Application Procedure
ERASMUS+ programme
Exchange Inter-university and Faculty FHS agreements
Visiting students - CEEPUS FREE-MOVERS scheme, International Visegrad Fund scholarship programme
Visiting students - Czech Republic bilateral international agreements
PhD (MA) students wishing to pursue a semester or short-term (study)research stay at the FHS
Academic Calendar for exchange and other non-degree
international students
Academic Calendar for exchange and other non-degree international students
Erasmus+ Programme
To apply for Erasmus stay at the Faculty of Humanities, CU you have to be enrolled at one of our partner universities.
STEP 1 - NOMINATION (contact your home Erasmus coordinator)
If you wish to come to study at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, your home university must officially nominate
you. In the first instance, you must therefore contact the ERASMUS coordinator at your home university.
All nominated prospective students will then receive an informative email on the application procedure itself and further
information from the FHS International Office directly.
STEP 2 - ON - LINE REGISTRATION
Please note that this is an obligatory process – so if you have filled in the standard forms (on paper) without registering
on-line we must ask that you still register on-line.
Detailed information about on-line registration is available in our Step by Step On-line Registration Guide .
On-line Registration is available at following website:
https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/erasmus/
STEP 3 – DESIGN YOUR Learning Agreement
Information on course offerings is available here .
STEP 4 – CONFIRMATION of Essential Forms: Application Form + Learning Agreement
The printed out forms are to be checked and confirmed/signed by the relevant coordinators of your home university.
Remember that forms must be delivered in time. Your application cannot be accepted after the closing date for
any reason whatsover.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Winter semester
(September - February)
June 15
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Summer semester
(February - June)
October 31
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STEP 5 – SENDING DOCUMENTS
Send the forms to the International Office at the Faculty of Humanities.
International Office
Faculty of Humanities
Charles University in Prague
U Kříže 8
158 00 Prague 5
Czech Republic
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT the FHS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE at [email protected] .
For the general information for all Erasmus students coming to CU , you may visit the information website of the CU
European Office.
Bilateral Agrements
In addition to the ERASMUS programme, FHS has several
Inter-University & Faculty bilateral agreements with
universities around the world.
• At the first place, please contact the coordinator at your home university and check about the details and
conditions of the agreement.
• For the information on courses provided by the Faculty of Humanities, please consult the
Course offering
section.
• If applying within the Inter-University agreements, for the information on the application procedure, please consult
the webside of the International Relations Department at the Rectorate of Charles University at http://www.cuni.cz/
UKEN-179.html .
• For the application procedure for the Faculty bilateral agreements, please see information bellow.
FACULTY BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Winter semester
(September - February)
Summer semester
(February - June)
April 30 (students outside the EU and
EEA countries)
June 15 (students within EU and EEA
countries)
Septemeber 30 (students outside the EU
and EEA countries)
October 31 (students within EU and EEA
countries)
STEP 1 – NOMINATION (contact the coordinator at your home university)
If you wish to come to study at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, your home university must officially nominate
you. In the first instance, therefore, you must contact the international coordinator at your home university.
STEP 2 – FILL IN THE PAPER APPLICATION (including your study plan)
The application is available here .
Information on course offerings is available here .
STEP 3 – CONFIRMATION
The application is to be checked and confirmed (signed) by the relevant coordinators of your home university.
STEP 4 – SENDING DOCUMENTS
Send the application to the international office either at the Charles University or at the Faculty of Humanities:
International Office
Faculty of Humanities
Charles University in Prague
U Kříže 8
158 00 Prague 5
Czech Republic
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT the FHS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE at [email protected] .
Visiting students - CEEPUS Free-mover scheme; International
Visegrad Fund scholarship programme (IVF)
If you intending to apply for a scholarship within these scholarship programmes, the Letter of Acceptance / Letter of
Invitation from a prospecitve host institution is required.
If interested in pursuing your study/research stay at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, you will need to apply
as a visiting student to the FHS first.
Please note that it is recommended to apply for the the Letter of Acceptance well in advance before the application
deadline of the respective scholarship programme so that your request for the Letter of Acceptance can be considered.
Please follow the instruction bellow:
If you are a MA student wishing to pursue a semester study stay at the FHS attending courses (e.g. the Master´s
scholarship (MA) within the IVF scholarhip scheme), you are expected to send us a preliminary list of courses that
you would like to attend during your stay, your Letter of Motivation and the Letter of Recommendation from your home
university.
The documents to be sent to the FHS International Office at: [email protected] .
If you are a PhD student aiming to pursue a semester or short-term study-research stay at the FHS working on your
research/dissertation (e.g. the Post-Master´s Scholarship (PhD) within the IVF scholarhip scheme), you are expected
to find an academic advisor (or department) to consult your work in progress with during your study period first, and
get an e-mail confirmation from him/her.
In order to find out a suitable department and your academic advisor at the Faculty of Humanities, you may visit the
section Faculty Structure and Faculty Members for the full list of faculty departments and members. By clicking on
the particular name listed in the section Staff, you also get the list of courses taught by the particular teacher. Through
the subjects and their descriptions there, you can get an idea what the academic interests of a particular teacher are.
You may also access the e-mail addresses of the teachers through this website.
Contact him/her via e-mail with your enquiry, providing him/her with your "Study-research work plan" (in case of IVF,
it is a Work Plan to be submitte with the Visegrad Scholarship application), i.e. the description of your study-research
project together with overall aims and objectives of your stay, including also the list of issues to be consulted and the
title of your dissertation, as well as with other supporting documents (your CV including the list of publications, and the
letter of recommendation issued by the supervisor or other member of the academic staff at your home university).
We recommend that you mention that you are applying within a particular scholarship scheme (e.g. Visegrad Fund
Scholarship Programme etc.) when contacting the lecturer with your enquiry.
Please send this e-mail enquiry and the documents in a copy also to the International Office at
[email protected] .
Once you receive the e-mail confirmation from the respective member of the Faculty, send it to the International office
for further procedure.
Czech Republic bilateral international agreements
This scheme offers scholarships that are designed for visiting university/college students or graduates and Ph.D.
candidates who wish to accomplish a study or research stay at one of the Czech public institutions of higher education. Its
length usually ranges from 2 to 10 months depending upon the agreement made by the Czech government and the
foreign government concerned that specifies also the categories of eligible recipients.
Information on application procedure as well as on the terms of this scholarship scheme is available at:
www.msmt.cz/eu-and-international-affairs/scholarships-for-the-academic-year-2015-2016
PhD (MA) students wishing to pursue a semester or shortterm (study)research stay at the FHS
If you are a PhD (MA) student aiming to pursue a semester or short-term study-research stay at the FHS working
on your research/dissertation, first you need to find an academic advisor (or department) to consult your work
in progress with during your study period.
STEP 1
With respect to your study field and the issues addressed in your dissertation, please select a relevant academic member
of the Faculty (or a department), and contact him/her via e-mail with your enquiry, providing him/her with your "Study-
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research work plan" (the description of your study-research project together with overall aims and objectives of your
stay, including also the list of issues to be consulted and the title of your dissertation) and the other supporting documents
(your CV including the list of publications, and the letter of recommendation issued by the supervisor or other member
of the academic staff at your home university).
This e-mail enquiry and the documents to be also sent in a copy to the International Office at [email protected] .
When applying within a particular scholarship scheme (e.g. Visegrad Fund Scholarship Programme, CEEPUS
programme for freemovers, Intergovernmental agreements etc.), we recommend that you refer to this when contacting
the lecturer with your enquiry.
Where to find the list of FHS Departments and the academic staff?
To find out a suitable department and your academic advisor at the Faculty of Humanities, you may visit the section
Faculty Structure and Faculty Members . By clicking on the particular name listed in the section Staff, you also get
the list of courses taught by the particular teacher. Through the subjects and their descriptions there, you can get an
idea what the academic interests of a particular teacher are. You may also access the e-mail addresses of the teachers
through this website.
STEP 2
Once you receive the e-mail confirmation from the respective member of the Faculty, you have addressed, that he/she
supports your Work Plan, you are also expected to complete and submit the FHS application form (available here )
together with the supporting documents (Study-research work plan, CV, the letter of recommendation, a copy of
the e-mail confirmation from the potential FHS academic advisor, the certificate of curent enrollment at home
university), so that we are able to finalize the administration procedure related to your admission (in addition we can
also ask for your official Transcript of Records and a proof of language skills).
STEP 3
If your application is approved and you are accepted at the FHS, the Letter of Acceptance is then issued by the
International Office of the Faculty of Humanities.
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