Rector's Directive No. 38/2017 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * Rules for the recognition of foreign higher education as equivalent to higher education Charles University in the General Medicine master’s programme of study and Dentistry maste study ****************************************************************************************** To implement: Sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Sb., as amended Date of effect: 1 June 2017 ****************************************************************************************** * Article 1 Introductory Provisions ****************************************************************************************** 1.The procedure to recognize foreign higher education in the Czech Republic is governed by and 90 of the Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Sb., as amended (“the Higher Education A general administrative procedure regulations. 2.This directive provides binding rules for the acceptance and assessment of applications recognition of foreign higher education as equivalent to higher education attained at Ch in the General Medicine master’s programme of study and Dentistry master’s programme of ****************************************************************************************** * Article 2 System for the Allocation of Applications to Faculties ****************************************************************************************** 1.If an applicant applies for the recognition of foreign higher education as equivalent to education attained at Charles University in the General Medicine master’s programme of s Dentistry master’s programme of study, he must submit the application to the Rectorate o University (“the Rectorate”). 2.The Documents, Registers, and Recognition of Foreign Degrees Office within the Student A Department of the Rectorate (“the relevant office of the Rectorate”) is responsible for administrative processing of the application immediately after delivery of the applicati Rectorate including entering of the data into the Information System for Recognition of Higher Education (“IS UZVV”) and for allocating the application on the basis of rotation the faculties offering a programme of study similar to the programme completed by the ap application must be handed over to the relevant faculty in hard-copy format as well as t 3.If an application is submitted by an applicant to one of the faculties of medicine of Ch University, the faculty is obliged to hand over the application immediately to the relev the Rectorate for registration and further processing in accordance with paragraph 2. ´ ****************************************************************************************** * Article 3 Source Documents for a Decision ****************************************************************************************** 1.The source documents for the assessment of equivalence are in particular the diploma, di supplement, the transcript, curriculum, or other documents containing information on the programme of study or branch completed by the applicant. If needed, the faculty requests to also submit a statement confirming that the foreign higher education institution is a offer education comparable to the higher education in the Czech Republic. The applicant submit originals of these documents or authenticated copies. 2.The faculty to which the application was allocated for assessment under Article 2 (2) ma authenticity of the documents submitted by the applicant at the relevant foreign higher institution. The authenticity of the documents is verified by a question sent via e-mail of the foreign higher education institution. If the faculty does not receive a response higher education institution within 14 days of the date when the question was sent, the procedure is the assessment of equivalence of the foreign higher education in accordance 4 and the faculty makes a note in the file that it was not possible to verify the authen documents with the foreign higher education institution. Failure to receive a response f higher education institution as such does not constitute grounds for discontinuance of t for dismissal of the application for recognition of foreign higher education. ****************************************************************************************** * Article 4 Equivalence Assessment Criteria ****************************************************************************************** 1.When assessing the equivalence of education the faculties follow the legal regulations l 1 (1), the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education i Region signed on 11 April 1997 in Lisbon, the text of the convention was published in Cz in the Collection of International Treaties No. 60/2000 Sb. m. s. (“the Convention”), if attained his education in a state which is a signatory of the Convention, and: a.The document titled “Minimum numbers of completed hours in individual subjects/discipl for recognition of foreign higher education in General Medicine master’s programme of Minimum Numbers of Completed Hours for General Medicine”), which forms Appendix No. 1 directive, in the case of application for recognition of foreign higher education as e higher education attained at Charles University in the General Medicine master’s progr or b.The document titled “Minimum numbers of completed hours in individual subjects/discipl for recognition of foreign higher education in Dentistry master’s programme of study” Numbers of Completed Hours for Dentistry”), which forms Appendix No. 2 to this directi application for recognition of foreign higher education as equivalent to higher educat Charles University in the Dentistry master’s programme of study. 2.A substantial difference resulting in the dismissal of the application under s. 90 (5) o Education Act or under Article VI (1) of the Convention, if the applicant attained his e a state which is a signatory of the Convention, is defined as all cases when the applica study at a foreign higher education institution failed to comply in terms of content or the requirements stipulated in the Minimum Numbers of Completed Hours for General Medici application concerns the recognition of foreign higher education as equivalent to higher attained at Charles University in the General Medicine master’s programme of study, or i Numbers of Completed Hours for Dentistry, if the application concerns recognition of for education as equivalent to higher education attained at Charles University in the Dentis programme of study. ****************************************************************************************** * Article 5 Special Provision ****************************************************************************************** In particularly complicated cases and in cases when serious doubts concerning the authenti submitted documents arise, the equivalence of the compared programmes of study or branches by a working group established for this purpose by the Rector. The members of the working assessment of equivalence are appointed by the Rector from the representatives of facultie relevant programmes of study or branches and from employees of the Rectorate. ****************************************************************************************** * Article 6 Date of Effect ****************************************************************************************** 1.Rector’s directive No. 27/2015 is hereby repealed. 2.This directive becomes effective on 1 July 2017. In Prague on 22 May 2017 Prof. MUDr. Tomáš Zima, DrSc., MBA