Entrance exams abroad:

Alternative date

If you are not able to sit the entrance exams on the date you are registered for, especially from serious health reason, you can ask for the alternative date of entrance exams by e-mail in 3 days from the original date. The medical report is required and the Dean will consider whether your reason is relevant or not.

Please contact Marie Ghasemi at marie.ghasemi@lf3.cuni.cz.

The alternative date of entrance exams is on July 2nd 2025 in Prague.

How the entrance exam looks like

The entrance examination have 2 parts:

Written part of the examination

The written test includes 2 parts: Biology and Chemistry.

The test is conducted electronically on applicant's laptop/other device. Each part has 30 questions. In total, you will answer 60 questions.

Each question has only 1 correct answer out of 4 possible answers.

Each question is for one point, you can get 0-60 points on the written part of the exa

(Minimal and maximal possible number of points is: minimum 0 - maximum 60)

The dean will set the minimal number of points to proceed to the second part of the examination based on the results of the first part of the entrance exams..

An interview

The interview envolves: interpretation of a popular-scientific text, general overview, the ability of the independent judgment, communication skills.

The actual interview for the oral part of the entrance exam lasts a total of 10 minutes (regardless of the number of questions asked)

Applicants are evaluated according to the following criteria:

In the Text circle:

Amount of information (1-5 points)

Concise, logical presentation of ideas (1-5 points)

Synthesis of ideas, integration into the general context (1-5 points)

Discussion ability (1-5 points)

Culture of speech (1-5 points)

In the Interview circuit:

Confidence, directness, openness (1-5 points)

Interpersonal sensitivity (1-5 points)

Task orientation (1-5 points)

Tolerance for vaguely structured phenomena (1-5 points)

Way of thinking (1-5 points)

Interest - motivation to study (1-5 points)

Another item is the Recommendation (1-7 points), (that is, an individual recommendation for the acceptance of the applicant formulated by each evaluator of the oral part based on the overall impression, including the response to the question about the applicant's motivation to study)

Minimal and maximal possible number of points is: minimum 12 - maximum 62

The number of point required for admission is determined by the Dean of the Faculty according to the expected number of admissions.

The range of required knowledge of the listed subjects corresponds to the framework educational program for grammar schools in the Czech Republic.

Study programme is implemented without specialization (according to article 3, paragraph 1 of Code of Admission procedure for Charles University Applicants.)

Number of admitted applicants

Assumed 90 students will be admitted for the academic year 2024/2025.

Requirements:

1a) A-level examination results – English language, Chemistry, Biology::

The examination must be carried out in the academic year 2023/2024 at the earliest.

Minimum results: A, A, B

or

1b) Results of International Baccalaureate (IB) in Area 4 (Experimental Sciences) with Chemistry, Biology and English language, all in Higher Level:

The examination must be carried out in the academic year 2023/2024 at the earliest.

Total – minimum sum of points from the given 3 subjects: 19

or

1c) Results of a comparable examination (e.g. SAT) in Biology, Chemistry, English language:

The examination must be carried out in the academic year 2023/2024 at the earliest.

Overall minimum score: 85 percentile

or

1d) Study average of school leaving exams subjects (applicants attending secondary education in Germany):

The applicant must graduate from secondary education in the academic year 2024/2025

Grade average during the whole period of study: better than 1,30

or

1e) The applicant is a graduate of an accredited bachelor's degree program in the field of natural or health sciences at a foreign university.

The applicant must not have graduated from this study program before the 2019/2020 academic year.