The main conditions that must be met for admission to study are as follows:
- Submission of a duly completed application form and payment of the admission fee by 15th of November 2023 or no later than 15th January 2024.
- Successful completion of the entrance examination in English.
- Completion of secondary education with a secondary school leaving examination evidenced by an officially certified copy of the secondary school leaving certificate/diploma (or an officially certified copy of a document certifying the equivalence of foreign secondary education, or an evaluation of the foreign education of applicants for study as part of the admission procedure on the basis of Rector's Directive No.2/2021 - see https://www.czu.cz/en/r-9188-study/r-9254-recognition-of-foreign-education/r-17071-internal-evaluation-of-foreign-education-within-the-admission-procedure) no later than on the day of enrolment.
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A fully completed application form must be submitted in the university information system by 15th November 2023 or no later than 15th January 2024.
The application form is accessible on https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska/?lang=en. If you are interested in more study programmes, you need to submit the application to study for each programme separately.
The fee for the admission procedure is CZK 750 and is payable by 15th of November or by 15th January 2024 at the latest. This fee must be paid separately for each application submitted and cannot be paid in one single payment. Instructions for payment will be displayed after the application form has been created at https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska. The status of the fee payment can also be monitored at the same address. The fee is non-refundable at any stage of the admission procedure.
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Applicants who duly complete, pay and submit their application form by 15 November 2023 will be invited to sit for the entrance examination on the set date from 29 November to 4 December 2023.
Applicants who duly complete, pay and submit their application form by 15 January 2024 will be invited to sit the entrance examination on the set date from 29 January to 2 February 2024
Alternative date will be set between:
- 8 - 11 December 2023 (for applications received by 15 November 2023);
- 7 - 9 February 2024 (for applications received by 15 January 2024).
For inclusion in the alternative date, an application must be submitted - see further details in Dean´s ordinance.
Applicants will receive an invitation to the entrance examination with information about the exact date at the latest by 27 November 2023 (for applications received by 15 November 2023) or by 26 January 2024 (for applications received by 15 January 2024) via the university information system at https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska.
The entrance examination has a form of an online interview in English to test the level of English language, motivation to study and knowledge required for the study of the programme.
Conduct and evaluation of the entrance examination:
- On the day of the entrance examination, the applicant must present a valid official identity card (ID card, passport).
- The duration of the entrance examination is 20-30 minutes.
- The scoring of the entrance examination will be as follows: knowledge of the English language (maximum 30 points), motivation to study (maximum 20 points), knowledge and prerequisites necessary for studying the programme, in particular knowledge of biology and chemistry at secondary school level (50 points).
The result of the entrance examination will be notified to the candidate within three working days from the date of the examination via the university information system of CZU at https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska.
Criteria for evaluating applicants:
The number of admitted applicants is limited by the capacity of individual study programmes.
The maximum number of applicants who may be admitted to study in the study programme:
- Sustainable Use of Natural Resources is: 60;
- Agriculture and Food is: 75.
The maximum number of points obtained in the entrance examination is 100. Only applicants who obtain a minimum of 40 points may be admitted to study. Students are admitted in order of the number of points obtained until the maximum number of applicants is reached. If there is a situation where there are more than one applicant in last place with the same number of points and the announced number of applicants is exceeded, all such applicants will be admitted.
Announcement of the results of the admission procedure:
(1) Date of the meeting of the Main Admissions Committee:
- 12 December 2023 (for applications received by 15 November 2023)
- 12 February 2024 (for applications received by 15 January 2024)24.
(2) Deadline for issuing the decision:
- 13 December 2023 (for applications received by 15 November 2023)
- 13 February 2024 (for applications received by 15 January 2024)
The result of the admission procedure (decision on admission or non-admission to study the programme) will be delivered to the applicant no later than 15 September 2024 via the university information system of the CZU in accordance with Article 69a(1) of the Higher Education Act at https://is.czu.cz/prihlaska.
In the case of a decision on admission, the applicant is entitled to enrol in studies if he/she provides an officially certified copy of his/her secondary school leaving certificate/diploma or an officially certified copy of a document certifying the equivalence of foreign secondary education (or an evaluation of the foreign education of applicants for studies in the admissions procedure on the basis of Rector's Directive No.2/2021 - see https://www.czu.cz/en/r-9188-study/r-9254-recognition-of-foreign-education/r-17071-internal-evaluation-of-foreign-education-within-the-admission-procedure), if the secondary school leaving certificate/diploma is issued abroad and unless an international treaty provides otherwise. An exception is made for graduates of Slovak secondary schools who submit only an officially certified copy of their school leaving certificate
