CERGE-EI

The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute, known as CERGE-EI 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 located in the Schebek Palace in the center of Prague. Similar name is borne by CERGE-EI New York, 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. CERGE-EI New York awards U.S. MA and PhD degrees in Economics to students studying at CERGE-EI in Prague. After successfully completing their studies, these students also receive Czech diplomas. 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.