Gain students from the and Slovakia Universities are using National Comparative Exams (NCE) in their admission process.

A chance to address Outstanding students tens of thousands of applicants The NCE are attended by as many as 40 000 students You can gain outstanding students with excellent apti- applying to universities and colleges in the Czech Re- tude to study at a university. The NCE results are used public and Slovakia every year. We communicate with by 60 faculties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. them all through the year and will let them know about Many participants will appreciate the chance to use your university as a user of NCE. their result at a foreign university.

No extra cost for the university or the applicants

NCE results are recognised internationally ￭ One in three faculties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia use NCE About Scio as their entrance exams, including the most prestigious Scio is an independent compa- (f.e. 's and ). ny, active in the field of educa- ￭ The exams are taken by 30–40 000 Czech and Slovak university tional measurement since the applicants every year. year 1996. ￭ The number of faculties using NCE grows every year. Scio is a member of the respec- ￭ The most frequently used test is the General Academic Prerequisites ted association AEA-E (Associa- test (GAP), which is similar to the SAT Reasoning test. tion for Educational Assessment ￭ Concurrent Validity Of The SAT and The GAP Europe) We are continually observing the correlation of SAT tests and the Scio cooperates with ETS (pro- GAP test. The correlation coefficient describing the link between vider of GRE, SAT, TOEFL and other exams). the tests' results reaches around 0,761 for the entire exam, thus denoting a very strong correlation. Scio works within the A more detailed study: www.scio.cz/english/gap.asp. quality management system ISO 9001:2008.

Faculties using NCE (year 2013)

CZECH REPUBLIC ◾ Faculty of Electrical Engineering ◾ Faculty of Humanities ◾ Faculty of Forestry and Environ. ◾ Faculty of Economics and Manage- Charles University Prague ◾ Faculty of Information Technology ◾ Faculty of Manag. and Economics ◾ Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and ment ◾ Faculty of Social Sciences University of Technology Brno ◾ Faculty of Applied Informatics Nat. Res. University of Zilina ◾ Faculty of Law ◾ Faculty of Electrical Engineering Silesian University Technical University of ◾ Faculty of Management and Masaryk University Brno and Communication ◾ School of Business Administration ◾ Faculty of Sciences, Humanities Informatics ◾ Faculty of Social Studies ◾ Faculty of Information Technology ◾ Faculty of Philosophy and Science and Education ◾ Faculty of Special Engineering ◾ Faculty of Economics and Admin. ◾ Faculty of Civil Engineering ◾ Faculty of Public Policies Comenius University in Bratislava ◾ Faculty of Informatics Palacky University VSB-Technical Univers. of SLOVAK REPUBLIC ◾ Faculty of Math, Physics and University of West Bohemia Pilsen ◾ Faculty of Law ◾ Faculty of Economics University of Presov Informatics ◾ Faculty of Law ◾ Faculty of Science ◾ Faculty of Safety Engineering ◾ Faculty of Humanities and Natural Constantine the Philosopher Uni- ◾ Faculty of Economics J. E. Purkyne Univers. in Usti n/L. ◾ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Sciences versity in Nitra ◾ Faculty of Applied Sciences ◾ Faculty of Education ◾ Faculty of El. Eng. and Comp. ◾ Faculty of Management ◾ Faculty of Social Sciences and ◾ Faculty of Electrical Engineering Science ◾ Faculty of Arts Health Care ◾ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering ◾ Faculty of Forestry and Wood University of Slovak Univers. of Technology Pavol J. Safarik Univers. in Kosice University of Economics in Prague Technology ◾ Faculty of Public Administration Bratislava ◾ Faculty of Science ◾ Faculty of Economics and Public ◾ Faculty of Business and Economics University of South Bohemia ◾ Faculty of Informatics and Inf. Matej Bel University in Banska Admin. ◾ Faculty of Regional Develop. and ◾ Faculty of Economy Technolog. Bystrica ◾ Faculty of Inform. and Statistics Int. Stud. ◾ Faculty of Biological Sciences ◾ Faculty of Architecture ◾ Faculty of Humanities ◾ Faculty of Management ◾ Institute of Lifelong Education Czech University of Life Sciences Slovak University of Agriculture University of Veter. Medicine and Czech Technical Univers. in Prague Tomas Bata University Zlin Prague in Nitra Pharmacy in Kosice Gain new applicants! How to do it?

Does your university accept various admission criteria? For example the International Baccalaureate, SAT and TOEFL exa- minations, your own entrance exams, etc.? Why not include the NCE results for Czech and Slovak applicants? The admission criteria may be formulated as follows: Czech Republic and Slovak Republic: Applicants with an NCE-GAP certificate will be accepted. The condition is reaching a percentile of over 50 (to 90 – depending on how attractive the faculty/course is) Percentile A percentile states what percent Advantages: of particpants performed worse ￭ a chance for Czech and Slovak students who take NCE in the examination. ￭ a chance to directly address tens of thousands of Czech and Slo- Tests are set up as CRT tests, vak university applicants therefore the average amount ￭ a chance to gain students with excellent aptitude of correct answers fluctuates around 50 %. The percentile level needed for Do you offer advantages to the best applicants? admission can be set to match Can the best applicants study without a fee? Can they receive a the attractiveness of the univer- stipend or other advantages? sity or faculty. Some universities allow students who gained an excellent score in the NCE to study free of charge or offer them other advantages, for NCE example a stipend. ￭ GAP - General Academic Pre- requisites The admission criteria may be formulated as follows: ￭ English Language Czech Republic and Slovak Republic: The three best applicants with ￭ German Language an NCE-GAP certificate may study free of charge in their first year. ￭ Mathematics Their percentile must be 90 or higher. ￭ Humanities ￭ Biology Advantages: ￭ Chemistry ￭ a chance to directly address tens of thousands of Czech and Slo- vak university applicants The GAP test is taken by most ￭ a chance to gain students with excellent aptitude university applicants in the ￭ students are motivated to apply Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Test GAP (General Academic Prerequisites) Will you use NCE ? The following skills are tested: 1. Contact us. We will help you formulate the admission criteria for ￭ Verbal section: Czech and Slovak participants. We are ready to visit you. comprehending long texts and 2. During every academic year we will automatically and repeatedly their interpretation, distingui- inform all Czech and Slovak applicants about the option of studying shing subtle differences in mea- at your university or faculty. ning between words, coming to 3. The validity of an NCE certificate can be checked online at: correct conclusions www.scio.cz/certificate.asp ￭ Analytical section: logical reasoning, analysing and woking with data, critical thinking Stay in touch with us: ￭ Quantitative section: working with numbers, values, Marian Golis charts and spread sheets, ele- www.scio.cz, s.r.o. [email protected] Pobrezni 34 gsm: +420 732 622 598 mentary mathematical skills 186 00 Prague 8 www.scio.cz/en