Awards and prizes

Since the very beginning, our school has focused on developing abstract and analytical thinking skills. Our graduates are thus in high demand in business, government and academia, and work with leading companies in the region or even worldwide. The graduates regularly receive awards and prizes for their work.

International Awards

National (the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic) Awards


Awards of the Charles University

  • The Karel Engliš Prize
    2018 - Bc. Michal Kotrč
    2013 - Bc. Jana Hortová
    2012 - Mgr. Petra Valíčková
    2011 - Mgr. Marek Rusnák
    2009 - PhDr. Tomáš Havránek
    2008 - Mgr. Ondřej Strecker
    2007 - Mgr. Jan Doubrava
    2006 - Mgr. Filip Hájek
    2005 - Mgr. Michal Bauer
    2003 - Mgr. Eva Kreuzbergová
    2002 - Mgr. Ladislav Wintr
    2001 - Mgr. Adam Geršl
    2000 - Mgr. Tomáš Jaroš
    1996 - Mgr. Rostislav Mayer
  • The Special Award by the Rector of Charles University
    2013 - PhDr. Marek Rusnák
    2002 - Mgr. Markéta Šlaisová
    1997 - Mgr. Vladimír Kreidl
  • The Bolzano Prize
    2007 - Bc. Tomáš Havránek
    2006 - Mgr. Petr Jakubík
    2004 - Mgr.Martin Hokeš
    2003 - Mgr.Filip Žikeš
    2002 - PhDr. Martin Gregor
    1997 - Mgr. Tomáš Holub
    1994 - Bc. Martin Čihák
  • The Arnošt z Pardubic Prize
    2019 - doc. Antonie Doležalová
  • Donatio Universitatis Carolinae
    2019 - prof. Evžen Kočenda

Awards of the Czech National Bank

  • The Czech National Bank Research Award 2015
    2015 - Tomáš Havránek, Ph.D., PhDr. Marek Rusnák, doc. Roman Horváth, Ph.D., and Zuzana Iršová, Ph.D.
    2014 - Tomáš Havránek, Ph.D. a PhDr. Marek Rusnák  
    2014 - Michal Franta, Ph.D., Jozef Baruník Ph.D., doc. Roman Horváth, Ph.D., and prof. Kateřina Šmídková, Ph.D. 
    2010 - Roman Horváth, Ph.D.
    2009 - Roman Horváth, Ph.D. 
    2007 - Roman Horváth, M.A.

Team contests

  • CFA Institute Research Challenge
    2020 - team of IES students - Anna Umlaufová, Martin Bosák, Tiep Luu Danh and Matěj Sainer - 1st place in national final
    2016 - team of IES students - Pavel Růžek, Tomáš Juchelka, Robert Kaplan, Robert Ševinský, Ondřej Sláma - 1st place in national final
    2018 - team of IES students - Tadeáš Krejčí, Michal Petrouš, Jakub Říha, Ira Saktor a Norbert Skákala - 1st place in the national final
  • Rotman European Trading Competition
    2016 - team of IES students - Lucie Kraicová, Katarína Líšková, Marek Hausr and Martin Hrnec - 3rd place
  • Global Management Challenge
    2017 - team of IES and MU Brno students - Diana Bosáková, Martin Bosák, Matúš Pravda and Richard Husár z MU Brno - 1st place in national final
    2011 - team of IES students - Vyacheslav Lypko, Pavel Průša, Tomáš Olešnaník - 2nd place in national final
    2010 - team of IES students - Václav Vislous, Miroslava Mičáková, Zuzana Filková, Petr Doskočil (Technical University) with Michael Němeček (Law Faculty) - 2nd place in national final
  • GIRC - Global Investment Research Challenge 2011
    2011 - team of IES students - 2nd place
  • Global Student Challenge
    2016 - team of IES students - Diana Bosáková, Lucie Holušová, Andrea Hrtková, Eva Parlásková - 1st place in the regional round
  • Rotman European Trading Competition
    2016 - team of IES students - Lucie Kraicová, Katarína Líšková, Marek Hauzr and Martin Hronec. - 3rd place
  • University Trading Challenge
    2018 - team of IES students - Nicolas Fanta, Oskar Gottlieb, Pavel Irinkov and Dominik Vach - 1st place

Awards of the IES FSV UK

  • The CSOB Award
    2016 - Markéta Pokorná - 1st place
    2016 - Dana Klímová - 2nd place
    2016 - Martin Brousil - 3rd place
    2015 - Jakub Rybák - 1st place
    2015 - Radek Halamka - 2nd place
    2015 - Martin Pátek - 3rd place
    2014 - Aneta Mohylová - 1st place
    2014 - Matěj Kuc - 2nd place
    2014 - Jan Mareš - 3rd place
    2013 - Tomáš Havlíček - 1st place
    2013 - Adam Klečka - 2nd place
    2013 - Tomáš Jelínek - 3rd place
    2012 - Mgr. Barbora Šútorová - 1st place
    2012 - Mgr. Lenka Herrmannová - 2nd place
    2012 - Bc. Jan Šiml - 3rd place
  • The Ceska Sporitelna Award
    2013 - Bc. Jan Šedek
    2013 - Mgr. Tomáš Klinger
    2012 - Bc. Jana Malíčková - 1st place
    2012 - Bc. Pavel Dvořák - 2nd place
    2012 - Mgr. Blanka Weyskrabová - 1st place
    2012 - Mgr. Radek Janhuba - 2nd place
  • Deloitte Outstanding Thesis Award
    2021 - Bc. Petr Čala: Do Money Rewards Motivate People? A Meta-Analysis
    2021 - Bc. Katarína Gömöryová: Payoff of having children - Do elderly parents of more children live in a nursing home less often? 
    2021 - Mgr. Kateřina Kroupová: The Impact of Student Employment on Educational Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
    2021 - Mgr. Marie Ptáčníková, MSc: Investigation of cross-country differences in student performance in standardized tests: the role of modern and traditional teaching methods
    2021 - Mgr. Lukáš Janásek: Acquisition of Costly Information in Data-Driven Decision Making
    2020 - Bc. Šimon Appelt: Website Development as a Credence Good: A Field Experiment
    2020 - Bc. Sergey Bolshakov: Monetary Policy Under Behavioral Expectations: An Empirical Validation of the Heuristic Switching Model
    2020 - Bc.Alex Vinogradov: Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomic Modelling
    2020 - Bc. Jan Zítek: Capturing the effects of renewable resources on electricity prices: Evidence from the Czech Republic
    2020 - Bc. Michal Zítek: A Dynamic Approach to Fuel Hedging with Reference to the 2020 International Maritime Organization Regulations
    2020 - Bc. Štěpán Havel: Conditional quantile models for asset returns
    2020 - Mgr. Kateřina Havelková: Predicting stock market crises using investor sentiment indicators
    2020 - Mgr. Norbert Skákala: Does economic uncertainty spill across countries?
    2020 - Mgr. Renáta Wojnarová: The Effect of M&A on Competitors' Performance in China and the US 
    2020 - Mgr. Anna Kortusová Financing Climate Action: The Pricing of Green Bonds and Its Determinants
    2018 - Bc. Mikayel Harutyunyan 
    2018 - Mgr. Marek Lipán
    2018 - Mgr. Adam Nedvěd 
    2018 - Bc. Karolína Chalupová
    2018 - Bc. Jan Vainer
  • The McKinsey and RWE-Transgas Prize in Economic
    2006 - Mgr. Petr Jakubík
    2006 - Bc. Kateřina Jelínková
  • The Renomia Award
    2012 - Bc. Michal Svatoň - 1st place 
    2012 - Mgr. Petra Valíčková - a special prize
June 2023
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  

Partners

Deloitte
Česká Spořitelna

Sponsors

CRIF
McKinsey
Patria Finance
EY