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Recognition of Foreign Higher Education in the Czech Republic

The process of the recognition of foreign higher education and qualifications as equal with the education attained at a university in the Czech Republic.    

Legal basis:

  • Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education in the European Region, No. 165, adopted in Lisbon on 11th April 1997 (No. 60/2000 Coll. of Int. Tr.) (so called “Lisbon Convention”)
  • S. 89, 90, 90a, 95(9) and S. 106(1) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on higher education institutions and on amendments and supplements to certain other Acts (Higher Education Act), as amended
  • Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Code of Administrative Procedure, as amended

In this case, higher education qualifications mean a diploma, a certificate and/or another similar document issued by a foreign university that proves the attainment of higher education of a certain degree (e.g. that of a Bachelor, a Master and/or a Doctor).


Whom to contact:

The decision on the recognition of foreign higher education and qualification in the Czech Republic shall be issued by:

  • A public higher education institution that is authorized to implement a study programme in the field of education into which a foreign higher education study programme can be classified.

List of public universities: https://msmt.gov.cz/vzdelavani/vysoke-skolstvi/prehled-vysokych-skol-v-cr-3?lang=1

 

  • The Ministry of Defence decides on higher education and qualification obtained abroad in the military field; more information here: https://mocr.mo.gov.cz/kariera/vojenske-skolstvi/vojenske-skolstvi-3293/.
  • The Ministry of the Interior decides on higher education and qualification obtained abroad in the field of security services; more information here: https://mv.gov.cz/clanek/uznavani-zahranicniho-vysokoskolskeho-vzdelani.aspx.

In case of doubts about determining the competence of a particular public higher education institution, please contact the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports here: nostrifikace@msmt_gov_cz.


How to proceed:

A.     General

  1. 1.       Find the pertinent administrative body in charge of recognition

An overview of public universities is available on the following website: https://msmt.gov.cz/vzdelavani/vysoke-skolstvi/prehled-vysokych-skol-v-cr-3. The Rector’s Office of the respective public university, usually the Study Department, serves as a contact point.

  1. 2.    File an application in writing using a form available on the website of the respective public university.

Attachments to the application:

  1. a certified copy of a diploma (a certificate or a similar document) on the completion of university study issued by a foreign university;
  2.  a certified copy of a Diploma Supplement, a Transcript of Academic Records, etc.

The administrative body in charge of recognition may request further documents on the accreditation of the foreign university, accreditation of the study programme and/or additional information about the content of university study abroad.

If the documents are not issued in English, an official translation into Czech is required.

The administrative body in charge of recognition may request authentication of signatures and stamps on the foreign documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or by the respective foreign body) of the state where the school that has issued the certificate has a registered office and by the respective embassy of the Czech Republic unless stipulated otherwise by an international treaty (exemptions from authentication or its simplification are laid down in bilateral international legal assistance treaties and in the Hague Convention (Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, which was adopted in The Hague on 5th October 1961 and promulgated under No. 45/1999 Coll.).

You may be represented in the proceedings upon a power of attorney pursuant to S. 33 of Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Code of Administrative Procedure.

The submission of an application for the recognition of foreign higher education is subject to a fee of CZK 3,000.

For more information go to:

https://www.msmt.cz/vzdelavani/vysoke-skolstvi/nostrifikace

B.     How to proceed pursuant to equivalence agreements – Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Germany and Slovakia

Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia:

Higher education qualifications from the above countries of origin may be used in the Czech Republic directly, without a certificate on the recognition of foreign higher education.

For more information go to:

https://www.msmt.gov.cz/vzdelavani/vysoke-skolstvi/a-postup-podle-ekvivalencnich-dohod-madarsko-polsko

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