Nostrification is simply the recognition of the equivalence of a diploma or certificate from abroad in the Czech Republic. Therefore, if you want to benefit from the recognition of your education obtained abroad, you must "nostrify" your education in your home country. This does not apply to education acquired in Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Germany - for more information see other documents binding on the Czech Republic at the website of Ministry of Education , Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic.

In case of a request for recognition of higher education, you apply to a public or state university, private ones do not have this competence. The first step you will need to take is to make a certified COPY of your foreign diploma including its attachments (usually called a diploma supplement/ transcript of records). You must have these certified copies translated into Czech by a court interpreter unless the documents are issued bilingually (including English). Then you will need to find a higher education institution that is authorized to run a study programe in at least one of the list of educational areas to which the foreign higher education programe you have completed belongs.

Process at the University of West Bohemia (UWB) in Pilsen:

Applying for recognition of foreign higher education.

At UWB in Pilsen it is possible to nostrify foreign higher education in all areas of education in which UWB carries out accredited study programes.

Within 30 days, UWB will verify whether the foreign higher education institution you have graduated from is entitled to provide education comparable to higher education according to the Higher Education Act, assess the number of hours completed and credits (ECTS) obtained, the range of semesters at a given level of education. In complex cases, it can take 60 days.

Detailed information can be found in the description of the nostrification process at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.

If you need to have your foreign higher education recognized for admissions purposes, please follow the published admission procedure at your chosen study programe. The admission requirements are available on the UWB website and on the websites of the individual faculties of UWB in Pilsen.