OA a VOŠ Příbram - Business School Příbram 

Our school is called Business Academy and Higher Professional School. It is located in the town of Pribram which lies about 60 km south of the capital city, Prague. Pribram is an old mining town dating back to the 13th century. Originally, silver was mined here. 

In the 20th century there were large deposits of uranium. In the nineties of the last century, however, the exploitation ceased completely. At present Pribram is a modern town with about 35 thousand inhabitants with some bigger comapnies and many small private businesses.  Our students are from 15 - 19 years old. They study at the school for four yeas and end their secondary education with a final graduation exam.

Our school, the Business Academy belongs among traditional economic schools. The economic disciplines have been taught here since 1920. There are two branches of study: Business Academy and Economic Secondary School (Lyceum). Students are educated in both general and professional subjects, such as – economics, marketing, accounting, PC and its application, business correspondence, statistics, ICT, history, geography, civics, languages, and more,

The Economic Secondary School (Lyceum) is a combination of economic as well as grammar school education. The main task of this branch of study is to prepare students thoroughly for tertiary education in fields like economics, law, business and other. At secondary school the students are taught two foreign languages, computer lab, nature science, psychology, history and geography and professional subjects such as economics, accounting, law, computer lab. The curriculum at this branch of study involves also a wide range of elective subjects (finance, marketing, management, correspondence and conversation in a foreign language).

The Higher Professional School – branch Financial and Economical Consultancy – is opened for students after graduation, who do not intend to enter university. Students are aged 19 and older. It is as three-year studies based especially on professional subjects like two foreign languages, economy, accounting, statistics and mathematics methods, financial advice, marketing, management, business correspondence, law, psychology. Students are subject to 6 weeks of practice in the second as well as in the third year of studies. 

The graduates from this school receive a diploma and are able to be employed in various branches of national economy and the state – banks, insurance companies, private enterprises, state organisations, accounting firms etc.

School webpage: http://oapb.cz