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Prof. Vladimír Komárek, the Dean of the Second Faculty of Medicine, explains what the pelican symbolizes in the emblem of the faculty. The interview was prepared by Adam Láznička. Anton Vik provided photographs of the dean with the pelican whose care at the Prague Zoo our faculty sponsors. Bára Vakrmanová cooperated in the production. Markéta Tolarová and Květa Janoušková translated the original Czech interview with the dean to English.

For foreign university and college students, who have decided to study in the Czech Republic in the Erasmus programme, Charles University is still the most frequent choice. In the academic year 2013–2014, over 1,300 international students uses this program at our university, which makes Charles University the fifth most popular school among several thousands European universities and colleges participating in the program. The Erasmus results were published by the European Commission.