Dear students,

you are about to begin your first semester at our Faculty, and we would like to help make this transition into university studies as smooth as possible. We will therefore provide you with all the important information about the course Cytology, Histology, and Embryology (CHE) in one place and in the clearest possible form.

Our course – CHE

The course CHE consists of lectures and practical classes organised into individual topics over 14 teaching weeks. During the semester, you will have 56 hours of lectures and 42 hours of practical classes, corresponding to 4 hours of lectures and 3 hours of practical classes per week.

The first 2 hours of lectures (“Lectures 1”) and the 3 hours of practical classes will take place in person. Attendance is compulsory, and these parts of the course are designed to complement each other.

The other 2 hours of lectures (“Lectures 2”) will be provided in Moodle as recorded, commented videos. The videos will be divided into several sections, with several questions to be answered after each section. In this way, “Lectures 2” will become an interactive learning activity that will help you study systematically and prepare for the final examination.

Practical classes (PC)

During the practical classes (PC), you will study histological slides related to the individual topics. The slides will be demonstrated by your teacher using a live microscope image to help you orient yourselves in the histological structures.

For each slide, you are expected to create your own record – either a drawing or a photograph – and label the basic structures that characterise the given tissue or organ. A photograph without labelled structures is not sufficient.

Your records of the slides will form your PC portfolio. Before each partial test, you will submit your portfolio to your teacher as a PDF via the chat in MS Teams.

You are expected to prepare for each practical class in advance. Approximately one week before each practical class, a video covering the relevant topic will be made available in your MS Teams team in the form of a DTS (Distance Theoretical Seminar).

You should watch the entire DTS before each practical class. Without sufficient preparation, it will be difficult to work effectively with the histological slides and study their structures.

The topics covered in the practical classes are divided into 3 blocks during the semester. After each block, you will take a partial test, giving you a total of 3 partial tests per semester.

Requirements for obtaining credits

To obtain credits for the course and subsequently register for a final examination date, you must meet the following requirements:

• study the material from Lectures 1 and 2, together with the relevant textbook chapters;

• study the DTS material, together with the relevant textbook chapters, in advance of each in-person practical class;

• 100% active attendance in the in-person practical classes, with a maximum of 2 excused absences, but each absence must be made up;

• create your own drawings or photographs of all histological slides, with detailed labelling of the relevant structures, in your notebook or on a tablet;

• successfully complete all three partial tests during the semester. The average score must be at least 70%. If a student does not achieve the required average, they will take a credit test at the end of the semester covering the material from the entire semester. Students have two attempts to take the credit test. The second attempt cannot be taken on the same day as the first attempt. A minimum score of 70% is also required in this test.

Important: If a student does not meet the 70% requirement in the partial tests, they cannot take the final examination without taking the credit test (one or both attempts).

 

If, for serious reasons, a student cannot take a partial test or the credit test with their group at the scheduled time, they must arrange an alternative date with their teacher. It is not possible to take a test with another group without prior agreement with the teacher.

Final examination

The final examination will consist of 3 parts:

1. Final written examination
2. Practical examination – identification of 10 unlabelled histological slides
3. Oral examination

The first two parts – the final written examination and the practical examination – will take place one day before the examination date for which you register through AIS.

Only after successfully completing both of these parts will you proceed to the third part – the oral examination, which will take place on the examination date itself.

If you are unsuccessful in Part 1 or Part 2, you will not proceed to the oral examination and will have to register for a new examination date.

We hope that this team and all the materials provided here will help you find your way around CHE and make your first semester as successful as possible. Good luck!

updated 1st of September 2026