Information on the application process, admission fees and fees associated with studying and eligibility for dormitory accommodation.
The following annexes are obligatory for all the applications to study at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts. The applicant is obliged to upload the annexes to electronic application by the application deadline:
Please note: Applicants who pass the entrance exams successfully, are obliged to submit also certified documents proving prior education, according to instructions provided in Chapter V.
Other specific obligatory annexes to the application to individual study programmes as well as the method and deadline for their delivery are described in the conditions of admission procedure to individual study programmes.
If an application contains defects, it shall be accepted and the applicant shall be invited to supplement the application.
DAMU will communicate with the applicant primarily by e-mail and will use the e-mail address provided in the application form.
It is recommended to applicants to check the spam folder regularly, as the group e-mail might end up there.
The department will send invitations and information about the entrance examinations, including the specific date of the next round, to the applicant exclusively to the e-mail address provided in the application form at least 14 days before the date of the examination.
The date of the evaluation of the results of the individual rounds, which is considered the date of the review of the applicant’s fulfilment of the admission requirements, is given below in Chapter IX for individual study programmes, in parentheses after the date of the relevant round of the entrance examination.
The dean's decision on admission to study will be delivered to the successful applicant ONLY via e-mail address no later than 30 days after the date of the review of the applicant’s fulfilment of the admission requirements, if the candidate has agreed to this method of delivery in the application.
The dean's decision on non-admission to study will be sent to the unsuccessful applicant by registered mail no later than 30 days after date of the review of the applicant’s fulfilment of the admission requirements.
The applicant has the right to consult the file only after he/she is notified of the decision. This does not include the right to consult the results with committee members.
The applicant may appeal against the decision within 30 days of the date of notification.
If the applicant has fulfilled the conditions of the admission procedure and then has not been admitted for insufficient capacity reasons, he/she may apply to DAMU for a renewal of the admission procedure in case a place becomes available at a later date (see Article 8(18) of the Attendance and Examination Regulations of the AMU).
If an applicant, who has passed successfully at entrance exams, has completed previous education at a foreign university or foreign secondary school, they shall submit one of the following documents to prove they previous education:
For a Bachelor’s-degree study
For a follow-up Master’s-degree study
Applicants with Ukrainian citizenship will be exempted from the fee for the assessment of evidence of previous education and will also be subject to the special conditions for the verification of foreign education according to the Rector's Decree 4/2023 (only available in Czech language).
Documents delivery deadline: Documents or certified copies of the documents proving prior education shall be delivered to the Academic Affairs Office of DAMU no later than May 30, 2025, or within 21 days following the day of the completion of the studies that are to be verified.
Detailed information on how to prove that graduates of foreign institutions have complied with the requirement of previous education can be found at https://www.amu.cz/en/study/recognition-of-foreign-education/assessment-foreign-education-amu-admissions-process/
Please note: without properly proving the prior education the applicant cannot be issued with the official admission letter, that is a necessary requirement for the visa procedure.
The modification of the admission procedure at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) is governed by the Methodological Instruction of the Vice-Rector for Academic and Pedagogical Affairs No. 2/2022 (Standard of Support Provided to Applicants for Studies with Special Needs at AMU).
If an applicant for studies requests a modification of the admission procedure due to special needs resulting from his/her medical condition, he/she shall submit a request with a specification and justification of the requested modification as part of the Application Form. It shall include a confirmation of the medical condition by a statement from a physician or another professional.
“A study applicant with special needs” is understood to mean an applicant who, due to a congenital or acquired medical condition, needs certain modification of the admission procedure.
Applicants with special needs include:
How to apply for a modification:
In the on-line Application Form, the applicant ticks the box I request a modification of the admission examination and study conditions because of my impairment or disability and selects the type of impairment or disability.
After the Application Form for admission procedure is registered, the DAMU Academic Affairs Office sends a Request for Modification of the Admission Procedure of an Applicant for Studies with Special Needs to the applicant via e-mail; in the Request, it shall also set the deadline for its delivery.
The applicant shall fill in the Request, including a description of his/her proposal to modify the admission procedure. The contact person, the head of the DAMU Academic Affairs Office, will help with the drafting of the proposal where necessary.
Attached to the Request must be one of the following documents:
The applicant shall attach the completed, signed and scanned Request (including any enclosures) to the Application Form or deliver it by e-mail to the contact person, the head of the DAMU Academic Affairs Office, within the stipulated period of time.
The Academic Affairs Office will forward the Request to the Chairperson of the Admissions Committee, who will decide whether or not the admission procedure can be modified according to the Request, or propose another form of modification so that it does not conflict with the profile of the selected study programme and the applicant's Request for modification.
The opinion of the Chairperson of the Admissions Committee will be added to the Request, which will then be delivered to the Applicant, the Department and the members of the Admissions Committee and will be considered as a binding procedure during the admission procedure.
There is no legal entitlement to modification of the admission procedure. The Faculty may invite the applicant to supplement the documents referred to in Article 2 (4) of the Methodological Guideline.
Other conditions of the admission procedure and the criteria for their evaluation are set out below for individual study programmes and fields of study.
Individual departments organise separate consultations and open days before the entrance examinations.
Applicants interested in studying study programmes conducted in English are obliged to pay a study-related fee pursuant to Section 58(4) of the Higher Education Act, the amount of which is set for each academic year by a decree of the Dean. The amount of the tuition fee may change during the course of studies.
Act No. 111/1998 Coll., the Higher Education Act (Section 58), as amended, also provides for other fees associated with studies, in particular fees for longer studies - see the current decrees of the Rector of AMU No. 4/2022 and 1/2019.
Method of assessing apologies:
In the event that the applicant did not participate in the entrance examination for very serious reasons, he/she may send a written/e-mail request to the Chair of the Examination Board at the earliest possible date, asking for the possibility of taking it on an alternative date. In the request, the applicant shall support the reasons for his/her non-participation with relevant and verifiable documents. The Chair of the Examination Board shall immediately assess whether or not the request can be granted in view of the timetable of the ongoing admission procedure and the capacity and staffing of the Faculty and shall notify the applicant via e-mail of his/her decision with reasons. The applicant has no legal right to an alternative examination date.
Dorm accommodation:
Successful applicants who receive a decision of admission to study and have their permanent residence outside Prague can apply for accommodation at the AMU dormitory. The application for accommodation at Hradební dormitory can be submitted at the DAMU Academic Affairs Office during office hours or the signed and scanned application can be sent to the email address katerina.maxova@damu.cz.
The final date for filing an application for accommodation for the academic year 2025/26: from 15 May until 20 June 2025.
Notification of the decision to allocate or not to allocate accommodation will be delivered by e-mail between 26 June and 28 June 2025.
Applicants who receive their admission decision later may apply for dormitory after the deadline. In such a case, they will be included as alternates and will be informed immediately if a vacancy appears, and they are allocated to dormitory.
The faculty management advises all applicants that students are not legally entitled to accommodation in the dormitory.
English proficiency
During the interview with the applicant, the Admission Committee ensures that the applicant has a sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction of the study programme (i.e. English language).
CZK 215 603 per academic year 2024/2025
CZK 215 000 per academic year 2025/2026
CZK 228 285 per academic year 2024/2025
CZK 228 000 per academic year 2025/2026
CZK 215 000 per academic year 2024/2025
CZK 230 000 per academic year 2025/2026
CZK 215 603 per academic year 2024/2025
CZK 230 000 per academic year 2025/2026
CZK 215 603 per academic year 2024/2025
CZK 230 000 per academic year 2025/2026
More information about the tuition fee:
Terms of payment and refund:
Students receive Decision with prescribed tuition fee after enrolment to each semester, with instruction for payment. The cases when the student is supported by third institution, that pays the tuition fee directly to DAMU, are dealt individually with Academic Office. Fees should be paid by bank transfer.
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