda Auto Škoda Auto Akciová společnost, a.s. (), often shortened to Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer established in 1925 as the successor to Laurin & Klement and headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Škoda Works became State ow ...

and it is the only education institution in the Czech Republic that was founded by a large multinational company. It provides Bachelor and Master studies as full-time or part-time study. ŠKODA AUTO University has been involved into the

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project

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

since 2005.

Location

University is located 50 kilometres from

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, in

. It is situated in the historical centre of the town.

University today

More than one thousand students study at Škoda Auto University at the present time. Number of students on 1. August 2019 * full-time study (900 students) * part-time study (234 students)

Courses

The university offers three bachelor study programs and four masters programs in

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and English. Bachelor study programs: * Sales Management * Logistics and Quality Management * Financial Management * Human Resources Management * Industrial Management * Business Informatics Master study programs: * International Marketing * International Supply Chain Management * Finance in International Business * Law in the Global Business Environment * Business Informatics * Industrial Management

Studying in Prague

Starting from the academic year 2018/2019, lectures are taking place in new premises of ŠKODA AUTO University at Ekonomická 957, Prague 4 (the building of VŠE). The university offers full-time study of all follow-on Master’s programmes and selected Bachelor’s programmes (only in Czech; programmes in English are taught in Mladá Boleslav). Bachelor’s degree programmes: * Human Resources Management * Financial Management Follow-on Master’s degree programmes: * Law in the Global Business Environment * Finance in International Business * International Marketing * International Supply Chain Management

References

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