Hradec Kralove a small city, 100 km East of Prague with over 100,000 inhabitants (see map). It is a beautiful green city, with many parks and woodlands. It has a historical background as well as many of the well known shopping, entertainment and fast-food centres you would find in a typical city in Britain.
Since 1992, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove has organised Medicine and Dentistry degree courses conducted entirely in the English Language. Curricula of Czech and English courses are entirely parallel and fully comparable with the current international standard.
Teaching at the Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove arranged in 51 departments with a teaching staff of 247, 29 professors and 59 associate professors, ensuring that the instructing will be of a high standard and complete.
Clinical instruction takes place at the Faculty Hospital, which has 1750 beds and 430 doctors. At present, there are about 900 Czech students studying on the Czech course and over 200 foreign students studying on the English Programme at the Medical Faculty.
The students on the English Programme are from Great Britain, United States, Canada, Sri Lanka, and Scandinavia. The Medical Faculty has a 50/50 male to female student ratio.
Common courses for General Medicine and Dentistry students in basic theoretical disciplines are organised in 4 semesters during the first 2 years of study. They include Biophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and Histology at the Theoretical Institute.
Teaching is oriented towards a detailed knowledge of structure and functional relationships of the human body, from the molecular to the organs and systems level.
The Dentistry course includes Dental Propedeutics providing theoretical information on tooth care and practical skills based on the use of phantoms.
This Faculty of Charles University in particular has a newly revised course in Dentistry. Dental Students are taught separately from Medical students from very early on in the course. This provides greater depth and focus on Dental procedures, with less focus on subjects that may be more relevant to a Degree in Medicine. The Dental degree course at Hradec Kralove is also shorter and less expensive then at any other faculty of Charles University.
During the first 2 years of study, all foreign students are taught the Czech language, to prepare them for communication with patients and nurses, who may not speak adequate English, during the clinical years of study.
The third and fourth years are devoted to pre-clinical disciplines such as Pathologic Anatomy, Pathophysiology, Microbiology and Pharmacology. The introduction to clinical subjects such as Neurology, Psychiatry, Dermatology and Radiology are also taught. Dentistry students begin their major subjects such as Therapeutical, Prosthetic and Surgical Dentistry, which continue until the final exams in the Fifth Year.
The last two years, which are entirely clinical, are practised at the University Hospital. Main instruction in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in Preventative Medicine and Hygiene is terminated by the Final examinations of Medical students in the sixth year.
Students usually have the possibility of gaining experience at a hospital abroad.
The Medical Faculty is very well equipped, with the latest computers and research activities have lead to solutions to a considerable number of biomedical problems.
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Student life in Hradec Kralove
Hradec Kralove pronounced " Hradets Kralovae " is a city that provides an ideal studying environment as well as a variety of activities for an exciting and active student life. Students can always find any form of entertainment in the city of Hradec Kralove.
The current cost of living is less than 1/3 of what it is in Britain today.
As a faculty member, you become a member of the Tennis Club. The city has a new 50m swimming pool. Around the city, there are the beautiful Eagle Mountains and the Giant Mountains, providing excellent possibilities for skiing and other Winter sports.
The famous beer, ´Pilsner´, originated in the Czech city, Pilsen which is also close to Prague and has another Faculty of Medicine of Charles University, teaching foreign students on the English Programme.
Czech food provides a pleasant change for most foreign students. Numerous restaurants in Hradec Kralove provide a large range of food choices to cater for individual needs, including vegetarian meals. A typical Czech restaurant meal in the city costs about the equivalent of £2.00 GBP.
Fast-food restaurants serving Pizza or Hamburgers (e.g.: ´McDonald´s´), are always popular for students and recently there has been an increase in the number of Italian, Chinese and other types of restaurant.
If students prefer to cook, there are excellent supermarkets such as 'Tesco' in the city centre providing a large range of food choices.
There are many well-known shops with lower prices than in most other European countries. You will recognise many popular brand names in the department stores.
Hradec Kralove has 4 cinemas, 3 theatres, 2 galleries and a museum.
A popular activity for most foreign students is going to the cinema.
The cinemas show at least 2 of the latest films per week, about 2 weeks after their release in Britain. Films are shown in English with Czech sub-titles, costing British students the equivalent of about £1.00 GBP a ticket.
There are many clubs, discos, bars and modern sporting facilities such as fitness and aerobic gyms in every city of the Czech Republic, ensuring an active social and night-life for all.
Czech people are of a warm, friendly, and welcoming nature towards all foreigners. All Czech inhabitants of the city may not speak English but will do their best to guide you when in shops or restaurants.
Most Czech students speak English and are very keen to make friends with overseas students. Foreign students find it useful to learn the Czech language and teach English in return.
Conversing with Czech students and studying the Czech language during the first 2 years of study enables foreign students to communicate with patients during their clinical years.
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