Rector’s Directive No. 41/2021 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Name: Rules for Reviewing Foreign Secondary and Higher Education in the Ad To be implemented: - Responsible unit: Student Affairs Department Effective date: 1 December 2021 ****************************************************************************************** * Rules for Reviewing Foreign Secondary and Higher Education in the Admissions Procedure a University ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Article 1 – Introductory Provisions *========================================================================================= 1.Charles University is a higher education institution which complies with the requirement s. 48 (6) of Act No. 111/1998 Sb., to regulate higher education institutions, as amended referred to as the “Higher Education Act”) as it obtained institutional accreditation fo one field of education and is thus entitled to review the foreign secondary and higher e an applicant in the admissions procedure for all faculties pursuant to s. 48 (4 and 5) o Education Act. 2.The reviewing of foreign secondary and higher education in the admissions procedure at C University is governed by s. 48 of the Higher Education Act, Article 2 of Appendix No. 2 Constitution of Charles University – Fees for Study, the Code of Admissions Procedure of University for Applicants, and this Directive. 3.In the admissions procedure, faculties review compliance with the requirement on the att secondary education with a school-leaving examination in accordance with s. 48 (4) of th Education Act or the successful completion of study in a bachelor’s or master’s study pr accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act in the case of applicants who obta a.A foreign secondary education by completing their study in a secondary education progr foreign secondary school, an international secondary school, a European school operati with the Convention defining the statute of European schools or at a school recognized for compulsory school attendance in accordance with the Education Act (hereinafter ref “foreign secondary education”), or b.A foreign higher education by completing their study in a higher education programme a higher education institution (hereinafter referred to as “foreign higher education”). *========================================================================================= * Article 2 – Source Documents for Review *========================================================================================= 1.Compliance with the requirement on the attainment of secondary education with a school-l examination in accordance with s. 48 (4) of the Higher Education Act may be proved by me a.A document on the general recognition of the equivalence or validity of a foreign docu the completion of secondary education in the Czech Republic obtained in accordance wit 561/2004 Sb., to regulate pre-school, elementary, secondary, higher professional and o (Education Act), as amended by later regulations (hereinafter referred to as the “Educ in accordance with earlier legal regulations, b.A document confirming the awarding of the European Baccalaureate, c.A foreign document confirming attainment of a foreign secondary education with a schoo examination if it is automatically equivalent without further official procedure in th according to its international obligations, or d.A foreign document confirming attainment of a foreign secondary education which was ob completing study in a secondary education programme at a foreign secondary school oper accordance with the legal regulations of a foreign state and which entitles the holder foreign state to access study in a bachelor’s study programme or a master’s study prog not follow a bachelor’s study programme. 2.Compliance with the requirement on the successful completion of study in a bachelor’s or programme in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act may be proved by mean a.A document on the general recognition of the attainment of a foreign higher education Republic obtained in accordance with ss. 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act or in a earlier legal regulations, b.A foreign document confirming the attainment of a foreign higher education which is au equivalent without further official procedure in the Czech Republic according to its i obligations, or c.A foreign document confirming the attainment of a foreign higher education by completi a higher education programme at a foreign higher education institution operating in ac legal regulations of a foreign state. 3.The specific documents which an applicant is obliged to submit to a faculty are listed i to this Directive: Document Specification. *========================================================================================= * Article 3 – Criteria for Formal Review of Source Documents *========================================================================================= 1.An applicant will submit source documents issued by an institution in the Czech Republic source documents in accordance with s. 48 (4) (a) and (5) (a) of the Higher Education Ac an officially authenticated copy. 2.An applicant is obliged to submit other source documents in the form of an original or a copy of a document issued by a foreign secondary school or higher education institution other foreign institution. In determining and verifying the correct form of authenticati follow Appendix No. 2 to this Directive: Form of Documents. 3.Documents whose originals were not issued in the Czech, English, or Slovak language must translated into the Czech or English language. In the case of officially authenticated t translation must be bound to authenticated copies of documents to which they relate in s prevents subsequent replacement or substitution of the translation. Translations attache copies of documents will not be accepted. 4.An applicant will submit the source documents to a faculty in a hard-copy format or as a created by authorized conversion. Electronic source documents which were not created by conversion of a document may be accepted if they bear a recognized electronic signature. faculties may require that an applicant send scanned documents as well as source documen copy format for the purposes of the internal review of the source documents. 5.Prior to reviewing the content of the received documents of an applicant according to Ar faculty will review whether the applicant submitted the source documents specified in Ap Source Document Specification and whether these source documents comply with the formal specified in paragraphs 1 to 4. If the submitted source documents do not comply with the requirements, the faculty will ask the applicant to correct any deficiencies or to submi documents. *========================================================================================= * Article 4 – Criteria for Content Review of Source Documents *========================================================================================= 1.If an applicant submitted a document of general recognition of the equivalence or validi document on the attainment of secondary education in the Czech Republic, obtained in acc the Education Act or in accordance with earlier legal regulations, it is presumed that c with the requirement on the attainment of secondary education with a school-leaving exam accordance with s. 48 (4) of the Higher Education Act has been proved. If an applicant s document of general recognition of the attainment of a foreign higher education in the C obtained in accordance with ss. 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act or in accordance w legal regulations, it is presumed that compliance with the requirement on the successful study in a bachelor’s or master’s study programme in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Hi Act has been proved in the particular study programme which is specified in the given do usually a certificate of recognition of the attainment of a foreign higher education. 2.If an applicant submitted a document on being awarded the European Baccalaureate, it is that compliance with the requirement on the attainment of secondary education with a sch examination in accordance with s. 48 (4) of the Higher Education Act has been proved. Th does not apply to the International Baccalaureate, which is considered to be a document with s. 48 (4) (d) of the Higher Education Act and for which the procedure follows parag an applicant submits the International Baccalaureate Diploma together with a Czech secon leaving certificate with a successfully passed examination in Czech language and literat common part of the school-leaving examination, then it constitutes an equivalent of a Cz school-leaving certificate and it is not necessary to prove attainment of a foreign seco in the admissions procedure. The above-given information applies to secondary schools wh an approval of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in acco 81 (10) of Act No. 561/2004 Sb., to regulate pre-school, elementary, secondary, higher p other education (the Education Act), for a different manner of completion of education. 3.If an applicant submitted a foreign document confirming attainment of a foreign secondar a school-leaving examination which is automatically equivalent without further official the Czech Republic in accordance with its international obligations, it is presumed that the requirement on the attainment of secondary education with a school-leaving examinati with s. 48 (4) of the Higher Education Act has been proved. If an applicant submitted a confirming attainment of a foreign higher education which is automatically equivalent wi official procedure in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international obligation presumed that compliance with the requirement on the successful completion of study in a master’s study programme in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act has be list of international treaties which regulate automatic equivalence of documents is prov No. 3 to this Directive: Automatic Equivalence. 4.If an applicant has submitted a foreign document confirming attainment of a foreign seco in accordance with s. 48 (4) (d) of the Higher Education Act, a faculty will use the sub documents to check: a.If this document was obtained by completing a study in a secondary education programme secondary school operating in accordance with the legal regulations of a foreign state b.If the document entitles its holder in the given foreign state to access study in a ba programme or in a master’s study programme which does not follow a bachelor’s study pr c.If the level of the education proved by this document corresponds to a completed secon with a school-leaving examination required by the Higher Education Act for access to s bachelor’s study programme or in a master’s study programme which does not follow a ba programme. A faculty may for this purpose ask an applicant to submit additional source documents sp Appendix No. 1 to this Directive: Document Specification. If the faculty reaches the con the above-given facts have been proved, compliance with the requirement on the attainmen education with a school-leaving examination in accordance with s. 48 (4) of the Higher E been proved. If the faculty reaches the conclusion that these facts have not been persuasively proved doubts about the adequate level, scope, or content of the previous foreign education of proved by a foreign document, it will ask an applicant to prove his education in a manne s. 48 (4) (a) of the Higher Education Act. If, subsequently, an applicant fails to submi the applicant fails to prove his compliance with the requirement on the attainment of se education with a school-leaving examination in accordance with s. 48 (4) of the Higher E the faculty issues a decision on non-admission. 5.If an applicant has submitted a foreign document confirming attainment of a foreign high in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act, the faculty will use the submi documents to check: a.If the given foreign higher education institution in the specified foreign state is au to provide higher education (if the higher education institution and the specific stud completed by the applicant are accredited), b.If the document entitles its holder to access study in a master’s study programme whic bachelor’s study programme or in a doctoral programme of study in the given foreign st c.If this document proves completed higher education in a degree of study which is requi Higher Education Act to access the study programme type for which an applicant has app faculty. For this purpose, a faculty may ask an applicant to submit additional source documents s Appendix No. 1 to this Directive: Document Specification and it may check the foreign hi institution in the databases of accredited higher education institutions. If the faculty reaches the conclusion that the above-given facts have been proved and th entitles the applicant, in the country according to whose legal regulations the document to study in a study programme whose level corresponds to a study programme for which he the faculty and the document proves the successful completion of foreign higher educatio required by the Higher Education Act to access the type of study programme for which he the faculty, compliance with the requirement on the successful completion of study in a master’s study programme in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act has be If a faculty reaches the conclusion that these facts have not been persuasively proved o doubts about the adequate level, scope, or content of previous foreign education of an a by a foreign document, it will ask the applicant to prove his education by a manner spec (5) (a) of the Higher Education Act and if, subsequently, the applicant fails to submit the applicant fails to prove compliance with the requirement on the successful completio bachelor’s or master’s study programme in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher Educat faculty issues a decision on non-admission. 6.In reviewing the foreign education of an applicant in accordance with s. 48 (4) (d) and Higher Education Act, a faculty will take into account the content and scope of the fore so far as they concern the review of compliance with the criteria specified in paragraph faculty verifies the fulfilment of other admissions requirements specified in accordance and (3) of the Higher Education Act separately, usually by means of an entrance examinat 7.The Documents, Registers and Recognition of Foreign Degrees Office of the Student Affair at the Rectorate of Charles University (hereinafter referred to as the “Documents, Regis Recognition of Foreign Degrees Office”) functions as an advisory body in cases where a s an application for study at different faculties and applied for a review of his foreign the admissions procedure at different faculties. Upon being contacted by a faculty, the Registers and Recognition of Foreign Degrees Office will ensure that the identical educa applicant, as far as proving compliance with the requirement specified in s. 48 (4) and Higher Education Act is concerned, is reviewed by all participating faculties in the sam opinion of the Documents, Registers and Recognition of Foreign Degrees Office is binding have to proceed in accordance with it. This does not affect the right of faculties, in a admissions procedure, to verify compliance with other requirements for admission which a accordance with s. 49 (1) and (3) of the Higher Education Act; the result of this review applicant may differ in the individual admissions procedures. 8.In particularly complicated cases and in cases when serious doubts arise concerning the submitted documents or the accreditation of a foreign institution, a faculty may consult the Documents, Registers and Recognition of Foreign Degrees Office. *========================================================================================= * Article 5 – Issuing a Decision on Non-Admission/Admission in Relation to a Review of For *========================================================================================= 1.A separate decision on proving compliance with the requirement on the attainment of prev in accordance with s. 48 of the Higher Education Act is not issued. A review performed i with s. 48 (4) (d) and (5) (c) of the Higher Education Act is valid only within a specif procedure at Charles University and it does not declare equivalence between a foreign st and a certain study programme taught at Charles University. 2.A decision on admission or non-admission may be issued only after the requirements for a been verified in accordance with Article 11 of the Code of Admissions Procedure for Appl Charles University. 3.The time limit for submitting documents and the period for verifying compliance with the requirements are governed by the admissions procedure calendar set out in a rector’s dir given academic year (hereinafter referred to as the “Admissions Procedure Calendar”) by paragraph 8. In the case of applicants who have fulfilled other requirements on admissio complied with the requirement according to s. 48 (4) or (5) of the Higher Education Act possible ways, the period for verifying the compliance with the requirements ends by the in the Admissions Procedure Calendar. 4.A faculty will publish an internal time limit for the submission of documents within an procedure in the public part of its website and will inform applicants about it in an ap This time limit has a character of recommendation and it is used for distributing the re evenly. Binding time limits for the submission of source documents are specified in the Procedure Calendar. 5.Faculties may issue a confirmation of an on-going admissions procedure to visa applicant justified cases prior to the issue of a decision on admission. *========================================================================================= * Article 6 – Fee *========================================================================================= 1.In the admissions procedure, the fee stipulated in Article 2 of Appendix No. 2 of the Co of Charles University: Fees for study, the fee for acts related to the review of complia requirements for admission to study will be collected in accordance with the following r a.The fee is collected only in cases specified in s. 48 (4) (d) and s. 48 (5) (c) of the Education Act regardless of whether the result of the review is positive or negative. does not pay the fee in the cases stipulated in s. 48 (4) (a, b, c) and s. 48 (5) (a, Education Act. b.If an applicant submits more than one application to the same faculty, he will pay the If an applicant submits more than one application to different faculties, he will pay each faculty. c.After an applicant informs a faculty that he is interested in a review of his previous education in the admissions procedure, the faculty will ask the applicant without undu the fee in all cases in which the fee should be paid in accordance with the rules give (a) and (b), and it will send the necessary payment instructions to the applicant. The allow applicants to pay by bank transfer to the faculty account or in person at the fa d.If an applicant fails to pay the fee within the time limit specified in the instructio faculty will send a notice to the applicant by post. If the applicant fails to pay the time limit specified in the notice, the faculty will call on the applicant to prove hi the requirement by one of the ways specified under paragraph (a) which is not subject 2.The fee for acts related to the review of compliance with the requirements for admission amounts to 20 per cent of the base for determining fees for study announced by the Minis Education, Youth and Sports for the relevant academic year (www.msmt.cz) and it is round nearest ten Czech crowns. A dean may issue a directive and decide that he will not set a fee. The fee constitutes an income of a faculty. *========================================================================================= * Article 7 – Final provisions *========================================================================================= Rector’s Directive No. 15/2018 Rules for Reviewing Foreign Secondary and Higher Education Procedure at Charles University is repealed. This Rector’s Directive comes into effect on 1 December 2021. In Prague on 10 November 2021 .pdf ke stažení [ URL "UKEN-1537-version1-uk_11411_version1_or_2021_41.pdf"] ****************************************************************************************** * *** Appendix No. 1: Document Specification *** ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Source documents for reviewing compliance with the requirement on the attainment of seco with a school-leaving examination *========================================================================================= 1.1. The source documents for reviewing compliance with the requirement on the attainment education with a school-leaving examination in accordance with s. 48 (4) of the Higher E are: a.A document confirming the general recognition of the equivalence or validity of a fore on the attainment of secondary education in the Czech Republic obtained in accordance 561/2004 Sb., to regulate pre-school, elementary, secondary, higher professional and o (Education Act) as amended by later regulations (hereinafter referred to as the “Educa accordance with earlier legal regulations; or b.An authenticated copy of a European Baccalaureate, foreign certificate, or analogous d confirming attainment of a foreign secondary education which was obtained by completin secondary education programme at a foreign secondary school operating in accordance wi regulations of a foreign state, + an original or authenticated copy of a document confirming the content and scope of completed at a foreign school (an overview of completed subjects). 2.If necessary, a faculty will ask an applicant to also provide the following source docum a.Additional information on the content and scope of foreign secondary study, b.Additional information stating that the study programme was provided by an institution provide education which is comparable with secondary education in accordance with the c.Confirmation by a relevant foreign secondary school or other competent foreign body st school-leaver who passed a secondary education programme in the given foreign secondar eligible, in the given foreign state, to apply for admission in a bachelor’s study pro master’s study programme which does not follow a bachelor’s study programme. *========================================================================================= * Source documents for reviewing compliance with the requirement on the successful complet bachelor’s or master’s study programme *========================================================================================= 1.The source documents for assessing compliance with the requirement on the successful com in a bachelor’s or master’s study programme in accordance with s. 48 (5) of the Higher E are: a.Document confirming the general recognition of attainment of a foreign higher educatio Republic, obtained in accordance with ss. 89 and 90 or in accordance with earlier lega or b.Authenticated copy of a diploma, certificate, or analogous document (e.g., a certifica of a study programme) issued by a foreign higher education institution + an original or authenticated copy of a diploma supplement or transcript of passed ex (i.e., Diploma Supplement or Transcript). 2.2. If necessary, a faculty will ask an applicant to provide also the following source do a.Additional information on the content and scope of foreign higher education study, b.Confirmation by a competent foreign body that the given foreign higher education insti authorized to provide higher education in the given foreign state (accreditation confi c.Confirmation issued by a foreign higher education institution specifying on which stat study programme completed by the applicant was carried out. *========================================================================================= * Additional source documents *========================================================================================= If the applicant’s situation makes it necessary, the applicant will also provide the follo documents: a.A power of attorney if an applicant is represented by a representative for the purposes compliance with the requirement on admission in accordance with s. 48 (4 and 5) of the H Act, b.An authenticated copy of document which proves a change of an applicant’s name if such a (e.g., a marriage certificate), c.An authenticated copy of a decision on granting international protection if a person spe (4) of the Higher Education Act applies for a review and if this person wishes to make u to substitute an affirmation for certain source documents. ****************************************************************************************** * *** Appendix No. 2: Form of Documents *** ****************************************************************************************** 1.All source documents provided by an applicant to a faculty must be properly authenticate with applicable international treaties: a.States which concluded a treaty with the Czech Republic on legal assistance relating t documents – original documents are valid in the territories of the state parties witho further authentication. If an applicant submits copies of such documents, they must be copies executed by a Czech or foreign notary, at a Czech embassy abroad or executed by Czech Point service. b.States which are signatories to a multilateral convention to simplify the authenticati official documents – Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Documents (Hague, 5 October 1961, published under No. 45/1999 Sb.m.s.), hereinafter re “Hague Convention”. A unified form of authentication of documents, the so-called Apostille, which is issue authorized body (i.e., apostille authority) of the state in which a diploma was issued for these states. A list of Apostille authorities is available on the website of the H at: http://hcch.e-vision.nl (Authorities, per Convention, convention No. 12, direct li https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41 [ URL "https://ww instruments/conventions/authorities1/?cid=41"] In the case of documents from the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain Ireland, Norway, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, an authenticated copy of documents may be used as a substitute of Apostille (superlegaliz case of Canada) (analogously as in “a”) if one of the following conditions is fulfille time: • Upon a request sent by an applicant, a foreign secondary school or higher education will confirm by electronic mail to the faculty that the applicant is a school-leaver this foreign secondary school or higher education institution; • A foreign higher education institution will send the faculty a transcript or a diplo of an applicant in a sealed envelope, or an applicant will present a transcript in a envelope as part of the source documents, or possibly upon an applicant’s request a education institution will send a transcript in a PDF form at nostrifikace@ruk.cuni. • The official website of a foreign secondary school or higher education institution a verification that an applicant is its school-leaver or graduate (e.g., it is possibl an applicant’s transcript from the official website of a foreign higher education in entering a password). c.Other states – Documents on the completion of study have to be superlegalized. Superle involves the authentication of signatures and stamp imprints on original documents by: • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a state in which a secondary school or a higher e institution which issued the document has its seat, or by a competent foreign body, • A competent embassy authority of the Czech Republic. 2.The requirements on the submission of properly authenticated documents will also be fulf applicant submits officially authenticated copies of documents which will be authenticat the ways given above which relates to the particular source documents submitted by an ap in the case of a diploma from Kenya, an applicant will submit an officially authenticate superlegalized documents). ****************************************************************************************** * *** Appendix No. 3: Automatic Equivalence *** ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * International treaties regulating automatic equivalence of education documents *========================================================================================= Secondary education In the case of documents proving the attainment of an equivalent of the Czech school-leavi in Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia, the procedure is in accordance with s. 48 (4) Education Act as a result of equivalence stipulated by the below specified international t In the case of documents proving the attainment of an equivalent of the Czech school-leavi in Germany, compliance with the requirement on the attainment of secondary school educatio leaving examination is reviewed in accordance with s. 48 (4) (d) of the Higher Education A international treaty with Germany stipulates that the result of such review will always be Higher education Slovakia Both the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic recognize higher education and university issued since the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (i.e., since 1 Ja to the present as mutually and automatically equivalent (without requiring further procedu constitute source documents in accordance with s. 48 (5) (b) of the Higher Education Act. Exception: Article 11 (3) (b) of the treaty specifies that automatic equivalence does not documents on higher education issued after 28 March 2015 and obtained at higher education the Slovak Republic by graduating from a bachelor’s, master’s, engineer’s, or doctoral stu outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. In the case of these documents, it is necess in accordance with s. 48 (5) (c). A faculty has the option to ask an applicant to provide issued by a Slovak higher education institution specifying on the territory of which state programme completed by the applicant was carried out. Poland Articles 4 to 6 of the Treaty stipulate mutual automatic equivalence of Polish higher educ qualifications (i.e., diplomas) certifying graduation from an accredited study programme o degree of higher education with their Czech equivalent. They thus constitute source docume with s. 48 (5) (b) of the Higher Education Act. Hungary The Treaty stipulates that both the Czech Republic and the Republic of Hungary consider st diplomas – i.e., documents confirming the completion of study in a bachelor’s study progra (1)), master’s study programme (Article 6 (2)) and doctoral study programme (Article 6 (4) automatically equivalent (without requiring further procedure). They thus constitute sourc accordance with s. 48 (5) (b) of the Higher Education Act. Slovenia The Treaty stipulates that both the Czech Republic and the Slovenian Republic recognize di after the completion of higher education study (Article 2) as equivalent and that these di attainment of higher education in the scope required for admission into post-graduate educ both states. The equivalence of diplomas, pursuant to the Treaty, applies to diplomas issu completion of study of master’s study programmes (this concerns documents in accordance wi (b)). Automatic equivalence does not apply to diplomas issued after completion of bachelor programmes (this concerns documents in accordance with s. 48 (5) (c)). Germany Concerning the recognition of German higher education qualifications (diplomas) certifying from an accredited study programme of a specific degree of higher education for the purpos study, as well as relevant parts of study and individual examinations, Article 3 of the Tr that recognition will be provided “on the basis of an application”. Qualifications are, th equivalent automatically and without a further official procedure, and a procedure in acco (5) (c) applies to these qualifications although the result of the review will be always p Verification of accreditation of a foreign institution Even if an international treaty stipulates equivalence or a positive result of a review of documents confirming education, it is necessary to verify if the document was obtained by of study in a secondary education programme at a foreign secondary school operating in acc legal regulations of a foreign state or if a given foreign higher education institution in foreign state is authorized to provide higher education (if a higher education institution study programme completed by an applicant are accredited). List of international treaties Slovakia – equivalence (exception for foreign branches of higher education institutions af 2015) Treaty between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on mutual recognition of equival documents issued in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak Republic (Prague, 28 November 201 under No. 23/2015 Sb.m.s., in force since 28 March 2015). Poland – equivalence Treaty between the government of the Czech Republic and the government of the Republic of recognition of parts of study, equivalence of education documents and documents on scienti titles issued in the Czech Republic and in the Polish Republic (Prague, 16 January 2006, p No. 104/2006 Sb.m.s.). Hungary – equivalence Treaty between the government of the Czech Republic and the government of the Republic of recognition of equivalence of education documents and documents on scientific degrees and in the Czech Republic and in the Republic of Hungary (Budapest, 6 May 2004, published unde Sb.m.s.). Slovenia – equivalence (exception for bachelor diplomas) Treaty between the government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Skupština Fed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on mutual recognition of equivalence of educa and documents on scientific degrees and titles issued in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republ Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Belgrade, 12 September 1989, published under No. – valid only for Slovenia; invalid for other successor states of Yugoslavia. Germany – there is no automatic equivalence but the result of a review will be always posi accordance with s. 48 (4) (d) or (5) (c) of the Higher Education Act) Treaty between the government of the Czech Republic and the government of the Federal Repu on mutual recognition of equivalence of education documents in the field of higher educati March 2007, published under No. 60/2008 Sb.m.s.).