Transfer from Palacký University Olomouc: Where to Continue Medicine or Dentistry in 2026

What is Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and what does it teach in English?

Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, is the medical faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Its university tradition reaches back to 1573 and the university was re-established in 1946. The faculty teaches two English-taught programmes: General Medicine, six years and 360 ECTS, degree MUDr., and Dentistry, five years and 300 ECTS, degree MDDr.

Both programmes run in English, with clinical teaching at the university hospital in Olomouc. The General Medicine accreditation runs to 20 November 2034 and the Dentistry accreditation to 8 August 2028. Our own location page for Olomouc sets out the programme, the city and the figures we hold on file.

Olomouc itself is a compact Moravian university city. Students usually describe the cost of living as moderate by Czech standards.

Can you transfer from Palacký University Olomouc to another university?

Yes. Students enrolled at Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, can transfer to another medical or dental faculty and continue with the study time they have already completed. Medschool Experts is the leading specialist for study transfers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, with the world's largest choice of official partner universities.

We do not publish document lists or deadlines here. They differ by faculty and are rewritten each year, so a list that is right for one student is wrong for the next. What we do instead is read your file and check it against our partner network. Then we tell you where a place is realistic.

Why do students transfer from Palacký University Olomouc?

Students leave Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, for five recurring reasons, and none of them is a complaint about the faculty. Cost, exam fit, personal or organisational circumstances, a career plan aimed at the United States, and a career plan aimed at Germany. Each one is a planning question with a practical answer.

• Cost. Tuition is 12,500 EUR per academic year for Medicine and 14,000 EUR for Dentistry for entry in September 2026, plus living costs in Olomouc. Some families reach a point where a more affordable faculty makes the difference between finishing and stopping.
• Exam fit. A student can work hard and still keep meeting the same subject. A different exam format and a different pace can change everything for the same student. We are specialists in exactly this situation.
• Personal and organisational circumstances. Health, family, a move, or friction with a particular course arrangement. Real life interrupts study plans.
• A career in the United States. Students aiming at the USMLE and a US residency often want a programme built around that path from the start.
• A career in Germany. Some faculties prepare especially well for German practice, including the option to complete the final practical year in Germany.

Most students carry more than one of these at once. That is normal.

Where can Palacký University Olomouc students transfer to?

Where you go depends on what you want next. A Palacký University Olomouc student who mainly needs a lower total cost ends up in a different place from one who is aiming at a United States residency. The table below sets out the four goals we see most often and the partner universities we check first for each of them.

Dentistry students have their own shortlist, because a receiving faculty has to teach dentistry in English. The Faculty of Medicine Foča teaches medicine and dentistry in English. Mostar School of Medicine and the Caribbean schools are medicine options only. Our full list of faculties sits on the partner universities page.

The wider Czech picture, including the other English-taught faculties in the country, is covered in our study transfer guide for the Czech Republic.

How much can a Palacký University Olomouc student save by transferring?

A student who moves from Medicine in English at Palacký University Olomouc, at 12,500 EUR per academic year, to the Faculty of Medicine Foča, at 3,500 EUR per academic year, saves 9,000 EUR in tuition for every remaining year. Over four remaining years that is 36,000 EUR in tuition alone, before living costs are counted.

Living costs move the figure further. Olomouc runs at 10,000 to 20,000 CZK per month, while Foča comes to roughly 7,500 EUR per year for tuition and living together. Run your own case rather than ours. The exact saving depends on the year you enter and the faculty that takes you.

Which year can you enter after leaving Palacký University Olomouc?

There is no fixed cap. Students transferring from Palacký University Olomouc are placed as high as their record allows, and we frequently achieve high placements, often year four or year five. Every case is reviewed individually, and the aim is always the highest possible entry with no or minimal loss of time.

The practical rule of thumb is simple. Usually no more than two exams may still be outstanding, and their ECTS must stay below a maximum. Beyond that, the answer comes from your transcript rather than from a table in an article, which is why we ask to see your documents before we promise anything.

Students who have finished four or five semesters in Olomouc are often surprised by how much of their record travels with them. Ask early. The earlier we read your file, the more of it we can protect.

How does a transfer from Palacký University Olomouc work with Medschool Experts?

A transfer from Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, runs in four steps with Medschool Experts: a free consultation, a review of your academic record, a placement offer naming the university and the entry year, and the switch itself. You stay enrolled in Olomouc until the new place is confirmed.

1. Free consultation. We ask what you have studied, what you have passed, what your budget is and which countries you would consider.
2. Record review. We read your transcript the way a receiving faculty reads it and check it against our partner network.
3. Placement offer. You get concrete options: which university, in which country, at what cost, and how far along.
4. The switch, with a plan. We handle the process with the receiving faculty and stay your contact after you arrive.

Our services page describes what we take off your hands, and student stories show how other transfers have gone.

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What does a Czech EU degree mean if you continue outside the European Union?

A degree from an accredited Czech faculty such as Palacký University Olomouc is recognised across the European Union under Directive 2005/36/EC, because the Czech Republic is an EU member state. Faculties outside the European Union work under their own national rules, which is a planning point rather than an obstacle, and it depends on where you intend to practise.

If your plan is Germany or another EU country, staying inside the European Union keeps the recognition route short, and the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria is an EU option where the final practical year can be completed in Germany through Medschool Experts. The same practical year arrangement is possible from the Faculty of Medicine Foča in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

If your plan is the United States, the route runs through the USMLE rather than through EU recognition. Mostar School of Medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only European university that specifically prepares for Step 1 and Step 2 CK, in small groups, with a better teacher-to-student ratio than other European medical schools and only 30 places per year. Medschool Experts places students there reliably without an entrance test as long as our own quota allows.

Whatever your target country, tell us at the consultation. It changes the shortlist.

When should Palacký University Olomouc students start planning a transfer?

The best moment to speak to Medschool Experts is before the next exam session, while you are still enrolled at Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Enrolled students have the stronger starting position, more faculties are still open to them, and more of their completed study can usually be carried across.

Places at partner faculties are limited and fill through the year. Reviewing your documents takes a few days, costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Most students who wait tell us afterwards that they wished they had asked a semester earlier.

So ask now, and keep studying while we look. Book a free consultation.