Medicine and Dentistry ****************************************************************************************** * Quick links ****************************************************************************************** How to prepare for admissions? What is the difference between our medical faculties? Why we have five medical faculties? ****************************************************************************************** * General information ****************************************************************************************** Charles University offers five distinct study programmes in General Medicine and three pro Dentstry. Both options are available in English or Czech languages. You can compare their requirements here: • General Medicine in English [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php? do=obory&fakulta=&fst=D&druh=M&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=0912&jazyk=ENG&delka=&fulltext="] • General Medicine in Czech [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php? do=obory&fakulta=&fst=D&druh=M&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=0912&jazyk=CZE&delka=&fulltext=&zo +5+items"] (5 programmes) • Dentistry in English [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php? do=obory&fakulta=&fst=D&druh=M&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=0911&jazyk=ENG&delka=&fulltext=&zo +3+items"] (3 programmes) • Dentistry in Czech [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php? do=obory&fakulta=&fst=D&druh=M&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=0911&jazyk=CZE&delka=&fulltext=&zo +3+items"] (3 programmes) Submitting separate applications for multiple study programmes is possible, even encourage you higher chances of being admitted. All our study programmes are uninterrupted – not divided into Bachelor’s and Master’s leve Medicine lasts for 6 years and leads you to the Master’s degree MUDr. (Medicinae Universae of General Medicine). Dentistry lasts for 5 years and culminates in the Master’s degree MD Dentium Doctor = Doctor of Dental Medicine). After completing the Master’s degree, graduates may find a job straight away, continue ont programme, and/or enrol in a specialisation training [ URL "UKEN-1165.html "] (most often) Other study options Prospective students also often consider applying for a study programme in Pharmacy [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php? do=obory&fakulta=&fst=D&druh=M&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=0916&jazyk=&delka=&fulltext=&zobraz= +2+items"] or [Natural] Science [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php do=detail_obor&id_obor=30877"] . If you already hold a Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Science or any other related field, y a follow-up Master's studies of Pharmaceutical Sciences [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/ index.php?do=obory&fakulta=&fst=D&druh=N&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=0916&jazyk=&delka=&fulltex +1+item"] or Addictology [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php? do=detail_obor&id_obor=30098"] . Study programmes General Nursing [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.ph do=obory&fakulta=&fst=&druh=&stupr=&obor1=&amp +Nursing&iscedkod=&zobraz=Show+3+items"] , Paediatric Nursing [ URL "https studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php?do=detail_obor&id_obor=24005"] , and Intensive Ca "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php?do=detail_obor&id_obor=23995" Czech Language only. The language barrier can be overcome by joining our language courses ujop.cuni.cz/UJOPEN-43.html"] first. ****************************************************************************************** * Preparation for admissions ****************************************************************************************** If you find questions in the sample tests down below challenging, we have a solution for y programmes at Charles University are great opportunity for you to maximize the chances of entrance exams. • improve your knowledge of general biology, medical biology, chemistry, physics, and medi • acquire basic knowledge of Latin, field-specific English, and Czech • get support when adjusting to a new culture • find guidance through the admission procedure • ease your further university studies Find out more about foundation programmes [ URL "UKEN-556.html "] Foundation programmes are available in both English and Czech languages. ****************************************************************************************** * Overview of our medical faculties ****************************************************************************************** Charles University has five faculties of medicine, three of which are in Prague, one is lo and one in Hradec Králové. Names of the Prague faculties include numbers signifying the or were established. All of them are independent institutions of equal standing, each having facilities and Admissions Offices. They all offer degree programmes in English and the awa comparable. The curriculum is fully compatible with the current international standards an by the European Union. All medical faculties offer entrance examination in Czechia and abroad, some also online. profiles for the list of representatives abroad including available dates and locations. FACULTY PROFILES [ URL "https://studycharles.cz/fields-of-study"] ****************************************************************************************** * Why we have five medical faculties? ****************************************************************************************** Our faculties of medicine follow the long tradition of medical education at Charles Univer constituted one of its four original pillars of knowledge since the foundation in 1348. In academic year, the Faculty of Medicine was divided into Czech and German institutions, alo university. Following the events on November 17, 1939, Nazis closed the Czech University a reopened only in May 1945. The following year, the German University was shut down, while Faculty of Medicine acquired the property of the former German Faculty of Medicine. In 1945, the Faculty of Medicine also established two of its branches outside the capital, became independent institutions: • Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové (LFHK) [ URL "https://www.lfhk.cuni.cz/LFHKEN-10.h Bohemia • Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen (LFP) [ URL "https://lfp.cuni.cz/en/about-faculty/"] in We In 1953, the Ministry of Higher Education split the Faculty of Medicine in Prague into thr faculties with slightly different focuses: • Faculty of General Medicine with focus on Stomatology, today's First Faculty of Medicine "https://en.lf1.cuni.cz/undergraduate-studies-master-studies-20212022"] • Faculty of Pediatric Medicine, today's Second Faculty of Medicine (LF2) [ URL "http://ww en/study/applicants/how-to-apply"] • Medical Faculty of Hygiene, today's Third Faculty of Medicine (LF3) [ URL "https:// www.lf3.cuni.cz/3LFEN-11.html"] You may apply to all our medical faculties at once, but you have to complete a separate ap every faculty. Each faculty has specific entry requirements and entrance exams. For more d the defferences, please visit this blog post [ URL "https://ujop.cuni.cz/UJOPEN-216.html"] medical faculties of CU are discussed, including their examination criteria.