The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU in Prague is actively involved in international cooperation in science and teaching. Political criteria for selecting participants to travel abroad have been abolished. The only conditions for international activities are the interest of partners abroad in cooperating, participants' adequate knowledge of foreign languages and, of course, funding. Faculty members involved in various projects supported by Czech or foreign (mostly EU) grant agencies are better placed in this respect than those not working on such a project.
Our international cooperation is positively influenced not only by the good international reputation of our University, but also by the location of our faculty. Prague is an extraordinarily attractive place for partners both from Europe and from overseas countries.
We do not force departments of the faculty into international cooperation. Their activities are motivated by their own interests and possibilities. CTU has signed cooperation agreements with many universities and other university level institutions. A special University fund has been set up to support travel to these partners.
Foreign students studying in Prague and our students studying abroad form an important aspect of our international activities.
Nowadays, Czech students of FEE CTU have the possibility to study abroad. There are many oportunities, not all of which are taken advantage of. The faculty computer net is used to inform students about these possibilities. There are several reasons why the opportunities may not be taken up. Tuition fees and living expenses are often beyond the means of our students (even if in many cases scholarships are available). In other cases, insufficient language skills form a major obstacle.
Even if the language skills of our present-day students are much better than in the past, we are still not fully satisfied. The fundamental importance of the English language is clear for students of electrical engineering, but knowledge of other languages is also a great advantage. Knowledge of the language of the country to be visited is often required for study in Germany, France or Italy. Because of lack of such knowledge by our students we are sometimes unable to send our students to study abroad even if very favorable conditions are offered by our partners.
Exchange of students in the framework of our cooperation agreements takes place not only within Europe, but also with the USA. At present we have active exchanges with Kansas State University, Union College of Schenectady and Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Detailed information about the activities of individual departments and their teachers can be gained from department WWW pages accessible from this faculty WWW page. This enables you to make direct contact with the teacher you would like to cooperate with or whose course you would like to attend.
Complete information about courses offered by all CTU faculties in English can be gained from the CTU Prospectus, available both in paper form and on WWW (in a more detailed form on WWW, including not only courses offered in English but the complete set of courses taught at present at our faculty).