Fulfillment of information obligations of the branch of a European university

Hlavní informace

If, as a branch of a European foreign university in the Czech Republic, you want to provide foreign higher education, you must fulfill your information obligations towards the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports before starting your educational activities. As a European foreign provider, you are not entitled to carry out foreign higher education in the Czech Republic without fulfilling your information obligations. The MEYS informs about the fulfillment of information obligations by a communication sent to a branch of a European foreign university within 30 days, in more complex cases within 60 days from the submission of the application, if the application has all the necessary details and does not need to be supplemented.

Týká se vás to pokud

You are a domestic legal entity which, as a branch of a foreign higher education institution located in the European Union and you intend to provide European academic foreign education in the Czech Republic.

Kdy službu řešit

In any time before starting to provide foreign higher education in the Czech Republic.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

Application must include:

1) Information about the fact that applicant intends to provide a foreign education in the Czech Republic.

2) Identification of the place, where applicant intends to provide a foreign education in the Czech Republic.

3) Information about foreign education, mainly about the content of the higher education study programme, employability of graduates, organization of the studies, granting either academic or another degree, the scope of studies, as well as student´s rights and obligations.

Application must further include:

4) Documents providing the establishment and functions of the particular foreign higher education institution in the country of origin.

5) Documents for accreditation or another forms of recognition of the foreign education.

6) The part of application of the subsidiary of the foreign higher education institution must be agreement/agreements providing the information about cooperation between applicant and relevant foreign higher education institution.

All information is available here. 

Kde a jak službu řešit

You can use filing office of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. If you use mail to submit an application, send the application and its attachments to:

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

If you comply the information obligations of a branch of a European higher education institution, you, as an authorized European foreign provider, are able to provide foreign higher education in the Czech Republic.

Možnosti odvolání

If the communication on the application is negative, the information obligations of the branch of european higher education institution have not been met, there is no appeal you can file, as this is not an administrative procedure. However, you have the opportunity to re-apply and rectify the alleged deficiencies.

Sankce

If you provide European foreign higher education without fulfilling information obligations, you risk a fine in misdemeanor proceedings of up to CZK 500,000.