For Alumni
Part of what makes ż unique is the international community that goes through it. When our students graduate, they leave ż with more than just a degree: they take with them an invaluable professional and social network, and they have a community they can always come back to.
We have more than 2,700 alumni, from over 90 countries, working for globally influential organizations, including , , , , , , UN organizations, and , as well as many alumni workingin the public sector. Some of our alumni are leading local change-makers with organizations like , , , , , and . Our alumni have also gone off to further graduate and PhD studies at prestigious institutions such as Oxford, Harvard, INSEAD, Singularity University, London School of Economics and Charles University.
Our Alumni Relations Office works to facilitate community connections and promote symbiotic relationships within our Alumni Community and with our institution. There are many opportunities for alumni to engage with their alma mater and keep up to date with the latest news.
ż Global Alumni Community
ż supports its students throughout their studies, and its alumni throughout their careers. Keep in touch, share your success stories, find your classmates through our alumni network, and enjoy the benefit of an international network of over 2,700 alumni.
Join us for professional events and social mixers, enhance your education through the ż Academy, and keep up to date with the latest news by subscribing to The ż Quarterly.
Collaboration Opportunities
We support and provide ways for ż Alumni to get involved in various university activities, advise current students through mentorships, and collaborate with us.
Applied Education Projects (AEP)
Connect your company to ż and facilitate an experiential, real-life experience for students through assignments, research and consulting projects, while gaining clear outcomes, innovative solutions, and insights into potential talents. The company can set their own topic and timeframe for the assignments, and ż will connect them to the most relevant group of students. For more information about how to get involved in an AEP, please contact alumni@aauni.edu.
Mentorship hub
Some lessons cannot be taught in a classroom but only through professional and real-world experiences. The Mentorship Hub bridges that gap by connecting students and young graduates with experienced alumni and members of the ż community who can share the challenges, successes, and crossroads they faced on their career paths and offer their advice and insight about their field of profession. Note that there is no fixed commitment for the mentor or the mentee.
Host Internships
Alumni whose companies or employers are willing to host ż students for internships, on regular basis or occasionally, can fill out this or forward it to the person responsible for talent acquisition and internships at your organization as well. Should you require more information regarding opportunities to work with the ż student community, please contact ż’s Career Development Specialist, Julie Ševeleva, who can promote internship offers to students. Further contact details can be found here.
Roman Oeschger, MA in International Relations & Diplomacy 2014, currently Founder, (Forum für Mittelost- und Südosteuropa), 2021The cooperation with ż regarding the possibility of offering internships increases the quality of our work, because up to now we have always got to know engaged and reliable students from ż. We have realised that students from ż are very willing and motivated to gain internship experiences. With this in mind, we can recommend everyone to offer an internship at ż.
Events & Space Rental
Organize a company event or a meeting at a unique venue – the Thurn-Taxis palace.
- 40% discount is available for alumni
- Customizable events
- Catering available
Price list and more information is available
Refer a Friend
Get USD 500 for every full-time* degree-seeking student who has not previously studied at ż, and enrolls upon your recommendation. The amount can be used to finance your studies at ż or to purchase anything you wish from Amazon or another online retailer of your choice. For more details see here.
Further Education
Be an ż Alumni Ambassador
Part of what makes ż special is the international community that goes through it. By fostering contact points, or virtual embassies, led by volunteer Alumni Ambassadors, with the guidance and support of the Alumni Relations Office, the ż community can thrive globally in many ways, from helping prospective students, to keeping our Alumni Community vibrant.
Key Goals:
- Help promote ż to prospective students abroad
- ż Community promotion and engagement across borders
- Help us better understand different national markets
- Help ż network globally as a social, professional and academic hub with interesting new partners
Get Involved
Help spread the ż mission across the map and boost your professional profile! Email alumni@aauni.edu for more information and ż’s Alumni Specialist will get in touch with you.
Alumni Council
ż’s Alumni Council is a representative body for the Alumni Community which guides and promotes lifelong, symbiotic relationships between the university and our alumni. Alumni Council is made up of seven alumni, elected by the Alumni Community for a three-year term to advise on the development of our university by sitting on ż Advisory Committees and who are dedicated to enhancing the student-alumni engagement.
To find out more information about Council members please see here.
Success Stories
ż may be a small university, but our alumni have taken big steps. Read about their journeys:
Egor Kolpakov, 2020 Alumni
Introducing Egor Kolpakov: CEO of The Miners Coffee and BA Business Administration Alumni. A globetrotter from a young age, Egor was schooled in Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic. A rebel in a suit, Egor has always set out to do the extraordinary in building an impressive coffee business right here in Prague.
Lucie Nemcova, 2017 Alumna
Introducing Lucie: a truly global citizen but a Czech passport holder with razor sharp policy and analytical skills that have taken her to the transnational political arena of European Parliament in Brussels to the Deputy Mayor’s Office in Prague as she focuses her specialization and Ph.D. research on the bureaucratic autonomy of local government…
Chris Lettner, 2012 Alumnus
Meet Chris Lettner. An Austrian born in Germany, he went to school in Munich and Salzburg, and was first introduced to Prague when he spent a year at the Terezín Initiative Institute. He started university in Vienna but moved back to Prague where he finished his BA in Journalism and Communications at ż in 2012…
For more success stories please visit our Success Stories section.
To contact the Alumni Office please follow this link.