Tuition Increase for Fall 2023

There are also scholarships available. The merit based scholarships (MBS) are the most accessible to all students and recently changed last year to allow more students to be rewarded. There were 27 students awarded MBS in Fall 2021 while 99 students in Fall 2022 after applying to the new MBS scheme. There were 25 students awarded MBS in Spring 2022, while 76 students in Spring 2023.

The Czech Statistical Office (CSO) reported a 15,1 percent inflation this year and AAU is increasing tuition and administration fees accordingly. Therefore, across the board the tuition has increased by 15,1 percent, but depending on the year you were enrolled in AAU the tuition being paid still varies.

The AAU contract allows for an annual increase of 5 percent unless the annual inflation rate provided by the Czech Statistical Office is higher than that. There are three different groups: students starting prior to 2016/2017, students between 2016/2017 to 2018/2019, 2019/2020 to fall semester 2022 which is what most of AAU students fall under. This is the same for all other programs, including the Masters program(MA) and law. Tuition was also increased last year, just not by as much, due to more favorable economic circumstances.

The spring 2023 newly enrolled students and newly enrolling students for fall semester 2023/2024 did not see an increase in tuition because of the separation between non-EU and EU students tuition, making non-EU students pay more, announced to this group in Fall 2022 (effective Spring 2023). They wanted to lessen the damage and the tuition is still higher than previously enrolled students.

Regarding the tuition prices for the next year, “tuition for AY 24/25 has not been determined yet, but considering relatively high increase for AY 23/24, I find it ideal to open a discussion between Student Council and AAU administration to find a consensual mechanism how to make future tuition change for AAU students more predictable and manageable,” Johanovský stated.

For exact numbers we will look at the group between the 2019/2020 to fall 2022 semester as most AAU students are in this category, the new price per semester for BA students is 106,080 CZK while last year it was 92,160 CZK which is a 15,1% increase. For MA students the price per semester is now 113,940 CZK. Last year it was 98,990 CZK which is 15,1% increase.

For more information check out the AAU website or email bursar@aauni.edu.

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