Necessary for Enrolment ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Formal requirements necessary for the enrolment – 4 photos – passport size Long-term residence permit – see Visa Arrangements [ URL "LFHKEN-184.html "] – does not apply to students from EU and EFTA countries Secondary school education recognition   Each student studying at a university in the Czech Republic must have his/her secondary school education recognized by the Czech Educational Office. The deadline to have the process successfully completed is at the end of August. If you completed the previous level of education at a foreign secondary school, submit one documents: a document proving that a foreign document concerning the obtainment of seconda is generally recognised as equivalent or valid in the Czech Republic (so-called “nostrific document proving the granting of the European Baccalaureate, or a foreign document concern secondary education completed with a “maturita” examination, if it is deemed automatically in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international agreements without any further procedures (a “maturita school leaving certificate” from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, or Slo foreign document concerning a foreign secondary education to be assessed by the faculty (f CZK 960). Detailed information about the manner of proving fulfilment of the requirement o secondary education with a “maturita” school-leaving examination for graduates of foreign is available on the faculty website in this section. Proof of fulfillment of the above condition can be one of the following: 1.Nostrification by the education department of recognition authority at any regional auth úřad) in the Czech Republic. More information about this process available here [ URL "h nostrifikace.mkc.cz/en/uznavani-pro-studium//nostrifikace"] 2.The European Baccalaureate diploma (NOT an IB diploma which requires option 3) - details "https://www.eursc.eu/en/European-Schools/European-Baccalaureate"]   3.Diploma issued by a secondary school accredited in Slovakia, Poland, Hungary or Slovenia automatically equivalent) 4.Nostrification in terms of the admission procedure – processed by our faculty, for more contact Mgr. Simona Rozkošová [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/whois2/osoba/11580057277     • ?IMPORTANT: each applicant, regardless of what condition from a) to d) they fulfil, has secondary school education recognition during their on-line registration in the universi below an instruction manual on the application process. Nostrification Application Manual [ URL "LFHKEN-286-version1-secondary_education_recogniti • PLEASE NOTE: Those who wish to have their certificates recognised by the Faculty will be CZK and asked to pay immediately by card. No other mode of transaction is possible. Thos of the conditions a) to c) will not be charged.  Contact person in case of questions: Simona Rozkošová - rozkosos@lfhk.cuni.cz   The following documents may be used to prove completion of foreign secondary education:   a) a document proving general recognition of the equivalence or validity of a foreign docu called “nostrification”). Only if you have obtained “Osvědčení o uznání rovnocennosti zahr vysvědčení“ or “Rozhodnutí o uznání rovnocennosti zahraničního vysvědčení“ or you plan to near future. The applicant must submit: • application for nostrification - section Proof of education in the module Admission • An authenticated copy of a document obtained in accordance with Act No. 561/2004 Sb., to school, basic, secondary, tertiary professional and other education (the Education Act), in accordance with prior legal regulations, proving that a foreign document concerning t secondary education is generally recognised as equivalent or valid in the Czech Republic • It is issued by Regional Authorities (“krajský úřad”), the Metropolitan Authority of the Prague (“Magistrát hlavního města Prahy”), or by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sp • For more information see:  https://skoly.praha.eu/86754_Uznavani-rovnocennosti-a-nostrifikace-vysvedceni-vydanych-z skolami    [ URL "https://skoly.praha.eu/86754_Uznavani-rovnocennosti-a-nostrifikace-vys vydanych-zahranicnimi-skolami"] • Free of charge (a fee of CZK 1,000 is paid to the Regional Authority or the Metropolitan within the framework of the procedure on recognition of the equivalence or validity of a secondary education)   b) a document proving the awarding of a European Baccalaureate The applicant must submit: • application for nostrification - section Proof of education in the module Admission • An authenticated copy of the European Baccalaureate diploma • This applies only to the European Baccalaureate. • Free of charge • This does not apply to the International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma), which is considered under section 48 (4) (d) of the Higher Education Act, and in this case the procedure des letter (c) is applicable.   c) a document deemed automatically equivalent without any further administrative procedure The applicant must submit: • A foreign document concerning a foreign secondary education completed with the “maturita if it is deemed automatically equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its in agreements without any further administrative procedures – these are documents proving o the equivalent of Czech “maturita” in Slovakia, Poland (“swiadectwo dojrzalosci”), Hunga bizonyítvány”), and Slovenia. The IB diploma has become another document deemed automatically equivalent without any f administrative procedure. • The applicant must submit: • application for nostrification - section Proof of education in the module Admission • An authenticated copy of the foreign certificate or a similar document proving foreign s education obtained by completing a secondary educational programme at a foreign secondar operating under the legal regulations of another state. • If needed the faculty will request the applicant to also submit the following documents: • Original or an authenticated copy of a document describing the content and scope of educ at a foreign school (an overview of subjects completed during period of study) • Free of charge   d) a foreign document concerning a foreign secondary education The applicant must submit: •   • application for nostrification - section Proof of education in the module Admission   • An authenticated copy of the foreign certificate or a similar document proving foreign s education obtained by completing a secondary educational programme at a foreign secondar operating under the legal regulations of another state   • Original or an authenticated copy of a document describing the content and scope of educ at a foreign school (an overview of subjects completed during period of study)   • If needed the faculty will request the applicant to also submit the following documents: • Additional information on the content and scope of foreign secondary education   • A confirmation from the relevant foreign body (e.g., a Ministry of Education) certifying programme of study was offered by an institution authorised to provide an education comp a secondary education under the Education Act (a statement on “accreditation”). The conf accepted also in a form of a link to the local MOE where the school is notified.   • A confirmation from the relevant foreign secondary school or other relevant foreign body Ministry of Education) certifying that a graduate of a secondary educational programme a foreign secondary school is entitled to apply for admission to study in a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study in the given foreign state. The information is usually notif diploma supplement. Eventually the school can issue a specific letter containing this fa   • This concerns documents to which the procedure under letter (c) cannot be applied.   • THE DOCUMENT IS ASSESSED BY THE FACULTY – in the case of a positive assessment, the docu accepted; in the case of a negative assessment the applicant is required to submit a doc letter (a) (“nostrification”) • The assessment is valid only for the admissions procedure at one faculty in one academ • For information on the current amount of the administrative fee please consult the websi chosen faculty.   Should you receive your final diploma/ Cambridge results only in August, please request yo issue a certificate of predicted grades. This document can be sent by the school directly document in a selaed enveloppe. As soon as the official final results are published, the official certifiate would be hand Eventually the applicant can share the login details with the Study Department to check th whcih would replace the attestation of hard copies. TRANSLATIONS Documents which are not originally issued in the Czech, English, or Slovak languages must translated into the Czech or English languages by a court (sworn) translator (Czech or for The sheets with translations must be attached to the authenticated copies of the documents to in such a way that makes it impossible to subsequently change or replace the sheets con translation. Translations attached to unauthenticated copies of documents shall not be acc OTHER DOCUMENTS If the situation of the applicant calls for it, the applicant also submits the following d 1.A power of attorney, if the applicant is represented by an attorney for the purposes of compliance with the requirement for admission under section 48 (4) and (5) of the Higher 2.If the applicant’s name changes, an authenticated copy of a document proving it (e.g., a marriage); 3.An authenticated copy of the decision to award international protection, if the assessme by a person listed in section 90 (4) of the Higher Education Act and if this person wish possibility of substituting a document with an affirmation.     TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA A document that temporarily replaces a certificate / diploma can be accepted within the ad However, it must be properly legalized and contain the information normally found on a cer diploma, ie: the name of the secondary school and study program completed, the level of ed the expected date of issue of the certificate / diploma and the date of issue. The certificate of completion should be issued by the same secondary school, which will al certificate / diploma. IB DIPLOMA If an applicant sends the Transcrip of grades online through the system IBIS, it is not ne until the physical IB diploma. It is sufficient for the candidate to provide Transcript of grades (IB Results). It contai the secondary school where the applicant graduated from the IB Program and the resulting m subjects that the applicant studied within the program (best grade = 7). At the request of the transcript is sent by the IB directly to the higher education institutions to which th applies. Charles University accepts transcripts only in electronic form sent via the Inter Baccalaureate Information System (IBIS). EUROPEAN BACCALAUREATE The European Baccalaureate is a document automatically equivalent to a Czech Baccalaureate with all secondary school certificates of EU member states). Therefore, its holders do not their foreign education within the admission process. All you have to do is submit an officially certified copy of the European Baccalaureate - according to the country that issued the document. Cambridge / Pearson Edexcel / AQA/ OCR certificates have to meet the requirements for Grea you need to provide us either with certified copies of the documents with an APOSTILLE iss Britain OR you should provide us with certified copies (without an Apostille) and AT THE S to fulfil one of the following requirements: • a. The board will send us a transcript of records or a diploma supplement in a sealed en yourself will provide us with a transcript of records or a diploma supplement in a seale • b. We will be able to download a transcript of records from the official website of the entering a password that you would give us) Another option, which I highly recommend, is that you will arrange for one pair of origina A-level certificate with at least 3 passed subjects) to be sent by the institution in a se directly to our address. Thus received, it will considered sufficient for the nostrification process. Please bear i keep the documents and will not return them to you. If you receive the final certificate in July, beginning of August it should be still fine. also has to be officially verified and then sent to the Study Department. For Cambridge certificates, applicants have to reach one of the below results: The minimum requirements for Cambridge certificates is 5x subjects GCSE + 2x subjects A-le The same applies to IGCSE - 5x IGCSE + 2x A-level. The same applies to O-level - 5x O-level + 2x A-level. The variety of 1x A-level and 2x AS level is NOT acceptable. If an applicant has more than 2x A-level but a lower number of GCSE/IGCSE/O-level subjects can be accepted as well. All other cases should be discussed with the Study Department - contact person Simona Rozk "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/whois2/osoba/1158005727767092/?lang=cs"] . Schools following the Cambridge curriculum have to prove the accreditation as well. IGCSE / IGCE / Cambridge Pre-U We assess in the same way as the British GCSE and GCE - minimum requirements see above Cambridge Pre-U Diploma • This is the level of upper secondary education (similar to GCE). • The condition for obtaining the diploma is the completion of 3 principal subjects + the Perspectives and Research (GPR). 1-2 Principal Subjects can be replaced by A-levels. • In addition to the diploma, the graduate also receives a Cambridge International Pre-U C each course completed. • ATTENTION: The applicant with the Cambridge Pre-U Diploma must also prove the completion secondary education (ie GCSE or its equivalent). Although the applicant has passed the final exams organized by Cambridge Assessment Intern Education, it is necessary to verify whether the secondary school has completed his educat accredited secondary school. It is possible to verify whether a foreign secondary school has official authorization to to the British curriculum (British accreditation) on the website of the  BRITISH SCHOOLS OVERSEAS: ACCREDITED SCHOOLS INSPECTION REPORTS [ URL "https://www.gov.uk/ publications/british-schools-overseas-inspection-reports/british-schools-overseas-accredit inspection-reports"] Information about Pearson Edexcel: If the code begins with:? - 8 - it is a full GCE AS level qualification - 9 - it is afull GCE A level qualification - W - it is an IAS or IAL unit (not yet ´cashed in´) - X - it is a full International AS level qualification - Y - it is a full International A level qualification Please note that for applicants coming from INDIA, below all required documents: -Transcript of records of the last two years study -Senior School Certificate Examination -Senior School Certificate Examination marks statement -Grade Sheet cum Certificate of Performance -Migration Certificate State Boards • India is divided into 28 states, each with 1 or more State Boards. Some states have spec lower and upper secondary education. • For a list of all recognized Boards in each Indian state, see the Ecctis database Central Boards • These are the three institutions: the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinat Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the National Institute of Open Schooling ( • It operates throughout India. • Secondary education obtained at a school "accredited" by one of the Central Boards is ge considered to be of better quality than secondary education from schools under State Board If the certificate from India is issued by one of the State or Central Boards, the accredi high school can be considered proven. School accreditation School accreditation can be considered proven in the following cases: • o The school can be found on the website of the Ministry of Education or the accreditati country. • o The applicant shall provide the original or an officially certified copy of the accred certificate issued by the Ministry of Education, the accreditation authority of the coun national branch of ENIC-NARIC. The document must be correctly officially certified accor state where it was issued. • o The Ministry of Education, the accreditation office of the country or the national bra NARIC will confirm to you via e-mail sent directly to the e-mail address of the faculty school was accredited at the time of the applicant's studies (we do not accept e-mails f applicant). • All of the above mentioned documents have to be validated (officially verified) by a law solicitor or notary public and must contain apostille or super-legalization clause. Apos sufficient for countries listed here: http://www.apostille.org.uk/apostille-countries [ www.apostille.org.uk/apostille-countries"]  Documents issued in countries not included i require super-legalization (verification by locally competent Czech Embassy).   Delivery of the documents All documents handed in physically at the faculty must be legally attested as described ab the country issuing the documents). Should the applicant need to keep the documents, please have the copies of the original do by a notary. You will then keep the originals and send the attested copies to the faculty. PLEASE NOTE that all documents have to be officially translated into English or Czech lang Verification requirements - list of countries [ URL "LFHKEN-286-version1- verification_requirements_list_of_countries.pdf"]