How to apply

Complete the entire application online. You can apply for a single programme or combine two programmes, and pay the application fee securely by card or bank transfer.

You can save your application and return to it at any time before submitting it.

For selected programmes, applications remain open after 15 March. Doctoral programme applications are usually accepted until the end of April or during May.

Your invitation to the admission procedure will appear in the Documents section of your online application, usually around 30 days before the entrance examination.

Faculty websites provide detailed information about the admission process, including sample entrance tests and preparatory courses where available.

If admission is based on the National Comparative Exams, you have to register for these tests separately.

Admission requirements vary between faculties and degree programmes. The format of the entrance examinations may also differ.

You may take the entrance examination before completing your secondary education. Proof of graduation can be submitted later, including during the autumn enrolment period.

If your chosen programme requires the National Comparative Exams, you may take them on several dates between December and May. Your best result will be valid.

If entrance examinations are required, admission decisions are usually announced within a few weeks after the examination.
Once admitted, you can, for example, apply for accommodation in the university residence halls.
You officially become a student when you enrol.
Applicants to the Faculty of Law receive a formal admission decision. A certified copy of a secondary school graduation certificate has to be submitted by 15 June.

If you cannot attend enrolment in person, someone may represent you with a power of attorney.
Once you enrol, you officially become a student at Palacký University, and we are delighted to welcome you to our academic community.

Before the start of the academic year, you can take part in orientation courses, Freshers’ events, and other activities designed to help you settle into university life.

From 1 September, you can also move into the university dormitories.

The autumn semester usually begins in the third week of September.

Welcome to a community of more than 23,000 students from over 100 countries around the world.

Your first semester runs until Christmas, followed by the January examination period. The spring semester begins in the second half of February and continues until mid-May.