Czech Universities vs U.S. Universities

[@DreamPrague]

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[@FalkonNightsdale]

I know, it's not the intended result, but thanks for info about that gathering…😅 I live nearby and those huge parties always mean a lot of shouting at midnight and mess and vomit everywhere…🥺 I'll try to be elsewhere at that day…

[@Potkanka]

I always thought it sounded cool to have a campus like in the US, but when you described how isolated it is, I guess I'm glad that we don't have that in Prague. Although it can be a little stressful to run into your class in a different building and having to cross the Old Town Square, zig zagging among tourists :D Well, at least it's funny remembering it now. And I have one great memory of leaving the last lesson of the day, it was an evening close to Christmas and there was a children's choir on the square singing carols. I stayed quite a long time to listen, the atmosphere was beautiful!

[@toruvalejo6152]

There is a university campus in Prague - in a way - Zemědělská univerzita (aka Hnojárna)... ;)

[@Potkanka]

@@toruvalejo6152 Innnteresting, I don't think I've ever been there!

[@Smortn]

​@@toruvalejo6152 teoretically we have more campuses- Albertov, ČVUT+VŠCHT v Dejvicích, VŠE ... but it is true that the one at Stodůlky is the most seperated and isolated...

[@toruvalejo6152]

@@Smortn Then Jewish town riverside would also have to be considered as campus - from Curie sqare till Umprum at Palach square.

[@exander77]

@@Smortn That's not a campous in US sense. It is just that there are university buildings close together.

[@rakusanpavel]

Vzdělání na českých školách není zdarma, ale funguje na základě solidarity všech občanů, aby měl úplně každý student bez ohledu na majetek a původ stejnou šanci na získání vzdělání. Ve své podstatě to je sociální systém, který zabezpečuje a chrání děti od mateřské školy, prvního stupně, druhého stupně, středního vzdělání a VŠ vzdělání až do produktivního věku, kdy začnou všichni lidé na základě solidarity podporovat mladé.

[@kolomaznik333]

V první větě máte pravdu, ale zbytek souvětí i komentáře už je jen ukázka toho co do vás český systém nalil, propagandu. To je hlavní účel českého vzdělávacího systému, ochrana sebe sama. Už tři sta let je to o tom vychovat poslušné vojáky, úředníky a dělníky (prostě „kolečka“) pro systém. Pro udržení toho všeho pak do nich od mala (protože děti jsou nejméně odolné manipulaci) vkládá ochranu sebe sama (systému) a straší je jakoukoliv alternativou. O solidaritu se nejedná a ani nemůže, už z definice. Obdobně snové představy o ochraně a zabezpečení dětí bez ohledu na majetek a původ. Tohle funguje někde v přestavách podobně smýšlejících soudruhů, v realitě ale nikoliv.

[@panVajicko]

@@kolomaznik333 další co prohlédl :D

[@amunak_]

Ono je to založené na logice prospěchu pro všechny. Náš systém je nastavený tak, že když se narodí další Einstein do té nejchudší rodiny, tak i ten má šanci se řádně vzdělat a posunout klidně celé lidstvo někam kupředu. Není a nemá to být jen privilegium bohatých jak se flákat před produktivním věkem a získat podporu pro budoucí zaměstnání. A těží z toho ve výsledku všichni.

[@ingridlaskova8526]

@@amunak_ A kam dopředu?

[@xsc1000]

@@kolomaznik333 Vyplodil jsi pěkný ideologický blábol hodný ceny v republikánských listech :-)

[@PetrSojnek]

Well the etiquette of exams is strictly depending on professor. On Matfyz (natural sciences faculty of Charles University), we had a professor that HATED formality. In exam time, you could see suits everywhere... only in front of an office of this particular professor there was a bunch of people in shorts and t-shirts. I have experienced first hand when my co-student came in suit. Professor told him to take off the top before he even entered office... when he was leaving office, he was in his underwear holding his suit in his hands :D But I guess most universities have these quirky characters :) Oh and he passed the exam, so professor was not like spiteful, he was actually quite fair, just a little eccentric I guess :D

[@shadymedic]

Based professor.

[@98michalv98]

Jsem rád, že náš systém funguje jinak než v USA. Mám vystudovaný bakalářský obor Chemie a technická chemie na Univerzitě Pardubice a momentálně pokračuji stále na Univerzitě Pardubice v magisterském oboru Inženýrství energetických materiálů. Ale představa, že se během studia chemie musím zabývat nějakou literaturou, historií, sociálními vědami a nevím čím ještě by mě naopak od studia odrazovala. A druhá věc jsou zmíněné finance. Představa, že dokončím magisterské vzdělání a okamžitě mám dluh 4 miliony Kč....., nic moc.

[@ingridlaskova8526]

Jejich college jsou spíš vyšší střední.

[@narashikamaru7995]

Souhlasím s tím, že plné školné by se platit nemělo. Nicméně, je zde obrovská možnost pro zisk peněz tak, že se budou platit nesplněné předměty. Ti dobří žáci by neplatili nic, méně zdatní třeba 3-5 předmětů, cena stejná jako na celoživotku, za mne to bylo 500 kč kredit. V prvních ročnících je mrtě studentů co jen zabírají koleje a berou od státu stipendia, zdravotní a válej se na kolejích.

[@antoninsebera152]

Ja si taky vzal pujcku 150 tisic ma vzdelani protoze rodice nemeli prachy. I tech blbych 150 jsem splacel jeste 4 roky po studiu. Nenasel jsem praci hned.

[@ristori2514]

@@narashikamaru7995 Jenže nesplněný předmět můžete mít i jako velmi dobrý student (u nás si předměty můžeme zapsat jen ze zájmu a neplnit atestace - to asi dost záleží na univerzitě, popř. fakultě). A ta stipendia nejsou nikterak vysoká, pokud vůbec nějaká; ubytovací stipendium je něco přes dva tisíce za čtvrt roku (jo, chápu, že když se to vynásobí počtem studentů, tak je to hodně). Studentům prvních ročníků nemusí být ani dvacet, tudíž je jasné, že mohou svou volbu přehodnotit. :-)

[@marcel5235]

Ona ale nezahrnuje kupní sílu... 4 miliony korun vyděláte ne v čistým ale hrubym za rok a půl v praci s medianem americké roční mzdy, pokud po škole jdete do států kde jsou absurdně vysoké náklady na život tak to máte za necelý rok... to je ekvivalent kolika, necelých 620 000 kč na naši kupní sílu? Tady většina absolventů je průmyslových nebo ekonomického směru, u nich takové pozice jsou od 60k ročně dolarů pro absolventy.. po zkušenostech tam mají 80k usd a víc.. třebas takový architekt tam má 110.. vyděláno to má zpátky za 4 roky a pak za dalších 10 už platí školu dítěti cash... funguje to tam prostě jinak Taky už nepoznamenala že polovina z nich je finanční hotentonc a pologramot, oni jedou nadluh všude a všichni ikdyž vydělají randál, jejich systém je to tak učí.

[@JustAfterJericho]

I think the thing with suits in exams can vary quite a lot even just between different faculties inside the Charles University - I'm stidying czech history at faculty of arts and suits and other ultra-formal clothes has never been necessary. You probably dress up a little, wear clothes just a little more formal than normally, but that's all.

[@Potkanka]

True, I studied Bohemistics there and guys wore like, a nice button down and some pants (maybe even jeans) for exams. But someone who studied at the faculty of medicine told me that some people were kicked out even because their shoes didn't colour-match with the rest of the outfit...

[@jindrichvoka9805]

Ono záleží na oboru. Na právní fakultě jde o to, že jako právník přijdete k soudu nebo budete jednat s klientem v kvádru, nikoliv oblečený jako metař nebo bezdomovec. A proto je to v určitých situacích vyžadováno. Zatímco třeba u vykopávek v Egyptě můžete být v košili.

[@dominikaaeriar]

There are big differences between the universities in Czechia nd even between faculties in a single university. For example I studied at Czech Technical University in Faculty of Informatics. Our first year of bachelor was general informatics+math, we chose our specialisation in second year, but we could still change it relatively easily later. Also our grades were mostly determined from our work during the semester and from written exams, only a few courses required oral exam and it was usually like the last 10% of the grade (often only when undecided from the written exams). The clothing for the exams was also mostly informal. I guess the law faculty is one of the most rigid.

[@slovak_in_asia]

same same BUT FIT, no suite and only one oral exam during whole study. Grade was determined by work during year on projects , and then at least 50% from final exam to pass.

[@akiraevil6682]

Perfect video...i live in Prague but I wouldn't say Prague is college city...i recommend to visit Brno or Olomouc for this topic...those are student cities. So perfect and much suitable for students. Nice universities with beautiful campuses.

[@MarvinCZ]

But that was the point, that students live in a normal city where everything isn't tailored for them, that it's not a college city.

[@chrisdunn1155]

I graduated in London and now live in Prague - if I had my time over I would definitely apply to Olomouc to study.

[@7kraska]

@@MarvinCZ Well but Brno for example definitely is a student city! It's great fro studying.

[@matuskriska8361]

​@@7kraska but I wouldn't want to interact with Brno people

[@jandavac]

Bachelors at Masaryk University in Brno, masters at University of Pardubice, both in Analytical Chemistry. Couldn't be happier with my choices (working in a company where I apply quite a lot of my knowledge) or with the system that didn't put me deep into debt. I agree that broader knowledge base is very useful, but that's what gymnasiums (or books and youtube videos) are for, university should be aimed from the beginning on the one subject you want to specialize in. At 19 most people are mature enough to choose an area that they want to work in.

[@Arch55567]

I hope you didn't study in Pardubice only, you should have put a tip on "veľká pardubicka" ticket.

[@platinumnexium7465]

"At 19 most people are mature enough" .....not in the States. ...."at 29 most people are mature enough...." MAYBE" - JUST A BIG MAYBE.

[@zofiak1784]

I understand the first two years of the US collage as the Czech (Slovak) gymnázium-a general prep and scoope of everything, on expense of other than academical skill (employbility )Even the levels of the begginer classes are on roughly the same level as better gymnázium.

[@AdelaPondelickova]

Ty ceny univerzit v USA jsou hrozný!! Pro nás Čechy nepředstavitelný. Na druhou stranu, aspoň si toho vzdělání víc vážíte, neberete to jako samozřejmost a nestane se potom, že by měl titul každý :) já studuju překladatelství angličtiny a francouzštiny v Brně ♥

[@ondrejragnarok65]

Vážit si vzdělání? Opravdu to tak vůbec není :) Právě mladá generace se vyznačuje tím, že studovat na univerzitách ani nechtějí, protože se nechtějí zadlužit. Hodně z těch co studovali se často nedostanou z chudoby, do jaké je studium uvrhlo. Opravdu minimum z těch co studovali si toho váží díky tomu, že za to museli opravdu hodně zaplatit. Je to spíš absurdita.

[@petul9090]

Neřekla bych, že to že si zaplatíte studium, tak se automaticky rovná - „vážím si toho víc“ ... i v ČR jsou školy, které si zaplatíte a osobně mi nepřijde, že by si toho studia vážili víc. Každopádně nevidím nic špatného na tom, že by měl titul „každý“ aspoň by byla společnost vzdělanější a bylo by to spíše ku prospěchu. :) Jinak bych nepodceňovala náročnost vysokoškolského studia, titul opravdu každý nezíská :). Buďme rádi za to, jak to u nás funguje snad se to povede udržet!

[@romanhalaksa1446]

Taky jsem si kdysi myslel, že studenti, platící nehorentní školné, se více snaží a vzdělání si váží. Teď dělám doktorát v Anglii a zjistil jsem, že to funguje úplně obráceně. Tím, že student přináší univerzitě tolik peněz se stává nevyhoditelným a naopak univerzita se přizpůsobuje, aby si ho tam udržela. Párkrát jsem tady opravoval písemky. Ty byly bodově stavěné tak, aby student prošel po zodpovězení jen naprostých základů. V laborkách jsou pak studenti naprosto nesamostatní až do posledního roku. Místo klasických laboratorních procedur dostávají obrázkové manuály jak pro předškoláky. Ale standardně je kolem 97 % úspěšných absolventů. To Češi se nerozpakují vyhodit půl ročníku, který na to nemá už po prvním semestru.

[@Smortn]

Poměr lidi s titulem vůči lidem bez titulu je velice malý... naopak vůči zemím 1. světa se vůbec nedá mluvit o tom, že by u nás měl titul každý - právě naopak máme málo vysokoškoláků vůči tomu kolik nás je...

[@Asdasxel]

Kéž by každý Čech byl studovaný a měl titul. Realita je ovšem trošku jiná. Každý opravdu titul v ČR nemá a mít nebude...

[@JanHurych]

I graduated VŠE (University of Economics in Prague) and we were sort of different from other czech universities. We also had to choose a major and minor (I even took my minor at a different faculty). We also took a lot of general courses for our bachelor part of the education, and the specialized courses were toward the end of it. Most of our courses were not just about the final exam but also about some projects, midterm exams or some papers we had to write during the courses. Every course had 100 point limit and the professor could make up any number of ways to get those points. .... Anyway, there were some similarities with the US system there. But I do suspect it was specific to our school.

VŠE is a bit of a different universe. :D My friends still don't understand the system.

[@Mart1n002]

This actually applies to most econ. universities as everyone have some mandatory courses. So no matter where you study, the first year or two are gonna be very similar for all programs, but the third year will differ based on your specialization. Be it VŠE or anything else.

[@Faustusful]

we call VSE highest highschool in our country :D

@@Mart1n002 Subjects might be similar but credit and coupon system is the weirdest part at VŠE 😀

@@Faustusful As I say, same for UK or ČZU, it depends on the faculty. VŠE may be a joke for people bcs of Ševčík and other morons in the system, ZČU is also viewed as uni for dumb people, but all in all, some programs are more difficult to study there than some others at UK or ZČU and vice versa. It's sad that some unis have such bad reputations that sometimes they make people feel worse than their friends bcs they chose them.

[@Iris_Bohemica]

Another perk of open campus like in Prague Charles Uni is that you have knowledge of useful places all around the city, some even after finishing school. Even as a student of one faculty, you can use whatever other faculty buildings. You always know where is the nearest toilet, where you can chill and take a nap (libraries), where to have a cheap meal, plus you have access to centralized university wifi in most of prague city centre. Plus some university buildings are beautiful inside (like academy of science library is epic). And the best thing about publically paid education is, that most universities are really open for public. If you want to attend lectures, you can just come, nobody will care or ask you anything, and you don't even have to be a student.

[@janslavik5284]

Wait, do Americans really wear pyjamas for their final exams? I thought that was some kind of joke 😆

[@DreamPrague]

hopefully not any more. but I definitely have 🙃

[@zdenarose600]

tak my jsme měli zkoušky půl na půl. Napřed prolézt písemnýma a pak zvládnout ústní. Vybavuje se mi jak jsem opakovala biochemii (uteklo mi to jen o pár bodů) a když jsme měli brainstorming na chodbě před kanceláří na možné otázky tak nám to šlo. Když jsme se dohadovali o fotosyntéze rostlin ani jsme si nevšimli, že profesorka vyšla a poslouchala nás. Zase mi chyběl jen jeden bod, ale pustila mě dovnitř a z "nedostatečné" (4-) jsem to obkecala na "velmi dobré" (2). Prostě na ústní se to dá uhrát😉

[@TommyRepulsed]

so in the US you pay big money to be taught by underpayed overworked graduate students and on top of that, It isn´t even a topic that will ever help you in your career? Honestly the more west you go, the more riddiculous I find the higher education. I was already put of by the focus on the extracurricular activities at the applications for british schools. Like, If I learned all the knowledge in middle school and passed all the exams, why am I expected to help out in a senior house as well?

[@davidrajchman7162]

Only Czech law faculties and maybe economy faculty reuquires suits to their exams, I stydy CTU and one of my profesors (big name) came in shorts and quite worn out t-shirt to my exam. That is another "good" thing, I am usally orally examed by those people who are teaching that subject so they know exactly what they should ask and you know their personalities quite well before the actual exam

[@chanterelle483]

I study on Faculty of Pharmacy in HK and we wear formal clothes to exams, too.

[@dalmajikkot90]

As someone with general anxiety disorder I would've paid extra for the option to have written exams only, oral exams always made my mind go completely blank 😅 I sweated and stuttered my way through each of them succesfully though 💪

[@zlutabrokolice]

I'm excited that we don't pay anything for studies (just living expenses). But on the other hand, because of it there are many people, who go to university and they are not really interested in studying. They just want to put aside adult worries and enjoy student life. (nothing against that, but the school itself doesn't really mean anything to lot of them). Is this different in America? When you pay so much money, you probably doesn't go studying just to prolong your youth. Also, because education is free, there are a lot of people who have a university degree... and the degree doesn't really mean that much anymore... when so many people have it (unless you're a medical doctor, lawyer or someone very technically specialized). I have master degree on Charles University and it means nothing to any employer (it is good only to academic career). Is it different in US? Is the university education big benefit? (I loved every minute on university and I didn't regret anything, but this is big "cons" that I see in our system).

[@jaroslavvitecek4970]

Mluvíte jen o Karlově univerzitě, což je humanitní univerzita. My co jsme prošli technickými univerzitami jsme to neměli tak jednoduché. Písemná zkouška z matematiky 1-5, statika, dynamika, mechanika, fyzika atd. probíhala hromadně v aule. Obory na katedrách samostatně v kanceláři docentů a profesorů. Vždy byla písemná a pak ústní zkouška. Flakat jsme se nemohli, jelikož jsme museli získat zápočty z předmětu, jinak bychom se nedostali ke zkoušce. Na technických univerzitách se to dělí na Fakulty, katedry, obory. Mám vysokou školu báňskou, fakultu strojní, katedru energetiky, obor Provoz a řízení en. strojů a zařízení. Univerzity máme zdarma, protože máme jiný sociální systém, v kterém všichni občani platí studenty. Státu odvádíme vyšší daně než v USA. Navíc si napřïklad technické školy vydělávají projekty v soukromé sféře, nebo zakázky státu, či znalecké posudky k soudu. U nás je dospělý člověk od 18. let, což znamená, že má veškerou zodpovědnost jak právní, tak i finanční. Pokud jsou u vás braní jako děti studenti univerzity, tak je to smutný. Jinak mluvíte pouze o vašich zkušenostech a realita je někde jinde. Na dálkové, nebo zahraniční studenty nejsou kladené takové nároky, jako na studenty prezenčního denního studia.

[@JKOT05]

3 lékařské fakulty: A my jsme vosk?

[@jaroslavvitecek4970]

@@JKOT05 hlavně jsem chtěl upozornit na ten problém rozdílnosti mezi videem a realitou. Ona to kreslí, že všichni se mohou proválet až k magistrovi. Samozřejmě LF není jednoduchá, to je možná z humanitních oborů nejtěžší.

[@JKOT05]

@@jaroslavvitecek4970 Co je na medicíně humanitního? To, že řeší člověka?

[@Arch55567]

A už ti povedal elektrikár, že uhlie ti bude akurát na škodu zdravia..? O ranovych baniach nehovoriac.

[@chanterelle483]

Medicína není humanitní obor a kromě toho, UK má taky matfyz a přírodovědnou fakultu.

[@charlotachimneysweeper6247]

I studied uni here in Olomouc and also in Salford in the UK. That was more college like experience, closer to US, very different to Czech. I liked it as I was there in my 5th year of study, so it was fresh and new and I loved the lectures that were way more interesting and interative than back at home university. I used a lot of what I learned there for my final thesis and it saved my ass during final oral state exam back in CZ. But I studied there as Erasmus student, so having to pay for my uni would be another story, in this perspective the CZ education system wins, of course.

[@ghe5669]

For the main focus, I bet the idea is that if you are spending all that money for the US education, you really don't want to have to redo it because you chose something you are not interested into anymore (it still happens tho). And about the oral exams - they are really a double edged sword and how good they are heavily depends on your professor. Quite often it happens that the professor will try to help you with their questions and they try to guide you towards the right, or at least somewhat satisfying, answer, but they can also be a bad teacher and just try to sink you down with their hard questions. Also you can be lucky to choose the only question(s) you know anything about. With written exams, you're just getting all the questions and that's it. No luck, no guide, no help and if the professor wants to, they can still put in the hard questions.

[@toruvalejo6152]

RU sure?! When our faculty started written exams almost half of the students in our class year were sent down (and taken back again next year - which put next class year in overpressure) because way they set "propper results" were so unclear and unfair that it was pretty random to pass... I myself lost one term just because of incompetence of examiner professor (and her superior supported her)!

[@MacGyver5AF]

Hi Jennifer, Sir_Mac here, as always! I picked my faculty and the field / subject almost by accident [librarianship and information science]... And it was one of the best decision I have made in my entire life. And as a bonus, I work in non-profit organization, as a content manager. I exactly do, what I've graduated from...

[@marskavols1073]

The Czech university system is set for professional success in Germany.

[@Mart1n002]

Not really tbh. German universities are superior to ours.

[@erongi23]

The US and Czech Universities are not comparable in terms of rankings. Indeed there are many countries university rankings which completely outclass the Czech Republic. Charles Universityis somewhere around 200 to 300 depending on which ranking you look at.Rankings are not infallible but give a broad indication of comparability with their peers. US is well up there ,of course,but so is,for example isthe UK with 4 universities in the world top ten. As a result of having many good universities the UK has ,currently,150000 Chinese students despite the high expense of their courses.So, for another example, is Singapore. For a country with a relatively small population ,much smaller than the Czech Republic,Singapore has excellent universities. Rankings and reputation are so important with universities. There is a not an important country without it having one or more of their universities in the top 100.

[@Mart1n002]

I absolutely agree, no matter what anyone says about rankings, they are a good indication of the quality one gets at each uni, this we should strive to have at least one uni in TOP 150 let's say. The sad thing though is, that Charles University is ranking between 300 - 400 as of now.

[@erongi23]

@@Mart1n002 Thank you for the reply. Czech Republic is insular and won't pay the necessary to employ suitable foreign academic subject staff to help push up the standards. It won't just happen on its own.China paid me and many others like me western rates of pay and a decent free apartment to work in Chinese universities. Xi Jinpings daughter, Xi Mingze, went to Harvard. They know how important is good education.

[@Mart1n002]

@@erongi23 Indeed, it is why I decided to drop out in Czech and moved to study abroad. Because are politicians care more about Czech Post than education and it shows. The teachers and the education system itself was beyond horrible.

[@PetrSojnek]

I have one more question if I may. Being in debt is bad... but can you actually get those student loans easily? As if, someone comes to bank and gets it? I assume there is something like university admission required or so.... but apart from that, they don't worry about you being able to pay it off?

[@Tom11Technik]

Universities in czech are not completly free, there is a limit how long it is free, but the cost is not that high as it is in USA

[@kolomaznik333]

It is not free because it is funded by the all TAXPAYERS (ie. forced by government). I do not know why people still repeat that lie about it "being free".

[@danieledallabattista9772]

Czech system rocks❤ (as an Italian studying in Brno at MU)

[@Professionalbsdetector]

That’s so nice to hear, I’m going to be studying there soon as well 🌸

[@danieledallabattista9772]

@@Professionalbsdetector any place has its pros and cons. I consider the place as the right one for me, just as the course and the university. It always depends on you. Overall I see most of people are satisfied♥️

[@hblock8361]

Ironic that oral exams are not a thing in the USA considering how loud and chatty they are 😂

[@DreamPrague]

Moc děkuji @hblock8361 za sdílení! Naprosto souhlasím, máte pravda! 😂

[@vaclavkrpec2879]

I studied at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University in Brno, 1997-2003 (Informatics means Computer Science). And since the faculty was the youngest one, including the professors (and everybody knows it's simply _impossible_ to force IT people into a suit ;-)), we actually had a kind of informal exception from the besuited exams, even at the Faculty of Natural Science (Informatics is a formal field, so we had a lot of mathematical classes, taught by professors from the Department of Mathematics of the FNS MUNI). And we often took the exams together with the mathematics and physics students---who were indeed wearing suits. We came in sandals, shorts and t-shirts in the spring semester... :-)

[@katybechnikova2821]

Czech universities maybe do better job preparing people for real world job market but they still don't a good enough job. I have to switch my field to IT because there are no biology jobs in my area. Nobody told us.

[@ChamiJayVlogs]

hi what is your field of study??

[@katybechnikova2821]

@@ChamiJayVlogs Biology?

[@arandomlanguagenerd1869]

Great video! *Czech:* V ČR chodí na univerzity studovat méně lidí než v USA i přesto že tam se za to platí a tady ne. U nás jsme kulturně nastaveni vidět univerzitní vzdělání jakožto něco skutečně odborného, akademického, ale v USA je to více méně nutností pro to získat jakoukoliv práci. Vezměte si že se svému skutečnému oboru věnují pouze rok až dva zatímco mi tři roky v kuse. *English:* In my opinion, we here in Czechia think of Uni-education as a truly academic thing. Despite it being free, fewer High School "graduates" continue and go to university here than they do in the US. I think that is because in the US you perceive college education as more of a necessity and, unless you're doing a masters, not an academic affair in the true sense. PS: Did you study your law masters in Czech or English? I assumed English until I heard that a Supreme Administrative Court judge taught you. Also, if you're comfortable with saying that on the internet lol, what do you think of the professors there? Any favorites, any you disliked?

[@veronikabenesova5133]

Mně přijde, že v US je college spíš jako u nás střední škola. Když jsem se bavila s lidmi z US a ptala jsem se například, co na jejich high school brali, u nás se tohle bralo v 8.-9. třídě, viz právě třeba i SATs - příjímačky na vysokou. Takže potom vlastně i chápu to, že na vejšce je pak velká různorodost těch předmětů a major se vybere až v průběhu studia.

[@Mart1n002]

​@@veronikabenesova5133 Oni mají různé úrovně, takže třeba matiku můžeš studovat na úrovni 1, ale také na úrovni 3. Takže ti nejlepší se posouvají rychle kupředu, zatímco ti slabí se neztratí, protože postupují pomalu. A pak jsou zase ti slabí v matice skvělí v dějepisu a ten studují na nejvyšší úrovni. High school je normální střední škola, jen tě může připravit daleko lépe, než naše gymply i o něco hůř + se tam nedělá moc teorie, tak možná proto ti to tak přišlo, oni se učí ty znalosti aplikovat a dělají hodně projektů.

[@arandomlanguagenerd1869]

@@pavlarybarova537 tak sem s ním ne : D

[@Mart1n002]

@@pavlarybarova537 Tak to by mě fakt zajímalo, na jaké high-school vaše děti studovali a jaké si volily předměty. Jinak samozřejmě máte pravdu, americké školy chrlí naprosté idioty... a proto je to nejbohatší ekonomika světa a jejich děti ve vyspělých státech se umísťují na první příčky celosvětových žebříčků zkoumající znalostní i sociální dovedností.

[@Mart1n002]

@@pavlarybarova537 Je to nejbohatší ekonomika světa, takže i přes celosvětovou recesi si prostě dobře vede. Jinak mi stále chybí stát/název té školy, protože naprostá většina má nesrovnatelně vyšší úroveň než ty naše.

[@aliciaz]

I went to university in Slovakia that's pretty similar to the Czech ones - industry specific (no oceanography or literature :) ) and free. And a lot of fun too. My daughter studies at a Canadian university which has a campus similar to the US one, but she's not forced to take unrelated courses - she's doing engineering and has enough to do in her area of study. She will end up with some student loans, but she was able to get some grants and scholarships + work during summer so she won't be drowning in debt

[@Spikus74]

As much as I love the US, I have to say that the US "pay to win" education system really sucks.

[@libork.5323]

Hello Jen, Well, I like what you said ... However, during my time it was also a bit different. Yes, the University was free, but we had to perform to the Professor's standards. And each Professor had a different standard as well .... rrssss Just imagine "Technical University in Brno" we started over 1300 students and finished 264 ! I will never forget this number. Can you see something like that here in the USA ??? I can tell you so many stories about our exams from 40 years ago ...., oh

[@xsc1000]

Úmrtnost 80%. To není nic hrozného, to jsou drsnější školy.

[@MarvinCZ]

That's one of the problems of US colleges. For them, a student is a bag of money. Their goal is to keep them at the school and paying, not ensuring a good quality of education.

[@aliciaz]

same here - Chemicko-technologicka fakulta STU - about 70% of students didn't survive the first year

[@Mart1n002]

@@MarvinCZ You’re delusional. In US, most universities rank way higher than the best ones in our country. And pretty much on the first page of many, you’ll find that vast majority actually finishes on time.

[@MarvinCZ]

@@Mart1n002 I'm sure they finish in time, the point is many of them don't deserve to even get past first year.

[@KiaPi2012]

I think Czech system same as in other European countries and Universities here in Southern African countries too. You start your major from day one. At my University in particular (MSU) you could still "shop" for Modules from other Departments or in other Faculties but your major was chosen from day one.

[@janmarek971]

I love the accesibility to education in Czechia, but our system is far from perfect. Firstly, there are loads of people leeching the system by enroling to uni only to evade paying social insurance and never showing up. Also you would be surprised how much universities compete for students AND even these leechers since they are getting funds per head and thus the "easier" and more passable get loads more funding than those which have higher standards. Lastly this means that some universities try to enroll more students they can handle and then get rid of them with some absurdly difficult exam that is often completely unrelated to their field.

[@katka5155]

oblek u zkoušky je prostě proto, aby mladí lidé přistupovali ke studiu vážně, aby pochopili, že studium a titul není jenom o té zkoušce, ale o celkovém vzhledu studenta, atd. Podporuje to zodpovědnost za sebe sama a vyzrálost. Alespoň by mělo. Na studium má prostě každý právo, chudý i bohatý. Nemůže se studium stát jenom výsadou bohatých.

[@johnnyz.9684]

Again and again I'm so happy for where I was born and where I live. The heart od the Europe.

[@TilfEye007]

Ofc it's pleasant for foreigners to study in the Czech Republic when Czech citizens pay for their studies.

[@xTeeak]

I would not say that the cost of education in Czech is free, not by a long shot .. yes you do not physically pay to the universities (if you dont choose to study in a private university like I did, because the major I wanted to study is not ofered in public universities) but! all czech citizens pay waay waay bigger taxes than people in US .. and I really mean waaay bigger more/less half of our income goes back to the state to redistribute to things like healthcare, education, infrastructure etc. .. and if you pay for college yourself (like I did) you still pay the same ammount of your salary to the state, so, you may not have a colege debt, but you still do not earn nearly as much as you would in US for the same work .. and on top of that, you will pay and pay for the rest of your working life no matter how expensive your actual school debt was :) .. .. the "kill shot" is that people in their thirties who already work and pay into the system will never see the benefit of their contribution to the system when they need to retire .. even now the system is barely functioning and our retirement age is currently around 72 and is rising every year of two .. yes, everyone can save their own money as well, but that is not what the system promised in the past and still is kinda trying to sell itself as to young people .. tbh saying the universities in Czech are free is very inacurate :)

[@whealtea]

About that formal clothing for exams.. Most of people are kinda used to it, because when you have oral exams at your high school graduation, you also have to wear formal clothes. As one of my high school techers used to say: At university, you can have this small maturita every semestr so get used to it :-). I studied and have a bachelor degree in history from Ostravská Univerzita. As far as oral exams went, I´ve always have one teacher who examined me (the one who was also teaching that particular class). And I have to say I´ve always prefered oral exams before the written ones. I suck at writing, but when it comes to talking, I´ve almost always found a way to talk myself into the topic :-). Even if it meant praise my proffesors a little :-).I´ve had a few writing exams too, but I suffer through them. Yes, when your proffesor was absent in spirit, you can try to inconspicuously comunicate with others, but that was rare. I think I would die on US Unis. All that writing? And taking classes I hate? No thank you. I loved that I could study one specific subject and put all of my energy in to it and that I didn´t have to stress myself with natural sciences like chemistry or math (which I hate)...

[@Faustusful]

depend on not everywhere you need formal clothing

[@jiblyjably]

Do you have any connections with Charles that maybe able to help me? I've reached out to their international office twice and they haven't gotten back to me. I'm a masters of social work student in the US wanting to get out of the country for a bit and I'm wanting to take a course one the summer.

[@Paerigos]

Did you have to choose the ugly lawyers college? The thing should be demolished to have much nicere Faculty for nuclear sciences and physical engenieering thats behind it show up. Its also much more useful!

[@1dbbs]

Drahá Jen, musím moc poděkovat za setkání a společnou fotografii u Vinohradského divadla. Oba jste skvělí moc milí a za to krásné setkání Vám děkuji a omlouvám se , pokud Vám to bylo nějak nepříjemné že jsem Vás oslovil takto na ulici. Věřte ale že pro mě to bylo naprosto fascinující Vás vidět a zjistit, že jste opravdu tak pohodoví jako Vás vidíme ve videích. Ještě jednou děkuji za Váš čas a ochotu.

[@DreamPrague]

Milý Vojtěchu, ráda jsem Vám poznala! Děkuji, že sledujete moje videa a že jste si našli čas a pozdravili mě na ulici! Přeji krásný den.

[@SpiderCafe]

Hi Do you guys own a car? I got a job offer in Prague. I’m originally Czech and my wife is American, living in LA

[@DreamPrague]

Yea we do own a car but we only use it when traveling outside of Prague. For the first 4 years we didn’t have a car and we didn’t miss it!

[@Youda00008]

I don't think it's fair to compare everything to Charles University, because lot of the things you described as the "Czech system" differ from uni to uni and does not apply for example to CVUT where i studied.

[@DreamPrague]

yes, you're right - I tried to point out that this was only my experience. Also not all American universities are like the ones I attended!

[@TvrdakTom]

Well not all professions are immediately independent after graduating Uni. Many professions needed experiences for getting stamp authorisation. It's like law you start studying law at 20 and study could be finished at 30.

[@sydneydve]

Neni pravda, že zkoušky v ČR jsou pouze ústní. Oblíkat se formálně je potřeba jen na ty ústní. Taky neni pravda, že v ČR nejsou kampusy. V Praze ne, ale třeba v Pardubicích jsem v neděli večer přijela na kampus a tam byla do čtvrtku odpoledne, kdy jsem jela domu.

[@dominov]

At most Czech universities oral exams are usually just 20-40% of the maximum points and sometimes they're not mandatory if you are happy with minimal grade.

[@Nhkg17]

Yep, I didn't study theory, so when I didn't get enough credits after the written part, which consisted mostly of practical stuff, I had to take the exam again. Another big difference is that there are 3 attempts for each exam in the Czech Republic...

[@oldadajbych8123]

@@Nhkg17 3 attempts theoretically (historically) - but there needs to be much more these days to get more than 5% of students to 2nd grade.

[@luckaprochazkova8498]

On CTU there is lot of tutorials lead by PhD or master students. Also - suits only for the final exams :D

[@martindrab4298]

Thank you for your video as always. This time, I think some of your observations are a bit specific to the law school you attended. This, Let's share my university experience (computer science/software engineering at Faculty of Mathematics of Physics of Charles University). Suits -- they were not necessary at all. Of course, we were wearing them when attending our first exams but relaxed afterwards. Then, I usually opted for a representative shirt, jeans and more representative boots and that was it. I suppose dresscode was strict for law students since lawyers need to use every trick to look smart and clever :-). Exams -- our exams were usually semi-oral. About twenty of us entered the classroom, everyone got a question and 5-15 minutes to prepare notes about the topic. After oral discussion, the teacher asked another question and the process repeated. We were done after about 2-3 questions depending on our performance. THis usually took about 1-2 hour but I also experienced semi-oral exams taking about 5 hours (when teachers were hesitant about the final grade). Some exams were two-step -- written (to filter out the most miserable students) and oral (mostly along the ways described in the video). In some cases, the final grade was also influenced by tests taken in the middle of the course and also how well you did the homework. Actually, some courses were nearly entirely based on doing homeworks -- teachers provided the theory and we then applied it outside the class. In such cases, there usually was no exam (although the course consisted of theoretical stuff as well as of labs) and the whole grade was derived from the homework performance. Teachers usually said "well, you can attend an exam if you wish bit it is not necessary in most cases", or "the exam is REALLY REALLY difficult, thus, you absolutely do not wish to take it, belive us, do the homework properly instead" :-). Practical stuff -- my faculty was focused on the theory a lot and although there were some practical courses (including legendary one where our task was to develop an operating system in small groups -- the course no longer exists in its initial/pure form), it was best to find a part-time job and explore the reality ourselves. This is NOT a criticism, I actually preferred this way over having too many practical courses since this fields changes quite a lot in shorter timeframes.

[@livingwikipedia1952]

Thank you for your answer. I'm going to study computer science at MATFYZ next year and your answer really helped me.

[@lightyear5890]

is 3 gpa compulsory for graduate studies like in usa?

[@pavelkrsek]

From what I know, the study in the Law Faculty of Charles University is not typical for the study organization and examination at other Czech universities. Mainly teachers/professors in technical universities work much more with students during the term and work during the term is much more important for classification.

[@DreamPrague]

Thank you for this feedback! I'm sure its different in every fakulty.

[@czdejv21]

Nice comp. and i did, graduated high school in chicago and started college in chicago, did only 2 semestrs, cause with out scholarship or financial support it was little over $5500 a semester, so there went my college, so can relate to what you saying, i could of have a college degree but had to work full time to pay of the 2 semseters that i took and at the end had to drop out...

[@MajklAstarin]

Couldn't you take a loan then?

[@czdejv21]

@@MajklAstarin No, i was on visitors visa and it was expired for 4 years..and it was different times then than now...and with out having u.s.a papers or some credit history, nobody would give you anything, but it is what it is, im not complaining, got to learn lot of other stuff (works) over the years, tha i probably wouldn't have if i finnished college...

[@ariatloakstan]

I would like to point out that not all exams are oral. That really depends on the field of study and professor. Obviously, they make a ton of sense for a lawyer, talking is their job. But as a chemistry student, I'd say only about 10% of my exams were oral, the rest were on paper. Also, I never dressed up for a single exam and many of my professors showed up in shorts and t-shirts xD

[@DreamPrague]

Thanks for this feedback Anna, I'm sure it's different in every field.

[@7kraska]

I am a last year law student in Brno and I am not able to say if we had more written or oral exams. Many of them even were combined, so you had a written test first and then oral exam if you passed the written test.

[@martinsnobr3575]

We also have more „American style" Campus in Prague. It's located in Dejvice, but it is still much incorporated into the city.

[@davidadamek9689]

Czech universities are not free, they are just paid by people (from the wast majority) who do not study in them and do not enjoy the benefits of it. The idea behind the financing of this system is that graduates (on average) earn more money a thus pay higher taxes contributing more to the state finances, but it is important to consider that this also means that students who choose to leave the country or take jobs they do not need their degrees for are net loss for the whole system. Not to mention alumni pay taxes on the basis of how much they make, not how much their degree costs meaning that more competent and hard working people pay more for the same degree than people who do not, I can hardly consider that fair. The main reason college loans in US are that expensive is the government backing of loans which leads banks to lend to everyone because they do not bear the risks of students defaulting on their loans. That allows colleges to charge more in fees because everyone can afford to pay for it with loan. Colleges in US were much cheaper before government's backing of loans in the 1970s. Nonetheless in US you choose major that is more useful more demanded by labor market you can actually repay your loan much sooner than in your 40s.

[@Smortn]

When you wrote about people who get degree and then leave the country- dont forget that on other hand we have lot of people from other countries (like Kazachstan,Ukraine or Slovakia) which went to our country with degree... (or get degree here, but still our country didnt need to pay their heath care till their university, so they are cheaper educated people then czechs who studied here and stay here)

[@D.S.handle]

I guess the federal guarantee for students loans is a big plus for the people who would otherwise not able to afford their education.

[@jitkauhlirova1598]

Love you videos Jen but please do not call my country Czechia. ItCzech Republic. Not cesko. Thank you!

[@DreamPrague]

I will try my best to keep it official next time, @jitkauhlirova1598!

[@alexmarshall2198]

Jen, you lowballed the figure for the cost of American university. Our son has been accepted into a top university in the USA and he and we have committed to spending $80,000 a year for this, which includes room and board. The tuition alone is $59,000.

[@DreamPrague]

Alex that cost is truly insane. I hope that he gets a lot of value out of his education! Congratulations on him shooting for the stars.

[@antoninsebera152]

In czech republic you are not better prepared for jobs. You are on same level like other peoples here after simmilar school.. So it did not help you at all in reall :-D

[@Arch55567]

If 😊we listens to Dvorak maybe so just yours case.

[@tsevca]

My advantage was that only 3 of us graduated the masters program, so we didn't really need any alumni society to get in touch. I definitely prefer Czech university system, but being free also comes with one disadvantage. Many students drop out and start again. It's one thing to hang out, not care about the wasted money, when you're gonna pay for your mistake. But Czech kids do it for taxpayers' money. Don't take me wrong, I think it should stay free. When I studied, they talked about starting to charge tuition and the idea was that one would start repaying once they reach the average pay - something my original profession would never get. While the interest would grow and my kids would eventually inherit it. But if one person keeps dropping out of one university after another and keeps enrolling to avoid paying social, they should pay for it themselves.

[@ayauyqr]

Jsem z Kanady a jsem mluvil o této tématu s mojí českou učitelkou jazyka a byli jsme zmatení kvůli rozdílům.

[@HHcz]

"Mluvil jsem o tomto tématu" is the correct way to spell it.

[@kingo4415]

Už to, že dá dohromady smysluplno větu je úspěch. Nemusíš hned být rejpal kvůli složitýmu českýmu slovosledu.

[@alcupone6462]

It varies greatly across universities. From my experience Charles University is the most old school and different it can get. I'm at School of Economics and it is more American like.

[@safirak7988]

@@HHcz Zametla bych si před vlastním prahem, spelling nemá s konstrukcí věty nic společného...

[@HHcz]

​@@safirak7988 "To spell" může znamenat i "psát". A nechápu o co vám všem jde. Prostě jsem opravil někoho kdo se ten jazyk teprve učí.

[@toruvalejo6152]

Hi Jen, the Old Quibbler at your service once again! So U studied PFUK?! Then we R alumni! ;) But in my times only one professor was present in his office while sitting exam - no candles and two students examed simultaniously... Still - as U say - mortifying and unsettling experience. U must have been really good student if U managed to have three jobs while studying - I only had one. But despite the lack of modern textbooks the times were great - freedom (at last!) and joy (and some nerves at exams)! :D The link below says that registry is for foreign graduates or contemporary students - unfortunately I am not any of them (Czech graduate)... :( Thank U for reminder and for comparison anyway. ;)

[@Likosak]

To be honest, being former Czech Prague's Technical University student, I hated how we had two classes separated by half of the city with only 30 - 40 minutes to get to one building from the other. Professors closed our doors on us during math seminars and I remember how this affected my decision to change my university. It was extremely annoying to get stopped, for example by revisor, and then not making your class at time, especially when you had no other option but to take this class, because the others were taken by other students who happened to get better professors on the exams. I study at Brno, and definitely it was a change for the better. Really, it's a unique thing for students, to navigate across the city, getting lost, being punished for vague labeling... Anyone comes to Prague complaint about this. Being separated is one negative, but when I look, for example on Czech Agricultural University in Suchdol and their campus, I always envied the fact they had all their buildings in the closest vicinity, all nicely labelled.

[@ChelseaSteeb]

What about cheating?

[@stevenschwartzhoff1703]

Formally, in the US a university is a college with a graduate school attached to it. A college may also be a subdivision of a university. So, you may have a College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Education, a College of Music, etc. plus associated graduate schools which are all parts of the institution called a university. College is often more accurately translated into Czech as "Fakulta". "Being in college" (no article!) for most Americans means 4 years of undergraduate education. This leads to Americans after a while in the Czech Republic talking about their time "at/in THE university" as a strange interlanguage between British "at university" (no article) and American "in college."

[@narashikamaru7995]

Maybe i was miss that, youdid not touch of grants for students. As i know, in america you can study free if you are really good. There is a grand for talented students. In CZ you have 1500 kč( ten years ago on VUT Brno )per month when you have only A from exams. And what is common payment in America for mechanical engineer ? In CZ you lost over 30 000 USD for your friend which dont go tu university and start work after hight school. You need to 11 years for catch htem. When we paid for university and need next 15 years for depth, 11+15=26. Nobody will study university / college.

[@stepanmikolas4668]

Ahoj sleduji te z Prahy, a prijdes mi skvela, sleduji, te asi 5 let.. Napadlo me udelat video o smlouve "New Start'', smlove, kteriou, podepsal Obama s Putinem v Praze

[@DreamPrague]

Dekuji za sledovani, Štěpán!

[@dominikdangel6083]

I'm a Czech student pursuing my education in England. Your experiences with Czech universities are fascinating to hear about. I myself detest oral exams because they are so prone to being unfair, which is why I enjoy learning here. Our campus is located in the heart of London. As a result, you are imprisoned at the university but, as soon as you leave, you are in the city. Which, even without adding all the opportunities London provides for students, is incredibly advantageous. With a government loan, the university will eventually be free, but the expense of living in this area is abhorrent.

[@darinstejskalova6164]

this is a another new world! hello im from czechia i was born here i live here and my generation IS from here but im really interested in english i would i say i know it pretty well i get straight A's and i really enjoy it and thanks to english i dicovered a whole new world of the internet but THIS... THIS IS SOMETHING EVEN MORE SUPRISING people want to learn our language it is AMAZING and they're doing an Excellent and also a Brilliant job i'm 13years old and i know many of it from english at my age i know it since people say it and i know myself

[@vendulas.7243]

Bachelor and Master at Masaryk university and then another master at University of Göttingen followed by PhD in Nürnberg. Germany is the optimal choice. Uni Göttingen has a campus but it is very different compare to US, education is for free in English and majority of students work during their studies. In Cz students get more support and more structure, in Germany students are expected to be independent.

[@epav9423]

The scene of an oral exams with lit candles and professors sitting on a couch, sounds a bit romantic😅 But I didn't study at the Law Faculty, so I don't know. In VŠCHT (Chemistry university) we had only 1 oral exams, the rest were written. But I did appreciate flexibility of planning my exams - I could literally pick dates among many suggested! And an extra benefit of being a student in Czechia - you get amazing discounts for public commute and trains. 5 years ago I would pay for a yearly public transport ticket approx. 40 euros. And traveling across the country by a train for 2 euros. Miss those times❤

[@polachelliot91]

What a coincidence; You guys both went to school for law in Czechia: I'm a Czech man but was born and raised in Southern California but am now a Hoosier (southern Indiana resident) who's currently pursuing a juris doctorate here, likely either at Notre Dame or Purdue. I wish I had the resources to study in Prague instead.

[@PCr4zy]

English only majors in OSTRAVA!!! ??? WHAAAAAT?

[@amyv7901]

Czech uni education is NOT 100% free!!! You have usually 4 years to finish you bachelor and 3 years to finish masters degree (or 6/7 years if you directly study for masters degree). It's the "recommend lenght of study" plus 1 year. After that you have to pay for each extra semestr it takes you to complete your study, but these prices aren't unbereable and you can usually pay it off in less then a year (depends on the study programm). Most students don't need it, but it's good to remember it. Also if you change your study (or fail), the free period doesn't restart, it still counts the time from your previous study.

[@noamnatashagol6980]

Thank you for all that info! I’m starting in Charles in October after declining to a crazy expensive university in the US. I’m going to do my MA in media and society and that was super helpful and calming! Now I’m sure I did the right choice! Does anyone in the comments knows how many days a week am I going to study?

[@igorbukovy4313]

Yeah, I went on 2 universities and failed. I was lazy to study. :)

[@martinajurickova5750]

Professors: idk about Czechia, but in Slovak the system is research oriented. Uni employees get a state guaranteed "chart" payment, but the amount of money the faculty/university receives for basic functioning is dependednt on the amount of research grants the employees are able to get and the number of publications published in a given year. Thus if employees want to keep their job, they have tu publush as much as possible and that is why teaching job/quality is secondary to them....because it is irrelevant in view of the state funding. They dont get paid for the quality of their teaching. unis receive just a specific sum for the number of students enrolled. And there the state's interest in their education ends. It would be much better if we had the dual system like in US, that part of the employees are teaching focused and part research focused and the work of both wpuld be reflected in the amount of funding the uni gets from the state.

[@antoninbart]

Vladomira? Couldn't you come up with at least a slightly Czech name? all you had to do was look at the calendar, accidentally point your finger. do you really need to invent?

[@Veronica-lc8wm]

Really interesting to watch! I'm Slovak, our country neighbours with Czech republic and as you might know we used to be one country during most of the 20th century (from 1918 untill 1993) then it got dissoluted and it became two separate states Czech republic and Slovak republic. :) so we have quite a lot in common, and university system is quite similar too, we do not pay thousands of dollars to attend university as in the US as you've mentioned. I study for bachelor's degree now, in my second year. We only pay for accommodation at the dormitory and we have an option to have lunch in canteen which I do. That's like all we pay for, from time to time I need to buy a book if it's not available in library but that does not happen really often. And what field do I study? translation studies (combination of Slovak and English language). So we have subjects including language grammar itself (phonetics, morphology, lexikology, syntax....) literature, history for both Slovak and English. Even this semester we have both English literature and subject called "Dejiny a reálie anglicky hovoriacich krajín" last year we had history and cultural specifics of UK now US history and cultural specifics. And funny thing is I personally had presentation about US school system :D Ive presented it last week. I was explaining all from so called "k-12", then grading system (GPA), SAT's ACT's to top US universities, inclusing their prices and I've even covered basics about the loans... and interestingly my classmate covered health system and we all were shocked even speechless when they told us for example that in US one shot of insulin costs around 100$ and people pay hundresds dollars to give birth in hospital... this topic was kind of upsetting but on the other hand there were other things about US that were just great :) also (not so) funny thing about this subject is that we do our presentations about all these different cultural specifics but for exam we just got an ebook to study all the US history (literally from the times when Christopher Columbus first came to America, not actually knowing it's a new continent- that's chapter one up to almost present day. Currently, me being a great student as I am and studying seriously :D I was reading the part about WWII and it was covering so much more from the Pacific theatre. When we studied WWII on high school it was so interested on what was going on in Europe... and honestly when it comes to written and oral exams we do both. Depends on teacher and on subject. In these two years I've written plenty of essays, made couple of presentations and we also had exams both written and some oral :) then we have subjects solely considering translation. We even had subject where we received a text every week and translated it and analysed in class. Now we have more like theory of translation, methodics. And next semester we will be back to out sweet practical translation 😁 plus we will be having first interpreting classes (translation is written, interpreting is with spoken speech) and plus bachelor thesis next year so it is going to be quite a productive year I expect 😁😁

[@cinstinasrenatou]

I studied at Charles University, at the Faculty of Arts, I liked being in the city center for my classes, but found it annoying travelling far to get food or for compulsory P.E. class (which I think is ridiculous to have compulsory P.E. class at uni)... I did my master's at uni in China, where everything is also on the campus so you don't have to leave - there was everything. It has some advantages for sure... In China you also have to pay, for some people in China the tuition is still too high, but in comparison with the US prices it's cheap.

[@pjaro77]

Ja som študoval techniku - elektro/informatika. U nás sú často nazvané technické univerzity, aj keď to univerzity reálne nie sú, v USA majú meno technologické inštitúty - MIT, Caltech... Kto ide na takú školu, mal by mať predstavu od začiatku, čomu sa chce venovať. Ocenil by som aj porovnanie týchto škôl. V dobe keď som študoval , boli tie naše dosť zaostalé a podfinancované, ešte sa len zbierali z doby socializmu. Ako je to s praxou na amerických technických školách? Spolupráca študenti - firmy a podobne.

[@jaroslavmencl9543]

Jen, what exactly does mean "in my country"? :) And oceanography reminded me "I studied 19th centrury french poetry" scene from Groundhog Day :)

[@PCr4zy]

..., also I really Really REALLY hope the university/campus opening-joke was just a joke, since both of those "campuses" are actually pretty important landmarks with different purpose.

Oh, I think you should say Türkiye in English instead of Turkey.

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

You studied Law at CUNI??? Mee too... 😁Just two semesters, 3 kids and job, kinda above my capacity...😐

[@vaclavstep4691]

Vzdělávání v ČR není zdarma ale platí ho za studenta stát do určitého věku a doby studia, na bakalářské studium to jsou 4 roky (3+1 kdyby opakoval nebo měnil studium). Tím že to platí stát tak pak do studia zasahuje tím co si myslí, že je dobré a co si myslí že dobré není, tudíž pak může vznikat problém že univerzita chce učit určitý předmět jedním způsobem ale stát mu přes akreditační úřad řekne ne.

[@hanadvorakova5604]

Jen drobnost, zdarma je pouze jedno studium, resp. 2 pokud je studujete zároveň. A i v rámci toho jednoho studia, pokud překročíte stanovenou délku studia o více než rok, tak budete platit ;-)

[@tiktak3559]

History and Oceanography 😂 wow i didn't expect that combination

[@ultramarinus2478]

Jen, you might consider a video about gun culture/laws in US and CZ. It is interesting, but there were videos, where czech republic was called "texas of EU"... :D

[@ingridlaskova1878]

Good video, Jen. 👍 What do you think about Czech The Apprentice School (or Vocational School)?

[@jeanneknight4791]

A college in the US is an undergraduate institution for Bachelor degrees. A university has graduate programs for students earning Master, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Medicine (MD) or law degree (Juris Doctor - JD). Very few colleges are left. There are colleges that give oral exams such as St. John's College in Annapolis which also has a newer campus in Santa Fe. I agree though that people will ask "Where did you go to college?", not where did you to to university?".

[@libstep73]

Dobře si to Jen zařídila. Večer se naladí moderováním zajímavé akce pro studenty, aby mohla zbytek téže noci strávit u 1. kola draftu NFL. Pokud ji to teda zajímá. 😉

[@MyYTwatcher]

I like and at the same time hate oral exams. Both as a student and also examiner. The good with oral exams is that you can really test how student understands the subject. The bad is that it is too much subjective. Written tests are way more objective. But when I studied (I started in the last century omg) we always had 1 or 2 written tests and only if you got enough points, you were allowed to register for oral exam.

[@bamrum]

A jako bonus si mohou cesti doktoranti zazadat treba o Fulbrightovo stipendium a na pul roku si jit zkusit studovat do USA zdarma.

[@ontyyyy]

Ooh University of Ostrava.. Just recently finished their "city campus" - meaning it will also be open to public with gyms, concert halls, theatre, basketball courts, oval for running on its roof.. Pretty sure the city is planning to get rid of the road and turn it into a pedestrian zone its follows along the the river Ostravice and leads to city centre.

[@tiffanymarie5948]

Ahoj Jen! I just met you and your husband today in Riegrovy Sady. We were the American couple picnicking with our baby. Just wanted to say thanks for these videos, they have been really helpful while transitioning to our new life in Prague. Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend 🌷🐣🐰💖

[@DreamPrague]

Tiffany! It was a pleasure meeting you and your husband! - Would you want to chat a bit with me about what it's like having a baby in CZ? I'm doing a bit of research for a new video. If so email me: [e-mail]

University of Ostrava is my alma mater too 🙂I did my BA in English philology there too :D

[@shiras202]

jak my na Báňský říkáme: Ostravská není vysoká

[@subkontrabasklarinet]

@@shiras202 Nikoho nezajímá, co říkáte na Báňské.

[@subkontrabasklarinet]

Same here, MA in English and Social Sciences, teacher.

[@whealtea]

Hele, kolega :-). Absolventka OSU obor Historie zdraví :-). A ano, co říkají Báňaři tady nikoho nezajimá :D.

@@shiras202 no... mám pár kolegů v práci co jsou absolventi VŠB, jsou to dobří lidé a kupodivu nemají potřebu se vůči OSU takhle hloupě vymezovat.

[@johanah.693]

Some universities in Czechia also have a campus-like feeling to them. For example the Czech University of Life Sciences where I study has a huge area where all the faculties are all together somewhat simmilar to the USA campus style. I am a fan, but I never lived at dorms so I was not isolated to the campus completely. The Charles University is special due to its age, that is why there is no real campus and it has faculties all over the place. Thanks for the video, and thank god for the czech education system....

[@tsevca]

Silesia University in Opava is only 30 years old and it's in historical buildings as well. 🤷‍♀