Rector's Directive No. 42/2023 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Name: Procedure for the assessment of applications for a waiver or reduction To Implement: Article 4 (4) of Appendix No. 1 to the Constitution of Charles Univers Lead Office: Student Affairs Department Effect: 1 October 2023 ****************************************************************************************** * Procedure for the assessment of applications for a waiver or reduction of a fee associat under section 58 (4) of the Higher Education Institutions Act (fee for study in a foreign ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * Part I – Introductory Provisions ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Article 1 *========================================================================================= This directive of the Rector of Charles University (“the Rector”) enumerates reasons for w reducing the assessed fee associated with study under section 58 (4) of the Higher Educati fee for study in a foreign language” or “the Fee”) at Charles University (“the University” framework of deciding on an application for the waiver or reduction of a fee for study in language filed in proceedings on an appeal against a dean’s decision on the assessment of . ****************************************************************************************** * Part II – Reasons for Fee Waiver or Reduction Common to all Faculties ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Article 2 Expiration of the Maximum Period of Study *========================================================================================= An application for a fee waiver on grounds that the date of occurrence of an obligation to falls after the expiry of the maximum period of study will be granted and the assessed Fee *========================================================================================= * Article 3 Cotutelle *========================================================================================= An application for a fee waiver on grounds of study under cotutelle will be granted and th waived if so agreed in a relevant agreement on dual guidance of a dissertation. *========================================================================================= * Article 4 Delays in Proceedings and Unlawful Procedure *========================================================================================= An application for a fee waiver on grounds that it arose in connection with delays in proc first or second instance body, or in connection with an unlawful decision, will be granted Fee will be waived. ****************************************************************************************** * Part III - Faculty-specific Reasons for Fee Waiver or Reduction ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Article 5 Catholic Theological Faculty *========================================================================================= Other grounds for a fee waiver or reduction are not set out. *========================================================================================= * Article 6 Protestant Theological Faculty *========================================================================================= An application for a fee waiver or reduction will be granted and the assessed Fee will be if their studies are carried out within the framework of an international agreement. *========================================================================================= * Article 7 Hussite Theological Faculty *========================================================================================= Other grounds for a fee waiver or reduction are not set out. *========================================================================================= * Article 8 Faculty of Law *========================================================================================= Other grounds for a fee waiver or reduction are not set out. *========================================================================================= * Article 9 First Faculty of Medicine *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant has between one to thre State Rigorosum Examination left to complete his/her studies will be granted and the ass be reduced by 50%. 2.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of the repeated enrolment in study after t of the interruption of study by the date of the beginning of the summer semester will be assessed Fee will be reduced by 50%. 3.An application for a fee waiver on grounds that the applicant completed all parts of the Examination by the end of the calendar year in which the prerequisites for taking the la State Rigorosum Examination were met will be granted and the assessed Fee will be waived *========================================================================================= * Article 10 Second Faculty of Medicine *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of substantiated financial duress, not cau applicant him/herself, which leads to the impossibility to pay the Fee in full will gran the assessed Fee will be reduced by up to 25%, provided that the applicant has fulfilled requirements in the preceding unit of study. 2.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of the repeated enrolment in study after t of the interruption of study before the beginning of the summer semester, provided the i study lasted for at least one year, will be granted and the assessed Fee will be reduced 3.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant has not more than one p Rigorosum Examination left to complete his/her studies will be granted and the assessed reduced by 80%. 4.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant obtained at least 60 cr first year of study will be granted and the Fee assessed for the second year of study wi by 15%. The Fee can be reduced on said ground only once during the relevant programme of in the case of a student who enrolled in the relevant programme of study no sooner than academic year. *========================================================================================= * Article 11 Third Faculty of Medicine *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of long-term hospitalization or will be granted, and the assessed Fee will be either waived or reduced by at least 25%. 2.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of childbirth during the 9 month beginning of the academic year for which the Fee has been assessed will be granted and t will be either waived or reduced by at least 25%. 3.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of the need to personally care f person or a long-term invalid will be granted, and the assessed Fee will be waived or re least 25%. 4.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of losing both parents before re of 26, as well as situations equivalent thereto, will be granted and the assessed Fee wi reduced by at least 25%. 5.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of substantiated financial duress, not cau applicant him/herself, which leads to the impossibility to pay the Fee in full will be g the assessed Fee will be reduced by up to 50%, provided that the applicant has fulfilled requirements in the preceding unit of study. The Fee cannot be reduced in the case of st in the first unit of study. 6.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of substantiated significant financial tro applicant’s family caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be granted and the assessed Fee 20%. 7.Where an applicant proves the existence of multiple grounds for the reduction or waiver assessed, that fact will be reflected in the total amount of the relief granted. *========================================================================================= * Article 12 Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen *========================================================================================= An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant has no more than between parts of the State Rigorosum Examination left to complete his/her studies will be granted Fee will be reduced by 70%. *========================================================================================= * Article 13 Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of a permission to complete a unit of stud individual curriculum will be granted and the assessed Fee will be reduced by 50%. Only in the first year of the unit of study for which the individual curriculum was permitted on said ground. 2.An application for a fee waiver on grounds that what remains for the applicant to comple studies is the passing of the State Rigorosum Examination or its part will be granted, a assessed will be waived. *========================================================================================= * Article 14 Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds a permission to complete a unit of study u individual curriculum will be granted and the assessed Fee will be reduced by 50%. Only for a period for which the individual curriculum has been permitted can be reduced on sa 2.An application for a fee reduction in cases when the only thing remaining for the applic his/her studies is the passing of the state examination, which is not divided into multi the defence of a diploma thesis, will be granted, and the assessed Fee will be reduced b *========================================================================================= * Article 15 Faculty of Arts *========================================================================================= Other possible grounds for a fee waiver or reduction are determined in a Dean’s directive. *========================================================================================= * Article 16 Faculty of Science *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that during the study within the framework Fee has been assessed the applicant has achieved outstanding academic results, with an a achieved of no more than 1.5, will be granted and the assessed Fee will be reduced by 50 2.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant passed at least one par final examination within the framework of the relevant programme of study will be grante assessed Fee will be reduced by 50%. 3.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that, in the course of study within the fr the Fee has been assessed, the applicant has created an extensive or particularly distin will be granted and the assessed Fee will be reduced by 50%. 4.An application for a fee waiver on grounds that during study within the framework of whi been assessed the applicant completed a foreign study placement of at least 4 months dur her studies were not interrupted organized or implemented by the faculty or university w and the assessed fee will be waived. 5.An application for a fee waiver on grounds of long-term hospitalization or serious illne documented by an attending outpatient professional’s certificate will be granted and the will be waived. 6.An application for a fee waiver on grounds of an applicant’s duly documented difficult p circumstances due to a war conflict or a natural disaster will be granted and the assess waived. 7.The Fee can only be waived or reduced if applicant studies in the relevant programme of than the standard length of study in the programme. 8.The Fee can be waived or reduced only once within the framework of study of the relevant study. *========================================================================================= * Article 17 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that what remains for the applicant to com studies is only the passing of the state examination or its part will be granted, and th will be reduced by 80%. The Fee can only be reduced in the academic year in which the ap said conditions and applies for the fee reduction for the first time. 2.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that what remains for the applicant to com studies is the passing of the state examination or its part, and, at the same time, the studies were interrupted for at least 90 days in the given academic year will be granted assessed Fee will be reduced by 80%. 3.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of the interruption of studies during a pe the previous Fee was paid will be granted and the Fee currently assessed will be reduced to the total of the length of the interruption of studies during the period for which th was assessed and paid and the length of the interruption of studies in the current acade which a current Fee is assessed, unless there is a situation under paragraph 2. 4.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of duly documented difficult per circumstances due to a war conflict or natural disaster will be granted and the assessed reduced by at least 50%. *========================================================================================= * Article 18 Faculty of Education *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that what remains for an applicant to comp studies is only the passing of the state examination or its part will be granted, and th Fee will be reduced by up to 80%. The Fee can be reduced on this ground only once during relevant programme of study. 2.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of long-term hospitalization or will be granted and the assessed fee will be reduced by at least 25%. The Fee can be so reduced only once within the framework of study in the relevant programme of study. 3.An application for a fee reduction on grounds of duly documented financial duress, not c applicant him/herself, which leads to impossibility to pay the Fee in full will be grant assessed Fee will be reduced by up to 50%, provided that the applicant fulfilled all stu in the preceding unit of study. The Fee cannot be reduced in a case of a student enrolle unit of study. 4.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant is a Ukrainian citizen first unit of study will be granted and the assessed Fee will be reduced. In the case of master’s programmes of study implemented by the department of music, the Fee will be red the case of other bachelor’s or master’s programmes of study, the Fee will be reduced by *========================================================================================= * Article 19 Faculty of Social Sciences *========================================================================================= Other possible grounds for a fee waiver or reduction are determined in a Dean’s directive. *========================================================================================= * Article 20 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport *========================================================================================= Other possible grounds for a fee waiver or reduction are determined in a Dean’s directive. *========================================================================================= * Article 21 Faculty of Humanities *========================================================================================= 1.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of difficult social circumstance substantiated by a document complying with specifics required in a given country will be assessed Fee will be waived or reduced. 2.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of long-term hospitalization, se or other similar reasons according to the records of special needs students, duly docume medical certificate, will be granted and the assessed Fee will be waived or reduced. 3.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of losing both parents will be g assessed Fee will be waived or reduced. 4.An application for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds that, in the course of studies f has been assessed, the applicant created an extensive or particularly distinguished work and the assessed Fee will be waived or reduced. 5.An application for a fee reduction on grounds that the applicant has completed his/her s relevant programme of study by the end of the examination period in the winter semester year for which the Fee had been assessed will be granted and the assessed Fee will be re The same will apply if the applicant completed his/her studies by the final date of a pe holding of the defence of a final thesis in the winter semester of said academic year if comes later than the date under the first sentence. 6.Conditions for granting a Fee relief under paragraphs 1, 2, and 4 also apply to students programmes of study. A source document for granting a relief on grounds of the creation or particularly distinguished academic work is always also a recommendation of the subje ****************************************************************************************** * Part IV – Common Provisions ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Article 22 *========================================================================================= 1.If justified, the Rector can postpone the due date of a fee assessed 2.In exceptional cases, the Rector can waive or reduce the fee assessed for a reason worth consideration, that is in unexpected, exceptionally serious situations that cannot be co specific waiver or reduction. 3.Along with their application, the applicant must supply the relevant documents substanti facts alleged; medical reasons are to be substantiated with a medical report. Should the University can request additional documents. 4.The basis for the Rector’s decision is the opinion of the Dean. 5.Unless stipulated otherwise, the conditions for a waiver or reduction of a fee assessed the date of the filing of an application. 6.Unless stipulated otherwise, a waiver or reduction of the assessed fee under Part III he granted only to a student of a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study. 7.Where a party proves the existence of more than one reason for the reduction or waiver o assessed, relief will be granted in the amount corresponding to the reason for which the is due, unless provided otherwise. 8.In cases where the amount of relief is not fixed, the specific amount of relief will be taking into account the duration of the relevant fact and its severity. *========================================================================================= * Article 23 Instalment Plan and Collection and Enforcement of Fees *========================================================================================= 1.The Dean may allow payment in instalments upon request by the party. 2.A part of the agreement on the payment in instalments is the acknowledgement of a debt. 3.The collection and enforcement of fees for study in a foreign language is the responsibi faculties. *========================================================================================= * Article 24 Final Provision *========================================================================================= This Directive becomes effective on 1 October 2023. In Prague on 29 August 2023 .pdf for download [ URL "UKEN-1907-version1-uk_12998_version1_or___42_2023___ulevy_9ns_kv_ .doc for download [ URL "UKEN-1907-version1-uk_12998_version1_or___42_2023___ulevy_9ns_kv_ Act No. 111/1998 Sb., to regulate higher education institutions and to change and amend ot Higher Education Act). Article 5 (2) of the Appendix 2 to the Constitution of Charles University. Article 4 (12) of the Code of Study and Examination of Charles University.