ICT Education and Requirements for ICT Graduates in the Czech Republic 1

This paper provides an analysis of university graduates at ICT specialist market in the Czech Republic. It focuses on universities effective in the ICT education area and compares their study programs (203 programs) with requirements of businesses (1002 businesses). It describes typical “product ” of Czech education process in the area of ICT skills. General conclusions show that majority of graduate bachelors (at about 85%) in the Czech Republic do not have knowledge profile to enter business as qualified employees without expensive additional training. At master level the same applies for at about 40 % of graduates