I just would like to ask if, under the EU policy/law, students who are EU residents applying for the Medicine program taught in English would only have to pay the same amount as the Czech Republic students? I think Charles Uni is run by their government and so they are a public university.

Thanks for any information.

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No. I'm afraid not.

It's my understanding that the only way to not pay tuition fees is to enroll on the Czech speaking course. Which is probably not an option for you unless you are very much fluent in Czech.

There are others on here who will know much more then me about it, but I am almost certain as I'm planning on going there myself in a year or two.

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Going back to school Sep08 after many years away to do A-levels.

Quite fancy going to the Charles University as I have lived in Prague for 3 years and love the place. Just need to find £60,000 from
somewhere

Hey there, 80sLoveChild!,

You will still have to pay tuition fees. The no-tuition fee policy only applies to those studying in Czech.

In fact we have a lot of greeks, portuguese, and other EU nationalities studying here in the English faculty and they all are paying the same as we do. I did come across a couple of international students studying in Czech (for free) but they stiill have to pay for accomodation and other things like that (but they get discounted prices for dorms and also scholarships/grants to help out with living expenses).

Thank you. I appreciate your replies.

I have been looking at banks (private or not), government loans and private companies over the Internet if they could fund my Medical fees outside the UK but I couldn't find any. And I am convinced that I wouldn't be able to qualify for this chevening scholarship thing for example that Czech-UK is offering.

If only someone could suggest me any company/bank that would be willing to offer me a student/study loan/Student Healthcare Loan?...oh yeah and with the least amount of monetary interest please

Most of you might say that if I can't fund my education then don't go. But surely, there must be at least one company willing to help a UK student fund his education abroad? I really need direction.

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I'll try and find out from my friends and let you know about the funding options. I do known some irish students taking loans but I don't really know if it's a government or a private loan.

Cheers so much! *fingers-crossed* Please do let me know if you found any

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I know some stuff on loans in the UK.

Its my understanding that unfortunately no government loan exists for students wishing to study abroad from the United Kingdom.

In terms of private loans, thats a completely different ball game and will depend on your relationship with the bank and your own personal situtation (age, degree history, financial status / history).


If your looking for ways to fund your education,

• make sure 100 % you WILL NOT have any financial difficulties at the country / school you go to. This will probably mean ignoring the medical schools in Prague.
• consider help from your family or the prospect of working a little over the summer holidays as you'll get a lot of holidays.

If you think you can learn the language, I'd study in the Czech language program for free. I think the tuition at 1st faculty is like $11,000 per year. I'd take that 11,000 and go to Prague for a year to take language classes. If you study your *** off for a year, you should be able to pass the Czech exam. It's not an easy language to learn, but I know people who have done it. In the long run you'll save 50K in tuition fees.

First of all, it's $16,690 (11500 Euros). I wouldn't really recommend learning the language unless you want to settle in this country. I would also like to mention that czech is not the easiest languages to learn (in fact, it's the 4 hardest european language most similar to polish in it's difficulty). Secondly, if you want to return back to the US/UK/Canada, you would have to prepare for their respective board exams which will not be that easy (as you would have to re-learn everything in english). So it sort of saves time.

And about the student loans, I found out that the UK government doesn't fund any student loans for students wanting to study abroad. Although it is possible to find these loans privately. You might want to check out this link and try to see if you fit into any of the criteria:

Education Loans - Blog Toplist

Thank you very much for the link. It kind of gives me some hope to still pursue Medicine.

In response to the Czech Republic Medicine graduates entering the UK: I thought European Union Medicine graduates e.g. from the Czech Republic can register here without taking the PLAB exams? Maybe I am mistaken.

If only I did Spanish at GCSE & A Levels then I would have a good chance of getting into a Spanish Medical School and enjoy their free education. bangs head on a wall*...same goes with Germany.

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