Nostrification
One of the standard prerequisites for admission into Czech universities and recognition by the Ministry of Education, Sport, and Youth is a nostrified school diploma. Exceptions may be made in private universities and some Bachelor’s degree studies.
When entering a Master’s degree program, it is necessary to have a nostrified Bachelor’s degree diploma.
Nostrification means recognition of a foreign secondary or higher education diploma as an equivalent to diplomas based on the Czech educational curriculum.
Students entering a Bachelor’s degree programme have to bring the following documents:
- Original secondary education certificate and a notarised photocopy.
- Mark sheets and their notarised photocopies.
- The curriculum/syllabus for at least the last 4 years (including subjects studied, marks & hours for each subject).
- Indication of received marks for the last 4 years –marks for all subjects studied –original certificate from the last place of study sealed and signed by the director.
- Original birth certificate and its notarised copy.
- If you studied at university but did not graduate from it, you will need a certificate from the university which lists the subjects you studied, marks & hours for each subject.
Students entering Master’s degree studies have to bring the following documents:
- Higher education diploma and marks sheet and notarised photocopies of these documents.
- Original birth certificate and a notarised photocopy.
Attention!
Verified documents should be in accordance with international treaties, contracts, and consular agreements.
For students from states which have a bilateral agreement with the Czech Republic (e.g. Russia, Belarus, Georgia, and the Republic of Moldova), notarised photocopies of all documents will be sufficient.
Documents from states which are party to the Hague Convention (regarding Apostille‘s) and which do not have a bilateral agreement with the Czech Republic must be affixed with an Apostille Certificate (e.g. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and so on). It is a special certification done by the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country where your school or university is situated. Afterwards, you have to certify it with the relevant government agencies of the Czech Republic.
Documents from other states require so-called superlegalisation (e.g. Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and so on). Information regarding types of LEGALISATION (for individual contracts and agreements) may be obtained abroad at Czech consular offices.
The Czech Republic Department of Education may conduct a nostrification exam in the process of reviewing documents of secondary school leavers. This happens in cases where there are considerable differences between your curriculum and the equivalent curriculum in the Czech Republic. Secondary-school leavers from CIS countries take, as a rule, an exam on 2-3 subjects – the subjects where the number of hours differ the most from the Czech curriculum. After your arrival into the Czech Republic, all documents will be translated into the Czech language by a court translator and notarised by a Czech notary.