Recognition of foreign education and qualifications (nostrification)

The Polytechnic University of Jihlava, as a public university, is entitled in selected cases to decide on the recognition of foreign higher education and qualifications pursuant to Section 89 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education and on Amendments and Supplements to Other Acts (the Higher Education Act).

The university compares the content and scope of the foreign study with the study in a similar accredited study programme carried out by a public university in the Czech Republic. The relevant public university can be found, for example, in the list of public universities in the Czech Republic on the website of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic. If the study programmes differ in significant respects after comparison, the application for recognition will be rejected.

Basic information on the procedure for applying for recognition can be found at the graduate of the foreign university:

• in Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to Other Acts (Act on Higher Education Institutions), in particular § 89 and § 90
• on the website of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports at https://www.msmt.cz/vzdelavani/vysoke-skolstvi/nostrifikace
• in the Methodological Guideline on the recognition of foreign higher education and qualifications (nostrification) at the VŠPJ

Application Fee:

• In accordance with the provisions of Section 90a of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions, the HEI requires a fee of CZK 3,000 for acts related to the procedure for the application for recognition of foreign higher education and qualifications when submitting this application to a public higher education institution
• the applicant will be asked to pay the fee after submitting the application
• if the application fee is not paid within the specified time limit, the proceedings in respect of the application in question shall be discontinued without further resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 66(1)(c) of Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Administrative Procedure Code, and the HEI shall not deal with the application further

Application for recognition of foreign higher education and qualifications in the Czech Republic:

• A graduate of a foreign university submits a written application to the Rector, if a study programme of close or related content is accredited at the VŠPJ, through the Rector's Office (Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava, Rector's Office, Tolstého 16, 586 01 Jihlava)
• Applicants are advised to familiarize themselves with the curricula of the individual fields of study/programmes accredited at the VŠPJ, i.e. the subjects taught and the scope of practice during their studies, before submitting their application (see the Student section - Curricula for individual fields of study/programmes)
• the written application contains the requirements specified in the Methodological Guidelines of the University of Applied Sciences
• a sample application form for the HEI is available HERE

The application must be accompanied by:

• original or certified copy of a diploma, certificate or similar evidence of satisfactory completion of studies issued by a foreign university
• original or certified copy of the list of examinations passed or Diploma Supplement
• officially certified translations of all documents into Czech (translation is not required if the original text of the documents is in Slovak or English)
• officially certified power of attorney for the representative, in case the diploma holder has authorised another person to submit the application

The HEI may also require the applicant to:

• additional information that the degree programme was undertaken by an institution authorised to provide education comparable to higher education under the Act
• supplementary information on the content of the higher education study abroad