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University of Economics, Prague University of Economics, Prague TRAVEL REPORT, SPRING 2017 482863 B.Sc. exchange Sisällysluettelo 1. Preparing for exchange ................................................................................................................. 3 Travelling to university ...................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Exchange studies ........................................................................................................................... 3 Studies overall ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Courses .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 3. Free time....................................................................................................................................... 6 Cost of living ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Things to do on the free time ............................................................................................................................ 8 Good to know .................................................................................................................................................... 9 4. Final Comments .......................................................................................................................... 10 1. Preparing for exchange Preparing for the exchange in Prague is extremely easy. For a European there’s no need for a visa or other documents. Only thing you have to do is to inform the foreign police if your stay exceeds three months, but if you’re staying at the dorms this is taken care of for you. University contacted me for the first time in late September. After that they send some emails with instructions for course registration and applying for housing. Note that the instructions they provide are not always very clear and I myself spent a lot of time trying to use their systems and finding information. Be really careful with all the deadlines and if you need help, international office in VSE is very helpful so don’t hesitate to contact them if you have any problems. Travelling to university Travelling to Prague from Helsinki is easy and luckily very affordable! There are many airlines with direct connections to Prague daily. I booked my flight already in November and paid only 70€ but you can get cheap flights even if you book just a couple of weeks before. From the airport you can get to the dorms with public transport within an hour and the ticket only costs you 32 crowns (=1,2€). From the airport you might want to buy more than one ticket for the first days since the tickets can not be purchased from trams or anywhere near the dorms. At VSE every exchange student gets their own buddy. Mine came to pick me up from the airport and took me to the dorms. Your buddy will help you also when the school starts with some paper work and with getting the ticket to the public transport. 2. Exchange studies Orientation week started on February 6th and the semester a week later, on February 13th. During the orientation week, we had some lectures about the school and things related to our exchange program. The university had also organized some other program with buddy system (organization that arranges events for exchange students). In the end of the orientation week Buddy system organized icebreaking weekend. I decided not to go because of its high price and was happy with my decision. A lot of my friends went there and enjoyed it though. The semester officially ends in July but all exchange students can take their exams when the teaching period ends. My last exam was on May 12th. If you want to stay longer it’s possible to take the exam for example in June. Studies overall VSE offers a great selection of courses in English so you can rather freely choose what kind of subjects you want to take. There are a lot of courses for both bachelor and master students and some courses are available for everybody. The enrolment happens in three rounds, first round ended after the orientation week. The amount of ECTS per course varies at least from 3 to 8 so it took me some time to find good courses for 30 credits. There are two type of courses, normal ones and intensive courses. Intensive courses are taught during three days and are worth three credits. I strongly courage to take these courses. I enjoyed both my intensive courses and they also decreased the work load during semester. Overall all the courses I took were easy compared to Aalto. Most courses have lecture and seminar every week. Attending seminar is obligatory but depends a lot on the teacher. Skipping seminars for intensive courses is also accepted so in total you can miss half of the seminars in some courses. The level of teaching was surprisingly good. All my teachers spoke English well and were skilled in their field. The exams were held the next week after the teaching ended. Multiple choice was used in maybe half of my courses and I heard it was popular type of exam in other courses too. In VSE the grade usually consist of many different parts and the final exam rarely is 100% of the grade. I didn’t prepare too much for the exams but had no trouble passing them. Saying this, there’s still work to do since all the exams are on the same week. Courses Basics of Project Management (3MA682) 3ECTS The course is taught by R. Brunet-Thornton. He has years of experience in project management and is a native English speaker. The course is built around a case study. The whole course group is divided into two groups which you work with for the whole course. There’s no exam but a presentation of the results of the project and an essay in group. Overall the course was very easy. We only had one lecture each week and didn’t have to do a lot of study on top of that. The teacher stresses that the course is about understanding project management and the process of a project not techniques. Saying this I wouldn’t say the course was that useful although I quite liked it. There’s also another course of project management where they use some programs, take that if you want to learn more concrete things. Doing Business on Russian market – in English (2MO647) 6ECTS This course was by far the easiest one I took. Topics involve different aspect of Russia’s culture, economy and geography. Mr. Bolotov is very passionate about the subject and likes to discuss with students. The course has a lecture and seminar every week and you are allowed to skip 4 seminars (+intensive courses). Almost no one went to the lectures after the first weeks because, to be honest, the lectures didn’t bring much value to the course. During the course, we had to make a small presentation in groups and the final exam was an open book exam that consisted of multiple choice questions. The topics on this course are interesting which was the reason why I picked the course. I have to admit I cannot say I learned much during the course. Therefore I would not recommend the course if you’re expecting to really learn about the subject. International Business Operations (2MO362) 6ECTS IBO was the hardest course I had. We had a lecture and seminar every Monday and it was only allowed to skip 2 seminars. Topics included for instance risks, payments and incoterms. In seminars, we had interesting cases to solve. Grade consisted of a mid-term exam that included the content of lectures, final exam that was about a case study and active participation. We also wrote an essay in groups and presented it in class. I found the course interesting and probably the most useful of my courses. The teacher, V. Hincica, was very strict with some of his rules, for example you were not allowed to come to lecture if you were more than 5 minutes late. He also made students to go in front of the class and explain some things which I think not everyone was comfortable with. Overall I would recommend the class if you’re interested in the subject and ready to work a little more than in average classes. International Trade for Exchange Students (2MO337) 6ECTS The course had two teachers Mr. Bolotov and Mrs. Sterbova. Each held half of the lectures and seminars which were on Wednesdays. The course had different names and was available for both undergraduate and graduate level and also for Czech students. Grade consisted of active participation in seminars, essay, presentation and final exam. Content of the course involved different aspects of international trade such as World Trade organization, tariffs and financing. Lectures usually had too much content and sometimes the seminar was spent going through rest of the lecture slides. This also meant that the final exam was difficult. It was multiple choice and there were over 80 slides full of text from every lecture. This was a big negative, it felt like the teachers tried to include every aspect of international trade to this course. I took the course because I didn’t get into another course I had selected and I found the subject rather boring and hard to follow. I would say the course can be good if you interest yourself in international trade and economics. Insurance Industry and Insurance Products (1BP491) 3ECTS The official teacher of the course was Mr. Stadnik but
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