In 2005, after 14 years of hosting Prague
summer design studios, The NC State College of Design
opened the university's first international center, the
Prague Institute.
Situated in the heart of historic Old
Town, on Michalska Street, the Prague Institute resides
in a restored 14th-century courtyard building surrounded by
galleries, cafés, glass studios and shops. Old Town Square
is a few minutes walk and the famed Charles Bridge is
also a short stroll away. The location provides an ideal base
for students to explore the myriad cultural and historic
treasures that Prague has to offer.
The institute offers semester-long courses,
summer sessions and studios to NC State College of Design
students, and in 2006, the department of Accounting led a group
of Master of Accounting students on its first Study
Abroad program at the Prague Institute.
Having
run the NC State Summer Study in Prague Program for 14
years, Dana Bartelt now serves as resident director of
the Institute. Bartelt received her bachelor’s of
environmental design in landscape architecture and her master’s
degree in graphic design at NC State.
