Charles University, Prague

I got all A's in my A levels and when I applied I got accepted without an interview to the faculty in Hradec Kralove. But I'm in one of the faculties in Prague now and none of them will accept you on A level grades alone.

You'll have to learn Latin in your first year and when I was in first year you actually had to have passed the Latin final examination to sit the Anatomy final examination, so it's quite an important subject. Also, since alot of the Czech doctors use Latin terminology to describe alot of the medical pathologies it comes in quite handy.

You'll have to do Czech for three year, but it's no big deal because you'll get good at the language just living here...

On a seperate note, I just thought I'd say that I just finished all my final year exams earlier this week! So now I am finally Dr Chromozone!

Just a quick question. If I apply I'll be applying for dentistry. Is dentistry at the Hradec kralove faculty only? Meaning I wouldn't be able to transfer to Prague at all?

Just curious because I was hoping to get to Prague but it appears they don't do dentistry there (from what www.readmedicine.com) tell me.

1st faculty do dentistry - so if you want to do it in Prague, you can. Read medicine only have ties with some faculties, that's why it's not on their website. If you're interested in applying to do dentistry in Prague, then go over to 1st fac's website and get in touch with them and they'll tell you what to do. I know loads of people doing dentistry in Prague!

But I would have to sit the entrance exam for Prague? I read on readmedicine that they accept the certain number of the best a level candidates directly, so if I were to repeat my a levels (which I'm told by readmedicine is fine by Charles) I could get them to A's/A*'s and potentially be accepted directly.

Also another question the deadlines are around may each for applications, can you apply with predicted grades or do have to have the grades by the time you apply? It would make a difference whether I can apply in a year or two.

All I know is that when I applied, I had four A's without resits and I still needed to do the entrance exam and interview. However, that was in 2006 - perhaps things have changed now and perhaps the admission criteria is different for dentistry than medical school. The best way to find out is to get in touch with 1st fac.

One last question, do you find you're job prospects damaged because you went to a foreign university? I've heard a lot of scaremongering that UK graduates are prefered over foreign ones, especially when it comes to specialising posts etc.

I want to go, but this is the thing that worries me most.

No, I don't find my job prospects damaged. If it were true that UK graduates are preferred, then none of my fathers friends - from India, Pakistan, Poland, America etc etc would be consultants in their chosen fields.

Good point. There's appears to be a lot of snobbery with regards to "prague graduates" on this forum which I found disheartening. Glad you like it and hope it goes well for you.

It might be a route I might try to get into if I don't get into Ireland (I need to repeat my A levels and get A*AAA as a minimum).

The exam will cover both AS and A2 knowledge.

The exam isn't that hard, but the questions do make you think because it's multiple choice with each question having four or five options. There could be: one, more than one answer to each question or none of your options could be correct for that question (in which case leave the boxes for that question blank).

Hi, im thinking of applying but i have only taken two sciences: biology and chemistry for my a levels, i dont think psychology counts, and i havnt taken maths...does this mean i cannot apply??

For the entrance exam that is held in Malvern, you are tested on Biology and Chemistry. Then, you have a compulsory option of being tested on either Physics OR Maths (you decide).

For the different faculties, I only know about 1st Faculty and Brno. 1st Faculty is in central Prague, but the buildings aren't modernised and the workload, pressure and pace is quite daunting. Their teaching methods is more of the old-fashioned way of doing pre-clinical studies for the first 2-3 years and then clinical for the last 3 years. Brno is a campus university and has more modern facilities and modern teaching methods. The pace is also quite tough, but maybe not as rigorous as 1st Faculty.

The Brno exam has a pass mark of 60% and I think 1st Faculty has a pass mark of 75-80%, but don't quote me on those figures. You can ask the examination centres for the pass marks.

Hope this helps and good luck

Hi thank you for that Brno sounds good, ive looked at alot of universities too im looking to apply in the next couple of weeks! Its just hard deciding which ones to apply to and i can only apply to 2 or 3 because they all have different entrance exams to revise for on top of my alevels! But thanks for that ill look into brno i think i have before....im looking for universities with entrance exams in only chemistry and biology, are you applying too?

I'm a med student at Charles Uni