Metropolitan University Prague (MUP) ranks among the oldest and largest private universities in the Czech Republic. Every year, approximately 1500 students enrol in the first year of studies at MUP. MUP provides education to approximately 4000 students. MUP offers study programmes in the area of the humanities, international relations, territorial studies, international business and media studies in both full-time and part-time forms of study in Czech as well as English. MUP provides education in Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Degree study programmes and has a network of more than 200 partner universities. It is a leading Czech centre of teaching and research in the field of international relations and EU studies.

Research activities of MUP are concentrated in research centres that also strive to include students in all their research activities. The present project will be embedded in the Center for Security Studies. The Center for Security Studies (C4SS) was established in 2009 as an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental centre that aspires to create intellectual environment conducive to the emergence of future generations of security experts from the Czech Republic and abroad. The centre brings together both internal and external research fellows as well as students. It aims to make a significant contribution to the establishment of a more permanent nature of inter-institutional research collaboration, both in the domestic and international context. The key poles of C4SS research agenda are the following: 1) conflict resolution and transformation; 2) privatization of security and terrorism; 3) new security threats; 4) small states security. Since 2003, MUP has been providing an award-winning social programme for students with physical disabilities entitled School without Barriers. The School without Barriers programme is dedicated to enabling students reach their full academic potential and helping them find professional positions on the labour market.