Economic Data Science


  • three-year/six-semester study programme
  • 180 ECTS credits / 30 credits per semester
  • full-time Bachelor’s (undergraduate) programme
  • taught in English language
  • tuition fee – 5,000 EUR/academic year   (2,500 EUR/semester)
  • application deadlines: 28 February and 30 April
  • starts every September

KEY FIELDS

  • Data Science
  • Statistics
  • Econometrics
  • Data Analysis
  • Critical Thinking
Compulsory/ core courses 140 ECTS
Elective/ optional courses 31 ECTS
STUDY ABROAD PERIOD optional in the 2nd or 3rd academic year
State Exams + Defence of the Bachelor’s  Thesis 9 ECTS

EDS recommended study plan

EDS study plan – detailed information

  • Economic Data Scientist
  • Business Analyst
  • Economic Data Manager
  • Economic Data Consultant

EDS graduates will be specially qualified for positions where data analysis and economic indicator interpretation is required. They will also be able to work with various data sources.

Graduates are also entitled to continue their studies at the graduate level.

At FIS they may continue their studies with either the Economic Data Analysis or the Information Systems Management Master’s programmes.

 

There are two application rounds:

  • February 28 (recommended for Visa-required students)
  • April 30

Admission requirements:

Applicants are asked to:

  1. Complete the online application form, pay the application fee

  2. Add study documents  –  (ask for Assessment of Previous Education)

  3. Pass admission exam –EDS exam sample

 

Admission procedure -more information

EDS Bachelor programme is accredited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic as a first-cycle higher education qualification.

According to the Czech legislation,  graduates of the programme will be awarded the academic degree Bc. (baccalarius).
The degree’s abbreviation Bc. is to be used before the name of the graduate (e.g. Bc. Jan NOVAK).

Graduates are entitled to continue their studies at the graduate level.

 


Keynote Teachers

doc. Ing. Mgr. Petr Mazouch, Ph.D.

Academic Guarantor of the EDS programme, Head of the Department of Economic Statistics,
Academic Director of FIS Masters
course: Economic Statistics

prof. Ing. Jakub Fischer, Ph.D.

Dean of the Faculty Informatics and Statistics
course: Economic Statistics

Ing. Petra Tomanová, Ph.D., MSc

Department of  Econometrics
courses: Case Studies in Data Science, Econometric Modelling

Ing. Adam Čabla, Ph.D.

Department of Statistics and Probability
courses: Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Ing. Kristýna Vltavská, Ph.D.

Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs, Department of the Economic Statistics
course: Economic Statistics

Ing. Tomáš Lichard, M.A., Ph.D.

Department of the Economic Statistics
courses: Development Economics, Quantitative Methods in Economics

doc. PhDr. Klára Kalíšková, M.A., Ph.D.

Department of the Economic Statistics
courses: Principles of Economics: Theory and Data I. + II., Data-Driven Policy Analysis

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Šulc, Ph.D.

Department of Statistics and Probability
course: Real Data Analysis

Mgr. Jana Cibulková, Ph.D.

Department of Statistics and Probability
course: Data Analysis with R and SQL, Exploratory Data Analysis


 

CONTACTS:  Tereza Krajíčková

CONTACTS: Tereza Krajíčková

EDS (Bc)/PhD Coordinator

fisbachelor@vse.cz
NB 412 (New Building, 4th floor)
+420 224 095 464
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays: 8:30 -11:30 and 13:00-15:00
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