Public Universities in the Czech Republic: Analysis of Efficiency

Analyzing and evaluating the status and popularity of universities compared to the others is one of the fundamental tasks of every school management and leadership. It is important to monitor development of indicators which determine decision-making of potential applicants for studies. Analyses of preferences and decision-making across universities can he based on a wide spectrum of mathematical and statistical methods and concepts. Usually, correlation analyses and regression modeling are constructed or multi-criteria decision making models and evaluating of the effectiveness of the analyzed units based on methods such as DEA and SPA models are applied. This paper focuses on the comparison of the set of Czech public universities and colleges (26 cross sectional units) based on DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) models. The key indicators are employed in the role of inputs and outputs. For the purpose of estimates the real Czech data from 2012 are used. The main aim is to find out the influence of the size (measured by the total number of students) of the university/college and the influence of the research points on the efficiency.