“Doing Business between Eastern and Western Europe” was the theme of this year’s “Honors” Academy. 25 students from the fields of Business, Economics and Information Systems of the Elite Graduate Program “Honors” went to Prague in April 2018. The academy was organized in cooperation with the Prague University of Economics, which also hosts an “Honors” program for outstanding motivated students, following the model of the Universität Regensburg.
The “Honors” Academies combine academic challenge and international exchange. The students were given valuable insights into Czech culture and current developments of the Czech economy. This included visits to the brewery Kozel in Velke Popovice and Skoda in Mlada Boleslav.
Highlight for the students from Regensburg were their talks and presentations on cultural differences between Germany and the Czech Republic, development of foreign direct investment, and particularities of the Czech IT and tech industries.
Strengthening interdisciplinarity
In addition, the trip offered many possibilities to strengthen relations within the group, as well as engage in networking with the students from Prague. “The academy was a great opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange and strengthening of the team spirit within the graduate program”, says Marco Büttner, student of the Elite Graduate Program "Honors in Business, Economics, and Information Systems".
Text: Elite Graduate Program "Honors in Business, Economics, and Information Systems"