Charles University admission for international students, 2027 entry

Charles University has no single admissions desk: it does not have a central admissions office, so each faculty sets its own entrance rules, dates and fees, while international applicants have to meet the same admission requirements as Czech students. For entry in autumn 2027 the faculties in this report publish deadlines of 30 April 2027 for Medicine and Dentistry at the First Faculty of Medicine, 28 February 2027 (early-bird) and 30 April 2027 (regular) for Economics and Finance and for Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and February 28, 2027 for the Faculty of Science. Annual tuition for programmes in English runs from 4200 EUR for EU students at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics to EUR 24,250 for General Medicine.

The programmes in scope are the English-taught Bachelor routes and the long-cycle Medicine routes that Charles puts in front of applicants from abroad. Medicine and Dentistry in English sit at the First Faculty of Medicine; General Medicine in English is also taught at the Second and Third Faculties of Medicine. The Faculty of Social Sciences teaches Economics and Finance (BEF) and Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE); the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics teaches Computer Science in English; the Faculty of Science teaches Bc. Science in English.

Where a faculty names the 2027/2028 cycle, this report says so. Most pages give dates in 2027 without naming the cycle, and a few figures, such as the Faculty of Science tuition and the Mathematics and Physics fees, come from a page for the 2026/2027 year. Those are written as the latest published figure, not as the confirmed 2027 rule.

Who decides your application

The faculty you choose decides. Charles states that the previous foreign education is assessed directly by the chosen faculty, and the Mathematics and Physics page tells applicants that all required documents must be physically delivered to the Student Affairs Department of that faculty. Apply to more than one faculty and you file a separate application at each; the First Faculty of Medicine, for example, requires a separate application for each programme.

Faculty of Law of Charles University seen from Letna, Prague

How the routes differ in one view

The five routes select in four different ways. Medicine decides on an exam: a written examination assessing Biology, Chemistry and Physics and then interviews. Economics and Finance and PPE decide on documents, with no standardised entrance exam. Computer Science decides on the Reasoning Requirements and proof of English. The Faculty of Science combines documents with a one-round online interview in biology, chemistry and physics held in English. Know which of the four your programme uses before you build a preparation plan.

• If your strength is exam performance in the sciences, look at the Medicine and Science routes.
• If your strength is school grades, a motivation letter and mathematics evidence, look at Economics and Finance and PPE.
• If your strength is a mathematics or reasoning score such as the SAT, the ACT, AP Calculus or A-level Mathematics, look at Computer Science.

You can start before you finish school. The First Faculty of Medicine states that an applicant does not need to have completed secondary school before submitting the application, and the Faculty of Social Sciences lets you submit a school confirmation with expected graduation date and anticipated results and the diploma later.

Charles teaches in Czech and in English. Programmes in English, German, Russian or French carry tuition fees; programmes in Czech are completely tuition-free. Because the English-taught routes in this report charge fees, the comparison across faculties is a comparison of fees, of exam formats and of how each faculty reads your school-leaving certificate.

Charles University offers over 850 accredited full-degree study programmes, with more than 200 offered in languages other than Czech, and more than 5,000 students from 140 countries study in its degree programmes in English. The five routes below are the ones English-speaking applicants from abroad meet first.

The same page states that no previous degree is needed to apply or enrol in any of these programmes, so a school-leaving certificate is the entry point for the Bachelor routes. Long-cycle Master programmes such as Medicine are also entered from a school certificate.

English-taught Bachelor programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences lists these full-time Bachelor programmes taught in English: Economics and Finance, Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Social Sciences, History and Area Studies and Sustainability in Marketing and Media Communication. Each runs over 3 years. The faculty also reports 5826 registered applicants in its admissions statistics, a figure that includes its Czech-taught programmes as well.

• Economics and Finance (BEF) is built for applicants who are strong in mathematics; the faculty page says an excellent background in high school mathematics is needed.
• Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) is an Oxford-style programme with a motivation letter of approximately 500 words.
• Social Sciences ranks applicants in two rounds and adds an essay in the second.

Medicine, Computer Science and Science in English

The First Faculty of Medicine opens English-taught General Medicine and Dentistry; the Third Faculty of Medicine states its English-taught General Medicine is taught in English while students must be able to use Czech by the end of the second year. The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics sets conditions for the Bachelor of Computer Science in English, and the Faculty of Science admits to the Bachelor programme Science with an English-language entrance exam.

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics building at Karlin, Prague

Where the teaching sits

Each programme belongs to one faculty and that faculty owns its calendar, so choosing a programme is also choosing an admissions office. The Faculty of Social Sciences lists its Bachelor programmes and describes them as taught fully in English. Medicine at the First Faculty of Medicine runs two English-taught programmes, General Medicine and Dentistry, with a separate application for each. The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics lists Computer Science in English, and the Faculty of Science describes a single English-taught Bachelor called Science.

For readers comparing faculties, the useful question is what each one wants to see. Medicine wants an exam result, Social Sciences wants a complete file and a mathematics proof for BEF, Mathematics and Physics wants a reasoning score and recognised English, and Science wants a motivation letter, a CV, school grades and an English interview. The chapters that follow take them in that order.

Pages for the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Arts and other faculties are not covered here: this report keeps to the English-taught entry routes that international applicants can enter straight from school.

There is no central application: Charles University does not have a central admissions office, so you apply to the faculty that teaches your programme, through its own page or the Charles University admissions system, and pay that faculty's application fee. International applicants have to meet the same admission requirements as Czech students; some may additionally have to demonstrate Czech language proficiency.

Most faculties take the application through the Charles University Study Information System. The Faculty of Social Sciences states that its Bachelor admission is online only and there is no standardised entrance exam and that applications are evaluated solely on the submitted documents; its Social Sciences page nevertheless describes an entrance exam of two rounds, so the exam format differs by programme. Read the page of your own programme.

What the application contains

At the Faculty of Social Sciences every Bachelor application includes a diploma copy, transcripts of at least the last two years, a structured CV, a motivation letter or video and proof of English. At the Faculty of Science the attachments are a CV (max. one A4 page), a motivation letter (max. two A4 pages) and a complete transcript for the last two completed years of secondary school.

Medicine works differently. Applicants to the First Faculty of Medicine may take the entrance examination at one of the locations abroad organised with official representatives and must contact the representative before applying and paying the fee. The faculty also organises a regular entrance examination in Prague and an additional Prague examination date approximately two weeks later.

For all faculties, invitations to an examination are normally sent no later than 20 days before it under the Admissions Procedure Code of Charles University.

Recognition of your certificate sits inside the process

Paying the application fee

Every faculty ties the application to a fee. The First Faculty of Medicine states that the application fee is 285 EUR on its 2026/2027 page and that you cannot sit the exam until it is paid; the Faculty of Social Sciences charges CZK 1000 (approx. EUR 45) per application; the Faculty of Science charges 100 EUR for each application to an English-taught study programme.

A separate application and a separate fee apply for each faculty and for each programme at a faculty. If you plan to apply to Medicine, Dentistry and a Bachelor in economics, budget three fees and keep three calendars.

The faculty also assesses your foreign certificate. Charles states that this recognition is valid only for the purposes of the admission procedure and the Second Faculty of Medicine lists a fee of CZK 1050 for the assessment. The chapter on recognition below sets out the three routes.

Faculties accept a foreign school-leaving certificate once it is recognised, and the IB diploma, A-levels and the European Baccalaureate are the credentials the faculty pages name most often. Mathematics and Physics sets the clearest thresholds: an IB score of 6 or higher in Mathematics HL, A A B in GCE A Levels including an A in Mathematics or a SAT total of 1250 with at least 720 in Math for Computer Science in English.

Different programmes read different credentials. The table sets out what each faculty says for the credentials in scope. A published minimum is a gate to be considered, not the level of those who are admitted.

IB diploma and A-levels

For Economics and Finance the faculty requires, at minimum, a high school diploma or school leaving certificate, or an International Baccalaureate diploma (a DP programme, score 30 and higher), or A levels (minimum 3, ABB score). PPE sets a lower floor on the same page structure: A levels (minimum 2) or a DP diploma. These are minimums for the file to be read; the mathematics evidence for BEF is a separate condition covered in the chapter on the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Third Faculty of Medicine reads A-levels in the sciences when it considers an applicant without the exam: English language, Chemistry and Biology of at least A, A, B, and IB Higher Level Chemistry, Biology and English language with a minimum sum of 19 points.

National certificates from Europe and elsewhere

A certificate from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary or Slovenia is the simplest case: a maturita certificate from Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland or Hungary is deemed equivalent in the Czech Republic under international agreements. Mathematics and Physics lists the same group and notes automatic recognition under international agreements. For other national certificates Mathematics and Physics says it accepts comparable results for qualifications such as the Irish Leaving Certificate, German Abitur, Bagrut in Israel or STMP in Malaysia, with specific required scores on request.

Certificates from the main applicant countries

The faculty pages do not publish a separate rule for each national certificate. They sort certificates into a few groups. A certificate from Poland (and Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia) is the automatic group, as the First Faculty of Medicine states: the maturita certificate is deemed equivalent in the Czech Republic under international agreements. An IB diploma or a European Baccalaureate has its own route. Every other certificate, such as the Italian maturita, the French baccalaureat, the Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Turkish, Egyptian, Saudi, Algerian, Brazilian, Indonesian, Japanese or Vietnamese school certificate, goes through nostrification or faculty assessment.

For those certificates the questions are the same: which authority recognises the document, what does it cost and when must it arrive. The First Faculty of Medicine lists the routes as a document confirming general recognition in the Czech Republic (nostrification) and a European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate diploma or an automatically recognised certificate, and the next chapter details the fees for each.

If your certificate has subject results, the faculty may ask for them. Mathematics and Physics requires a High School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and, where the certificate does not show subjects, certified transcripts. Medicine faculties ask for the science subjects when they consider waivers, as the tables in the Medicine chapters show.

The German Abitur has a defined place in Medicine: the Second Faculty of Medicine names an Abitur GPA of 1.30 or lower for Germany and Austria as a waiver group, and the Third Faculty of Medicine a grade average better than 1.30 for applicants attending secondary education in Germany. The same Second Faculty list reaches Switzerland with an overall GPA of 5.50 or higher.

A foreign school certificate is proved in one of three ways: general nostrification by a Czech authority, a faculty assessment inside the admission procedure, or automatic recognition. Nostrification is generally valid for all higher education institutions in the Czech Republic and takes place at the relevant regional authority, while the faculty route is valid only for the purposes of the admission procedure.

Nostrification is the formal recognition of your foreign certificate. The Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies states that the administrative fee at the regional authority is CZK 3,000; the First Faculty of Medicine page gives a lower CZK figure for the same fee in its own text, so check the current fee with the authority. For a Bachelor programme, you must nostrify a document proving completion of secondary education, even if you already hold a university diploma.

Faculty assessment and its fee

Faculties assess the certificate themselves for admission. The First Faculty of Medicine page for the 2027/2028 cycle states that documents assessed directly by the Faculty carry a fee of CZK 1,050, while its older eligibility page gave a fee of CZK 990. The Second Faculty of Medicine lists CZK 1050. Mathematics and Physics is the exception: its faculty assessment carries no fee.

The institutional route has its own rules: it can only be submitted to the faculty where you applied and is valid only at that faculty, and it involves no nostrification examinations and its fee is paid to the faculty. A negative assessment sends you back to general nostrification.

The IB diploma is treated differently

An IB diploma submitted after 1 March 2025 as proof of the admission requirement is automatically accepted by the faculty without an assessment fee. The European Baccalaureate is also accepted; the First Faculty of Medicine page adds that the European Baccalaureate is accepted but an IB diploma needs nostrification or faculty assessment, an older rule that the newer IB statement above overrides for diplomas submitted after that date.

Translations, apostille and timing

• Documents not issued in Czech, English or Slovak must be officially translated into Czech or English by a court (sworn) translator.
• All documents have to be validated by a lawyer, solicitor or notary public and must carry an apostille or super-legalization clause.
• If your diploma is not yet issued, a properly legalized temporary certificate can be accepted within the admission process.
• You can apply before finishing school: an applicant does not need to have completed secondary school before submitting the application.

Which route fits which applicant

• You hold an IB diploma: the diploma route, accepted without an assessment fee when submitted after 1 March 2025.
• You hold a Polish, Slovak, Hungarian or Slovenian certificate: automatic equivalence, no nostrification.
• You hold a European Baccalaureate: accepted as a European Baccalaureate diploma.
• You hold any other foreign certificate: faculty assessment for a fee or general nostrification at the regional authority.

Start the recognition process as soon as you apply, not after you are admitted. Faculties set their own delivery dates; the First Faculty of Medicine, for the cycle on its older page, required that the documents reach the Study Department by August 31, 2026 before enrolment. Whatever your route, the translation, the legalisation and the postal delivery take weeks.

The Faculty of Social Sciences lets you apply on scans: if you have no nostrification certificate, the International Office does the nostrification during the enrolment meeting if you are accepted, and the faculty requires diplomas from abroad to be officially recognized before enrolment.

English requirements are set faculty by faculty and the scores differ: Mathematics and Physics asks for IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBT 5.5 points on its 2027 page, the Faculty of Social Sciences accepts IELTS Academic overall band 6.5 with 6.0 or above in all four components, and the First Faculty of Medicine asks for no English-language certificate such as IELTS or TOEFL.

The Mathematics and Physics page for the 2026/2027 intake showed lower scores: IELTS 6.5 and TOEFL iBT 85. The page with 2027 dates lists IELTS 7 and a TOEFL iBT figure on the new scale, so use the current page and not an older table.

Who does not need a test

Mathematics and Physics states that students with at least two years of previous education with English as the sole language of instruction in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK or the USA are exempt and that comparable qualifications at CEFR level C1 also meet the requirements. Tests must be recent: results must not be older than two years.

The Faculty of Social Sciences exempts applicants who studied in English at the secondary level for at least two years or at university level for at least one year in a full degree program. Taking an English course does not count; English must be the language of instruction.

Medicine and Science

Choosing which test to take

If you have no certificate yet, pick the test the faculty states in the most favourable form for you. Mathematics and Physics accepts, besides IELTS and TOEFL, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 550, ACT English and Reading 24 and IB English 6, so a student who already took the SAT for the reasoning requirement can reuse it as English proof. The Faculty of Social Sciences accepts PTE Academic 56 overall and the Duolingo English Test at 120 overall.

The TOEFL iBT changed scales in 2026 and the faculties show it. The Faculty of Social Sciences lists both 83 overall for tests before February 2026 and 4.5 overall for tests after February 2026. Mathematics and Physics lists 5.5 points for the new scale. Always read which scale a faculty quotes before you compare scores.

For the 2027/2028 cycle the First Faculty of Medicine asks for no English certificate; the 2026/2027 page also noted no English language proficiency certificates or personal statement are required. The Faculty of Science runs an English-language exam: a one-round online interview in biology, chemistry and physics held in English, described on its page for the 2026/2027 cycle. The programmes are taught fully in English at the Faculty of Social Sciences too, where applicants need a good command of English to read Bachelor-level textbooks and write term papers.

You do not need Czech to apply to the English-taught routes in this report, and the First Faculty of Medicine says so directly: no previous knowledge of Czech is required to apply

Charles does add a caveat for some routes: some international applicants may additionally have to demonstrate Czech language proficiency. That caveat belongs to the Czech-taught programmes; the English-taught Bachelor pages in this report ask for English, not Czech.

Czech arrives during Medicine

Medicine is the exception where Czech becomes a study requirement. The First Faculty of Medicine states that Czech language is taught during the studies to prepare students for communication with patients. The Third Faculty of Medicine sets a deadline inside the programme: foreign students are required to be able to use the Czech language by the end of the 2nd year of studies to communicate with patients and hospital staff.

Czech as a skill, not a gate

Even where Czech is not required to apply, living in Prague is easier with it. Charles lists its Czech-taught programmes as free of charge and notes that some international applicants may have to demonstrate Czech language proficiency. For English-taught studies, plan Czech as a life skill that you can build once you are admitted.

Plan for Czech language classes in the first two years if you choose Medicine, and for none if you choose Economics and Finance, PPE, Computer Science or Science in English. Studies in Czech itself work differently: studies in Czech are free of charge, and a fee is charged only if the student exceeds the standard duration of study by more than one year.

The First Faculty of Medicine decides Medicine and Dentistry by an entrance examination: part one is an in-person written examination assessing Biology, Chemistry and Physics together with logical, critical, analytical and creative reasoning, followed by Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs), which take place online. The Third Faculty of Medicine tests Biology and Chemistry, with 30 questions in each part and then holds an interview, and the Second Faculty of Medicine holds its exam on 3 June 2027 in Prague.

First Faculty of Medicine

Two things changed between the 2026/2027 page and the page for 2027/2028. The earlier page described round one as a multiple-choice test in Biology, Chemistry and General Science with a time limit of 90 minutes and 75 points with each subject worth 25 points. The page that carries the 2027/2028 deadline names Physics instead of General Science and does not publish the points. Read the 2027/2028 description when you plan your preparation.

In the 2026/2027 description round two was 5 consecutive online mini interviews of 10 minutes each, 100 points in total, and only the points from the second round determine the final admission decision; written and oral points are not combined. The faculty states that you can apply for both programmes but may take the entrance examination only once during the same admission year.

The faculty runs a regular examination in Prague and an additional date approximately two weeks later, and applicants admitted after the later date have less time for visa and housing arrangements. The 2026/2027 cycle ran on September 5, 2026 as its application deadline, a tuition fee of 24,250 EUR and an application fee of 285 EUR.

Third Faculty of Medicine

The written part is delivered electronically and scored one point per question with one correct answer out of 4, giving 0-60 points. The Dean sets the minimal number of points to proceed to the second part based on the results of the first part. The second part is an interview that lasts a total of 10 minutes and is scored from minimum 12 to maximum 62 points, with the points required for admission determined by the Dean.

The faculty publishes how many it plans to admit: 90 students are assumed to be admitted for the academic year 2027/2028. The main exam in Prague is May 28th, 2027 with an alternative date of July 1st 2027, and the application deadline is April 30, 2027 with an application fee of CZK 2 000 or the equivalent in EUR.

Second Faculty of Medicine

The Second Faculty of Medicine publishes its exam dates by location: in Prague the regular exam is on 3 June 2027 and the alternative date on 22 July 2027, with a registration deadline of 30 April 2027. Its dates page does not describe the subjects or the scoring, so confirm them with the faculty before you prepare.

Comparing the three faculties

• First Faculty of Medicine: written examination assessing Biology, Chemistry and Physics, then online Multiple Mini Interviews.
• Second Faculty of Medicine: exam in Prague on 3 June 2027 or 22 July 2027; waivers for top-scoring applicants.
• Third Faculty of Medicine: Biology and Chemistry, 30 questions each, then an interview scored from minimum 12 to maximum 62 points.

Prepare for the format of the faculty you choose. The Third Faculty of Medicine states that the test is conducted electronically, while the First Faculty of Medicine describes an in-person written examination. If you cannot travel to Prague, the First Faculty of Medicine offers locations abroad organised with official representatives, and the Second Faculty of Medicine publishes a list of exam locations by country.

The Medicine pages publish no minimum SAT, ACT or IB grade for the entrance exam itself: the exam, and for some applicants a waiver, decides.

Strong school results can replace the written exam at some faculties. The Second Faculty of Medicine waives it for at most 25 top-scoring applicants across the A-levels, AP/MCAT and secondary school grades groups, and at most 25 across the IB, EB and BS groups, and the Third Faculty of Medicine admits a maximum of the best 25 students without the exam.

Second Faculty of Medicine: results that count

None of the listed scores and results may have been obtained before the 2024/2025 academic year. You request the waiver together with the study application, electronically, by April 30, 2027 and pay the application fee of 2500 CZK by 30 April 2027. Applicants are notified by the end of May 2027 at the latest, and a waived applicant is conditionally accepted pending final grades.

Third Faculty of Medicine: admission without the exam

The Third Faculty of Medicine takes requests sent by 30th April, 2027, with a maximum of the best 25 students admitted. It lists A-levels (English language, Chemistry and Biology at A, A, B), the IB (Chemistry, Biology and English language at Higher Level, 19 points in total), a comparable exam such as the SAT (Biology, Chemistry and English language at the 85th percentile) and a German school average (better than 1.30). The exams must have been taken in 2025/2026 at the earliest.

First Faculty of Medicine: round one waiver

The First Faculty of Medicine states that some applicants with specified previous qualifications or studies may request a waiver of the first part of the entrance examination, and a waiver is not automatic. Its 2026/2027 description named graduates of a master's programme in General Medicine or Dentistry from a Czech university or an equivalent programme abroad and graduates and students from an EU or OECD country in specified fields. Even with a waiver, the faculty requires the second round: the interviews still decide.

Waiver checklist

• Check the results year: nothing obtained before the 2024/2025 academic year counts at the Second Faculty; the Third Faculty requires exams taken in 2025/2026 at the earliest.
• Request it with the application, not later: together with the study application by April 30, 2027.
• Expect a conditional offer: a waived applicant is conditionally accepted pending final grades.
• Keep the interview in mind at the First Faculty: a waiver is not automatic and must be formally requested and approved.

Waivers are limited and tied to recent results: the Second Faculty of Medicine caps them and lists a results year, and the Third Faculty of Medicine admits a capped number of the best applicants without the exam.

At the Faculty of Social Sciences the Bachelor routes in English are decided from documents, not a standardised exam: the admission process is online only and there is no standardised entrance exam, with applications evaluated on the submitted documents. The deadlines for the 2027/28 intake are 28 February 2027 for the early-bird round and 30 April 2027 for the regular round, and applications open on 1 November 2026.

Economics and Finance (BEF)

BEF requires a school certificate, an IB diploma (a DP programme, score 30 and higher) or A levels (minimum 3, ABB score) and a separate mathematics condition: reaching the required number of points set by the Dean for the academic year through one of the listed mathematics options. The options are:

• IB: a minimum overall predicted or final IB subject score of 30 out of 42 in Mathematics.
• European Baccalaureate: a minimum overall predicted score of at least 70%.
• A level: A Level Mathematics, optionally with A or AS Level Further Mathematics, at minimum ABB.
• SAT, ACT, AP or CSAT: a Mathematics score in the SAT section, the ACT Composite Math section, AP Calculus AB or BC, or the CSAT Suneung; for SCIO, SAT and ACT only results from the year of the intake or the previous three calendar years are accepted.
• Alternative: passing the courses JEB122 Introductory Mathematics and JEB118 Mathematics I at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The faculty adds that prior knowledge of economics or finance is an advantage but not required. The motivation letter is approximately 2 000 characters including spaces. If you have no diploma yet, submit a school confirmation with expected graduation date and anticipated results and the diploma later during registration in September.

Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE)

PPE asks for a school certificate, an International Baccalaureate diploma or A levels (minimum 2), transcripts from at least the last two years of secondary school and a motivation letter of approximately 500 words. It strongly recommends standardised results: SAT, ACT or SCIO OSP results are accepted and all candidates are strongly encouraged to submit them. Some applicants face a second round: an applicant scoring within plus or minus 5 points of the Dean's limit takes an online interview with the evaluation committee.

Social Sciences

The Social Sciences Bachelor describes an entrance exam: two rounds, the first evaluating the documents by academic background and the motivation letter. In the second selected applicants write an essay of 350-500 words on one of three assigned topics, online with distant proctoring, and the Dean shortlists candidates and sets the point limit for accepting applicants.

Documents checklist for the Faculty of Social Sciences

• Diploma or confirmation of studies; the diploma can follow in September.
• Transcripts: at least the last two years of secondary school.
• Motivation letter: about 2 000 characters for BEF and about 500 words for PPE.
• Proof of English unless exempt: two years of secondary studies in English.
• Mathematics evidence for BEF: one of the options above, set against the points the Dean sets for the academic year.

The Dean's limit moves with the year, so the faculty cannot give a fixed pass mark in advance. Treat the published thresholds as the floor of a competitive field, not as a promise.

Decisions follow the round you choose: the committee evaluates applications in May (March for the Early-Bird term) and successful applicants are informed at the end of May (March for the Early-Bird term). The early-bird round is strongly recommended for students from visa-seeking countries who need a student visa.

The Bachelor of Computer Science in English sets reasoning thresholds rather than an exam: an applicant must hold or be working towards a High School Leaving Certificate or equivalent, meet the Reasoning Requirements and provide sufficient proof of English proficiency. The page also states that compliance with the admission requirements of the Computer Science programme taught in Czech is an alternative to the minimum Reasoning Requirements.

Applicants with other certificates are not shut out: comparable results for the Irish Leaving Certificate, German Abitur, Bagrut in Israel or STMP in Malaysia may be provided, with specific required scores on request. Test results must not be older than three years as of April 30, 2027, and the page notes that SAT Math results can be set aside for certain countries when the faculty finds a low correlation with first-semester credits.

The faculty's previous page for the 2026/2027 intake used the same SAT total of 1250 with a Math score of at least 720, so the SAT threshold did not move between the two pages.

Documents and delivery

Documents must be physically delivered to the Student Affairs Department preferably by June 30, 2027 and by September 30, 2027 at the latest, or the applicant will be neither accepted nor enrolled. A certificate from abroad is proved by a document about general recognition (nostrification), a European Baccalaureate or an International Baccalaureate certificate or an automatically recognised certificate. Faculty assessment carries no fee.

English for Computer Science

The English requirement is a separate condition from the reasoning result: the applicant must meet the Reasoning Requirements and provide sufficient proof of English Language Proficiency. Accepted proof includes IELTS 7, TOEFL iBT 5.5 points, Duolingo 130, Pearson PTE Academic 76 points and Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency pass. Results must not be older than two years.

The faculty also states that non-EU and non-EFTA applicants should apply well before the deadline to obtain the Student Visa or Residence Permit.

The Faculty of Science admits to its English Bachelor programme Science with an early deadline and an exam in English: applications are due by February 28, 2027, followed by payment of the admission fee and the primary exam date is 19th - 30th April, 2027, with an alternative on 6th - 7th May, 2027.

The application carries a CV, a motivation letter and a transcript for the last two completed years of secondary school and costs 100 EUR for each application to an English-taught study programme. Secondary school evidence is due by September 30, 2027, and applicants who receive the diploma in the autumn term or await legalisation have until October 22, 2027.

How the faculty scores applicants

The description on the faculty's 2026/2027 page is the latest scoring model published: a maximum of 100 points can be awarded, with the curriculum vitae worth 10 points. The other parts are motivation letter 25 points, classification 10 points, from grades in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology and the entrance exam 55 points. The exam is a one-round online interview in biology, chemistry and physics held in English.

Exam waiver

The entrance examination is waived upon request if the applicant provides evidence of one of the necessary criteria. On the 2026/2027 page the criteria include AP Biology and AP Chemistry with a score of 5 or 4, AP Physics 1 or AP Physics 2 with a score of 5 or 4 and predicted IB scores of at least one Higher Level and one Standard Level in biology, chemistry or physics with a minimum predicted sum of 13 points. Olympiad results also count there.

Certificates and extended deadline

The faculty separates Czech graduates from international school graduates: completion of secondary education must be confirmed by September 30, 2027. If your diploma arrives late, the deadline is October 22, 2027 for applicants who receive the diploma in the autumn term or await legalisation.

Tuition follows the faculty's fee table for studies in a foreign language: Bachelor Science, 2026/2027: EU/EEA/Ukraine 3 000 EUR; Other 6 000 EUR.

Deadlines fall between late February and the end of April for most faculties, and the dates that name 2027/2028 are the First Faculty of Medicine's 30 April 2027 and the Faculty of Social Sciences' 2027/28 early-bird and regular rounds. The Faculty of Science closes first, February 28, 2027.

Two dates apply to medicine waivers: by April 30, 2027 for the Second Faculty of Medicine request and 30th April, 2027 for the Third Faculty of Medicine. The Second Faculty of Medicine lists the end of May 2027 as the latest date for the waiver decision.

When you hear back

The Faculty of Social Sciences decides in May (March for the Early-Bird term). The First Faculty of Medicine sends exam invitations no later than 20 days before the examination under the university's admission rules.

A working timeline from October 2026

• Autumn 2026: choose the faculty, read its page and begin the recognition of your certificate.
• From 1 November 2026: Second Faculty of Medicine and Social Sciences applications open.
• By 28 February 2027: Social Sciences early-bird, and February 28, 2027 for Science.
• By 30 April 2027: First Faculty of Medicine, Social Sciences regular, Second and Third Faculties.
• May to July 2027: exams in Prague at the Medicine faculties and, for Science, 19th - 30th April, 2027.
• By September 30, 2027: Mathematics and Physics documents at the latest.

The 2026/2027 cycle shows what a closed year looked like at the First Faculty of Medicine: an application deadline of September 5, 2026 on its 2026/2027 page, and the 2027/2028 page names 30 April 2027.

Studying in English at Charles costs between EUR 40 up to EUR 30,620 per year depending on the programme, and the routes in this report sit near the middle and the top of that range: 7 000 EUR a year for Economics and Finance and PPE, EUR 24,250 for Medicine and Dentistry at the First Faculty of Medicine, and CZK 440 000 for General Medicine at the Third.

Two things stand out. Medicine is priced in a different league from the other routes, and the Mathematics and Physics page prices EU and non-EU students differently, where the Faculty of Social Sciences programme pages state one fee per programme. The dates page of the Second Faculty of Medicine does not state its tuition, so confirm it with the faculty before you apply.

Application fees

• First Faculty of Medicine: 285 EUR on its 2026/2027 page.
• Third Faculty of Medicine: CZK 2 000 or the equivalent in EUR.
• Second Faculty of Medicine: 2500 CZK with an exam waiver request.
• Faculty of Social Sciences: CZK 1000 (approx. EUR 45) per application.
• Faculty of Mathematics and Physics: 1500 CZK (around 60 EUR) per application for 2026/2027.
• Faculty of Science: 100 EUR for each application to an English-taught study programme.

At the First Faculty of Medicine, for example, you cannot sit the exam until the fee is paid, so pay straight after you submit.

English versus Czech programmes

Tuition plus living costs

Tuition is only part of the bill. Mathematics and Physics puts living costs at 600 to 750 EUR per month, including accommodation, meals, public transport and leisure, and the Faculty of Social Sciences lets students pay the yearly tuition in two installments. Add the application fees listed above and the recognition fees from the earlier chapter, for example CZK 1,050 for a faculty assessment at the First Faculty of Medicine.

Programmes in Czech are completely tuition-free and a fee is charged only if the student exceeds the standard duration of study by more than one year.

The Faculty of Social Sciences publishes the clearest aid scheme for its English programmes: a tuition fee reduction of up to EUR 4000 per year for the best applicants in the February and April deadlines, but the faculty does not offer full scholarships; all its scholarship options are partial.

A reduction is awarded on admission results and arrives with your acceptance, so a strong file and the early-bird round can lower the first-year bill. A separate scheme supports living costs: the FSV UK Scholars lump sum goes to 8-10 awardees a year, most often about CZK 75 000 (approx. EUR 3 000), with an April 30th deadline.

How tuition is paid

At the Faculty of Social Sciences students usually pay the yearly tuition in two installments, one per semester, and newly admitted students pay the first semester in advance to confirm their interest in enrolling.

Compare reductions as well as the headline fee. A reduction of up to EUR 4000 per year on a 7 000 EUR programme changes the cost more than the difference between most English tests, so the motivation letter and the early-bird round are worth the effort.

Ask the international office of your faculty whether a fee reduction exists for your programme before you accept a place.

Citizens of countries outside the EU and EFTA need permission to study: citizens of third countries are obliged to have a visa or resident permit for their legal stay. Charles itself says that it is not within the competence of Charles University to expedite the visa issuance or appointment process and it does not provide visa counselling, so start early.

A long-term study stay needs a long-term visa or a residence permit: a long-term visa is issued for a maximum of 12 months; a residence permit is usually issued for 12 months and can be prolonged. Some nationals can enter without a visa for a short stay: citizens of some countries (e.g. the USA, Canada, and some Balkan countries) can stay up to 90 days within 180 days without a visa, but a normal semester is longer, so plan for a long-term document.

What the application needs

A student visa or residence permit mainly needs proof of financial resources, confirmation of guaranteed accommodation, valid health insurance and an abstract from the Register of Criminal Records, besides the application form, the acceptance letter and a passport. The faculty that admits you issues the admission documents; because Charles University does not have a central admissions office, the documents depend on the faculty.

Timing matters. Mathematics and Physics warns that the visa process can take up to 90 working days and advises non-EU and non-EFTA applicants to apply well before the deadline. The Faculty of Social Sciences gives the same reason for its early-bird round: it is strongly recommended for students from visa-seeking countries who need a student visa.

Living costs

Visa checklist

• Decide your status first: non-EU and non-EFTA citizens need a visa or resident permit.
• Get the admission letter from your faculty; the university does not expedite visas.
• Collect financial proof, accommodation, health insurance and the criminal records abstract with translations.
• Apply as early as possible: up to 90 working days.

Mathematics and Physics puts average living costs at 600 to 750 EUR per month, including accommodation, meals, public transport and leisure. That is a faculty estimate for Prague, not a budget guarantee.

Start with the faculty, not the university: each sets its own exam, thresholds and dates. For autumn 2027 the dates that name the cycle are 30 April 2027 at the First Faculty of Medicine and 28 February 2027 or 30 April 2027 at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

• Medicine: apply by 30 April 2027 at the First Faculty of Medicine, or via 1 November 2026 to 30 April 2027 at the Second, and prepare for the science exam and interviews.
• Economics, PPE and Social Sciences: assemble the school evidence, the mathematics proof for BEF and the motivation letter, and choose the early-bird round if you need a visa.
• Computer Science: check your reasoning result against SAT total score 1250 with a Math score of at least 720 or the IB, ACT, AP or A-level line, and deliver documents preferably by June 30, 2027.
• Science: apply by February 28, 2027 and prepare for an exam held in English.

Begin the recognition of your certificate early, because the faculty assessment and the nostrification fees and deadlines differ by faculty. Keep the official pages of your faculty open as you apply: dates marked as 2026/2027 on a few pages will be replaced by the next cycle's dates when the faculty publishes them.

What to re-check before you apply

Three items can change before your cycle: the Second Faculty of Medicine tuition, which its dates page does not state, the Faculty of Science tuition, which comes from a table for 2026/2027, and the Mathematics and Physics fees, which the faculty page dates from 2026/27. Check each faculty page again in the month you apply, and write down the date you read it.

No admission is guaranteed; each faculty decides alone.

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