The goal of the submitted thesis “Foreign students at the Czech
public universities” is the evaluation of economic aspects and
impacts of the studies of foreign students at the Czech public
universities and the formulation of predictions of the future
development. The theoretical part describes the system of Czech
higher education and the position of foreign students.
Subsequently, the system of financing universities and economic
aspects of higher education are presented. The second part is
composed of the case study of the Masaryk University, which
also includes a presentation of the results of a questionnaire
survey carried out among the Slovak graduates, and of the
evaluation of economic aspects and impacts of the foreign
students’ studies. For this purpose, the cost benefit analysis
was executed. In conclusion, the prognosis of the future
development in the national and European context is presented.