ADMISSION INFORMATION

Admission to the Undergraduate Program in Central European Studies (UPCES) is based on student's academic performance and student's interest in Central Europe. For application instructions, please click on the link below.                                                    

For students under the age of 21, parents must complete the Flat Acknowledgement

UPCES encourages applications from students with a demonstrated interest in the liberal arts and who have proven academic abilities. Personal experiences outside college and future aspirations are also of high interest to us.

Although a GPA level of 3.0 should serve as a benchmark, the admissions committee might well decide to accept students with GPAs lower than 3.0 under certain circumstances.

We require students to have completed at least four semesters of university level education at the time of application. If there are students from universities which encourage study abroad before the junior year, these applications may be considered for admission with a recommendation letter from the home institution.

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UPCES considers all applicants on their individual academic merits. In principle, all applications should be made directly to CERGE-EI, although we do suggest that multiple applications from a single university be sent as a "bundle " after passing through an internal screening.

Once the completed applications are received (there is no application fee), they are collected by the UPCES Director Programs and forwarded to the UPCES Academic Advisory Committee, which is appointed annually by the Director of CERGE-EI. This committee strives to make its admission decisions and notify the applicant within a few weeks after the relevant deadline so students have adequate time to prepare for their semester or year-abroad in Prague.

The spring semester will typically run from early February until late May, with a one-week break at Easter, and the Fall semester will run from early September through mid-December. Please check our academic calendar for the actual dates of each upcoming semester.

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