Assessment of foreign tertiary education in the admissions procedure of Charles Uni ****************************************************************************************** * For applicants for post-bachelor and doctoral programmes of study ****************************************************************************************** In the admissions procedure the faculties will assess compliance with the requirement of s completion of study in a bachelor’, master’s or doctoral programme of study under section Higher Education Act in the case of applicants who obtained foreign higher education by co education programme at a foreign higher education institution. Send the documents listed below in hard copy form by post (the documents cannot be sent by following address of the faculty. • Address of the faculty: OVČ, Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Magdalény Rettigové Praha 1, Czech Republic • Account number for payment: Komerční banka Czech Bank account: 85236011/0100 Variable co number, Transfer post code for payment via postal order: IBAN: CZ43 0100 0000 0000 8523 KOMB CZ PP, or you can use the online application system to add the option to ask the fa your diploma at https://is.cuni.cz/eng/studium/prijimacky/index.php [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/eng/studiu index.php"] The following documents may be used to prove completion of foreign higher education: a) a document proving general recognition of foreign higher education in the Czech Republi general “nostrification”). Only if you have obtained “Osvědčení o uznání zahraničního vyso vzdělání a kvalifikace v ČR” or you plan to obtain one in the near future. ? The applicant must submit: ? Printed Accompanying letter to Recognition of Foreign Education, downloaded from the stu system (section Proof of education in the module Admission) ? An authenticated copy of a document obtained in accordance with sections 89 and 90 of th Education Act or in accordance with prior legal regulations proving general recognition of education in the Czech Republic. ? It is issued by the public higher education institutions, the Ministry of Education, You the Ministry of the Interior, or the Ministry of Defence. ? For more information on the procedure for recognising foreign higher education at Charle https://www.cuni.cz/UK-6452.html [ URL "https://www.cuni.cz/UK-6452.html "] ? Free of charge (a fee of CZK 3,000 is paid to the public higher education institution or of Education, Youth and Sports which performs the assessment in the procedure to recognise education). b) a document concerning a foreign higher education which is automatically equivalent in t without any further administrative procedures ? A foreign document concerning a foreign higher education which is automatically equivale Republic in accordance with its international agreements without any further administratio these include documents certifying completion of a programme of study in Slovakia (with th diplomas issued by foreign branches of Slovak higher education institutions after 28 March the procedure under letter (c) is applicable), in Poland, Hungary, or Slovenia (only maste procedure under letter (c) is applicable to bachelor’s diplomas from Slovenia). ? The applicant must submit: ? Printed Accompanying letter to Recognition of Foreign Education, downloaded from the stu system (section Proof of education in the module Admission) ? An authenticated copy of diploma, certificate, or similar document (for example a certif completion of study) issued by a foreign higher education institution; ? An original or authenticated copy of the diploma supplement or a transcript of examinati ? In the case of a certificate of higher education issued by a Slovak higher education ins March 2015, also a statement issued by the said institution in which state the programme o by applicant was realized. ? Free of charge. c) foreign document concerning a foreign higher education ? The applicant must submit: ? Printed Accompanying letter to Recognition of Foreign Education, downloaded from the stu system (section Proof of education in the module Admission) ? An authenticated copy of the diploma, certificate, or similar document (for example a ce completion of study) issued by a foreign higher education institution; ? An original or an authenticated copy of the Diploma Supplement or of the transcript of e 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 educati authorised to offer higher education in the given foreign state (a statement on accreditat ? In the case of a certificate of higher education issued by a Slovak higher education ins March 2015, also a statement issued by the said institution in which state the programme o by applicant was realized. ? Applies to documents to which the procedure under letter (b) cannot be applied. ? THE DOCUMENT IS ASSESSED BY THE FACULTY – in the case of a positive assessment the docum in the case of a negative assessment the applicant is required to submit a document under general “nostrification”) ? The assessment is valid only for the admissions procedure at one faculty in one academic ? For information on the current amount of the administrative fee please consult the websi faculty. 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 a. 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 E b. If the applicant’s name changes, an authenticated copy of a document proving such chang marriage certificate); c. An authenticated copy of the decision to award international protection, if the assessm by a person listed in section 90 (4) of the Higher Education Act and if this person wishes possibility of substituting a document with an affirmation. Forms of Authentication For fast identification of the form of authentication – see Guidance document on methodolo authentication – an alphabetical list of states All documents submitted by the applicant to the faculty must be duly authenticated in acco relevant international agreements: a. States which have entered into a legal aid agreement with the Czech Republic – original valid in the contracting states without any further authentication. If the applicant submi such documents they must be authenticated copies made by a Czech or foreign notary, by mea service or at a Czech embassy abroasd. List of states which have entered into a legal aid agreement with the Czech Republic: Afgh Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, France, Croatia, People’s Republic of Korea, Cuba, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Macedonia/FYROM, M Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Syria, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. b. States which are signatories of a multilateral convention to simplify the authenticatio official documents – Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisati Public Documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961, published under no. 45/1999 Sb.m.s. (the Coll International Agreements)), “The Hague Convention”. For these states a uniform authentication of documents is stipulated, the so-called Aposti a competent authority of the state in which the diploma was issued (the so-called Apostill The list of Apostille authorities is available from the website of the Hague Conference at www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41 [ URL "https://www.hcch.net/e conventions/authorities1/?cid=41"] Documents from the following states must be authenticated in the form of Apostille: Andorr and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Be Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Cook Islands, Chile, China – only Hong Kong (legalisation is required in the case of other territories of China), Denmark, Democratic S?o Tomé and Príncipe (from 15 July 2008), Dominica, Dominican Republic (authentication by clause from 30 August 2009), Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, French territories (i.e., Fr the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Komodo Islands, Marti Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna), Grenada (from 7 April 2 date it was covered under Great Britain), Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Iceland, It Japan, Republic of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Ko Rica, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Moroc Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Germany, Niue, the Netherlands and its territ Netherlands Antilles, Aruba), Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippin Salvador, Samoa, San Marino, the Seychelles, Suriname, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uru States of America and its territories (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Island Virgin Islands of the United States), Great Britain and its territories (i.e., Jersey, the of Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Anguilla, Bermudas, British Antarctic Territory, British Vir British Solomon Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint He Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands), Vanuatu, and Venezuela. In the case of documents from the member states of the European Union, Norway, the United America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand it is possible to replace the Apostille (in th with superlegalisation) with an authenticated copy of the documents (similarly to option ( that at the same time at least one of the following conditions is met: • The foreign secondary school or higher education institution, based on a request sent by confirms by e-mail to the faculty that the applicant is a graduate of this foreign seconda higher education institution; or • The foreign secondary school / higher education institution sends the faculty a certific secondary education of the applicant / a diploma supplement or transcript of the applicant envelope, or the applicant submits one of the above documents in a sealed envelope as part documents; or • The official website of the foreign secondary school or higher education institution or website, which the school uses, enables verification as to whether the applicant is one of (e.g., the possibility to download, after entering a password, the transcript of the appli official website of the foreign higher education institution). c. Other states – documents on the completion of study must be superlegalised. In the case superlegalisation, the authenticity of signatures and stamps on the original documents is • By the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state which issued the document, or by the rel body; • And also by the relevant embassy of the Czech Republic. The requirements for the submission of duly authenticated documents are also considered fu the applicant submits authenticated copies of documents that were previously authenticated listed above that applies to the documents submitted by him (e.g., in the case of a diplom applicant submits an authenticated copy of the superlegalised documents). For more inforamtion you can ask questions to johana.cerna(zavinac)ruk.cuni.cz [ MAIL "johana.cerna(zavinac)ruk.cuni.cz"] More inforamtion about admissions and visa aprooval procedure in the Czech Repuplic: Admission (The general information) [ URL "https://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-15.html"] Visa and Accommodation [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-555.html"] ? Procedure for Foreign Stud Accommodation at the Halls of Residence at Charles University in Prague [ URL "https://kam KAMEN-31-version1-the_procedure_for_confirmation.pdf"]