Evaluation of previous education

Thanks to the new Institutional Accreditation of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, applicants may submit: 

• for bachelor study programme - applicant demonstrates to Czech University of Life Sciences a foreign document proving the meeting of the conditions of completion of secondary education completed by the “maturitní zkouška” examination type
  
  
• for master study programme - applicant demonstrates to Czech University of Life Sciences a foreign document proving the meeting of the conditions of completion of regular completion of previous tertiary education 
  
  
• for doctoral study programme - applicant demonstrates to Czech University of  Life Sciences a foreign document proving meeting the conditions for completing previous education at Master level.

 Such provision is possible only when Czech University of Life Sciences Prague has no doubts about sufficient level, scope, or content of the previous foreign education of a student (Documents proving meeting the conditions to study at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague without the requirement to submit documents based on Regulation on Validation).

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) has obtained institutional accreditation for a number of areas of education. Therefore, CZU is now able to evaluate foreign secondary (high school) and tertiary (university/college) education within admission procedure in a simplified manner, which will be described on this page. 

Below you can find information about evaluation of your previous education. After you’ll successfully pass the Admission procedure, you’ll be contacted by employee of CZU Prague. Meanwhile, please, manage following: 

HOW SHOULD I PROCEED AND WHAT SHALL I SUBMIT?

 1) I will submit my secondary education for evaluation:

1. You need to submit your high school leaving diploma/certificate or its equivalent. We don´t need the original document, but its verified/authenticated copy. See details on authentication of your documents below.
2. Diploma/certificate must make you eligible for study of a bachelor´s study programme in the country where you pursued your secondary education. E.g. you passed secondary school in Indonesia and you are now eligible to apply for study of a bachelor degree in Indonesia.
3. You need to submit an overview of your study results, typically in a form of transcript of record or diploma supplement. We need a list of courses you have passed during your study and grades you received. Such a document also typically includes number of teaching hours per course/subject per week or similar information. Also this document must be submitted as a verified copy with necessary authentication, original is not required.
4. Statement (foreign secondary school or Ministry of education states that diploma was obtained by completing studies in a secondary education programme at a foreign secondary school acting according to the legal regulations of the foreign state and it authorises the holder to enter studies in a Bachelor´s study programme). Statement may have a form of a written letter signed by a relevant authority.

2) I will submit my tertiary (higher) education for evaluation:

1. You need to submit your diploma (bachelor or master diploma) or its equivalent. We don´t need the original document, but its verified/authenticated copy. See details on authentication of your documents below.
2. If you apply for master degree programme at CZU your bachelor diploma/certificate must make you eligible for study of a master´s study programme in the country where you pursued your bachelor education. E.g. you graduated as a bachelor in Kazakhstan and with your bachelor degree you are now eligible to study master degree in Kazakhstan.
3. You need to submit an overview of your study results, typically in a form of transcript of records or diploma supplement. We need a list of courses you have passed during your study and grades you received. Such a document also typically includes number of credits, points or units per course or total study or similar information. Also this document must be submitted as a verified copy with necessary authentication, original is not required.
4. If you apply for PhD study at CZU, requirements are similar, but you must submit your master degree diploma and transcript (or equivalent) for evaluation. 

Note about originals and verified copies: If your documents are already authenticated if necessary and you are present in the Czech Republic, you may also submit originals to authorized officer of CZU and CZU then makes verified copy for internal purpose of evaluation and originals will be returned to you immediately. 

Authentication of documents is typically a legal requirement and following options exist:

• Your documents can be recognised without authentication based on inter-governmental treaties and therefore you don´t need to verify them by Apostille or superlegaliazation.
• You can use simplified authentication by Apostille when the country where your documents were issued signed the Hague Convention (for details see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention).
• You have no other option than to submit your documents to typically local Ministry of Foreign Affairs and after that also to the Czech Embassy. This double verification is called superlegalization. 

IMPORTANT: Officially authenticated translations are required of all documents whose originals are not issued in Czech, English, Slovak or Spanish and therefore they must be officially translated into Czech or English. The pages with translations must be appended to the authenticated copies of the documents which they concern in such a way that makes it impossible to subsequently replace or substitute the pages containing the translation.

More information for already accepted applicants can be found HERE.