Many are unaware that higher education in the Czech Republic is completely free of charge.
This means you don’t pay for a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree — the state pays for it, and international students are treated equally to Czech students.
There are usually two requirements for admission:
- You need to speak Czech
- You need to pass entrance exams (though not always — sometimes universities cancel them and accept everyone who applies)
If you are finishing high school and haven’t yet decided where to study, the Czech Republic is an excellent — even one of the best — options.
Why pay tutors to prepare for exams and stress over getting the highest scores, knowing that getting a state-funded spot at a local university is nearly impossible…
When, for much less money, you can learn Czech and get into a higher-quality university in a European Union country?
In short:
A higher-quality university means modern infrastructure, technology, teaching methods, and programs where, for example, you can create your own schedule and go on paid internships in other countries (all Czech universities cooperate internationally and participate in Erasmus and Free Movers programs).
Most importantly, almost all countries in the world — including the USA and Australia — recognize Czech diplomas, which helps with obtaining work or student visas.
There are also many advantages compared other universities:
- English is widely understood in the Czech Republic, especially in Prague and among youth, making communication easy for international students.
- Of course, the Czech Republic lags behind countries like Germany or Austria economically, where education is also free. But nothing stops you from getting a Czech degree and then moving to Germany to earn a higher salary. Although salaries in the Czech Republic are also relatively high.
- But the key point is not even that — since the collapse of the communist bloc, the Czech Republic has been developing rapidly, and for over two decades there has been a shortage of skilled workers. The country needs doctors, economists, programmers, and other professionals — which you could become in the near future.
Two options:
Option 1 — Learn Czech in your home country
This is possible if you have a strong aptitude for languages and a lot of free time.
Otherwise, it often ends in failure:
- People don’t get admitted because they haven’t been immersed in the Czech environment and didn’t learn the language well enough
- Teachers are not native Czechs and often not properly qualified or experienced with entrance exam preparation
- There simply isn’t enough time — for diploma recognition (nostrification), which is required, and for entrance exams (usually in May, with results in June/July). Then how will you manage to get a visa, which takes about three months, if there are only 1–2 months between results and the start of studies?
Option 2 — Come to language courses at Association
The problems mentioned above are solved:
- We help you with all documents for free (visa, university applications, nostrification)
- You are immersed in a Czech-speaking environment (our school employs native Czech teachers)
- You learn the language so well that after a year, even Czechs will ask whether you are Czech or Slovak
- The vast majority of our graduates (about 95%) get into the universities they want because we minimize risks as much as possible
- At the Association school, in addition to language learning, you also study specialized subjects depending on your chosen field — economics, medicine, arts, technical fields, humanities, or English + Czech.
- That means alongside Czech, you will learn the specific terminology needed for entrance exams, gain foundational knowledge (for example in medicine), understand exams like SCIO and how to pass them — and ultimately arrive at your entrance exams confident and well-prepared.
