In accordance with Articles 18 and 19 of the Statutes of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Dean of the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (hereinafter referred to as HAMU) hereby announces the following rules for the admission procedure and conditions for admission to the full-time Bachelor's degree programme in English in the academic year 2025/2026.
Studies in English are subject to a fee in accordance with the current Dean's Decree.
Study programme Dance Pedagogy in specializations:
Classical Dance
- Modern and Contemporary Dance
- Folk Dance
Applicants must fill in and submit the application electronically in the online application form
https://prihlaska.amu.cz/apps/kos/prihlaska/wpr_webapp_pg.main?p_session_id=&p_view=&p_action=changeLang&p_lang=AN and pay the application fee; if the application form is not duly completed in the system or submitted in another way, the application will be considered invalid and the admission procedure will be terminated.
There are no alternative dates for the admissions procedure. If a candidate is unable to appear for the entrance examination on the regular date for health reasons and submits a medical certificate within 3 days of the date of the entrance examination, the Dean shall consider the excuse and may, in exceptional and justified cases, set an alternative date for the entrance examination on the proposal of the relevant department and in agreement with the relevant admissions board.
The Dean shall issue a decision within 30 days of verification of compliance with the conditions. After receiving the decision on admission or non-admission to study, the applicant has the right to consult his/her file, always by prior arrangement with the HAMU Study Department on a specific date for consultation. The applicant is obliged to present his/her identity document before the inspection of the file, and the study department will draw up a report on the inspection process.
The admission procedure shall be conducted in English. Applicants are required to prove their proficiency in English according to the CEFR as a condition of admission to studies in English (the exception is applicants whose native language is English). Applicants must prove their knowledge of English according to the CEFR at level B1 during the admission procedure.
The required proof is either:
(a) an official international examination certificate from an accredited institution (assessed by the AMU Language Training Centre); or
(b) a document (matriculation certificate) of completion of secondary education accredited in English in the Czech Republic or secondary education accredited in English abroad; the document must meet the conditions set out in the Annex to the Decree.
Without fulfilling this condition, the applicant cannot be issued a decision on admission to study.
Praha, 20. 6. 2024
prof. Ivan Klánský, Dean of HAMU
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Candidates for studies will fill in the electronic application form completely and send it to the faculty's information system. The required attachments are sent in paper form by post or submitted via the AMU mailroom, described below.
Mandatory attachments:
Additional mandatory attachments to the application if the applicant has completed previous education at a foreign secondary school:
The applicant must attach one of the following documents to the application:
a) A proof of general recognition of the equivalence or validity of the foreign document of secondary education in the Czech Republic (so-called nostrification, see https://www.amu.cz/en/study/recognition-of-foreign-education/assessment-foreign-education-amu-admissions-process/?
or
b) A proof of the award of the European Baccalaureate or
c) A foreign document of foreign secondary education with a graduation examination if it is automatically equivalent in the Czech Republic according to its international obligations without further official procedure (graduation certificate from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia) or
d) A foreign document of foreign secondary education, which has been obtained by completing studies in a secondary education programme at a foreign secondary school operating under the legislation of a foreign state and which entitles its holder in that foreign state to access to a bachelor's degree programme or a master's degree programme which is not related to a bachelor's degree programme, which the AMU itself assesses, see https://www.amu.cz/en/study/recognition-of-foreign-education/assessment-foreign-education-amu-admissions-process/? There is a fee for this. Without fulfilling this condition, the applicant cannot be issued a decision on admission to study.
The documents provided will not be returned. All documents are required in Czech (or officially translated into Czech) or English (Slovak is also possible).
25. června 2024
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