Admission Process for academic year 2023/2024
Dear Prospective Students,
we are happy to be considered as your potential Ph.D. research faculty.
Please read more about our programs and admission requirements below.
Admission requirements
1. A completed electronic application form
2. Printed out, signed and sent application form, together with other supporting documents at the address of Dean's office, Department of Science and Research
3. Completed university master's degree program, no later than the date of the beginning of study October 1, 2023
4. Recognition of education and qualification gained by studies at foreign universities
5. Successful passing of an entrance interview
Sumbission of applications: 1 January - 30 April 2023.
Dates of entrance examinations: May - July 2023.
The exact dates will be set by the Subject Area Boards based on the number of applicants after the application deadline.
It's possible to apply for more study programs. However, a new application form and admission fee must be paid for each of them.
All application documents are to be sent to:
Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Dean's office
Department of Science and Research
alej Svobody 76
Pilsen, 323 00, Czech Republic
The fee for the electronic application is 730 CZK. You can pay by credit card after submitting your electronic application form.
Or send it via bank transfer here:
Komerční banka, branch „Plzen – mesto“, account No. 61633311/0100
Variable symbol: 60213
Specific symbol – the number of the electronic application
IBAN CZ 15 0100 0000 0000 6163 3311
SWIFT KOMBCZPPXXX
Documents to be printed out and submitted with the application form:
1. A brief CV
2. A completed university master's degree program, not later than the date of the beginning of the academic year October 1, 2023
3. Recognition of education and qualification gained by studies at foreign universities
4. A brief abstract of a dissertation topic (max 1 A4 together with the name of the supervisor)
5. A list of published scientific articles
- For applicants from abroad who wish to study in Czech need to submit a proof of their Czech language proficiency at the level of B2 at minimum (not relevant for applicants from Slovakia)
Recognition of Master's degree from universities outside the Czech Republic:
The following documents may be used to prove compliance with the requirement of successful completion of study in a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study at a foreign higher education institution:
A) a document proving general recognition of foreign higher education in the Czech Republic (so- called general “nostrification”)
The applicant must submit:
An authenticated copy of a document obtained in accordance with sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act or in accordance with prior legal regulations proving general recognition of a foreign higher education in the Czech Republic.
It is issued by the public higher education institutions, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of the Interior, or the Ministry of Defence.
For more information on the procedure for recognising foreign higher education at Charles University see: https://www.cuni.cz/UK-6452.html
The fee of CZK 3.000 is paid to Rector's Office that deals with nostrifications (nostrification is valid within the whole Czech Republic).
B) a document concerning a foreign higher education which is automatically equivalent in the Czech Republic without any further administrative procedures
A foreign document concerning a foreign higher education which is automatically equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international agreements without any further administration procedures – these include documents certifying completion of a programme of study in Slovakia (with the exception of diplomas issued by foreign branches of Slovak higher education institutions after 28 March 2015 to which the procedure under letter (c) is applicable), in Poland, Hungary, or Slovenia (only master’s diplomas, the procedure under letter (c) is applicable to bachelor’s diplomas from Slovenia).
The applicant must submit:
An authenticated copy of diploma, certificate, or similar document (for example a certificate of completion of study) issued by a foreign higher education institution;
An original or authenticated copy of the diploma supplement or a transcript of examinations passed;
In the case of a certificate of higher education issued by a Slovak higher education institution after 28 March 2015, also a statement issued by a foreign higher education institution in the state in which the programme of study completed by the applicant was offered.
Free of charge.
C) foreign document concerning a foreign higher education
The applicant must submit:
Completed form;
An authenticated copy of the diploma, certificate, or similar document (for example a certificate of completion of study) issued by a foreign higher education institution;
An original or an authenticated copy of the Diploma Supplement of the transcript of examinations passed.
If needed the faculty will request the applicant to submit also the following documents:
Additional information on the content and scope of foreign higher education;
A statement issued by the relevant foreign body confirming that the given higher education institution is authorised to offer higher education in the given foreign state (a statement on accreditation).
In the case of a certificate of higher education issued by a Slovak higher education institution after 28 March 2015, also a statement issued by a foreign higher education institution in the state in which the programme of study completed by the applicant was offered.
Applies to documents to which the procedure under letter (b) cannot be applied.
In the case of a positive assessment the document is accepted; in the case of a negative assessment the applicant is required to submit a document under letter (a) (a general “nostrification”)
The assessment is valid only for the admissions procedure at one faculty
A fee of CZK 880 and it is paid after being admitted.
