Exchange programs

Are you thinking of coming to Masaryk University as an Erasmus+ exchange student? That's great news! Our Center for International Cooperation (CZS in Czech) has put together all the necessary information you might need to make the process as smooth as possible. We look forward to welcoming you here in Brno.

Foreign students from countries outside the European Union can come on exchange study placements to Masaryk University through the Erasmus+ ICM programme (replacing the older Erasmus Mundus programme). Masaryk University provides incoming foreign students with a grant to the value of 800 euro monthly and pays their return travel costs.

Eligible countries: Western Balkans, South and East Mediterranean countries, Africa, Asia, North America, and Latin America. It is absolutely necessary that your university is on the list of partner universities in the current selection process. 

This list is published on the website of the Center for International Cooperation (CZS in Czech) during the period of the selection process (you can find further information about this period on the CZS website in the Deadlines section).

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through the Interfaculty agreements, please fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Faculty agreements (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Please, do not forget to upload the required documents (CV, Learning Agreement, Transcript of Records, proof of English language competence). You can find the templates here. They will be assessed by a relevant department - you will be informed about the result by e-mail ASAP.

The deadlines are: April 30, 2019 (Fall 2019 semester) and September 15, 2019 (Spring 2020).

Programme to support the Czech cultural heritage abroad helps to improve awareness of the Czech cultural heritage, primarily by sending lecturers in the Czech language to universities in foreign countries and sending teachers to compatriot communities abroad and providing studies to compatriots in the Czech Republic.

You can find more information about the program here.

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through this program, you have to apply through the Embassy of the Czech Republic in your country (online application here). If your application is successful, our International Office will contact you.

Only then you should fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: Compatriot communities abroad; Faculty at MU:
• Faculty of Arts → fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Please, do not forget to upload the required documents (CV, Transcript of Records, Learning Agreement). You can find the templates here. They will be assessed by a relevant department.

The deadlines are: April 30, 2019 (Fall 2019 semester and Fall+Spring) and September 30, 2019 (Spring 2020).

Studijní pobyty na veřejných vysokých školách v ČR jsou určeny pro české krajany žijící v zahraničí. Jsou zaměřeny na udržení a rozšíření znalostí českého jazyka a kulturního povědomí. Krajané mohou studovat obory jako český jazyk a literatura, učitelství českého jazyka a literatury, historie, etnologie, dějiny umění, teologie. Jedná se o jednosemestrální či dvousemestrální studium v českém jazyce, uskutečňované obvykle na filozofické fakultě některé z univerzit v ČR. Podmínkou je dobrá znalost českého jazyka a absolvování středoškolského studia. Účastníci musí dovršit 18 let.

Více informací o programu najdete zde.

Pokud máte zájem studovat na Filozofické fakultě MU přes tento program, pošlete přihlášku na zastupitelský úřad ČR v zemi vašeho pobytu (přihlášku najdete online zde). V případě úspěšného výběrového řízení vás kontaktuje naše Zahraniční oddělení a dá vám další instrukce. 

Až následně byste měli vyplnit přihlášku i v našem systému ISOIS.

Postup:

• Založit novou přihlášku →
• Cyklus: Hostující studenti (2019/2020) →
• Klikněte na "založit novou přihlášku" →
• Program: Krajané v zahraničí; Faculty at MU: Filozofická fakulta →
• Klikněte na "pokračovat" a pak vyplňte ostatní políčka, která se vám zobrazí.

Nezapomeňte nahrát všechny potřebné dokumenty (životopis, Learning Agreement, výpis známek - vzory dokumentů najdete zde); katedra, na kterou se hlásíte, podle nich posoudí vaši přihlášku.

Přihlášky můžete podáva do: 15. března 2019 (pro podzimní semestr 2019 nebo pro celoroční výměnu) a 15. srpna 2019 (pro jaro 2020).

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic (MEYS) annually offers scholarships to foreign nationals within the framework of intergovernmental exchange programmes arranged with various countries. You can find the list of the eligible countries here. 

Scholarships can only be granted to candidates officially recommended for the award by the appropriate authorities in the eligible countries, mentioned in the list of the eligible countries, which collect the applications, set the closing date for applications and organize the selection procedure.

Who can apply: university/college students or graduates and Ph.D. candidates (exceptionally for university researchers/teachers)

Period of scholarship: usually between 2 and 10 months

Scholarship: CZK 9,000 per month for those who do not hold a Master's degree or equivalent and CZK 9,500 per month for holders of a Master's degree or equivalent.

Deadline: The closing dates for applications are set by the appropriate authorities in the eligible countries; the deadlines differ in individual countries but are usually fixed for the very beginning of the calendar year in order to meet the subsequent schedule of admission procedure.  

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through the Intergovernmental agreements, please fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface. But do so only after your nomination has been confirmed by both countries.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: Intergovernmental agreements;Faculty at MU: Faculty of Arts →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.
• Please, do not forget to upload the required documents, they will be assessed by a relevant department - you will be informed about the result by e-mail ASAP.
• The deadlines are: April 30, 2019 (Fall 2019 semester) and September 30, 2019 (Spring 2020).

For more information click here.

Aside from contracts with EU universities (through the Erasmus+ scheme), Masaryk University has agreements with many universities all around the world. Additionally, MU works closely with networks of universities such as Australian-European Network or Mid-America Universities International Network. Thanks to those agreements, international students nominated by their home institutions can study one semester or a full year at Masaryk University and pay no tuition fees for studying in the Czech Republic.

If your home institution has an agreement with Masaryk University, contact the exchange coordinator/advisor in the international office of your home university to find out further details about the application process within your university before the nomination is made to MU.

This program is administered by the Center for International Cooperation (CZS in Czech).

Masaryk University is the only university in the Czech Republic that is a member of the ISEP network, which coordinates international exchanges of students from the USA and another 50 countries. If your home university is a member of the ISEP network you can study for a semester or for a whole academic year and not pay any tuition fees at MU (this applies to the ISEP Exchange track).

If you are interested in studying at Masaryk University, you can come either under the ISEP Exchange Track or the ISEP Direct Track (the differences between these schemes are described here).

This program is administered by the Center for International Cooperation (CZS in Czech).

The Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies (CEEPUS) allows students from various countries to come to Masaryk University (MU) for short-term excursions (min. 3 days) or long-term exchange study or research placements (min. one semester and max. two semesters). Check out the website ceepus.info and find out if your home university is a CEEPUS partner of Masaryk University. The application is submitted through the CEEPUS website.

Eligible countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo.

If your university is not a CEEPUS partner of MU, you can come through FREEMOVER CEEPUS – if you are interested in this scheme, please contact our International Office here. Faculty will help you to obtain required documents such as the CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance or Confirmation from the host institution that the student will not pay tuition for studying at Masaryk University.

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through CEEPUS, please fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: CEEPUS; Faculty at MU: Faculty of Arts →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Please, do not forget to upload the required documents (Learning Agreement, CV, Transcript of Records, proof of English language competence). You can find the templates here. They will be assessed by a relevant department - you will be informed about the result by e-mail ASAP.

The deadlines are: May 31, 2019 (Fall 2019 semester) and November 15, 2019 (Spring 2020).
Please bear in mind that the CEEPUS deadline for the CEEPUS partner/network applications is October 31, 2019. Please apply online in time!!!

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through the Freemover program, please fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: Freemover; Faculty at MU: Faculty of Arts →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Please, do not forget to upload the required documents (Learning Agreement, CV, Transcript of Records, proof of English language competence). You can find the templates here. They will be assessed by a relevant department - you will be informed about the result by e-mail ASAP.

The deadlines are: April 30, 2019 (Fall 2019 semester) and September 30, 2019 (Spring 2020).

The Central European Studies Program (CESP) at Masaryk University is an interdisciplinary program designed for students at the upper Bachelor's degree and Master's degree levels who are seeking a challenging educational experience in the heart of Europe and wish to develop the global perspective they will need in the future.

Courses include studies of the social, economic, political and cultural transformations that have shaped Central Europe and the Czech Republic in particular at the end of the 20th century, and the changes facing Europe in a broader perspective at the beginning of the 21st century. Courses, each of them semester-long, are taught in English.

CESP is also offered as an ISEP Direct track. See ISEP at Masaryk University for more details. Further information is also available at Masaryk University profile on ISEP web pages.

This program is administered by the Center for International Cooperation (CZS in Czech).

The TESOL Teacher Education program is a one-semester program specially designed for undergraduates, M.A. level students and recent graduates who are interested in gaining valuable experience in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) in a cross-cultural environment.

This course opens in the spring semester of each academic year only. The purpose of the program is to bring together Czech and English-speaking students in order to foster understanding and broaden both groups' social, academic and professional experience – all of which are a vital part of succeeding in teaching English as a foreign language.

Students who successfully complete the course of study earn the internationally recognized Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). 

This program is administered by the Center for International Cooperation (CZS in Czech).

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults is a training course provided by Masaryk University CELTA centre CZ025 certified by the University of Cambridge to train teachers of English to speakers of other languages. CELTA is an internationally recognised certification in the field of teaching English and is designed for present and future teachers of English who wish to gain an internationally-acclaimed teaching certificate.

You can find out more at celta.muni.cz. 

The Vice Dean of Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University awards six and Department of Czech for Foreigners awards four three-month scholarships, each worth 8,000 CZK per month for studying Czech language, literature and culture. These scholarships always run from October to December of the academic year and are intended for students of foreign universities (Czech studies). Applicants should have a good knowledge of the Czech language in order to be able to follow the lectures and attend seminars conducted in Czech.

In exceptional cases, this scholarship may be awarded to students of other subjects as well (psychology, sociology, English, German and Romance languages and literature, etc.). The awarding of this scholarship is conditional on the applicant’s appropriate agreement with their respective institution beforehand.

Application: A request, along with a brief CV and at least one letter of recommendation from a professor of the Czech language at your home university should be submitted no later than June 30th of the academic year. 

Only then you should fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: Scholarships (awarded by the Department of Czech for Foreigners); Faculty at MU:
• Faculty of Arts → fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Deadlines: June 30, 2019 (Fall 2019) and October 31, 2019 (Spring 2020)

For more detailed information, including instructions on how to apply for the scholarship, go to the website of the Department of Czech for Foreigners. 

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers a very wide range of scholarships and grants for German students, interns and student trainees, (post)graduates, young academics and researchers wishing to obtain further academic and personal qualifications abroad. Successful candidates are thus able to carry out study or research placements at leading foreign host institutions. Detailed information on the wide range of opportunities available can be found on the website of the DAAD. Contacts can be found here.

Aktion Austria – Czech Republic is a programme of bilateral cooperation in education and science at the tertiary level in all disciplines. For students, the AKTION programme offers a number of scholarships for students, including doctoral candidates. Applicants intending to come to Masaryk University must be citizens of Austria. Scholarships are available in the following areas:

• Short and long-term scholarships (1 to 9 months) and fellowships for short stays (1 to 3 months), age limit: 19 to 35
• Scholarships for PhD Networks, age limit: up to 35
• Scholarships for Tandem Diplomarbeiten, age limit: up to 35

This program is administered by the AKTION Office in Prague and by the ICM in Vienna. For more info click here.

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through the AKTION program, please fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: AKTION; Faculty at MU: Faculty of Arts →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Deadlines: May 31, 2019 (Fall 2019) and September 30, 2019 (Spring 2020)

Please, do not forget to upload the required documents (CV, Learning Agreement, Transcript of Records, proof of English language competence). You can find the templates here. They will be assessed by a relevant department - you will be informed about the result by e-mail ASAP.

The International Visegrad Fund offers a large number of scholarships open to citizens of V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and a number of selected non-V4 countries. 

Eligible countries (apart from V4): Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine.

Scholarships are designed for students at the Master’s or post-Master’s level and are intended for study or research projects abroad. 

Duration: 1 to 4 semesters (all applicants must have completed at least four semesters of university at the time of applying).

In recent years, Masaryk University has hosted several Visegrad scholarship holders and is very open to receiving more in future. Detailed information about the Visegrad Scholarship Programme can be found here.

If you would like to study at the Faculty of Arts through the Visegrad Scholarship program, please fill in the online application in the ISOIS interface.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: International Visegrad Fund; Faculty at MU: Faculty of Arts →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.

Deadlines: March 11, 2019 (Fall 2019) and September 30, 2019 (Spring 2020)

Please, do not forget to upload the required documents (CV, Learning Agreement, Transcript of Records, proof of English language competence). You can find the templates here. They will be assessed by a relevant department and if approved, you will be provided with a Letter of Pre-Acceptance.

The Fulbright Programme is the leading international educational exchange programme sponsored by the US government. The range of different possibilities it offers for study and research placements abroad is immense. If you would like to come for a study or research placement to the Czech Republic through a Fulbright scholarship, please find more information on the website of Fulbright Commission (USA) or on the webpage of Fulbright Commission Czech Republic.

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Programme offers grants for undergraduate students of limited financial means who are US citizens to pursue academic studies abroad. Award recipients are chosen by a competitive selection process and must use the award to defray eligible study abroad costs. These costs include programme tuition, room and board, books, local transportation, insurance and international airfares.

This congressionally funded programme is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education through its Southern Regional Centre in Houston, Texas. Interested students can apply by April (for the autumn semester) and October (for the spring semester). For detailed information on the programme, click here.

The GFPS (Gemeinschaft für studentischen Austausch in Mittel- und Osteuropa) is a student organisation carrying out many activities in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. These include the opportunity for German students to receive grants to study as exchange students in the Czech Republic. For full information see the website of the GFPS at www.gfps.org.

For exchange studies at Masaryk University as a GFPS student, get in touch with the GFPS coordinator at Masaryk University: Martin Vašek, tel: +420 549 49 7785, vasek@czs.muni.cz

Erasmus+ placements are not dependent on inter-institutional agreements, however, the sending institution must be a holder of the Extended Erasmus University Charter (ECHE). The placements are undertaken based on a Learning Agreement for Traineeship, which needs to be signed and approved by the sending institution and the host institution, i.e. the respective department or faculty of Masaryk University (MU). Practicalities like accommodation, the university student card, etc. are arranged by the International Relations Office of the Faculty of Arts (int@phil.muni.cz)

International students interested in Erasmus+ placements at MU are encouraged to apply online in the ISOIS interface. Please, do not forget to upload all the necessary documents (Training agreement, CV, Transcript of Records, proof of English language competence). You can find the templates here.

Follow these steps:

• Create new application →
• Cycle: Guest students (2019/2020) →
• click on Create new application →
• Program: Erasmus+ traineeship; Faculty at MU: Faculty of Arts →
• fill out all the other windows that pop up.

The deadline is: March 11, 2019 (for the autumn semester 2019),
                        September 30, 2019 (for the spring semester 2020)

AIESEC is a global platform for young people that allows them to explore and develop their leadership potential. It is the world's largest non-political, independent and not-for-profit organisation run by students. AIESEC is present in over 126 countries and territories with over 70,000 members who are interested in world issues, leadership and management.

AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to participate in international internships, experience leadership and participate in a global learning environment. As an international participant, you can come to Brno, Czechia through the AIESEC Global Talent Programme, Global Entrepreneur Programme or Global Volunteer programme. You can find more information on the international webpage of AIESEC.

You can find all the necessary information about Summer schools and Summer programs at the Faculty of Arts here.

You can find the list of summer schools offered by Masaryk University and other useful information here.