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Charles University acceptance rate for Medicine in English, with Masaryk and Palacký
By the IvyTest research team · Published 8 November 2026 · Data as of 8 November 2026
Charles University's First Faculty of Medicine (LF1) admitted 119 of 614 applicants to its English-taught General Medicine in the previous academic year, an acceptance rate of 19.4%, according to its 2027/28 admission record (as of 8 November 2026). This page sets that against the other four Charles faculties, Masaryk University and Palacký University Olomouc, using only what each university publishes.
In short
- LF1 admitted 19.4% of applicants (119 of 614) to General Medicine in English, the second-lowest rate of Charles University's five faculties after LF3 (16.8%, 92 of 548). The figures are from each programme's 2027/28 record, which reports the previous academic year.
- LF2 admitted the most: 305 of 699 (43.6%) for 100 expected places. Admitted is not enrolled: a faculty offers more places than it fills, because many admitted candidates go elsewhere.
- Masaryk admitted 352 of 467 applicants in 2025 (75.4%); 166 enrolled, and the points needed to be admitted were 76. Its rate has risen every year since 2023, as applicants fell from 695 in 2022.
- Palacký Olomouc admitted 151 of 376 applications in 2025 (40.2%), and 62 enrolled.
- Every figure is the university's own: Charles's admission records, Masaryk's yearly report on its admission procedure and Palacký's faculty annual report. None is estimated.
Data checked:
What is Charles University's acceptance rate for Medicine in English? 13% to 55%, by faculty
Each of Charles University's five medical faculties runs its own exam and its own English-taught General Medicine, and each programme's record in the university's admissions system states one ratio: admitted to applicants in the previous academic year. The table gives the ratio from the 2027/28 record and from the 2026/27 record before it, with the places each record expects to fill.
| Faculty | 2027/28 record: admitted / applicants | Rate | Places | 2026/27 record: admitted / applicants | Rate | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF1 | 119 / 614 | 19.4% | 150 | 102 / 785 | 13.0% | 150 |
| LF2 | 305 / 699 | 43.6% | 100 | 257 / 679 | 37.8% | 100 |
| LF3 | 92 / 548 | 16.8% | 90 | 90 / 436 | 20.6% | 90 |
| Hradec Králové | 208 / 377 | 55.2% | 105 | 208 / 377 | 55.2% | 105 |
| Pilsen | 99 / 298 | 33.2% | 105 | 92 / 368 | 25.0% | 90 |
The records say "in the previous academic year" without naming it. A 2027/28 record, open for applications until April 2027, most likely reports the round held in 2026, and a 2026/27 record the round held in 2025; the records themselves do not say so.
Hradec Králové's 2027/28 record repeats its 2026/27 figures exactly (208 of 377), which suggests the ratio was not updated; read it as one round, not two.
LF2's 2026/27 record (257 of 679) and its own report on the 2025/2026 round (259 admitted of 678 registered, below) differ by two in each count.
- First Faculty of Medicine (LF1), Prague:university pageentrance exam guide
- Second Faculty of Medicine (LF2), Prague:university pageentrance exam guide
- Third Faculty of Medicine (LF3), Prague:university pageentrance exam guide
- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové:university pageentrance exam guide
- Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen:university pageentrance exam guide
How LF2's 2025/2026 round ran: 395 sat the test, the cut-off was 175 of 315 points
LF2 is the only Charles faculty that publishes its own account of an English round. For 2025/2026, 678 applicants registered for General Medicine and 31 were stopped by resolution; 395 came to the written part. 231 were admitted on their score, the last of them sharing places 228 to 231 with 175 points of a possible 315, and 28 more met the conditions for admission without the exam: 259 admitted in all.
So of those who actually sat LF2's test, 58.5% were admitted on their score. The ratio against everyone who applied is lower, because about four in ten applicants never sat it.
LF2: Informace o průběhu přijímacího řízení pro akademický rok 2025/2026
Masaryk University: acceptance rate and the points needed, 2022–2025
Masaryk's yearly report on its admission procedure gives General Medicine in English its own row: how many applied, came to the exam, passed it, were admitted and enrolled, and the points a candidate needed to be admitted.
| Round | Applicants | Sat the exam | Passed | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Points to be admitted | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 695 | 601 | 354 | 354 | 50.9% | 73 | 220 |
| 2023 | 545 | 438 | 270 | 270 | 49.5% | 60 | 157 |
| 2024 | 503 | 416 | 304 | 304 | 60.4% | 72 | 161 |
| 2025 | 467 | 400 | 352 | 352 | 75.4% | 76 | 166 |
"Points to be admitted" is the report's "Body k přijetí"; its footnote says the figure may combine several parts of the exam.
No one was admitted by the Rector on appeal in any of these years ("Přijato rektorem": 0).
Palacký University Olomouc: applications, admitted and enrolled, 2022–2025
The Faculty of Medicine's annual report lists General Medicine in English in its admission table (3.2 Přijímací řízení): applications, those who came, those admitted and those who enrolled. It gives no score.
| Year | Applications | Came | Admitted | Admitted / applications | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 581 | 478 | 179 | 30.8% | 67 |
| 2023 | 540 | 448 | 213 | 39.4% | 71 |
| 2024 | 417 | 321 | 162 | 38.8% | 79 |
| 2025 | 376 | 285 | 151 | 40.2% | 62 |
Palacký counts applications, not applicants; a candidate who applied twice would count twice.
The 2024 report's introduction gives 78 first-year General Medicine students where its table gives 79 enrolled.
Why admitted is not the same as a place
Every one of these schools admits more candidates than it expects to enrol. Masaryk admitted 352 in 2025 and 166 enrolled; Palacký admitted 151 and 62 enrolled; LF2 admitted 305 for 100 expected places. Candidates apply to several Czech faculties and to schools in other countries, and accept one.
For an applicant, the useful figure is the acceptance rate together with the exam: a school that admits half its applicants still turns away the half whose score fell short, and the score needed moves from year to year (at Masaryk from 60 to 76 points between 2023 and 2025).
Questions
What is Charles University's acceptance rate for Medicine?
It depends on the faculty. For General Medicine in English, the 2027/28 admission records report LF1 19.4%, LF2 43.6%, LF3 16.8%, Hradec Králové 55.2%, Pilsen 33.2% of applicants admitted in the previous academic year.
What is the LF1 acceptance rate?
19.4%: LF1 admitted 119 of 614 applicants to General Medicine in English in the previous academic year, according to its 2027/28 record, against 150 expected places. The 2026/27 record had reported 102 of 785 (13.0%).
What is Masaryk University's acceptance rate for Medicine in English?
75.4% in 2025: 352 of 467 applicants were admitted to General Medicine, and 166 enrolled. The points needed to be admitted were 76.
What is Palacký University Olomouc's acceptance rate for Medicine?
40.2% in 2025: 151 admitted of 376 applications to General Medicine in English, and 62 enrolled.
Which Czech medical school is easiest to get into in English?
By the published ratios, Masaryk (75.4% in 2025) and Hradec Králové (55.2%) admitted the largest share of applicants, and LF3 and LF1 the smallest. Each runs a different exam, so the rate says how many get in, not how hard the paper is for you.
Method and sources
Charles University: each English General Medicine programme's admission record in is.cuni.cz, read on 8 November 2026, field "Poměr přijatých a přihlášených v minulém akad. roce" (admitted / applicants in the previous academic year) and "Předpokládaný počet přijímaných" (expected number admitted). LF2: its article on the course of the 2025/2026 admission procedure.
Masaryk University: "Zpráva o průběhu přijímacího řízení" for 2022 to 2025, the report §50 of the Czech Higher Education Act requires, row General Medicine; read through a web reader on 8 November 2026, as is.muni.cz refuses automated requests. Palacký University: the Faculty of Medicine's annual reports for 2022 to 2025, table 3.2, read on 8 November 2026.
Acceptance rate is admitted ÷ applicants (at Palacký, ÷ applications), rounded to one decimal. Nothing is estimated or projected. The figures are published under CC BY 4.0: cite IvyTest and link this page.