Frequently Asked Questions about NCE - FAQ

You must have a valid ID. We need a photo ID, name, and date of birth to prove that it's really you. However, you don't need to bring your invitation or participant code.

You can leave in an emergency and accompanied by a coordinator. Time spent outside the classroom will not be counted towards your test time. Therefore, we recommend that you go to the toilet before the exam begins.

No. Each participant has a pre-assigned seat in the classroom, which can be found on the door of the room and on the board inside, or according to the location in the classroom marked with your code written on the card (code from the invitation). Upon arrival in the classroom, you will be asked to present your ID and the code from your personal invitation.

It depends on the school you choose. We will give you a score of 0 - 100 and I am not saying what is a "good" or "bad" score. For some faculties and fields, a 20 may be enough, for those with the highest demand, they may want a 90.

Sure, yes. You can take most of the most common test combinations in one day (like OSP and ZSV). But there are subjects that run in parallel. In the application, we will only allow you to select combinations of subjects that are possible.

Only online exam is available on www.scioexams.com and for GAP exam. You take the online exam at home and don't have to go anywhere. But there are strict rules that you have to follow yourself, and if you break them, your result may be blocked.

You can send a cancellation request in your personal profile. However, if there are less than 13 days left until the exam, you can't cancel the exam, we've already started preparing it. In that case, you simply won't come, you won't get the result, but we'll give you the assignment and the test solution.

You can make the change in your personal profile in advance. 

We guarantee a preliminary result within 2-3 days of the exam, and a final result within 2-3 weeks of the exam.

We guarantee a preliminary result within 2-3 days of the exam, and a final result within 2-3 weeks of the exam. How is the NSZ result sent to the faculty? We send the results automatically to most faculties, for some you will need a printed certificate. You can order this in the application or additionally after the exam. The method of delivery is listed for each faculty in their overview on our website.

Your score is determined based on your correct and incorrect answers on the test (1 point is awarded for a correct answer, and part of a point is deducted for an incorrect answer). The score is then converted to a percentile, which is a number indicating “what percentage of the participants you scored higher than on a given test.” A percentile of 90 means that you were better (or as good) than 90% of all participants.

The percentile expresses a comparison of test takers and faculties accept students according to different percentile levels. For some, a percentile of 20 may be enough, for others you will need more than 90. It often depends on the number of applicants. On the websites of faculties, you can usually find reports from the admissions process from previous years, which state the percentile threshold with which they accepted students in previous years. Scio does not decide on the percentile level required for admission to a particular faculty.

No. There are faculties that only recognize some dates. Most often, they do not take into account the last exam dates. See the overview of faculties and details of which NSZ dates and which tests they recognize on our website.

The in-person exam takes place at more than 30 locations throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia. These include all regional cities and many others. They usually take place in secondary school buildings. We will assign you to a specific location in the selected city after the application deadline on the date when we are distributing the participants. You will receive it in your invitation to the exam. Registration on www.scioexams.com (and for specific subject - GAP, Mathematics in English, Biology in English, Chemistry in English) is only available for online exam, 

You will find the exact address of the exam venue in the electronic exam invitation that we will send to your personal web profile (we will notify you by email) about a week before the exam. On the day of the exam, please make sure that you are going to the correct address according to the invitation. Arrive on time and don't forget to bring your ID.

You can change from in-person to online in your personal profile up until the 2nd day before the exam. The change is irreversible. Exams at www.scioexams.com, exams administered in english, are available only in online form. 

You can have a drink and your spare pen (or highlighter). But we will provide you with a suitable pen for filling in your answers directly at the exam. Your mobile phone must be hidden and must not ring (not even on vibration).

You can register for the selected term online on the Scio website. You register yourself, independently of your university application.

You can take the NCE for any number of subjects, depending on which exams are required for admission to your chosen faculty. Scio conducts exams for a total of 10 subjects in Czech, as well as Slovak and English versions.

You can register for one of the NCE dates at any time, no later than 16 days before the exam date. Do not postpone registering for the exams. Remember that some faculties do not recognize the last exam dates. You can find an overview of faculties recognizing the NCE and the exam dates they recognize in the overview of university faculties.

Yes, you can take the exam on any number of dates. Only the best result from each exam you take will be counted, which is then passed on to the faculty. Just be aware that some universities do not recognize the last exam dates. The earlier you come, the better - you will avoid unnecessary stress, and in case of an unsatisfactory result, you will still have time to correct it.

Yes, it is possible. You can register for any exam date before applying to a university. However, you should already know which schools you are applying to and what exams they require. Only your best result will always count.

We automatically transfer the best result to most schools if you apply to them and give us your consent to transfer it in your application. However, some schools require a certificate to prove the result. You can find the method of transfer for each university faculty on our website.

We will give you a percentile of 0-100, which tells you how much your score has surpassed other applicants. No score is automatically "good" or "bad". The cut-off for admission is set by the university faculties themselves and often varies depending on the chosen field.

No. When converting to a percentile (comparison with other participants), we ensure that the result of all terms corresponds to the same level of ability or knowledge of the candidates.

With all participants in the given subject. Regardless of the term or the school you are applying to.