Reasons to choose Czech Republic for higher studies

The very obvious question that flashes through a candidate’s mind aspiring to study in the Czech Republic is `Why should one choose the Czech Republic for higher studies?’ Let us first try to find out the answers.

Today the Czech Republic is a member of the European Union and enjoys the same rights and benefits as any other European country with its low criminality rate and the absence of any war conflict.There are 26 public, 2 state and 42 private higher educational institutions. In the public institutions, the studies are absolutely free even for foreign students provided the medium of instruction is Czech. The private institutions have all paid study programmes.The way of admission and the form of study are all set by concrete faculty, organizing non-Czech study programmes.

Now let us check out the requirements, facilities and benefits provided by the Czech universities

Standard procedure and time period for submission of application forms

Students can apply for several courses all at once.Each of the respective universities and institutes have to be applied to separately. The deadline for submitting the forms is end of February or March. Most of the institutes allow the students to file their application in the electronic form.

Affordable tuition fees and cost of living

Depending on the faculty, the tuition fee varies from 3000 EUR to 12000 EUR per month. Accommodation and fooding together can take up an amount of 500 EUR per month and for the daily transport one has to spend 6 EUR per month.

Admission processes

1. In order to qualify for any the Czech universities, one needs to complete the secondary education [ equivalent to Czech `maturita’ ( A-level)] A bachelor’s degree is required for a master’s and a master’s degree for a doctoral study.
2. The mode of evaluation varies from university to university. At some it is in the written form while others judge the students on the basis of marks in their previous exam. Some again simply accept the result of the National Comparative exams, held six times a year in some cities and towns of the Czech and Slovak Republic. There is also a second round of exam and occasionally a third one too for the students who fail to qualify in the first shot. Some universities also provide preparatory courses for the aspiring candidates.
3. The artistically- oriented schools judge students through three rounds of admission proceedings.Either the students are asked to talk about their work or they are given to work on a project on the spot.

Regarding the scholarships, all the students are advised to collect information about the various scholarships offered by the Czech universities. The students also need to enquire after the enrolment for the long-term residence permit or VISA (for Non EU/EFTA students), passport and the personal identification number not leaving out the formalities needed to get the international agreement for the Czech Republic signed.

At this point it would be wise to consider the less-positive aspects of studying in the Czech Republic before proceeding any further

From the very few drawbacks charted out in the international students’ reviews, we get to know that there is a lack of English –taught courses and the English of the teachers and the academics at some places is not up to the mark. Such unpleasant surprises can however be avoided if the aspiring candidates spend a bit of time in collecting detailed information about the English-taught course

So that’s in brief the requirements, benefits and the formalities about studying in the Czech Republic

Before we end let’s us find out what the international students’ have to say about their experiences of studying in the Czech Republic

According to the International Student’s Satisfaction Award 2014, the students’ have ranked the Czech Republic, sixth in terms of students’ satisfaction.

1. Study in Czech Republic has undoubtedly been an enriching experience for most of them.

2. They have been all praise for the Czech locals who are always willing to help the foreign students

adjust with the Czech way of life.

1. Apart from appreciating the constantly developing level of service, accommodation and food, they have been also impressed with the flexibility to transfer their study from the Czech Republic to any other EU countries.
2. Teaching quality, wide range of subjects offered by the Czech universities and the efforts of the teacher’s to integrate the students have been talked highly of.

We can finally conclude that along with being a valuable source of information for prospective candidates, the above reviews also certify the study in Czech Republic for international students.

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