Where education
meets industry
The European Centre for Career Education exists to close the gap between what students learn and what the working world expects — with practitioner-led teaching and a guaranteed internship, in one European summer.
From theory
to experience
Too many graduates leave university without ever having done the work their degree describes. We were founded in Prague in 2016 to change that.
Our programs pair intensive, practitioner-led lectures with a real internship at a partner company — so students don't just study a field, they practise it, and leave with experience and a professional reference on their CV. Every admitted student on a field program is placed.
But the gap between education and industry doesn't close in a classroom alone, so the work runs wider than the programs. Leaders Voice and Leaders Hub bring founders and C-suite executives around one table; ECCEDU Friends adds the organisations that open doors for our students; and projects like the Education & Industry Forum (EIF) and our Erasmus+ work carry the same idea into policy and research.
The programs are where a student starts. The network is what they keep.
Where our students come from
From all over
the world
ECCEDU students and alumni come from 89 countries, from Mexico and the United States to China and India.
See all 89 countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guinea
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Recognised at the highest level
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In the media
Talks, features
& podcasts
- tomashulle.com
Founder in the media
Talks, interviews and features with founder Tomáš Hülle on education, careers and entrepreneurship.
- Listen
Podcast: Tech Frontiers
On AI in education — why, without precise input, ChatGPT is useless to students.
- Read
Interview: Hospodářské noviny
“Czech universities lack one thing to be world-class”: Tomáš Hülle on how AI is pushing teaching towards the American model (in Czech, July 2025).
Initiatives & past projects
Beyond
the programs
Leaders Voice
By-invitation roundtables of founders and C-suite executives — a fresh table of fifteen to twenty each time, no speaker, nothing for sale.
See Leaders VoiceLeaders Hub
A curated, continuing community of senior leaders who meet through the year and build relationships that outlast any single event.
See Leaders HubEducation & Industry Forum
A forum organized by ECCEDU that brings universities and companies together.
Visit EIFCyberSec EduCheck
An Erasmus+ project advancing cybersecurity education.
Past initiativeErasmus+ internships
Years of EU-funded internship placements that shaped how we run guaranteed placements today.
Past initiativePioneers into Practice
ECCEDU ran this EIT Climate-KIC program in Czechia for sustainability managers of large companies, as a pilot in 2021 and again in 2022. Supported by EIT Climate-KIC (EU).
Past initiativeClimate Leadership Journey 2022
In 2022 ECCEDU hosted the Prague summer school of this EIT Climate-KIC program, together with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and UCT Prague. Supported by EIT Climate-KIC (EU).
Past initiative The people
behind ECCEDU
A selection of the people who run ECCEDU day to day. The wider team and community, including lecturers, mentors, partner companies and alumni, is much larger.
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Tomáš Hülle
Founder & CEO
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Jana Vodičková
Director of Partnerships
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Monika Žižková Vodičková
Senior Partnerships Manager
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Binnur Yaman
Senior Partnerships Manager
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Anaclara Gomez
Student Affairs & Partnerships Coordinator
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Zhor Adjmi
Marketing Manager & Designer
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Mariam Vepkhvadze
Program Coordinator
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Attila Vörös
Program Coordinator
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Grace Coleman
Program Coordinator
Our interns
Students who work with the ECCEDU team alongside their studies.
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David Hejtmánek
Community Team Assistant
Finds C-level leaders at companies and start-ups and connects them with ECCEDU.
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Jan Klee
Community Team Manager
Leads the Community team and has been part of ECCEDU for more than three years.
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Aneta Navrátilová
Community Team Assistant
Negotiates collaborations with partner companies and coordinates the Leaders Voice event. She also handles the team's data, email and day-to-day administration.
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Anna Vymětalová
Community Team Assistant
Negotiates collaborations with partner companies, helps coordinate the Leaders Voice event and keeps the team's spreadsheets organized.
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Anna Lehka
Marketing Assistant
Manages ECCEDU's social media, creates photo and video content and helps produce events.
Come build it with us
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We'd love to hear from you.