Veterinary Medicine
One of the study fields offered by the PRIGO High School is Veterinary Medicine.
43-41-M/01 Veterinary Medicine
Graduates will find employment in the comprehensive block of veterinary-technical activities of an organizational nature and specifically technical jobs as well as in self-employment. Veterinary assistants help veterinarians (under their guidance and responsibility) particularly when monitoring compliance with sanitary conditions in animal husbandry, in the production and processing of animal products, when performing allergen diagnostic tests, when inspecting slaughter animals and meat, and when carrying out border veterinary inspections. Graduates can work as laboratory assistants or zoo veterinary technicians in livestock and laboratory animal breeding facilities. They will also find employment in breeding establishments, shelters for abandoned animals, stations for endangered species, animal shops, zoos, exotic animal breeding, production and distribution of foodstuffs for animals, product processing on farms, in the marketing of veterinary needs, as a self-employed person, etc.
Graduates have the opportunity to find employment in organizations and institutions providing veterinary supervision in processing facilities and environmental protection.
After finishing their studies and passing the school-leaving examination successfully, graduates are also ready to study at universities and higher vocational schools.
During their studies, students can take a course in animal cosmetics, insemination, gamekeeper exams, and cloven hoof treatment and obtain the relevant certificates entitling them to perform these activities.
The curriculum and the school educational program (can be downloaded here – available in the Czech language only).
Admission Requirements for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
Admission conditions for full-time education for the 1st round
For all parts of the entrance examination, applicants can achieve a maximum of 166 points. For the unified (state) part of the entrance examination, a maximum of 100 points can be achieved, while the school-specific part of the entrance examination allows for a maximum of 66 points.
Applicants participating in the first round of the entrance examination will be ranked based on their results. Admission will be offered to those applicants whose ranking falls between 1st place and the position corresponding to the last place within the capacity allocated for the first round of the admissions process for the specific field of study.
The ranking of applicants will be determined based on the total score from the unified entrance examination and the school-specific entrance examination. In the case of a tie in the total score, the final ranking will be determined progressively as follows:
- The average grade as per criterion (1).
- Then by criterion (2).
- Finally, criterion (3) is outlined in the “criteria for recognition of the school-specific entrance examination.”
If the tie persists, the following factors will be considered in order:
4. The score from the Czech language section of the unified entrance examination.
5. The score from the Mathematics section of the unified entrance examination.
6. The average grade in the Czech language from the last two issued school reports.
7. The average grade in Mathematics from the last two issued school reports.
Entrance examination
The entrance examination is composed from the evaluation of the following parts:
1) result of the state entrance examination (a maximum of 100 points),
2) result of the school entrance examination (max. 66 points).
The joint (state) entrance examination consists of two didactic tests a) Czech language and literature (a sample here) and b) Mathematics (a sample here). Applicants receive a maximum of 50 points for the individual didactic tests. The highest possible number of points for the state examination is therefore 100 points if the applicant responds correctly to all the questions in both tests. The school entrance examination consists of the General Educational Prerequisites (a sample here). Depending on the test result, applicants can obtain up to 66 points. The information on the preparatory course for the school entrance examination can be found here.
Recognition of the school entrance examination
An applicant may be exempt from attending the entrance examination, receiving a maximum of 66 points without the need to pass the test of general studies requirements, if at least one of the following criteria is met. If there is a request for the recognition of the school part of the entrance examination according to the following points 4 to 7, enclosing a statutory declaration with attachments is a necessary condition (to download from here). The statutory declaration is an integral part of the application.
Criteria for the recognition of the school entrance examination
Field of study: Veterinary Medicine
1) the average school results from all subjects in the eighth and the ninth year of elementary school did not exceed the value of 1.5
2) the average school results from all subjects in the eighth or the ninth year of elementary school did not exceed the value of 1.4
3) the average school results from three out of four following subjects (Mathematics, Chemistry, Natural History, Geography) in the ninth year of elementary school did not exceed the value of 1.2 and the total school results from all subjects in the eighth and the ninth year did not exceed the value of 1.9
4) placement on the 1st – 5th place in the regional or district round of the Mathematical, Chemical, Physical or Biological Olympiad, or other competition equivalent to competitions announced by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (such as Mathematical Kangaroo, etc.)
5) based on the current and documented membership in Mensa Czech Republic (IQ value is greater than or equal to 130)
6) placed in the top 30 % of a logic competition organized by Mensa Czech Republic in a regional round at least once in the course of studies at the elementary school
7) based on the decision made by the headmistress of PRIGO High School by exercising discretion in the recognition of type-equivalent or similar achievements listed in Point 4) worthy of special consideration
Prerequisites for acceptance to the field of Veterinary Medicine
1) meeting the criteria of the admission procedure
2) provide a medical report proving the applicant’s medical fitness
You can find more information about studying at our High School here.