Within the framework of doctoral education, it is essential that students gain independent international experience so that they gradually become independent researchers after graduation. A study abroad placement is an important activity within doctoral studies that develops the student, the university and the faculty.
Part of the study obligations during the doctoral study programme is a study or research stay at a foreign institution of at least one month.
Doctoral students choose between four types of stays:
Doctoral students are advised to follow the current offer of study stays, internships and scholarships for current opportunities abroad.
Doctoral students are allowed to go on a study stay, e.g. through Erasmus+ Europe, CEEPUS, Freemovers. It is also possible to go through partner universities, to draw Visegrad scholarship or Fulbright scholarship. If the trip is for up to 30 days inclusive, it is also possible to use the Special Grant for Short-term Placements for funding.
Detailed conditions for individual programmes can be found on the MU Centre for International Cooperation website.
Our faculty offers the possibility of funding a research placement through the Scholarship Programme to support the international mobility of doctoral students (official name: Measure FF MU 1/2023). Submit your application through IS to your Doctoral Studies Officer at the Study Department. Before submitting the application, you must register the placement in the IS MU and upload any approved Learning Agreement for the placement.
For more information regarding the program requirements and the mandatory components of the application form, please see the link bellow (Measure FF MU 1/2023). You can find the text and instructions on how to apply for the scholarship.
It is also possible to go on a research stay through the CEEPUS programme. Here you will find information about the application form and which networks are available at our faculty. It is also possible to travel for research purposes through the DAAD programme, Visegrad scholarships, inter-faculty or intergovernmental agreements. You can also take advantage of the Freemovers programme and the Special Grant for Short-term Placement, Fulbright Scholarships, the Masaryk Distinguished Chair in Israel or the Utrecht Network Young Researchers Grant.
Research Placements - CIC MU website
If students travel to conferences, they can use funding through Measure 4/2021 - Scholarship Programme to Support Participation of Doctoral Students in Conferences Abroad.
You can go on a PhD traineeship (practical internship) as a Freemover or e.g. through the Erasmus+ programme. For a traineeship of less than 30 days, you can use the Special Grant for Short-term Placements.
You can find the conditions for practical internships through individual programmes on the MU Centre for International Cooperation website.
Doctoral students have the opportunity to go to summer schools through MU partner universities, summer schools organised by DAAD, funded by AKTION or e.g. through intergovernmental agreements.
You can find the conditions for individual programmes on the MU Centre for International Cooperation website.
Preferably at the beginning of your PhD studies, we recommend you to look at the study abroad options, programme conditions and especially the application deadlines so that you can plan your study abroad stay in line with the application to the relevant programme.
Together with your supervisor at MU, discuss the location, purpose and destination of your stay. You should also inform the departmental coordinator/authorized person who will approve the Learning Agreement of your intention.
Doctoral students at the MU Faculty of Arts most often choose programmes such as Freemover, Support for International Mobility of Doctoral Students, Special Grant for Short-term Placements, etc.
More information on research programmes can be found on this page ↑ in the Research Placements and Conferences tab.
For international student trips: enter your stay in IS (using the Internships and stays application in the Student section) and upload a pdf of your completed and approved Learning Agreement. If you are going on a work placement, you complete a Training Agreement.
You fill in the Learning Agreement electronically via ISOIS MU. If you are going through Erasmus, you create an LA for Erasmus, if you are going through another programme, you create an LA for other programmes. It is also important to know whether the programme is administered at the faculty by International Office, such as CEEPUS, AKTION, Measure No. 1/22 (in this case, select Šárka Hakalisto as the faculty coordinator) or at the MU CIC (Freemover, Spec. grant for short-term placements).
If you are going on a research stay and you plan to work e.g. in a library, archive or consult with a supervisor at a foreign university, describe your stay very briefly in the course text box in the LA interface (include the date, place, destination of the trip, if applicable with whom you are going to consult your topic).
After confirmation from your side, the notification goes automatically to the person in charge of the department (home coordinator), after approval to the selected person for the International Office at FA MU/CIC MU (depending on where the programme is administered, i.e. faculty coordinator) and lastly the notification goes to the contact person you have indicated for the host university.
Once you have your placement entered in IS and a confirmed Learning Agreement uploaded, you can apply for a scholarship. For the Support for International Mobility of Doctoral Students programme - you apply to the Study Department. You can apply for a study programme at the Faculty of Arts MU (contact person Mgr. Jiří Žoudlík), applications are submitted throughout the year. For the Freemover programme or the Special Grant for Short-term Placements - you apply at the MU CIC (contact person Mgr. Zita Hrabovská).
At the end of your stay, do not forget to ask the host university to sign the Confirmation of Study Period (a template can be found on the website of the Centre for International Cooperation in the documents section, see the link bellow). In case you are taking courses abroad, you should also receive the Transcript of Records.
If you are going on a work placement, you submit the Confirmation of Placement Period.
In the case of a research placement in a library or archive, the Confirmation of Study Period can be replaced by a confirmation from the host institution (it must contain information regarding the place, time and content of the placement and it should be confirmed by the supervisor at the host institution).
Upload the documents in the evidence of your stay in IS and apply for recognition.
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We recommend that all mobility is recorded regardless of the length of stay - conferences, summer schools and other short- and long-term study trips abroad. Online mobility (virtual mobility) is also recorded.
If you are a cotutelles student, you are going abroad on the basis of a dual mentoring agreement that you have entered in the IS for your doctoral studies. Keep a record of each trip because of the internationalisation of the department - make a Learning Agreement.