Press release, 23 September 2015
International students in the Czech Republic are most satisfied at the Masaryk
University
Each year, the StudyPortals organization issues certificates of satisfaction with studies at European
universities based on the evaluations of thousands of students participating in a short-term study visit
abroad. In the Czech Republic, the Masaryk University took the first place this year followed by the
Czech Technical University in Prague and the University of Economics, Prague. The Masaryk
University repeated its success from 2013. The Czech Republic as a whole ranked 9th out of the 18
rated countries.
“Internationalization is one of the long-term priorities of the Masaryk University. We have entered into
hundreds of partnership agreements with universities in Europe as well as in other parts of the world and
we keep expanding the offer of studies in English for exchange students and also for students who
decided to earn their degree here," said Ivan Malý, Vice-Rector for External Relations.
Just the Erasmus+ programme brought 462 students from all over Europe, mostly from Poland, Spain
and France to the Masaryk University in the 2014/2015 academic year. At the same time, there are
1,806 students in foreign-language programs at the Masaryk University, mostly at the Faculty of
Medicine. The total number of international students at the Masaryk University is 8,300; most of them
are Slovaks who study in Czech study programs.
Contact: Tereza Fojtová, spokesperson of MU, tel.: +420 724 517 335, e-mail: fojtova@muni.cz
Masaryk University was founded under a law from 28 January 1919 as the second Czech university. At its founding
there were four faculties – law, medicine, natural sciences and arts. Currently there are nine faculties and 37 000
students enrolled in standard studies. More information can be found at http://www.muni.cz.