Foundation Programme – Academic Year 2023/24

                                         Study Regulations


Duration of the Foundation Programme

The Foundation Programme runs for 20 weeks from October 10th to December 15th 2023 (9 weeks) and
from January 8th to March 22th 2024 (11 weeks).

The programme includes lectures and seminars according to a predetermined schedule. Each lesson
lasts 50 minutes.

Study materials

Students will receive textbooks recommended for studying Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as loan
books from the “Knihovna Univerzitního Kampusu” library. The textbooks will be lent to the students
for the entire duration of the Foundation Programme.


For the Czech course, students will receive textbooks that they can keep after the end of the
Foundation Programme.

Rules of Conduct

Attendance at both lectures and seminars of each subject is compulsory and will be monitored. Any
absence must be excused through the Office of International Studies within five days. Only absences
caused by illness, medical appointment, or similar serious reasons may be excused. The excused
absence will be recorded in the Information System of the faculty (IS).

Students must arrive to the lessons on time. If a student arrives late, he/she will not be allowed
into the class, and the teacher will record him or her as absent for the whole lesson.

Students that will have more than 10% of unexcused absences in the given subject will not be
allowed to write the final test and will obtain an assessment Not classified in the given subject.

During the lessons, students are encouraged to ask questions related to the topic of the
lecture/seminar and to participate in solving problems related to the given topic. However, it is
forbidden to disturb the course of the lessons by talking to other students about topics unrelated
to the lesson. Mobile phones must not be used during lessons.

Students must not use mobile phones and any other electronic devices except for calculators during
tests. Any form of cheating is strongly prohibited. Should any student break this rule, their test
will be immediately terminated, and they will receive a mark of 0% from the test.

Students are expected to act in a mature manner and to be respectful of the learning process, the
teacher and the fellow students. They must speak English during the lessons.

Assessment

During the course, progress tests will be written on a regular basis to check the knowledge of the
students. Students who score 70% and higher of all control tests will receive a bonus of 4 points
that will be added to the final test score.


The Foundation Programme will end with final tests that will take place in the last lesson of the
given subject and will contain questions related to the content of the whole programme. Students
will be classified according to the Section 17 - Grading scheme of MU study and examination
regulations and obtain Certificate of attendance.

Students who achieve classification A or B in each of the subjects of Chemistry, Biology and
Physics will be admitted to the chosen study programme of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk
University without any entrance examination test.

Students who obtain an A or B grade in the Czech for Foreigners Final test will have the Czech
I and Czech II compulsory courses recognized upon admission to the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk
University. Students who obtain an C grade in the Czech for Foreigners Final test will have
the Czech I compulsory course recognized.

Participation in the Foundation Programme does not guarantee acceptance to the Faculty of Medicine
at the Masaryk University. The condition for acceptance is either to pass the entrance examination
test or to fulfill the requirements for the exemption specified above.