Funding of HEIs in the Czech Republic

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Funding of HEIs in the Czech Republic
Bologna Promoters Seminar in Dubrovnik, 30 June
2005 Josef Beneš and Vera Stastna Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports
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Structure and Consequences

• International
• Bologna ProcessLisbon Process
• National
• Policies and Strategies gt
• Long Term Strategy of the Ministry
• Updating
• Programme of Development
• Annual Report
• Evaluation/ SWOT analysis
• gt
• Updating new cycles

• Reform of HEIs gt Reform of funding
• Long Term Strategy of a HEI
• Updating
• Project of Development
• Annual Report
• Evaluation/ SWOT analysis
• gt
• Updating new cycles

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The flow of funds for the main HEIs' activities
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Funding of education
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Basic facts

• Public, private, state HEIs
• At public HEIs
• Studies in Czech free of charge for all
• Students are financed for the standard duration
  of studies 1 year
• After this period the HEI does not receive any
  money from the state
• Students are charged fees the minimum amount is
  15 20 of the average normative (e.g. 7 500
  CZK), usually they are charged the normative
  belonging to the study programme
• The money goes into the scholarship fund
• Studies in a foreign language fee in the
  competence of a HEI

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Funding of HEIs

• Normative funding formula based
• Non-normative funding
• Student affairs
• Research and Development funding
• Programme funding capital investment

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Funding of HEIs

• Normative funding
• Agreed increase of number of students - contract
• According to the number of students in particular
  study programme and the cost of study of the
  respective study programme
• According to the number of graduates in
  particular study programme and the cost of study
  of the respective study programme

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Formula funding

• Formula funding - total lump sum sum of
  products of the number of students in particular
  study programme and the cost of study of the
  respective study programme
• 2005 - base normative cost of study is 33 320 CZK
  (1 100 ) for an academic year, per a student,
  average normative is 53 000 CZK (1 770 )
• Calculation made on the bases of students
  admitted the previous year (to 31 October)
• High drop out (comparable to the number of
  graduates)
• gt
• Since 2005 number of graduates has been included
  into the formula (enhancing the output
  orientation)
• normative related to a graduate is 6 825 CZK (230
  )

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Funding of education

• 7 categories of study programmes
• Basic normative 33 320 CZK /1 100 CZK
• Highest cost of the study programme per 1 student
  196 588 CZK / 6 550

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Funding of HEIs

• Non-normative funding
• Long Term Strategy Plans and their annual
  Updating Programmes of Development
• Activities funded centrally
• SWOT analysis funds divided on normative bases
  according to the rules agreed with
  Representations of HEIs
• Fund of Development of HEIs (Different thematic
  areas)
• Fund of Educational Policy
• Funding of international co-operation
  agreements
• European Structural Fund
• Student affairs

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Programmes of Development

• Strengthening of strong points and minimising of
  weak points of HEIs
• 3 main priorities
• Internationalisation
• Quality and Excellence
• Quality and Culture of Academic Life

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Funding of HEIs

• Student affairs
• Scholarships
• Doctoral students
• Accommodation support
• Mobility
• Social scholarships
• Support for cafeterias

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Funding of HEIs

• Research and Development
• Institutional funding
• Specific research
• Research and development plans
• Grants and targeted funding
• Research centres
• Individual grants
• Grant Agency of CR,..
• EU Framework Programme

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The main ideas of the present reform

• overcoming the lasting underfunding of the
  universities and their internal debts
• facilitating a gradual division of the
  universities into teaching and research
  institutions 
• increasing competitiveness of the Czech
  universities before joining the European Research
  and Education Area
• shifting from the quantitative growth of
  universities to the qualitative growth
• output oriented funding

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The main ideas of the present reform
(continuation)

• introducing large integrated development
  programmes for all universities
• massively supporting scientific research at
  universities including doctoral studies
• supporting the internacionalization of study
• enabling the universities to rise salaries with
  respect to the qualification structure of the
  academic staff
• changing in the system of social support of
  students (especially in accommodation and
  scholarships)
• investing in campuses development and equipment.

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Budget 2004

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  billion CZK
• State subsidy 22
• Education 15
• Normative 12
• Non-normative 3
• RD
  3,4
• Specific RD 1
• RD Strategic Plans 1,6
• Grants/Targeted funding 1,3
• Capital investments 3,1
• Other Income 4
• TOTAL 26

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Some other remarks

• Since 2005 also European Structural Fund 0,1 bil.
  CZK annually
• Total amount of funds from EU budget is approx.
  5 of the state funding
• 2005 state funding 0,9 GDP
• State funding approximately 10 growth in 2006
  2008 represents approx. 0,1 GDP annually
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