National comparing exams are professionally prepared written exams aiming several fields. The basic test is test of general study suppositions being usually passed by all applicants. Other tests are divided according to the fields: math test, science tests, and language tests. These tests are organized by company called Scio, a company dealing with improvement and organizing the entering tests. Some faculties already replace its own test by these of Scio. Some still have their own tests. So by this reason it is very important to find out in advance which tests a faculty you apply for organizes.   

Test of General Study Supposition sustains of 105 tasks divided into 3 parts.  First part focuses on verbal thinking, checks vocabulary, text orientation etc., second part tests analytic thinking by logical tasks, last part are quantitative tasks focused on mathematical operation. For each part there is 35 minutes given

Mathematic test contains 30 tasks for which there is 90 minutes given. There is only one correct answer from five given and you tick only this  right one. 

Science tests contain 40 tasks and there is 40 minutes given. Also here you chose from four answers and there is only one the right one.

Language tests are divided into 5 parts - listening, reading and text understanding, complex exercises, conversation and grammar. Test has 60 tasks and there is 60 minutes given.

For the school year 2009/2010 is 6 terms given. The first one is provided in December and the last one in May.  For each attended test there is fee paid. The amount of the fee you can find on http://scio.cz/in/2vs/nsz/platba.asp

The rules of National Comparing Exams, how to apply for, till which date, how to pay the fee, tests display and other details you can find on www.scio.cz.