CERGE-EI
The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, known as CERGE-EI (/ˌsɜːrdʒˌiːˈaɪ/) is an academic institution in Prague, Czech Republic, specialised in economics. The institute is a partnership between the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It is also a New York State Education Department entity with a permanent charter for its degree-granting educational programs awarded by the New York State Board of Regents. It is located in the Schebek Palace in the center of Prague.
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1991 |
| Director | Doc. Marek Kapička, Ph.D. |
| Location | Prague , 50°04′59.46″N 14°25′44.43″E |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.cerge-ei.cz |
The center was founded in 1991 by a group that included Jan Švejnar and Jozef Zieleniec, with a goal to educate a new generation of economists from post-communist countries. The school provides an American-style PhD program in economics, a US-chartered Master of Arts program in Applied Economics (the MAE program), and the UPCES study abroad program. CERGE-EI also conducts research in theoretical and policy-related economics.