🇨🇿 52 universities · 330,547 students
Every university in Czechia, and how many of its students come from abroad.
The Ministry of Education publishes students, entrants and graduates for every public and private university and each of its faculties — Czech and foreign separately — every year since 2001.
Students
330,547
on 31 December 2025.
Foreign students
17.8%
58,962 students without Czech citizenship.
At public universities
90.1%
of students, at 26 public universities.
Studying in Czech at a public university is free for students of every nationality. Programmes taught in a foreign language — usually English — charge tuition, set by each university. Private universities set their own fees.
Most international
Share of students without Czech citizenship, 2025; universities with 1,000+ students.
Most and least contested faculties
Share of Czech applicants who took part and were admitted, 2025 admission cycle (1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025); faculties with 200+ applicants, 136 in all. Across every university, 104,652 Czech citizens applied and took part, 86,281 were admitted somewhere (82%) and 82,323 enrolled.
Lowest share admitted
| Faculty | Applicants | Admitted | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakulta výtvarných uměníVysoké učení technické v Brně | 432 | 58 | 13% |
| Filmová a televizní fakultaAkademie múzických umění v Praze | 486 | 66 | 14% |
| Divadelní fakultaAkademie múzických umění v Praze | 528 | 75 | 14% |
| 3. lékařská fakultaUniverzita Karlova | 2,634 | 393 | 15% |
| Lékařská fakulta v PlzniUniverzita Karlova | 1,949 | 362 | 19% |
| Lékařská fakultaUniverzita Palackého v Olomouci | 2,015 | 394 | 20% |
| Fakulta multimediálních komunikacíUniverzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně | 1,090 | 218 | 20% |
| Lékařská fakultaMasarykova univerzita | 3,261 | 667 | 20% |
| 1. lékařská fakultaUniverzita Karlova | 3,767 | 804 | 21% |
| 2. lékařská fakultaUniverzita Karlova | 1,889 | 420 | 22% |
Highest share admitted
| Faculty | Applicants | Admitted | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakulta chemicko-technologickáUniverzita Pardubice | 634 | 632 | 100% |
| Fakulta materiálově-technologickáVysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava | 421 | 416 | 99% |
| Fakulta strojníTechnická univerzita v Liberci | 326 | 322 | 99% |
| Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v KarvinéSlezská univerzita v Opavě | 1,886 | 1,834 | 97% |
| Fakulta stavebníVysoké učení technické v Brně | 1,474 | 1,433 | 97% |
| Fakulta strojníVysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava | 775 | 744 | 96% |
| Fakulta elektrotechniky a informatikyUniverzita Pardubice | 372 | 357 | 96% |
| Filozofická fakultaUniverzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem | 484 | 463 | 96% |
| Filozofická fakultaJihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích | 638 | 598 | 94% |
| Přírodovědecká fakultaUniverzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem | 642 | 600 | 93% |
Czech citizens only — the ministry's overview leaves out foreign applicants because it can't identify them uniquely. Entry to bachelor's and long (non-follow-on) master's programmes; follow-on master's and doctoral admissions aren't included.
This is how contested a place was among Czech applicants, not a cut-off and not the marks you need: each faculty sets its own entrance exam. The overview counts no foreign applicants and doesn't separate programmes by language of instruction, so it says nothing about an international applicant's chances, or about entry to a programme taught in English.
People, not applications. Applicants are those who applied, excluding anyone who didn't turn up to any entrance exam; admitted and enrolled each count a person once, however many programmes admitted them. One person usually applies to several faculties and counts at each, so faculty shares can't be added or averaged into a university's. Faculty names are as the ministry registers them, in Czech.
All 52 universities
Public universities (26)
Private universities (26)
“Czech applicants admitted” is the share of Czech citizens who applied for bachelor's or long master's entry in the 2025 cycle, took part in the admission procedure and were admitted — people, not applications; not a cut-off. Not shown under 20 applicants or where the ministry's overview has no row. 9 of the 23 private universities with a share admitted at least 97% of the Czech applicants who took part.
The Police Academy and the University of Defence are state universities, reported in a separate table, and aren't listed.
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Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT), “Výkonové ukazatele VŠ”, table F12 — students, entrants and graduates by university and faculty, as at 31 December; and MŠMT, “Přehled o přijímacím řízení” (Uchazeč), applicants, admitted and enrolled by university and faculty, Czech citizens. Shares are our calculation. City and website from Wikidata (CC0) where available.