Working as a physician in Czechia
What official sources say about working as a physician in Czechia: how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
To work as a physician in Czechia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,266 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Czechia. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Czechia, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 36,266 €/year
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Czechia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 36,266 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Czechia.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic Medicine. For qualifications obtained outside the EU: written tests, six months of supervised practical work, then oral examination; recognition application follows passing the examination. Qualification origin changes the route. General system of recognition - primary application. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Health (MZ ČR) is the competent authority for the healthcare recognition/approbation route.
- Language requirement
- The three-part non-EU approval examination is held in Czech; the cited source does not set this as a separate CEFR certificate level.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Czechia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Physician in Czechia: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c649fa31e13b424a3daea7536f7aed7e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/czechia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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