Motivace studentů ke studiu na vysoké škole

This master thesis entitled “Motivation of students to study at university” deals withthe motivation that leads students to apply for university studies. Furthermore, what motivates them to keep study and successfully complete their study program. This thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, the author describesthe development of the Czech Universities and the most important definitions and theories connected to motivation. The practical part is based on the evaluation of the author's own surveys. The participants of these surveys are composed of three groups specificallythe students from the high school who are planning to apply for the university study programs, and the current university students and university alumni. The author's goal was primarily to find out what kind of motivation the high school students have, whatis the motivation for current university students and, in the case of alumni, whether the studies lived up their previous expectations. The results of the research were summarizedand compared. The objectives of this work have been met.