In nineteen disciplines, Charles University is ranked among the world’s top universities by QS World Rankings by Subject 2018, and the medical disciplines rank the university among the world's top two hundreds.

According to the U.S. News Best Global Universities Ranking 2018, Charles University has been ranked the best university in the Czech Republic, placed 196 out of 1250 evaluated universities, 85 in Europe.

Devin Kielur, a student of Physiotherapy at Slippery Rock University, spent in the spring an internship at the Second Faculty of Medicine. He writes an essay about his experiences, we publish it together with photographs from a sporting event for multiple sclerosis patients, MaRS 2017.

The English General Medicine programme, guaranteed by the Second Faculty of Medicine, has obtained an accreditation from the prestigious Medical Board of California. The programme's recognition makes it easier for the Second Faculty's international students to apply for jobs in the United States of America.

They began with their doctoral studies at the Second Faculty this academic year. Why have they decided to do their PhD here and what do they expect from it? Are they planning to focus exclusively on research or also on clinical medicine? Read the stories of four fresh PhD students.