2 Study Rules _studies abroad jambled 16.10.12.doc

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Subjects. We distinguish obligatory subjects, i.e. necessary for graduation. Their completion (called credit or pass) is necessary for taking final examination. Optional subjects / Elective subjects have further extending and partly specializing function. To complete a course the student needs a credit or a grade in examination.

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Students who did not complete requirements for registration to the higher year of study (those, who do not complete 1 or more subjects) may apply for repetition of the year in a written form.

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Universities provide the following types of study within degree programs: bachelor, master, postgraduate.

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The examination period, which follows the winter semester, usually begins in January. Subsequently, the instruction of the summer semester begins in February. The summer examination period called also summer examination session, which follows the summer semester, usually begins on June 1 and ends on September 30.

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When repeating the year, students are required to complete all duties and pass all examinations and credits in all subjects. The second repetition of the same year of study is often not permitted, unless students repeat the year for health reasons.

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As soon as the registration/enrolment  procedure has been completed, the applicant becomes a student of the faculty.

Students can be registered on probation to the higher year of study on application, however if they did not fulfil requirements of one subject only. Subjects can be transferred, nevertheless it is not permitted to transfer more than two subjects. Neither it is permitted to transfer the same subject two times.

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Applicants will be eligible for admission only when they have submitted all documents.

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The registration procedure for the higher year involves submission of the student’s book (index) and examination (white) card at the Study /Faculty Department Office (secretariat), so that the study results could be checked. Students obtain a new white card, which must be also completed with a new list of subjects. Completion of a registration form is required before sitting examinations. The study results shown in the index and white card (credits and grades) must be confirmed by a signature of all professors, who were involved in the instruction.

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Registration to the higher year of study. Students register to the higher year of study if they completed all duties given in the curriculum of the degree program and a particular year of study.

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Matriculation oath at matriculation is the public confirmation of students’ rights and duties. Students’ absence at matriculation without a proper apology is considered as a decision to leave the study in many Universities!

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The faculty often requires paying 50% or 100% tuition in case of a repeated year.

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Academic year is divided into the winter semester, summer semester and a period of holidays. The beginning of academic year and terms of holidays are announced by the Rector at the beginning of the academic year.

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Basic forms of study (instruction) are: lectures, seminars, tutorials, courses, clinical practice and work placement. Students participate in all forms of instruction (lectures, seminars, practicals, clinical and work placements) related to the academic year the students are registered in. Students are allowed to attend all theoretical lectures, despite they are included in the curriculum of the academic year they are not registered in.

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A missing signature will be considered as a proof that subject requirements were not completed.

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Admission requirements are as follows: entrance examination (oral or written), submission of required documents: transcripts of secondary school grades and courses, certificate of graduation from a secondary school, curriculum vitae. 

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Examples of subjects of the curriculum (program of study) and Syllabus(course): Anatomy, Pathology, Histology, Embryology.

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Departments have the right not to open instruction of an optional subject if the number of applicants is too low. Instruction is led by University employees of the faculty on the basis of accreditation by the dean. Students of postgraduate, extra-mural study or full-time study can be also accredited to lead tutorials. Each teacher who leads instruction has to announce hours of consultation (duty hours) when he /she is available for students.

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A instructor’s signature means completion of a course or taken and passed examination.

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Postgraduate (Ph.D.) programs lead to obtaining a higher academic degree of a Doctor of Philosophy. An individual form of study aims at the defence of dissertation.  Maximum length of this study is 7 years. A condition for admission to postgraduate study is obtaining the degree of a Master.