I. PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION

1.    Please submit your applications electronically ONLY at https://prihlaska.amu.cz. Applications submitted in any other way will be considered invalid and the admission procedure will be terminated. Therefore, there is no need to physically deliver the application form. 
2.    All sections and points of the application form must be carefully completed, it is especially important to choose the correct name of the study programme you want to apply for. 
3.    After filling in the application form completely, applicants should send it electronically and they will be asked to pay the admission fee, which is CZK 883 (eight hundred and eighty-three Czech crowns)
4.    We recommend that you pay the admission fee by credit card immediately after sending the application; THE DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF THE FEE is the same as the deadline for submitting the application! If the applicant fails to pay the fee by the deadline and in the specified form, the admission procedure will be terminated. 
5.    After successful payment of the fee, the application will be registered and the applicant will receive an e-mail informing him/her that the application has been accepted
6.    During the completion of the application form and also after its registration, the applicant shall upload the required annexes as specified in Part IV. ANNEXES TO THE APPLICATION and the specific annexes required for individual study programmes, unless another method of submission is specified 
7.    To apply for more than one study programme, the applicant must submit a separate application for each programme 
8.    AMU will use e-mail for communication with the applicant during the entire admission procedure. 

II. ANNEXES TO THE APPLICATION

II.A for Bachelor’s programme
The following annexes are obligatory for all applications submitted for study in follow-up Master's degree programmes at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts: 
a)    A structured curriculum vitae containing current address, telephone number and e-mail address to which the invitation to the admission procedure will be sent. The CV in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf format shall be uploaded by the applicant into the online application form no later than 5 days after registration
b)    A certified copy of the certificate of completion of a secondary education. The scan of the document shall be uploaded by the applicant in .pdf, .jpg, .png format into the online application form within 5 days after registration and the original document shall be delivered to the Study Department of DAMU no later than on the day of the last round of the entrance examination. In case the applicant obtains the certificate of completion of a secondary education after the date of the DAMU entrance examination, he/she shall submit (only electronically) a confirmation of the date of the examination from the respective secondary school.

Other specific annexes to the application to individual study programmes as well as the method and deadline for their delivery are described in the conditions of admission procedure to individual study programmes.

If an application contains defects, it shall be accepted and the applicant shall be invited to supplement the application.

II.B for follow-up Master’s programme
The following annexes are obligatory for all applications submitted for study in follow-up Master's degree programmes at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts: 
c)    A structured curriculum vitae containing current address, telephone number and e-mail address to which the invitation to the admission procedure will be sent. The CV in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf format shall be uploaded by the applicant into the online application form no later than 5 days after registration
d)    A certified copy of the university diploma or a certificate of successful passing of the state final examination. The scan of the document shall be uploaded by the applicant in .pdf, .jpg, .png format into the online application form within 5 days after registration and the original document shall be delivered to the Study Department of DAMU no later than on the day of the last round of the entrance examination. In case the applicant takes the final state examination after the date of the DAMU entrance examination, he/she shall submit (only electronically) a confirmation of the date of the examination from the respective university.

Other specific annexes to the application to individual study programmes as well as the method and deadline for their delivery are described in the conditions of admission procedure to individual study programmes.

If an application contains defects, it shall be accepted and the applicant shall be invited to supplement the application.

III. INFORMATION TO APPLICANTS

DAMU will communicate with the applicant primarily by e-mail and will use the e-mail address provided in the application form.
The department will send invitations and information about the entrance examinations, including the specific date of each round, to the applicant exclusively by e-mail to the e-mail address provided in the application form at least 10 working days before the date of the first round of the entrance examination.  
Applicants will also be informed of the result of the entrance examination via online interface of the submitted application, so please keep your login data at a safe place for reference. 
The dean's decision on admission to study will be delivered to the successful applicant ONLY via the online application interface no later than 30 days after the last round of the entrance examination, if the candidate has agreed to this method of delivery in the application.  
The dean's decision on non-admission to study will be sent to the unsuccessful applicant by registered mail no later than 30 days after the last round of the entrance examination. 
The applicant has the right to consult the file only after he/she is notified of the decision.
The applicant may appeal against the decision within 30 days of the date of notification.   

IV. PROVIDING PROOF OF PRIOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

If an applicant for a follow-up Master’s-degree study has completed previous education at a foreign university, he/she shall submit one of the following documents to prove his/her previous education:
a)    A certificate of general recognition of foreign university education in the Czech Republic pursuant to Sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act;
b)    A foreign certificate of foreign university education which is equivalent in the Czech Republic according to its international obligations without further official procedure; or
c)    A foreign certificate of foreign university education obtained by completing studies in a university programme at a foreign university education institution operating under the laws of a foreign state, which AMU itself will assess for a fee. 
Detailed information on how to prove that graduates of foreign universities have complied with the requirement of previous education can be found at amu.cz/cs/studium/nostrifikace

V. FURTHER INFORMATION

Other conditions of the admission procedure and the criteria for their evaluation are set out below for individual study programmes and fields of study.
Individual departments organise separate consultations for the entrance examinations.
Applicants interested in studying study programmes conducted in English are obliged to pay a study-related fee pursuant to Section 58(4) of the Higher Education Act, the amount of which is set for each academic year by a decree of the Dean. The amount of the tuition fee may change during the course of studies. 

Act No. 111/1998 Coll., the Higher Education Act (Section 58), as amended, also provides for other fees associated with studies, in particular fees for longer studies - see the current decrees of the Rector of AMU No. 4/2022 and 1/2019.

Method of assessing apologies: 
In the event that the applicant did not participate in the entrance examination for very serious reasons, he/she may send a written request to the Dean of DAMU at the earliest possible date after the examination asking for the possibility of taking it on an alternative date. In the request, the applicant shall support the reasons for his/her non-participation with relevant and verifiable documents. The Dean, in cooperation with the Chair of the Examination Board, shall immediately assess whether or not the request can be granted in view of the timetable of the ongoing admission procedure and the capacity and staffing of the Faculty and shall notify the applicant in writing of his/her decision with reasons. The applicant has no legal right to an alternative examination date.

Dorm accommodation:

Successful applicants who receive a decision of admission to study and have their permanent residence outside Prague can apply for accommodation at the AMU dormitory. The application for accommodation at Hradební dormitory can be submitted at the DAMU Study Department during office hours or the signed and scanned application can be sent to the email address katerina.maxova@damu.cz. 
The final date for filing an application for accommodation for the academic year 2023/24: from 15 May until 21 June 2023.

Notification of the decision to allocate or not to allocate accommodation will be delivered by e-mail between 25 June and 27 June 2023.     
Applicants who receive their admission decision later may apply for dormitory after the deadline. In such a case, they will be included as alternates and will be informed immediately if a vacancy appears and they are allocated to dormitory.                                   
The faculty management advises all applicants that students are not legally entitled to accommodation in the dormitory.  

FACULTY ADDRESS

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts
Study department
Karlova 26
116 65 Prague 1

TELEPHONE

Exchange office: +420 234 244 211

WEBSITE

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Accommodation is NOT included in this fee.

Terms of payment and refund:

Students receive Decision with prescribed tuition fee after enrolment to each semester, with instruction for payment. The cases when the student is supported by third institution, thyt pays the tuition fee directly to DAMU, are dealt individually with Study Department. Fees should be paid by bank transfer. Refunds will be made only in case of serious illness or an emergency that requires the student to remain in or return to his/her country.