National Comparative Exam in Czech Republic
National Comparative Exams or NCE (In Czech: "Narodni srovnavaci zkousky; NSZ") are certified exams used by many Czech higher education institutions for accepting students. The NCE is a part of the universities and colleges entrance exams. The National Comparative Exam is owned and administered by the private company – Scio. About 30,000-40,000 candidates sit for this exam every year in the Czech and Slovak universities. There are different modules of the exam:
- English Language
- German Language
- French Language
- Spanish Language
- Mathematics
- Natural Sciences: subtests of chemistry, biology, and physics
- Social Sciences
- Test of General Academic Prerequisites (GAP)
Students can appear for any of the above mentioned modules. Most of the institutions accept the Test of General Academic Prerequisites (GAP) certificate. A percentile ranging between 50 and 90, which varies between faculties is accepted.
The tests are administered in Czech or Slovak about 6 times in a year. The exam is used by more than 50 faculties or university departments and other institutions.
- Faculties: Engineering, Law, Social Sciences, Architecture, or Economy.
General Academic Prerequisites Test (GAP)
The Test of General Academic Prerequisites is the most accepted and an important module of the National Comparative Exams (NCE). This module focuses on the candidate’s ability and potential to learn. It determines the capability, potentiality, ability and skills of the candidates and whether he/she can successfully study at university. The test determines the understanding ability and other capabilities which directly shape the learning process. Following skills and abilities are tested:
- Verbal section: understanding and interpretation of the long texts, relationships within text, differentiating meanings, vocabulary, and reaching to the appropriate conclusion
- Analytical section: logical reasoning, objective analysis and evaluation, analyzing data and inference
- Quantitative section: working with numbers, charts, spreadsheets, values, an tests the basic mathematical skills
Faculties /University Departments with NCE
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
STU, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies
Comenius University in Bratislava
UK, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Mendel University
MENDELU Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
MENDELU Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics
MENDELU Brno, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies
Masaryk University
MU Brno, Faculty of Social Studies
MU Brno, Faculty of Economics and Administration
MU Brno, Faculty of Informatics
Brno University of Technology
VUT Brno, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
VUT Brno, Faculty of Information Technology
VUT Brno, Faculty of Civil Engineering
University of South Bohemia
JU, Faculty of Economics
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
UPJS Kosice, Faculty of Science
Technical University of Liberec
TUL Liberec, Faculty of Sciences, Humanities and Education
SkodaAuto
SkodaAuto Vysoka skola
Palacky University
UP Olomouc, Faculty of Law
University of Economics in Prague
VSE v Praze, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration
VSE v Praze, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
VSE, Faculty of Management in Jindřichův Hradec
Silesian University
SU Opava, School of Business Administration in Karvina
SU Opava, Faculty of Philosophy and Science
SU Opava, Faculty of Public Policies
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava
VSB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Economics
VSB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Safety Engineering
VSB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Pardubice
U Pardubice, Faculty of Public Administration
University of West Bohemia
ZCU Plzen, Faculty of Law
ZCU Plzen, Faculty of Economics
ZCU Plzen, Faculty of Applied Sciences
ZCU v Plzen, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
ZCU Plzen, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Charles University
UK Praha, Faculty of Social Sciences
UK Praha, Faculty of Law
Czech University of Life Sciences
CZU Praha, Faculty of Forestry and Environment
CZU Praha, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
CEVRO
CEVRO Institut
Czech Technical University in Prague
CVUT, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
CVUT, Faculty of Information Technology
J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem
UJEP, Faculty of Education
Tomas Bata University
UTB Zlin, Faculty of Humanities
UTB Zlin, Faculty of Management and Economics
UTB Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics
T.Bata Business Academy and Higher Professional School of Business
T.Bata Business Academy and Higher Professional School of Business
Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica
UMB, Faculty of humanities
Slovak University of Technology
STU, Faculty of Architecture
Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra
Faculty of Economics and management
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care
HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute
For latest updates see official website of National Comparative Exam in Czech Republic https://www.scio.cz/
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