 My name is Alexa. I work in the admissions office and I'm joined by my colleague Alice, who works in the office as well. I'm originally from the US. I've been in Prague for almost six years now. So I have the view of a foreigner, but also have been here for quite some time. And Alice, do you want to introduce yourself as well? Of course, yeah. Thank you very much for joining. My name is Alice. As Alexa mentioned, yeah, I work at the admissions office and I left in Prague already for two years and I'm originally from Russia. Awesome. Thanks, Alice. So we're going to give you an overview of our school of Prague City University, the different programs that we offer and what we offer outside of your classes as well, different events on campus, housing opportunities and things like that. There is a Q&A function. So if you do have questions, feel free to write those in as you think of them. We may answer them throughout the presentation. And if not, we will kind of go over all of those at the end and make sure that you have no questions left unanswered. So let's get started. So I'm going to get started by introducing us as a university and who we are. Our university offers programs at the foundation, bachelor's and master's levels in the school of business, school of art and design, school of media and IT and education. Prague City University does not only give you the opportunity to receive an outstanding education, but also provides a getaway to your future employability. We do believe that there is much more to a university than just memorizing facts to pass an exam. And our teachers deliver dynamic lessons based on their real experiences and research. Our students participate in various practical sessions and during their studies, they develop a wide variety and a wide range of skills, such as leadership, teamwork, negotiation, collaboration and so on. Our class sizes are kept quite small so that our students have the opportunity to actually interact with their teachers and create some form of dialogue. At Prague City University we offer both Czech and British degrees and diplomas. If you study on one of our bachelor's degrees, then your classes will be fully taught in English and your award will come from our educational partner in the United Kingdom, T-Side University. What's different to studying either in the UK or at a larger Czech University is that Prague City University offers a truly international environment. So I think we have students from over 80 countries and for most of them English language is not their first language. So if you're an international student and your first language is not English and you're a bit worried to start your studies fully in English, please know that your classmates actually might share the same worries and I hope that you'll be able to support each other throughout your studies. So now we will move to our first school, School of Art and Design. Great, thanks Alice. So I will be talking about the different programs that we have in our School of Art and Design. We have two programs at the master's level, two programs at the bachelor's level, and one foundation diploma in art design and media practice. So the foundation diploma is a really great first step if you're not quite sure which area of art or design you're looking to study in. So this is a one-year program that helps you explore different areas of art. There will be some painting, some design, some animations, video, kind of every aspect that you can think of. And then after this one-year program, you will have a more professional art portfolio that you can then progress onto one of the two programs in this school or one later on that the Alice will be talking about. So the first program in our School of Art and Design that I will be talking about is our bachelor's in graphic design. So you'll be seeing a video that kind of looks over some of the projects that our students have done while I speak about different practices. So our bachelor's in graphic design is a practical studio-based program which encourages independent learning and problem-solving skills. So you'll develop skills in typography, corporate identity design, web, editorial design, packaging, and you will become fully familiar with Adobe Suite and some other softwares. During this program, students are taught to think critically about design and not just what you're creating, but how your design can shape and influence the society that we live in. You'll also be working in a live studio environment with an engaging and real and client work. So you won't just be doing projects for school, but you will actually be working with clients in Prague. Some of our students have also worked with the Fringe Festival in Prague and Prague City University has been a long time partner and has helped to promote these events throughout the year. And our second bachelor's program in the School of Art and Design is our fine art experimental media program. So in this video, you'll see some of the projects that our students are working on. As you can see, they're quite different from one another. So this program is studio-based and it's to help prepare you to become a professional artist. So you'll learn how to express your ideas through different kinds of media and not only focus on one type. So you'll learn how to integrate these traditional techniques with more new media. So some animation, video, sound, and using these two together to create a new piece of work. You'll gain some technical skills in coding for websites and applications and video and editing, but you'll also learn how to manage a budget and event planning. So you get kind of these hard skills and soft skills. In addition, you'll also have some art theory and professional development. You'll learn how to describe and curate the work that you present and even apply for a grant and managing a budget for your final exhibition. So our idea is to make you able to prepare a full exhibition on your own from creating the work to renting out the space. For both of our bachelor's programs and actually all programs in this school, you will have a final exhibition at the end of your studies. So the Foundation Diploma in Art Design Media Practice will also have this final show. We do have these two programs at the master's level, our Master in Fine Arts and Master in Future Design. Both of these programs are in the standard format which runs for four semesters or two years. So these can be taken after one of these programs or if you're only looking for a master's degree, you can apply for this as well. And the second school that I'll be talking about today is our School of Business. And I'm actually joined, well, we're actually joined today by one of our current students. Arilan is studying in our School of Business. And so when we get to his program, I'll kind of bring him in and he can talk a bit more about what it's like to actually study in the school. So in our School of Business, we do offer another Foundation Diploma. So like the Foundation Diploma in Art Design and Media Practice, if maybe you're not quite sure what, which program you're looking for, maybe you need additional qualification after high school or you just want more practice studying in English, this Foundation Diploma is a good start. So again, it's still one year long and you can progress onto one of the bachelor's programs after completion. The first bachelor's program is our bachelor's in International Finance and Business Accounting, which I think is Arilan's program. Is that right? Yeah. So if you want to go ahead and unmute, you can tell us a bit more about your program. Hi, everyone. I'm Arilan. I'm a second year in International Finance and Business Accounting. So the course is as self-explanatory, I suppose it's International Finance and Business Accounting. But I would say what I loved most about the course was its approach to International Finance, actually, because you'll learn really, really cool things. And we actually have a Business Fintech Systems class, which is taught in connection with the degree. And when I was learning this, I thought, wow, there's nothing more relevant at this point in time in the world. And when you do the Fintech class, you'll learn about digital finance, you'll learn about digital currencies. But what it teaches you to do and what I love about my degree is it teaches you to think about future applications of accounting, as opposed to just, this is your degree. And there are a couple of special things to be mentioned with the degree with relation to ACC and SEMA, which I think Alexa will expand on. If you take International Finance and Business Accounting, you'll be given credits when you eventually want to do an ACC or a SEMA. And these exemptions will help you to kind of speed the process up. Oh, I think we lost our alarm for just a minute. So I'll take over while he's coming back. So while we're waiting for him, I'll keep going on to our bachelors of international management program. So kind of like what he was saying, this program is similar in that it's really practically based and kind of forward thinking in the world of business and not only learning the information, but learning how it kind of applies to the future business today. Our students from this program can go into different levels of management, looking at maybe HR or something in this field. We also have two master's programs in our school of business, the master's in leadership and strategic management program, and the master's in international management program. So both of these are offered in the intensive format. So they can be completed in 12 to 18 months. So pretty short period of time. And then our master's in international management program can also be done in that standard format. So that 24 to 30 month two year length time. The master's in leadership master's leadership and strategic management program is ideal for working professionals who maybe already have quite a bit of work experience under their belts and are looking to work more as at the executive level or sit on a board for their company or something like this. So really looking at this more strategic side of management. The international management program is a really interesting next step for really anyone. You can apply to this program from any educational background. So for example, if you studied in our school of art and design, you could also then go on and do this master's program and kind of get this mixture between business and and art and design. And then finally, as Arlen mentioned, we have this ACCA and SEMA professional qualifications. You can take these online and we do offer tuition towards these in our our school. So Arlen was there anything else that you wanted to add on to your program now that I see I see your back. I'm so sorry I disconnected. That's okay. Yeah, I was just I was just saying that I think that every student has an opportunity to sign up for SEMA if you're in the business faculty and you you don't have to study accounting to do it. And there's a couple nice things which I think are not really visible, which will become more visible. Our university is actually an advanced SEMA partner, which means we get really good discounts on doing something which is called the finance leadership program. And so I'm doing my SEMA at the same time as my university degree. And SEMA is just helping me so much because I get to now pursue SEMA, which is a professional qualification. And what I do in SEMA very much overlaps with my university degree. And it's just boosting I think everybody in the FLP program, and we're achieving really, really highly. So I would definitely encourage you to come for those reasons. Other than that, no, I don't have much to add about my degree. Thanks Arlen. So I think we'll go now to the next school that we offer and Alice take over from here. Thanks Alexa. Yes, so our school of education is actually the most recent addition to our university. Its aim is to prepare students to be professional teachers, educators, and it combines both theory and practice. At the moment, we offer two programs. There is a Czech accredited bachelor's degree in specialized education, teaching English as a foreign language, and also a professional qualification for teaching English in Czech secondary schools. So our bachelor's degree in specialized education prepares you to become a professional teacher and covers areas such as study of English as a foreign language, and educational, psychological, and linguistic components of teacher training. The key component of the program is of course teaching practice. And it takes place in small groups at first and includes immediate feedback from your teachers and your peers. Students English level should be at least B2. And during the program, you can develop your skill at a higher level. So it could be C1 or C2 level by the end of the program. Also, this program allows you and offers you the opportunity to earn the Cambridge CELTA certificate, which if you don't know, it allows its holders to teach English almost anywhere around the world. Our second program, which I mentioned was the qualification, professional qualification for teaching English in Czech secondary schools. And it is mostly suitable for working professionals who already hold a master's degree and are looking to change their career. Now, our last school is School of Media and IT. And we offer two bachelor's degrees and one master's. They are all British accredited. So the first bachelor's degree is in creative media production, where students become experienced storytellers with innovative and complex narratives and create engaging content for different audiences and across various platforms. During your studies, you will develop a wide range of skills. These are technical skills such as shooting, recording, sound and video editing. So it is like a 360 degree approach to content creation. There are also interpersonal skills such as communication, negotiation, collaboration and also leadership. And there is also a social element to this program as we encourage our students to be socially aware. They work with underrepresented youths of the society and create projects to help and make their message heard. Also, I must add that this is a very practical program as I think 80 to 90 percent of it is all practice. The second bachelor's degree that we offer, it is in computing. And it can be approached via two paths, multimedia, which concentrates on digital media, 3D modeling and game design. And also, there is cybersecurity, which covers network security and secure application development. The master's degree that we offer, as you can see, is also in computing and it is for those students who would like to develop their skills at a higher level. Also, both computing programs are available in the blended learning format. So if you're a working professional, this would be a suitable option. In addition to your studies, there are also other opportunities to get involved and attend different inspirational events and some speaker series. So in each of our four schools, we have a speaker series where we invite professionals in to speak about their areas of expertise. So for example, in our school of business, we have our master speaker series, the School of Media and IT. We have our media innovation and technology series. Our school of art and design has the visiting artist and lecturer series. And our school of education now has our excellence in learning and teaching series. So in all of these, they're actually open to the public. So if you're interested in attending or learning more, they're also live streamed, I believe, so you can also watch those and watch some previous ones too if you're interested in learning more. We have additional art exhibitions and performances in addition to those final shows that our students have. So it's not only limited to those ones at the end of the year, but sometimes that kind of happened throughout the semesters too. And we have a variety of student council events and some student societies. So it's about the student societies that we currently have. We have a clay society, which started over the last year. We have music society, yoga, gaming, so kind of a wide variety of different events. And if there's something that doesn't exist yet that you are really passionate about, we're also happy to help you start your own. So for example, a student maybe two years ago, he really wanted to have a student magazine. We were talking even before he came through, and I was his admissions advisor. And he was like, ah, yeah, I really want a magazine. And once he was admitted, he started a magazine. So, you know, it's not really, if it doesn't exist yet, it doesn't mean that it won't. So I'm really open to kind of helping you create and grow and explore some areas that you really like. And then some student council events. So Arlan, I think you're actually on the student council. Is that right? Yeah, I'm currently serving as student council treasurer. So the student council throws events that are all about enriching students' lives and really helping you to socialize. If you do end up joining our university, it'll be a great way to meet people. Our recent events was actually our Halloween party, which was a great success. A lot of students attended that. And this week we're doing a clothing drive. So we do things like that, that not just, you know, help students and our own little Prague College community interact, but we're also focused on what's going on going on outside of Prague College. And student council is a great way to make connections. It's a great way to interact with the student body. And it's a great way to become comfortable in your first semester with interacting with people, with working with others. And so those are some of the skills that it can give you. Awesome. Thank you. So besides these events, we also have some other ways to get involved. So throughout the year, we always have an annual theme that kind of goes over all of the events that kind of happened throughout the year. So this year was be the change. So we tried to put on events that kind of embody this theme. So maybe for example, I'm in the yoga society. So we are kind of putting our focus towards what we can change within ourselves. So it's not only just one thing but kind of this overarching theme throughout everything. We also have opportunities to learn outside of your program, which is great. So we have some LinkedIn learning opportunities. We have a new applied philosophy course. There's a new architecture course that just started this semester as well that you can add. And there are check lessons. So if you are interested in learning check in addition to your studies, if you don't already know it, you can also add this to your schedules too. There are some opportunities for study abroad. What that would mean for you kind of depends on what that would mean for visas and things like that. So we'd be happy to give you more information kind of one-on-one depending on what your situation is. And there are some regular career opportunities such as our career fair that we have every spring. So you can kind of network with different business professionals and pass out your CV and even see what's available before you finish your studies. And quite a few of our students do find work even before they graduate. So it's a nice opportunity to see even what's out there. Additionally, we also have an active alumni association and industry network. So as Prog City University's partner, Teeside University, you will actually be an alumni of both schools and you get those benefits from both institutions. So I would now like to talk about our campuses. We have three campuses plus a digital one. Our main campus is located at Polska 10. It is Prague 2, very, very close to the city centre. It is part of the old town. And there are also two art studios. One is more for undergraduate level and there is another one that is mostly for our course graduate students. Our main campus offers Mac and PC labs that you can use to work on your projects throughout your studies. And also there's a library which you can access digitally. Also our student services team is also there for you to help and answer any questions that you might have. You'll have a dedicated study advisor who's there for you to support you throughout your studies. And also before the semester starts, we organise a welcome week event where you can meet your fellow classmates, the student council, learn more about the student societies that are actually running this year. And also if you're an international student or if you live maybe in the other town other than Prague, the welcome week activities actually give you the opportunity to orientate yourself in the city and settle in. And if needed, we can help you to set up a bank account, choose a phone plan and so on. And also as Alexa already mentioned, there are check classes available for our students who need them and also as you can see with the welcome week with the check classes and with our student services team, we do really try to make your transition go as smooth as possible since you're available. Also I would like to touch on the student accommodation. Of course it is more relevant for our international students. So as you can see typically there are two or three student residences that we work with. Typically as you can see it is student house cottage, side room and the fizz. The price range could be around 350 to 450 euros depending on the type of room that you choose. Of course it depends on how high the demand is each semester. So we would recommend why aren't you choosing one of the student residences. We do recommend checking with us with your admission advisor just to make sure that the accommodation is actually available for you for this semester. Also we do, we can recommend different accommodation options if you're looking for private accommodation or if the accommodation that we typically work with is full. So we will be happy to give you more information on where to look for rooms or private apartments. I do know that Arulan has lived in one of the student residences that we work with. So if you could please just share your experience as a student it would be really great. Okay I lived in both Zetrims actually. There's one in Halanska and there's another one I think it's called U Prano which is a bit far but it kind of just depends on which campus you're going to but both residences are great. From an experience standpoint I think it was really great to have like a college dorm room you know and just to interact with so many people because maybe it's done by partially by design but all of the areas the common areas actually give you great potential to interact with others and that's how you can kind of start to make friends and what's really really cool about Zetrim I think oh well maybe all of them I haven't lived in the rest of them is that they tend to give you a roommate who goes to the same university as you and then you have an opportunity in which to not only form a friendship with that person but to interact with them to walk to campus together to grab a coffee and that really helps you to kind of acclimatize into your experience. What also it's just from a convenience standpoint it's really easy you know you pay that one fee as a student and your wi-fi and your electricity and your water is taken care of. Another big thing is these apartments assist you to give you a confirmation of accommodation so it makes it very very easy to get your visa and you know to both accommodations really the tram stops or the bus stops are like literally one block away or around the corner so you can literally just walk jump on the tram and you know before you know you're at university. So all in all it was a good experience and yeah. Thanks Arulan. Also of course we talked about Prague and described and give you more information about what opportunities there and our campus also actually wanted to show you what Prague looks like and also show it like from a student's perspective so we prepared a video for you. So I'm just going to set it up so please enjoy. Prague is a cosmopolitan city with excellent business links and a long-standing history as a cultural hub that continues to the present day. Prague is also a vibrant university city with students coming here to study from around the world for over 650 years. You will enjoy unlimited artistic culture and entertainment opportunities. You can participate in a multitude of sports year round or watch many of the world-class teams and individuals who leave train and compete here and on the weekends and your holidays you can use your base in Prague to travel and explore all of Europe. Business networking cultural events theaters galleries sports and so much more combined with your studies at Prague City University. You will have many opportunities to get practical experience in your field of studies and to start and develop your future career. You will also gain a unique perspective on the world that our outstanding international education offers. Prague City University a British education in the heart of Europe for a global community. So I hope you enjoyed this little video that we prepared for you. We will now move to the admission deadlines so I'll pass the word to Alexa. So we have a few different deadlines so depending on when you're thinking about starting your studies if you are still thinking about this coming February 2022 as you can see on this slide the official deadline was the end of October so this we make this the deadline because many of our students who do need to apply for their visas we recommend that they do apply sometime in November in order to get that in time to arrive in Prague for the start of that semester. So just because it says 31st of October doesn't mean that all hope is lost there may still be opportunities for you to start your studies online and then come to Prague once you're able to apply for your visa and travel. So depending on the program that you're interested in and if you need a visa you can contact your admissions advisor to get more information if coming in February in person is still an option for you. If you're looking at September 2022 you can see that there is still quite a bit of time if you're looking to start but the end of this month there's actually this early registration round so you would get either an 8% off of your tuition for that first semester or if you do apply for a scholarship you would receive an extra 25% of the awarded amount on top of that scholarship and that's for every semester of study and not only the first one. So there are some really nice benefits for applying early and kind of confirming your place and if you don't need a visa to study you can see that there are there is still time to apply for either February or September. This September rounds again it's that end of November to get that early registration bonus and for February 2022 you can see we have still round two which is the end of this month or round three if you need a bit more time and we'd like to confirm sometime in January. So if you've already chosen your program and are ready to join us the first step would be to apply and submit the required documents. So as you can see for the first thing would be your confirmation of completed education, your high school diploma if you're applying to a bachelor's program and your bachelor's degree if you're applying for a master's program, there is also proof of English it could be IELTS or TOEFL or Cambridge such as CE, CPE, FCE and also Duolingo or any other equivalent documentation who will be happy to review and let you know if one of your qualifications meets our requirements then that is the letter of motivation 300 words would be for the bachelor's level and 500 words would be for master's level there is also a copy of your passport a portfolio for art and design programs only so for the foundation and bachelor's and master's level for the art and design there is also CVE that you would need to submit if you're applying for a master's degree and references which could be from your academic life or maybe from your work work life as well. If everything meets our requirements we will arrange the final interview between you and the program leader of your chosen program and if this is successful we will then send you the offer to study which if you sign we will then move to sending you the invoice and once the invoice is paid you will be officially enrolled in the program and we will confirm your place. And how will we teach in 2022-2023 so we were planning to open face-to-face classes for both this coming February and the September semester as long as the global health restrictions allow it so at the moment they do but we always keep an eye on what the the current laws are and current restrictions and we are flexible in our classes so we always want them to continue so we keep your health in mind and also these laws in mind. The Czech Republic does continue to welcome students from other EU countries as well as international students so we are still open and visa appointments are open so once you apply you can apply for your visa at this time and again COVID measures in place we are keeping an eye on the current measures and are checking pretty frequently and if anything changes we let our students know imminently so yeah go ahead thank you yes we were just we are very eager just to thank you very much for joining for joining us today if you already you wish to start your application with us or you just have any questions you have the like a specific situation that you would like to share you you can see our email address on the screen which of course you can you can email us at any time throughout the year there are also different social medias that you can follow to find out more about the different events that we hold and our student life we are on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and so on and of course we will also at the moment there were a couple of questions that came through so of course we will go through those before we say our goodbyes so I can see there is the first question about the amount of the semesters the master's program has so yeah so how many semesters are there the master's program international management and computing so for both of these programs they're offered in either the standard or the intensive format so the standard format there are four semesters um which can be completed in 24 to 30 months so about two years depending on when you want to submit your dissertation or the intensive format which is three semesters so this one is two two semesters of taught modules and your final semester will be going over your dissertation having frequent feedback meetings with your your lecturers and making sure you're on the right track so this can be done in 12 to 18 months so the format it it's decided kind of partially from you and also with the program leader so during your final interview they'll they'll get more information about you and and what you're looking for and kind of determine during that interview which format might be best for you and then there is another question about uh requirements from the US so I think the biggest thing with this is that English language requirement is that because you've studied or for any students who've studied at either an American or British education system you don't need the English language certificate so if you've studied high school in the US or if you have A levels or IGCSEs or something like that so also with the IB diploma you wouldn't need that English language certificate for that requirement because we know that you speak English at that that level it's the equivalency and hello Dominica I see you said hi so hi aha I see yeah there is another question about the tuition fees so for the international students yes um so the amount of 102 000 crowns this is the price for our um each of the semester so each semester uh of the master's degree in intensive format so that would mean it would be three semesters and each semester would be uh this amount 102 000 crowns there are also something that we might not mentioned is that actually we offer scholarships that you can apply for at the same time as applying for your program so to these standards like let's say documents that you are that you are submitting to apply for your program there are also a couple of other documents that you would need to submit if you wish to apply for a scholarship there are two types of scholarships and we offer scholarships at the foundation level at the bachelor's level and at the master's level so for the all of these levels we have a social engagement award for the master's level it would be social engagement and professional award and also academic excellence award so if you feel that you did well in the classroom academic excellence award would be most suitable for you and if you feel that you don't really well outside of the classroom participated in a lot of extracurricular activities then social engagement award would be a better option for you any other questions for us before we go oh looks like one came through um oh thank you yes some option to study in external form yes so um we do have the blended learning format for quite a few of our programs so um depending on which which program you are interested in i can have a look um later and maybe send you an email about it um but this blended learning format is kind of ideal for working professionals who are looking to get their bachelor's studies so the majority of your your work would be online or on weekends so that you can still work full-time um and and it's kind of ideal for for that scenario and Alice it looks like there was one more question too about the possibility of a work permit after completing studies um yes so it would be possible for you to uh switch from the type of visa that we sponsor to a work permit um of course um you would need to find a reliable employer uh once you finish your studies maybe our career fair would be would help you to find a potential employer of course there are also connection like our program leaders even sometimes can reference you to maybe some sort of internship and then after um the possibility of employment so it would be possible to do it you would just need to find an employer who would be able to sponsor uh your visas and provide the necessary documents yeah exactly so I don't think we mentioned so the as a British university in the Czech Republic the type of visa that you would apply for with us is visa type other not a visa type for study so with this type of visa we aren't actually able to offer this stayback option that the study visa does so once your your studies are finished then um your visa would be as well but like I kind of mentioned we have lots of career fair opportunities um our lecturers are also involved with their their respective studies and they often get um like job opportunities from people that they know and kind of pass them along to students as well so there are opportunities to find work to stay but they're not necessarily from the type of visa that we are able to offer um and then so Dominica the price for the kind of blended study I'm actually just sending through the link to our um tuition fees page because the type the price for the blended studies also depends on which program so you can have a look here to see the price for all of the blended programs there is also another question I see about working while studying so as Alexa mentioned we do sponsor visa type other and the with visa type other you are coming to the Czech Republic only to study so officially officially you are not allowed to work you're coming here only to study and then once you finish your studies here you can switch to work permit or other type of visa to start your to start your employment I will say so if you're looking at this these master's studies usually for master's students looking to come on a visa they are encouraged to do this intensive format because of this unable to work during your studies I'm also a student on one of the master's programs in the standard so the part-time format and it is quite intense even part-time so I think if you're looking to come and work while studying even in this intensive format it will be quite challenging I would say and quite a lot coming to a new country to do to do both it's not impossible a lot of students do it but it's just something to kind of consider and think about and Arilan any any thing you wanted to add at the end of our presentation no I think you guys really did cover it quite well I would encourage any potential students to reach out to me if you want a different perspective you can always ask Alexa or Alice for my email and I'm happy to chat with you awesome thank you thanks all right well if there aren't any more questions then I think we will go feel free to email your admissions advisor if you have any other questions we will also be in touch with you over the next couple of days so well we'll check in and see if you need anything and if you are ready to apply just let us know and we can send you that full application package to get started on thank you very much thank you thanks for coming goodbye