Within the scope of the admissions process, AMU is authorised to assess foreign education and degrees even in cases where AMU does not offer a programme of study with analogous contents. This consists of an assessment of previous education only for the internal purposes of an admissions proceeding at AMU. It is thus different from the process known in the Czech Republic as nostrifikace, i.e. the official recognition of foreign education (in whole or in part) and a degree as equivalent to education completed in the Czech Republic.
Assessment of previous education as part of the admission procedure for the academic year 2023/2024 is subject to a fee of CZK 883,-.
Foreigners who have been granted temporary protection in the Czech Republic pursuant to the Act on Certain Measures in Connection with the Armed Conflict on the Territory of Ukraine caused by the Invasion of the Russian Federation (Act No. 65/2022 Coll., hereinafter referred to as "Foreigners") may proceed in accordance with the Decree of the Rector No 5_2022 Rector's Decree 05_2022_Special Rules for the Organisation of Studies of Foreigners with Temporary Protection, which regulates the arrangements for the organisation of studies and decision-making at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (hereinafter referred to as "AMU").
In view of the above, applicants for studies at AMU who are Foreigners have the possibility, when proving their previous education, to replace the document (e.g. matriculation certificate, diploma, etc. pursuant to Section 48(4)(d) and Section 48(5)(c) of the Higher Education Act) with a Statutory declaration of such person on the facts otherwise proved by such document, if they do not have such documents for their previous education.
Statutory declaration on completed secondary education.docx
Statutory declaration on completed higher education.docx
The assessment of foreign education in the context of the admission process at AMU is provided free of charge.
As part of the nostrification process, the foreigner shall also provide evidence of:
- a signed plain copy of the temporary protection status according to Act No. 65/2022 Coll., with the date of the plain copy
- a plain copy of the passport with the applicant's identification data.
A requirement for admission and for earning an academic degree in any Bachelor’s programme or Master’s programme in Acting for Dramatic Theatre pursuant to Section 48(4) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on higher education institutions, is the completion of a secondary education with a matura examination; applicants with a higher vocational education at a conservatory can also be admitted. An applicant can fulfil this requirement with:
A) a certificate of general recognition in the Czech Republic of a foreign secondary education, obtained pursuant to the Education Act (Act. No. 561/2004 Coll.)
B) a European Baccalaureate
C) a certificate which is automatically equivalent without further administrative procedure
The applicant shall thus submit:
If necessary, AMU shall call upon the applicant to submit the following additional documents:
D) a foreign certificate of secondary education completed abroad
If not included in the above-mentioned documents, then additionally:
A requirement for admission and for earning an academic degree in a Master’s programme which follows on from a Bachelor’s programme pursuant to the provisions of Section 48(5) of the Higher Education Act is due completion of either type of programme. A requirement for admission to a doctoral programme is due completion of a Master’s programme and the conferral an academic degree.
Fulfilment of the requirement of due completion of either type of programme or completion of a Master's programme and conferral of an academic degree, respectively, can be demonstrated with the following documents:
A) a certificate of general recognition in the Czech Republic of foreign higher education, obtained under Sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act (so-called nostrifikace)
B) a foreign certificate of completion of higher education which is equivalent in the Czech Republic without further administrative procedure under its international obligations
German university degrees (diplomas) certifying completion of higher education presented for purposes of further studies, as well as relevant programme components and individual examinations, are not automatically equivalent without further administrative procedure. These are subject to the procedure per point C, although the result of the assessment will always be positive as stipulated by the international agreement.
The applicant shall thus submit:
C) a foreign certificate of secondary education completed abroad
If necessary, AMU shall call upon the applicant to submit the following additional documents:
The applicant shall send certified copies or originals of the above-mentioned documents in printed form by post (it is not possible to send by e-mail) to the address of the faculty to which he or she is applying. The final deadline for submitting these documents can be found on the website of the relevant faculty. The applicant shall not fill in a request for official recognition of foreign education and a degree (nostrifikace).
For documents not issued in Czech, English or Slovak, a certified Czech or English translation must be provided. The translation must be prepared by a court interpreter certified in the Czech Republic (a list of certified court interpreters is available on the Ministry of Justice website, www.justice.cz, under “experts and interpreters” (“znalci a tlumočníci”)), or at the Czech embassy or consulate in the given country. If the certified translation is prepared by a translator who is not a court interpreter certified in the Czech Republic, the pages of the translation must be bound to the certified copies of the documents to which they correspond, so that the pages containing the translation cannot be subsequently exchanged. Translations bound to simple copies of documents will not be accepted. If the documents are issued in bilingual form and one of the languages is English, then it is not necessary to translate them.
If the applicant’s situation so necessitates, he or she shall also submit the following documents:
Verification of documents demonstrating education
Applicants must submit the originals or certified copies of all documents, and all documents must be duly verified in accordance with the relevant international agreements.
A) States which have concluded an agreement on legal assistance with the Czech Republic
List of states which have concluded an agreement on legal assistance with the Czech Republic, and thus require only an original or certified copy:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, France, Georgia, Yemen, Croatia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Cuba, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, North Macedonia / FYROM, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Austria, Romania, Russian Federation, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Syria, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
B) States which are signatories to the multilateral convention on the simplification of legalisation of foreign public documents,
i.e. the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961, published under No. 45/1999 Coll. international agreement), hereinafter the “Hague Convention”.
Documents from the following states must be legalised by means of an Apostille:
Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burundi, Cook Islands, Cile, China – only Hong Kong and Macao (super-legalisation required for documents from other territories in China), Denmark, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (from 15 July 2008), Dominica, Dominican Republic (super-legalisation by apostille clause from 30 August 2009), Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, territories belonging to France (i.e. French Polynesia, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Guadalupe, Guyana, Comoro Islands, Martinique, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna), Grenada (from 7 April 2002 – prior to this date listed under Great Britain), Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Republic of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Colombia (an electronically issued Apostille is accepted), Republic of Korea (South Korea), Kosovo, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Liberia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Germany, Niue, The Netherlands and their territories (i.e. Netherlands Antilles, Aruba), Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, El Salvador, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Surinam, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Eswatini, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, the USA and its territories (i.e. American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands), Great Britain and its territories (i.e. Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Isle of Man, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, British Solomon Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands), Vanuatu and Venezuela.
C) Other states – documents demonstrating completion of studies must be superlegalised.
Super=legalisation involves verification of the authenticity of the signature and the stamp on the original documents:
! Requirements to submit duly certified documents will be fulfilled even if the applicant submits certified copies of documents which have been certified in the manner prescribed above for the relevant type of document submitted (e.g. in the case of a diploma from China, the applicant shall submit certified copies of super-legalised documents).
! In exceptional cases for documents from EU member states, Norway, the United States of America, Canada, Australia or New Zealand, it is possible to substitute the apostille (in the case of Canada the super-legalisation) with a certified copy of the relevant document (analogous to the procedure for states which have concluded an agreement on legal assistance with the Czech Republic), if one of the following conditions is concurrently met: