UNYP PCPR 2005-06

When I was weighing my options on moving back to Prague or not, my main driver was to continue my education and get a Master’s Degree.  I figured that after a few years of working, the sudden lack of friends and the element of the unknown in a new city, going back to school was an ideal solution for all of the above.   I started my online search into English programs in Prague that focused on communications.

After some research I decided that UNYP [University of New York in Prague] was my best bet.  UNYP offered a 15-month long weekend program, through very tight cooperation with La Salle University in Philadelphia, offering a Master’s Degree in Professional Communication and Public Relations.  The courses were divided into modules and every course except for two [UNYP Professors taught these courses] was taught by La Salle University Professors that flew to Prague to teach.  Out of the 15 people that made it to the end, a majority of the students in my class were Czech, while the rest came from different parts of the world – Australia, Germany, Portugal, USA, and Canada.  Everyone had a story and everyone was very different.  I think this is what made our class memorable, and in some instances very opinionated [in the positive sense of the word], compared to some of the other years – as our Professors later told us.

Graduation at Žofín 2006

Having a marketing background with previous work experience, I found the courses to be very interesting and many concepts became more clear to me.  I am sure that today the curriculum is slightly different, probably focusing more on the latest phenomenon of social media. Overall, I found the professors to be very knowledgeable in their field of expertise.  I think like with every Master’s degree, it’s really up to you what you end up getting out of it.  The level of interest and dedication definitely differed within the class, but I found the slight lack of dedication to be true especially of the younger people in the class, lacking previous work experience.  Overall, the experience fullfilled all of my expectations - I learned something [which is good], it helped my career opportunities [great investment in the end], I made good friends [maybe an even better investment] and it was a perfect start in my new journey [eventually everything else fit into place].

There are options in Prague to get a Master’s Degree or a targeted MBA in English. For further detail and tuition check out the following links:

University of New York Prague
Legerova 72 –  Praha 2
http://www.unyp.cz/

• MA in Professional Communications and Public Relations
• MA in Clinical-Counseling Psychology
• LLM in International and Commercial Law
• Masters in European Law and European Integration
• MBA (Different types of MBA include: Management, Marketing, Sustainability, Project Management, Banking, Management of Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Tourism Management, Online MBA)

Anglo American University
Lázeňská 4/287 – Praha 1, Malá strana
http://www.aauni.edu/

• M.A. in Quantitative Asset & Risk Management
• M.A. in Business and Law in International Markets
• M.A. in International Relations & Diplomacy (also as a semi-distance form of study from Spring 2011)
• M.A. in Public Policy
• M.A. in Humanities
• MBA

Prague College
Polská 10 – Praha 2
http://www.praguecollege.cz

Prague College Postgraduate Center programmes include:

•     MSc International Management
•     MSc Computing (planned from October 2012)
•     MA Art and Design (planned from October 2012)

University of Northern Virginia Prague
Na Poříčí 12, Praha 1
http://www.unva.cz

• MBA in Marketing
• MBA in General Management
• MBA in Financial Management
• MBA in Project Management