Study programmes and courses

The General Nursing programme provides you with a practically oriented bachelor's education for subsequent practice of the health profession without professional supervision. The study programme is designed in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications in the provision of services and provides you as a graduate with the basic prerequisites to practice a regulated profession in the European Union.

Applications should only be submitted electronically via the e-application application. The admission fee is CZK 650,- and must be paid no later than the application deadline of the given round (if you do not enrol, the fee will not be refunded). Further payment instructions (account number, variable symbol) can be found in the electronic application. The fee must be paid again for each round of admissions.

Applications in the 2nd and 3rd supplementary rounds will only be allowed provided that the number of admitted candidates has not already been filled in the 1st basic round.

Are you already interested in what subjects you will study?

The list of subjects you will take during your studies (both compulsory and your choice of compulsory and optional subjects) can be found in the study plan for full-time study or in the study plan for combined study. The full-time study also includes a long-term internship (46 weeks).

General Nursing - full-time study

Conditions for admission to study are:

• achievement of secondary education with a matriculation examination (successful completion of the matriculation examination at secondary school),
• eligibility to study as demonstrated by the entrance examination (knowledge in the scope of secondary school):
• PC test in professional subjects (human biology, psychology) and general study prerequisites (max. 50 points),
• oral interview - verification of the applicant's knowledge of human biology and motivation (max. 50 points),
• confirmation of medical fitness to study the General Nursing study programme.
  
  
• Acceptance of applicants for study who are foreign nationals (with the exception of Slovak nationals) is also subject to proof of knowledge of the Czech language. This proficiency can be demonstrated by a matriculation exam in the Czech language (successful completion of the matriculation exam at a Czech secondary school) or by an oral interview at the entrance exam (understanding of the spoken word, ability to interact and to identify the motivation, expectations and immediate needs of the student).
  
  

General Nursing - Combined Studies

Conditions for admission to study are:

• achievement of secondary education with a matriculation examination (successful completion of the matriculation examination at secondary school),
• eligibility to study as demonstrated by the entrance examination (knowledge in the scope of secondary school):
• PC test in professional subjects (human biology, psychology) and general study prerequisites (max. 50 points),
• oral interview - verification of the applicant's knowledge of human biology and motivation (max. 50 points),
• confirmation of medical fitness to study the General Nursing study programme.
• work experience relevant to the General Nursing programme of at least two years.
• Acceptance of applicants who are foreign nationals (except Slovak nationals) is also subject to proof of knowledge of the Czech language. This proficiency can be demonstrated by a Czech language matriculation exam (successful completion of a Czech high school matriculation exam) or by an oral interview at the entrance exam (understanding of the spoken word, ability to interact and to identify the motivation, expectations and immediate needs of the student).

For the full text of the VŠPJ admission requirements for the 2024/2025 academic year, please see HERE.

In the context of the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine caused by the invasion of the Russian Federation troops, the VŠPJ has issued special rules for students and applicants with temporary protection in the Czech Republic and citizens of Ukraine. The full text of the special rules can be found HERE.

For more information on the Czech language exam, including exam dates, please visit HERE.

The admission procedure for AR 2024/2025 again includes the NON-IMPOSITION OF A FEE for the acts related to the admission procedure for applicants in difficult social situation. No fee will be charged to an applicant who meets the following conditions:

• submits an application for admission to a bachelor's or master's degree programme no later than 15 May 2024,
• is not a graduate of the same type of study programme (written affidavit),
• proves that he/she is in a difficult social situation (written certificate issued at his/her request by the state social assistance body that the family income ascertained for the purposes of the child benefit for the third calendar quarter of 2023 did not exceed the product of the family's subsistence minimum and a coefficient of 1.5),
• requests that the fee not be assessed no later than April 10, 2024.

An application for non-assessment of the fee is available HERE, a sample affidavit is available HERE.

For more information, see RR No. 2/2024 HERE.

Further information on the admission procedure:

• From a PC-based test in vocational subjects (human biology, psychology) and general study prerequisites, which consists of 50 questions with three answer choices, only one of which is correct, the fourth answer choice is the don't know/won't answer option.
• For the PC-based test, a correct answer is scored 1 point, a wrong answer and a don't know/won't answer answer is scored 0 points, i.e. the maximum you can score on the test is 50 points.
• The scope, depth and level of knowledge required in the tests are based on the material covered in secondary school leaving examinations (for an idea of how the tests are designed, see samples of tests from previous entrance examinations).
• There is a time limit of 45 minutes to process the test on a PC, and the oral exam is limited to a maximum of 15 minutes.
• The criterion for demonstrating eligibility to study is the achievement of a score in the admissions procedure that places the applicant in the order of the expected number of students to be admitted, so that the total number of students enrolled in the study programme is 160.
  
• Maturity certificate/certification and medical certificate of medical fitness issued by a medical practitioner on the recommended form (downloadable in the e-application form after payment of the admission fee) must be submitted in one of the following ways:
  
• online (uploading via personal folder in the e-application) - only authorized document conversion (provided by Czech POINT branches) - other electronic versions of the document, e.g. a simple scan will not be accepted
• by correspondence to the study department (officially certified copy)
• in person at the study department (certified copy)
• Maturity certificate/certification certificate must be delivered by September 10, 2024 (in case of non-delivery by the deadline, the candidate will not be admitted to study)
• Medical certification of medical fitness must be delivered according to the deadlines of the individual rounds of the admission procedure AR 2024/2025 (in case of non-delivery by the deadline, the candidate will not be admitted to the study).
• Proof of vaccination against hepatitis B will be provided to the sponsor of the internship after the start of the course (a copy of the vaccination certificate is sufficient) - to be downloaded in the e-application form after payment of the fee for the admission procedure.

Admission exams are held in the school building at Tolstého 16, Jihlava and you must bring your ID (ID card or passport).

Where can I find the results of the admission procedure

Summary results of the admission procedure can be found: View

Your further questions can be answered at the Study Department, tel. 567 141 181 or e-mail:studijni@vspj.cz

Important dates for applications and admissions

The last date for regular enrollment for the 2024/2025 academic year is September 12, 2024.

Only those applicants who have fulfilled the admission requirements and have the document "Rector's Decision on Admission to Study" available in the e-application form may apply for study. The easiest and fastest way to enrol for studies is online directly in the e-application form. However, you can also choose to enrol by correspondence or enrol in person at the VŠPJ building (dates will be announced continuously). All information about the admission procedure and subsequent enrolment can be found in your e-application. 

The entrance examination for the study programme General Nursing consists of a PC-based test in professional subjects (human biology, psychology) and general study prerequisites and an oral examination in human biology. On this page you will find sample test from professional subjects and general study prerequisites and also test evaluation of the entrance examination.

• Full-time study
• Combined studies