If you want to apply for a degree program at Mendel University, you must have your previous education recognized by the Czech Ministry of Education. This process is called nostrification.

We cannot admit students without this recognition. There are two types of nostrification you can apply for:

  1. Faculty – Level Recognition (at FBE MENDELU)
    • Cost: 800 CZK
    • Validity: Only for studying at FBE MENDELU, and only once
    • Time: 2–3 weeks (faster, done directly at our office)
    • What it checks: does not evaluate individual courses you have taken, but you must have passed all your courses and be eligible to enter university in your home country.
    • Support: Done in our office, so faster and simpler
    • Required documents: See below
  1. Governmental / University Level Recognition (at MENDELU)

Applicants for

The fee for the recognition done at the FBE is 800 CZK. We will invite you to make a payment once we have reviewed your documents and received them by post.

Applicants must submit the following documents:

  • Application form – it is necessary to send us the original, signed Application form and an officially certified, authenticated document as mentioned below.
  • High School certificate with grades (please be aware that there cannot be any F grades) – officially authenticated; we do not accept provisional certificates.
  • Transcript / List of courses taken during the whole higher secondary school with grades. Your school should issue the document.
  • Migration Confirmation Certificate – that with your High school education, you are allowed to enter any university in your country, and should be issued by your high school. You can use this certificate, or the school can create a similar one with a stamp and signature.
  • School accreditation – issued by your Ministry of Education (If your high school certificate is already issued by the National Board / Ministry of Education, this is not needed).
  • Copy of passport – must match personal details in all documents.
    • If the documents are not in English or Czech, they must be officially translated and submitted with the originals.
Application
Migration Confirmation Certificate

Applicants for the master level study must do the recognition of their bachelor education. The fee for the recognition done at the FBE is 800 CZK. We will invite you to make a payment once we have reviewed your documents and received them by post.

Applicants must submit the following documents:

  • Application form – it is necessary to send us the original, signed Application form and an officially certified, authenticated document as mentioned below.
  • Bachelor diploma – officially authenticated, we do not accept provisional certificates.
  • Transcript of records – officially authenticated
    • for the successful recognition the regular duration of the bachelor study must be at least 6 semesters!
  • Migration Confirmation Certificate – with your bachelor’s education, you are allowed to enter a master’s study program in your country and should be issued by your university. You can use this certificate, or the school can create a similar one with a stamp and signature.
  • University accreditation – confirmation of the foreign higher education institution that it is duly established and accredited according to the laws of the foreign country.
  • Copy of passport – must match personal details in all documents
    • If the documents are not in English or Czech, they must be officially translated and submitted with the originals.
Application
Migration Confirmation Certificate

Applicants for the PhD level study must prove the recognition of their master education. The fee for the recognition done at the FBE is 800 CZK. We will invite you to make a payment once we have reviewed your documents and received them by post.

Applicants must submit the following documents:

  • Application form – it is necessary to send us the original, signed Application form and an officially certified, authenticated document as mentioned below.
  • Master’s diploma – officially authenticated copy (please, see below the type of authentication)
  • Transcript of records – officially authenticated copy (please, see below the type of authentication)
  • Bachelor diploma – officially authenticated copy (please, see below the type of authentication)
  • Confirmation (or Migration certificate) that with your master education you are allowed to enter a PhD study program in your country – this can be a part of the transcript of records and should be issued by your university
  • Copy of passport
    • If the documents are not in English or Czech, they must be officially translated and submitted with the originals.
Application

Types of authentication

There are three types of authentication of your documents divided by the countries where the education has been achieved and where the university diploma has been issued:

  1. Countries with a multilateral legal assistance agreement – NOTARY
    • documents are valid on the territories of the signatory states without need of further authentication; an officially authenticated copy of the diploma and its official translation are required.
  2. Countries that are part of the ‘Hague Convention’ – Apostille
    • An apostille is a unified form of authentication of documents issued by the competent administrative body of the state in which the diploma was issued.
  3. Other countries – SUPERLEGALIZATION
    • Documents must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country where your university is located. They must also be certified by the Czech Embassy in that country.

Please, see the list of countries including the types of authentication:

List of Countries

Please be aware that delivered documents will not be returned to you after nostrification, so submit officially authenticated copies, not the original documents.

Please, be aware that even if you submit all the documents the nostrification might not be possible for some reasons. If that happens, you can still complete the nostrification yourself at the government office. You can use the assistance of some organization in the Czech Republic. If that is the case, we will inform you by email.

Common mistakes

There are two right ways to attach apostile or superlegalization:

  • The apostille label will be on the copy of your document
    • Make a copy of your document and have it authenticated by an official authority
    • Have the document translated (if needed)
    • Have an apostile or superlegalization attached to your document
    • If the document has more than one page, it must be bound together by the official authority that attaches an apostile to it and the apostile will then be on the last page or the first page
  • The apostille label will be on the original document
    • Have the apostile or superlegalization attached to the original document
    • Have the document translated (if needed)
    • Have it authenticated by a Czech notary (Czech embassy provides this service)
    • If the documents has more then one page, all pages must be authenticated by a notary and bound together

We cannot accept any original documents. Please make always notarized COPY of your documents and then add the necessary authentications.

Contact

Vaishali Bhatkar
Office: Q01.101
+420 545 132 726
Nostrification