Studying Medicine at Charles University: All 5 Faculties Compared

Tuition is set by each faculty for each year's new students, and it is the same for every nationality in the English programmes. These are the figures in Charles University's 2027/28 admissions records, read on 29 October 2026:

Every faculty charges its own fee for each application, and an application counts only once it is paid. Apply to three faculties and you pay three fees; at LF1 a separate application (and fee) is needed for General Medicine and for Dentistry.

The rankers rank Charles University as a whole, and by subject; none ranks its five medical faculties separately, so a "faculty ranking" quoted anywhere is the university's. These are the figures on the rankers' own sites, read on 29 October 2026:

No faculty publishes an acceptance rate. What Charles University does publish, in each programme's admissions record, is a counter: "Rate of admitted and total applicants in the past academic year". The table gives those counts as printed, the places each faculty expects to fill in 2027/28, and the share of applicants admitted, which is our arithmetic on the university's own counts, not a figure the university gives.

Four things are common to all five faculties. You need a completed secondary education with a school-leaving examination (Czech "maturita" or its equivalent abroad), and you must prove it before enrolment: where the faculty assesses a foreign certificate, it wants legalised documents (an apostille or superlegalisation from the issuing country) by 31 August 2027 at LF1 and Pilsen. You must pass that faculty's own entrance exam, in English. You pay its application fee. And none of the five admissions records sets a minimum grade for applying: A-levels, the IB or national grades matter only where they let you skip the written test.

Every faculty closes applications for 2027/28 on 30 April 2027. The faculties' own sittings fall on different days:

Yes, in Czech. Study in Czechia, the government's study portal, says that public universities "offer tuition-free degree programmes taught in Czech, regardless of nationality". The faculties teach General Medicine in Czech too, with separate admission procedures (LF1's admissions record and LF3's programme page mention theirs); Hradec Králové's programme page puts it in one line: "also available in the Czech language – free of charge with separate entrance procedure".

The English programmes on this page are the paid route. Studying in Czech means reaching the language level the faculty asks for first (Study in Czechia says many Czech-taught programmes require at least B2).

Admission does not depend on your Norwegian or Swedish grades: every faculty decides on its own entrance exam. Grades help in one place: LF2 waives its written test for top results, which for Norway means at least 5 in Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics, and for Sweden at least B in the same subjects, from 2024/25 or later (at most 25 waivers in that group).

You can sit some exams near home. LF2 lists a sitting in Oslo through EduPlanet (date to be announced), LF3 works with a Norwegian agency, Study in Prague, and Pilsen lists a sitting in Gothenburg (date to be announced). Lånekassen in Norway and CSN in Sweden are listed on LF2's fees page as funding full-degree study abroad, including tuition within limits.

Since each faculty has its own exam, the choice usually comes down to the test that suits you, then the city and the fee. LF1 calls itself the oldest, has the most places (150), and its online MMI alone decides admission. LF2 adds Physics and Logic and marks its science items all-or-nothing. LF3 tests only Biology and Chemistry, then a 10-minute interview. Hradec Králové lets you choose Physics or Mathematics. Pilsen has three sciences and no interview at all.

You can apply to several: each is a separate application with its own fee, and the faculties' own sittings fall on different days, so most combinations can be sat.