Completed secondary education
The documents are required to be submitted electronically, i.e. applicants upload them to InSIS in their e-application as soon as the documents become available, and then deliver the HARD copies to the IBB Office or Legal Department at the latest by 1st August. See details in the section “Summary of WHEN and WHERE to submit the hard copies of the documents”.
One of the conditions for being able to study at a university level, and hence for enrolling to our bachelor programme, is that the applicant has to prove the completion of secondary education.
Therefore, the University of Economics, Prague requires submission of documents proving previous education, in particular:
- a notarized copy of a secondary school leaving certificate / diploma,
- EITHER a confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme OR a nostrification clause
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- option “confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme” needs to be accompanied by official e-request for a recognition of education received abroad
The documents have to be notarized translations into the Czech or English language (if originally not in Czech, Slovak or English).
Confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme - DETAILS and EXCEPTIONS
The confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme is a document issued by a particular secondary school abroad (or by any other authorised body in the respective country) that the secondary school leaver is in the given country entitled to attend a bachelor’s degree programme.
The confirmation needs to be accompanied by official e-request for a recognition of education received abroad.
It is required only from the applicants who received their secondary education abroad (outside of the Czech Republic). BUT, there are few exceptions – the confirmation is NOT required from applicants who received or are about to receive:
- a Czech secondary school leaving certificate called “Maturitní Vysvědčení”,
OR, from applicants who received / are about to receive a secondary school leaving certificates that are automatically equivalent to the Czech secondary school leaving certificate due to certain international agreements. It applies to the secondary school leaving certificates:
- from Slovakia called “Maturitné Vysvedčenie”,
- from Poland called “Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci”,
- from Hungary called “Érettségi Bizonyítvány”,
- from Slovenia (certificates issued by the state schools)
- the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma),
Additionally, applicants who already have a Nostrification Clause (a certificate issued by the Czech state authorities that recognises applicant’s previous education received abroad) are also NOT required to submit the confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme.
The applicants with a secondary school leaving certificate from Germany called “Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife” are required to submit the confirmation issued by their secondary school. BUT, when assessing the previous education, the University will always give a positive result of such assessment.
Should the University of Economics, Prague express doubts about sufficient level, scope, or content of a previous foreign education of an applicant, the applicant will be asked to present the nostrification clause. For more information on gaining nostrification clause, please, follow the link.
The scanned copies of the documents proving previous education have to be uploaded to InSIS as soon as possible and the HARD copies delivered to our Legal Department at the latest by 1st August.
Nostrification clause - DETAILS
A nostrification clause is a document that proves general recognition of the equivalence or validity of a foreign document concerning receiving secondary education in the Czech Republic. It is issued by the Czech state authorities.
Applicants, who already have a nostrification clause, are NOT required to submit the confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme.
They will submit only their notarized copy of a secondary school leaving certificate / diploma (translated into Czech or English) and the notarized copy of their nostrification clause.
The scanned copies of the documents proving previous education have to be uploaded to InSIS as soon as possible and the HARD copies delivered to the IBB Office at the latest by 1st August.
Official e-request for a recognition of education received abroad
The following section applies only to applicants, who received their secondary education abroad (outside of the Czech Republic).
Applicants, who already have the so-called nostrification clause, will submit the nostrification clause to IBB Office and do NOT need to submit the official electronic request for recognition of education received abroad.
Applicants, who received their secondary education abroad and do not have the nostrification clause (i.e. recognition of a previous education issued by the Czech state authorities), have to ask the University for recognition of their foreign secondary education by submitting an official electronic request via a designated website.
If applying for English taught programme IBB, please, read and operate in the English version of the website “Request for recognition of education abroad for the purposes of the admission procedure at VSE Prague”. The difference is not only in the language – the Czech and English versions of the website are NOT identical.
Please, follow the instructions on the following website https://edu.vse.cz/. Here are short instructions, which might help you:
- Click on the button “Submit the request”
- Fill in all sections of the form
- Diploma holder
- School accomplished abroad
- What programme/field of study are you applying for
- choose Faculty: Faculty of International Relations
- choose Type of study: Bachelor
- choose Language of instruction: English
- Click on “add” the programme
- Click on “send” the electronic request
The assessment of the documents proving previous education is FREE OF CHARGE if you apply for IBB.
Summary of WHEN and WHERE to submit the hard copies of the documents
The HARD COPIES of the documents proving an applicant’s secondary education should be delivered by 1st August. Please, take into consideration the amount of time it takes for the documents to be delivered by postal service.
Applicants, who are NOT required to submit a confirmation of eligibility to apply for a bachelor programme OR already have the nostrification clause (i.e. their previous education was already recognised by the Czech state authorities), have to deliver the HARD copies of the relevant documents to the address of the IBB Office:
VSE Prague
Faculty of International Relations (FMV)
IBB OFFICE – Baresova Terezie
nam. W. Churchilla 4
130 67 Praha 3
Czech Republic
Applicants, who received their secondary education abroad and do not have the nostrification clause, have to ask the University for recognition of their foreign secondary education by submitting an official electronic request. Afterwards, they have to send the HARD copies of the relevant documents to our Legal Department:
VSE Prague
Legal Department (pravni oddeleni)
nam. W. Churchilla 4
130 67 Praha 3
Czech Republic
