Transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine: Where to Continue Medicine in 2026

Can you transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine to another medical university?

A Charles University Second Faculty transfer to another university is not a fresh start. What you have already passed in Prague is the material we work with, and your transcript of records does most of the talking.

What is Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and what does it teach in English?

Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine is one of five medical faculties of Charles University, founded in Prague in 1348. The faculty itself was created in 1953, moved to Motol in 1971, and took its present name in 1990. It teaches General Medicine in English over six years, leading to the Czech degree MUDr.

Teaching is split between the campus on Plzeňská Street and Motol University Hospital, the largest hospital in the Czech Republic. Our location profile for Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine in Prague lists the English programme at 360 ECTS with a September start. Clinical rotations happen inside a working hospital, which is one reason the Prague faculties are popular with international applicants in the first place.

The faculty has a paediatric tradition that still shapes its curriculum. None of that changes in a transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine. What changes is where the remaining preclinical years and clinical rotations are taught, what they cost, and which licensing system they point towards.

Failed exams at Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine — what are your options?

Students who have failed exams at Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic, generally have three routes: sit the resit, repeat the year, or transfer to a university whose examination format and pace suit them better. Medschool Experts reviews all three with you before anything is decided.

The third route is the least known. A different faculty means a different syllabus, a different examination rhythm and often a different balance between written and oral assessment. Some students perform better under another format. That is a fit question, not a verdict.

Timing matters. Your credit position when the review starts is what a receiving faculty assesses, so ask before a resit. The consultation costs nothing.

What happens if you fail a year at Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine?

A student who has failed a year at Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine keeps every ECTS credit already earned. Those credits stay on the transcript of records, they remain transferable, and they are the basis on which Medschool Experts looks for advanced standing at a partner university in 2026 rather than a restart.

The practical question is what a repeated year costs in time and money against what a transfer costs. We put both columns side by side. No pressure either way — plenty of students repeat a year in Prague and finish there happily.

Why do students transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine?

Five reasons come up again and again among Charles University Second Faculty students who want to change university, and none of them is a complaint about Prague. They are planning questions: cost, exam fit, personal circumstances, and two career destinations that reward an early decision.

• Budget. Tuition plus Prague living costs adds up over six years. A more affordable university keeps the same degree at a lower total.
• Exam fit. Some students pass everything except one or two subjects. A faculty with a different exam format and pace can be a better match, and this is one of our specialist areas.
• Personal or organisational reasons. Circumstances change — family, health, housing, a supervisor relationship that is not working. These are normal grounds for a move.
• A career in the United States. Students aiming at USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK and a US residency often want a programme built around that from the start.
• A career in Germany. Some faculties prepare particularly well for German licensing and German-language clinical work.

Families often ask which of the five is the most common. It varies. What does not vary is that a reason on its own is not a plan — the receiving faculty, the entry year and the date are the plan.

Transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine: which universities accept transfer students?

Universities that accept transfer students from Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine in Prague are spread across the European Union, the Western Balkans and the Caribbean. Which one fits depends on your goal in 2026, not on a ranking, and Medschool Experts matches the destination to the plan rather than the other way round.

Mostar School of Medicine is the only European university that prepares specifically for the USMLE, covering Step 1 in the preclinical phase and Step 2 CK in the clinical phase, with only 30 places per year. We place students there without an entrance test as long as our quota allows. See our full list of partner universities.

Is it cheaper to transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine?

For many students, yes. Tuition at Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine is 420,000 CZK per year in 2026/27, about EUR 16,800 at the roughly one euro to 25 CZK rate. A transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine to a cheaper university changes that line substantially.

A worked example makes the difference concrete. A student with three years left pays roughly EUR 50,400 in tuition alone at the 2026/27 Prague rate, before living costs. The same three years at Foca cost EUR 10,500 in tuition, or about EUR 22,500 including living costs at the 2026 figures.

How do credits from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine transfer to another university?

Credits from Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine transfer as ECTS credits attached to named subjects on your transcript of records. A receiving faculty compares each completed subject against its own curriculum, subject by subject, and the overlap decides the entry year. Medschool Experts prepares that comparison before anyone applies.

ECTS credit transfer from Charles University Second Faculty, step by step

The credit assessment is a mapping exercise, and it runs in a fixed order. First your transcript of records is read: which subjects you passed, with how many ECTS credits attached. Second, those subjects are laid against the receiving faculty's syllabus year by year. Third, the gaps are counted. What is missing decides the entry year.

Four things move the result, and they are worth knowing before you gather anything:

• Subject content, not just totals. A number of ECTS credits on its own says little. A receiving faculty needs the syllabus behind each subject — hours, topics, assessment — so a detailed transcript of records is worth more than a summary sheet.
• The preclinical and clinical split. Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and the other preclinical subjects usually map cleanly between European curricula. Clinical rotations are more faculty-specific, so a late move is assessed more finely.
• Outstanding examinations. As a rule of thumb, usually no more than two examinations may still be outstanding, and the ECTS attached to them must stay below a maximum. This is the single factor students most often underestimate.
• The receiving faculty's own rules. Each partner university sets what it recognises, so there is no universal table — we check your record against the faculties that fit your goal.

One more point, because it is the question we are asked most. Nobody can promise a number of recognised ECTS credits before reading the transcript of records. The assessment is individual, and free with us.

Which year can you enter when you transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine?

There is no fixed ceiling. The entry year after a transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine depends on the ECTS credits you carry and on the receiving faculty's curriculum. Medschool Experts frequently achieves advanced standing, often year four or year five, and reviews every case individually in 2026.

Which year can I transfer into is the question behind most first calls, and the answer is calculated rather than quoted. The aim of a transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine is always the highest possible entry with no or minimal loss of time.

Two further points decide many cases. The receiving faculty has to teach your subject, and its academic year has to line up with your intended entry. Both are checked before an offer.

How does a transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine work with Medschool Experts?

Four steps, in this order. A student of Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine books a free consultation, Medschool Experts reviews the record, we present a placement offer from our partner network, and you switch on an agreed plan. You stay enrolled in Prague until the new place is confirmed.

We do not publish document lists or deadlines for a transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine, because they differ by faculty and by year. Send us your profile and see how our placement service works — we check your record against the partner network for you.

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Can you transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine to Germany?

A transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine to Germany is usually planned as a degree abroad with a German finish. Medschool Experts places students at the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria or at Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the final practical year can be completed in Germany through us.

The recognition system is the reason for that route. A medical degree earned inside the European Union is automatically recognised across the EU under Directive 2005/36/EC, which keeps the German path straightforward. German-language ability is what you build alongside it.

Thinking about leaving Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine? The alternatives to dropping out of medicine

Students thinking about leaving Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine in Prague rarely want to leave medicine. Between staying exactly as things are and abandoning the degree sit two realistic alternatives: a repeated year in Prague, or a medical school transfer with advanced standing at a partner university of Medschool Experts.

Put plainly: leaving medicine is almost never the only option left. A transfer from Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine is the middle path most students have not costed yet. Read what other students did on our page of student stories.

Does a Czech medical degree from Prague stay recognised across the European Union?

Yes. The MUDr. awarded by Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine in the Czech Republic is a European Union medical qualification and is automatically recognised across the EU under Directive 2005/36/EC. That recognition attaches to the degree you finally hold, which is why the country of your receiving university matters.

One consequence shapes the planning. Move to another EU university and the automatic route stays open; move outside the EU and recognition runs through the national procedure of the country where you want to work. Both are normal paths, and we talk them through before you decide.

When should Charles University Second Faculty students start planning a transfer?

Earlier than most people think. Charles University Second Faculty students who want to change university get the best result when they contact Medschool Experts about a semester before the intended move, because places at partner faculties are limited and a credit review takes time. Mostar School of Medicine has only 30 places per year.

Mid-year enquiries are routine all the same. One open examination, one uncertain resit, one question about what your ECTS credits are worth elsewhere — any of those is reason enough to call.