Study at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences in Prague

The Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (ČZU) is a unique institution in our country with over fifty years of tradition in tropical agriculture, rural development and the sustainable management of natural resources in the tropics.

The Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences offers studies in Bachelors’, Masters’ and doctoral study programs in English. During their studies, the students are encouraged to do internships at partner universities in the EU. In the case of Masters’ and post-graduate students, students are supported to do practical training and research activities related to their diploma and/or doctoral thesis in the tropical regions.

Among the most important topics of the faculty’s interest in the tropics are sustainable agriculture, the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources, rural development, food processing and food security, appropriate technologies based on renewable sources of energy, and economics and rural sociology in the developing countries. Graduates of the faculty are usually employed in the private sector, in national or international governmental and/or non-governmental institutions that generally deal with issues relating to developing countries, trade, education and technology transfer as well as scientific and research activities in the tropics.

Bachelor’s Degree Programmes in English:

• International Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development

Master’s Degree Programmes in English:

• International Development and Agricultural Economics

• Agri-food Systems and Rural Development

• Tropical Crop Management and Ecology

• Tropical Forestry and Agroforestry

• Wildlife and Livestock Production, Management and Conservation

• Tropical Farming Systems

Doctoral Degree Programmes in English:

• Agriculture in Tropics and Subtropics

• Tropical Agrobiology and Bioresource Management

• Sustainable Rural Development