Charles University in Prague: contact for the Erasmus office, courses in English, halls of residence and ESN CU Prague. A guide for Polish students.
City: Praha 1
Country: Czechy
Erasmus code: CZ PRAHA07
Students: 50000
Student union: Studentská unie Univerzity Karlovy (SU UK), set up in 2008 on the initiative of six university organisations, today bringing together around thirty
ESN section: ESN CU Prague
International office: International Relations Office, European Office, incoming students section
Office e-mail: nikola.horakova@ruk.cuni.cz
Office phone: +420 224 491 395 (Nikola Horakova)
Teaching languages: Knowledge of Czech is not required, the university states outright that you do not need it to take part in the programme. Courses for incoming students are taught in English, and some also in German and French. An intensive Czech course is worth 5 ECTS, and together with a follow up course, 8 ECTS.
Accommodation: Yes, the university runs its own halls of residence. In Prague these are 17. listopadu on Troja, Hvězda, Hostivař and Na Větrníku, and outside Prague, Na Kotli in Hradec Králové and Bolevecká in Plzeň. Rooms are for two, each with their own bed, with a shared or private bathroom depending on the hal
Strong programmes: 17 faculties and more than 600 accredited programmes across around 630 specialisations. The university offers fields found nowhere else in the Czech Republic: addictology, Egyptology and climatology. Medicine is by far its strongest field, with five medical faculties plus pharmacy, alongside law, ph