History and Vision
Founder
RNDr. Josef Tesařík
entrepreneur, philanthropist, patriot
Vision
MVSO, a private public benefit company, aims to prepare students for their business, management, or professional career with a global reach. Emphasis is placed on innovation, utility, and home ties.
Concept for 2024
Intensive development of MVSO expertise in terms of professional excellence, teaching and applied research outputs. Active entry into the international world of education and academic expertise. Providing education for Erasmus+ students.
Long-term challenges
Membership of the BEA International Innovation Centre Olomouc. Aiming to reach the level of a prestigious, internationally accredited business college. Providing knowledge-based support among secondary school students and citizens of the region in entrepreneurship and business activities. Connecting applied research to business with a focus on innovation and the regional economy acceleration.
History
For centuries, the city of Olomouc has been the historical core of Moravia as well as its important cultural and educational centre. Its strategic position in Central Europe has become a natural crossroad of many nations and historical events.
Over the years, a number of educational institutions were established in Olomouc supporting the economic, financial and administrative development of the entire region. Consequently, Olomouc has become a university city.
MVSO was founded by the Regional Centre Olomouc (RCO) and TESCO SW as a private public benefit organisation in 2005. The main aim is to continue the tradition of the university city in order to support the educational and economic development of the region. The owner of both organisations, RNDr. Josef Tesařík, has become the first director of MVSO.
MVSO has its own emblem, which was created by the internationally renowned heraldist Jiří Louda. It respects the long tradition of education in the city of Olomouc as well as in Moravia.
In the first years of its existence, MVSO focused on economic and managerial bachelor's degree study programme, which primarily aimed at students of the region.
A number of international contacts and projects have gradually developed, both from the student and staff mobility thanks to the Erasmus+ Programme as well as through the conclusion of strategic partnerships with major universities.
At present, MVSO provides bachelor’s and master’s degree study programmes (accredited in the Czech Republic) not only for students from the Czech Republic, but also from EU member states as well as non-European students, especially from Asia.
Since 2013, MVSO has been located in a modern environment of the BEA Campus Olomouc, in a developing business area of Olomouc. In cooperation with other campus partners, MVSO participates in the business development and innovations of the region.
