Working as a teacher in Czechia
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Czechia: how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
To work as a teacher in Czechia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,266 € a year (current). Teacher is a regulated profession in Czechia. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign qualifications are assessed for the exact pedagogical post. Eligible EU/EEA/Swiss applications use the professional-qualification route; a qualification obtained solely outside those states is outside that general service. In Czechia, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Foreign qualifications are assessed for the exact pedagogical post. Eligible EU/EEA/Swiss applications use the professional-qualification route; a qualification obtained solely outside those states is outside that general service.
- 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 teachers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Czechia.
- Recognition route
- Foreign qualifications are assessed for the exact pedagogical post. Eligible EU/EEA/Swiss applications use the professional-qualification route; a qualification obtained solely outside those states is outside that general service. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Recognition authority
- MŠMT is the recognition authority for foreign pedagogical qualifications; the route depends on school level and qualification origin.
- Language requirement
- Official guidance gives Czech C1 for kindergarten/first-stage primary and B2 for second-stage primary/secondary, subject to stated exceptions.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Czechia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Teacher in Czechia: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1f113b111b471b08830d9c520f4d4f30]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/czechia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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