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            * BASIC INFORMATION FOR NEW ERASMUS+ STUDENTS
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            We wish you a warm welcome to Charles University in Prague and hope that you will have an 
            enriching experience as a student here.


            We hope that coming to study at our university will be an exciting experience, with opport
            broaden your academic, social and cultural horizons.






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            * Introductory letter from the Dean of the Third Faculty of Medicine at Charles University
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            Dear students, dear colleagues,

            I am delighted to welcome you as new members of the Academic Community of the Third Facult

            of Charles University. It is uplifting to see that you have decided to help the sick in yo
            profession. I am also very happy that you decided to study at our Faculty. Let me introduc
            The Faculty of Medicine in Prague was founded in 1348 together with the foundation of Char

            In 1953, it was divided into three separate faculties - one of which was the Faculty of Me
            (Public Health) in the Vinohrady medical campus. After 1990, the Faculty moved to a new (c
            and both the contents of the study and the name of the Faculty changed to its present form

            Faculty of Medicine therefore educates future doctors in the full range of medical science
            degree in General medicine), as well as other health specialists in the respective Bachelo
            disciplines. A very important part of the Faculty activities is research, which involves a

            students. Doctoral study programmes are then used to educate future scientific or academic
            The Third Faculty of Medicine is one of eight faculties of medicine in the Czech Republic.
            are among the small or medium-sized faculties but thanks to our scientific output and also

            independent evaluation of the graduates' success it ranks among the most successful in the
            is also due to the great emphasis we place on practical lessons. Our system of teaching is
            oriented“ teaching, which in practice means that we teach students to understand the conte

            patients as concrete people, people with a certain symptom, and to properly analyze this s
            suggest further steps. This difference in emphasis and teaching paradigm is easily seen wh
            the exam titles at our Faculty with other (traditionally profiled) medical faculties - esp

            study years.

            A very valuable element is the open and friendly relationship between students and educato

            gone through demanding entrance exams. We are proud that our system of admission enrols se
            polite and intelligent students who grow into real personalities during their studies. The
            student activities - especially if they focus on members of the Academic Community of the 

            their scientific, sporting, cultural or other interests, etc.) or on charity.

            I am looking forward to meeting you during your studies, I am also looking forward to your

            improve the level of teaching, and I firmly believe that you will be able to manage demand
            at the end we will meet at your graduation ceremony. I finish with the traditional academi
            felix, faustum, fortunatumque sit.“


            prof. MUDr. Petr Widimsky, DrSc.,
            Dean of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University