Permanent offer of study stays at FF MU
Programmes administered at the MU Centre for International Cooperation
Erasmus+ Europe
The Erasmus+ Europe programme offers study stays in EU member countries, as well as in countries of the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein), Turkey, Serbia and Macedonia.
Duration of stay: 2 to 12 months
Scholarship: EUR 600/month to countries with a higher cost of living, EUR 480/month to countries with a lower cost of living
Applications: February (1st round), April-May (2nd round) - check your department's website for details, or contact your departmental coordinator
Erasmus+ ICM
The Erasmus+ ICM programme allows students to study at universities in Erasmus+ partner countries — a broad selection of countries that are not in the regular Erasmus+ programme. The list of participating universities changes every year depending on the evaluation of Masaryk University's application for funding.
Duration of the study stay: 3 to 12 months
Stipend: 700 EUR/month, transport allowance according to the mileage
Applications: by 15 December for the next academic year (autumn semester, spring semester)
Partner Universities
Masaryk University also offers study stays outside the EU countries. The Partner Universities programme allows you to study at more than 70 partner universities outside the European Union.
- Available countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Chile, Georgia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Taiwan, Ukraine and the USA
- Duration of stay: 1 or 2 semesters
- Scholarship: up to 20,000 CZK/month (physical stay)
- Applications: 15 December for the next academic year (fall semester, spring semester)
Please keep an eye on your department's website for current selection procedures, the selection procedures are held in departments one year in advance.
Freemovers
The programme for Freemovers is designed for students who arrange their own study stay at a foreign university outside any MU exchange programme or existing university/faculty cooperation.
- Available countries: universities from all over the world, provided that the home faculty/department and the foreign institution agree to the placement
- Length of stay: max. 2 semesters
- Scholarship: up to 16,000 CZK/month (physical stay)
- Applications: 15 December for the next calendar year (spring semester, autumn semester)
ISEP
Masaryk University is the only university in the Czech Republic to be part of the international ISEP network, which allows students to study at the same cost as in the Czech Republic at more than 150 universities in the USA and dozens of other universities in 50 countries around the world - for example, in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and various countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Length of stay: 1 or 2 semesters
Scholarship: up to 20,000 CZK/month (physical stay)
Application deadline: 15 December for the next academic year (fall semester, spring semester), 1 June for a spring study stay
Robitschek Scholarship Fund
The Robitschek Scholarship Fund at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL), founded more than twenty years ago by Czechoslovak emigrant Paul Robitschek, enables Czechs and Slovaks studying at Czech universities to go to the University of Nebraska - Lincoln for a year's study.
The standard length of stay: one academic year
The scholarship covers: tuition, round-trip airfare to the USA, accommodation and textbooks for the entire academic year
Application: 1 March directly to the host university
Contact address at UNL (for the selection process and other administrative matters): globalstrategies@unl.edu (Office of Global Strategies) and the university website.
Useful information can also be found on the website maintained by the program alumni.
GFPS
The Organisation for Student and Cultural Exchange in Central and Eastern Europe (GFPS-CZ) facilitates five-month study stays.
The standard length of stay: 5 months
Scholarship: 600 EUR/semester
Applications: please contact the CIC contact person: Martin Vašek, vasek@czs.muni.cz, tel. +420 549 49 7785
Programmes administered at the Faculty of Arts MU
Interfaculty agreements
The faculty of Arts at Masaryk University have closed agreements with foreign universities at the faculty or departmental level. Keep an eye on your department's website for current openings, openings are usually held in the winter or early part of the year.
The mobilities are mostly used by students of the Seminar of Chinese Studies, the Seminar of Japanese Studies and the Department of Slavonic Studies.
- Length of stay: 1 or 2 semesters (SCS, SJS), from 1 month (DSS)
- Scholarship: up to 20 000 CZK/month (physical stay)
- Applications: published by the department, usually at the turn of the year for the next academic year
Intergovernmental Agreements – Quotas
Every year the Ministry of Education allocates grants, so-called quotas, for students of Masaryk University. Thanks to these quotas students can take summer language courses abroad or study for up to two semesters at partner universities in countries with which the Czech Republic has international agreements. Scholarship holders have the opportunity to apply to the MU CIC for reimbursement of travel expenses.
- Available countries: China, Croatia, Macedonia, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden
- Length of stay: depending on the specific mobility (see AIA DZS catalogue), max. 2 semesters
- Scholarship: depending on the specific mobility (see AIA DZS catalogue) corresponding to the cost of living in the country
- Application forms: to be submitted to the International Relations Office following the instructions provided by the department
Detailed information on the countries and types of placement can be found in the Overview of Quotas for Masaryk University (which you can find in the section Documents) or on the pages of Academic Agency DZS MŠMT (only in Czech).
This program is administered by the Academic Information Agency of the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research. The International Relations Office will be happy to confirm your Secondment Proposal and provide further information on the terms and conditions of your application.
Intergovernmental Agreements – Selection Process
Each year the Ministry of Education announces a selection process for foreign study or research placements in countries with which the Czech Republic has intergovernmental agreements. Students from all universities in the Czech Republic can apply for these up to two-semester study placements, the selection of students taking place centrally at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Scholarship holders have the opportunity to apply to the MU CIC for reimbursement of travel expenses. The offer includes EU countries as well as countries outside Europe - e.g. South Korea or Mongolia.
- Length of stay: according to the specific mobility (see AIA DZS catalogue)
- Scholarship: according to the specific mobility (see AIA DZS catalogue) corresponding to the cost of living in the country
- Applications: according to the specific mobility (see AIA DZS catalogue)
This program is administered by the Academic Information Agency of the DZS, please contact the AIA DZS directly for questions regarding the specifics of the mobilities. The International Relations Office will be happy to confirm your Secondment Proposal.
Catalogue of Scholarships AIA DZS 24/25 Browse catalogue of scholarships
CEEPUS
CEEPUS is a Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies that enables students of all levels (BA, MA and Ph.D.) to travel to the Balkans and Central Europe for study or research, as well as teachers, either within existing faculty networks or by their own arrangement as a CEEPUS Freemover.
Through this programme, it is possible to go on short-term or long-term study placements or summer schools to Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Kosovo.
The grant is paid by the host country. The Centre for International Cooperation administers only the grant for travel, and not the applications themselves.
AKTION
The programme supports the development of bilateral cooperation in science and education between the Czech Republic and Austria. Master's and doctoral students can apply for the scholarship for the purpose of preparing their thesis.
AKTION also offers to fund summer schools for students with a knowledge of German B1-C1, the summer school usually lasts 2-3 weeks. Applications are submitted directly to the organizing universities in České Budějovice and Poděbrady.
Length of stay: 1-5 months
Scholarship: 1 050 EUR/month
Applications: until 15 March (for the winter semester), until 31 October (for the summer semester)
DAAD
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is an association of German universities that aims to promote academic cooperation between Germany and foreign countries. DAAD offers scholarships to Master's students (applicants must have completed their Bachelor's degree at the time the scholarship starts). Applications can be made in the final year of the Bachelor's degree.
The DAAD scholarship offer is described in the DAAD Scholarship Finder, together with links to detailed information about the scholarship and the application process.
Duration of stay: 10-24 months
Scholarship: 861 EUR/month
Applications: until 15 November electronically via the DAAD portal, for more information see the AIA DZS catalogue
Visegrad Grant
The Visegrad Grant are intended for students of bachelor programmes with mobilities to Visegrad countries.
Master's and PhD students can receive a scholarship from the International Visegrad Fund in the amount of €2,300 per semester for study and research stays in the Visegrad Four countries and also to Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Serbia, Kosovo and Ukraine.
For more information on applications and stays, please visit the Visegrad Grant Program website.
Fulbright Commission
The Fulbright Commission is an intergovernmental organisation for educational exchanges with the USA.
Students, researchers and teachers can obtain financial support from the Fulbright Commission for their study, research and teaching visits to the USA under various scholarship programmes (including summer schools).
For more information, see the Fellowship Overview on the Commission's website.
Step by step guide
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Plan your departure
See when the selection procedures for each programme take place. Generally, within Europe, applications are submitted a semester in advance, e.g. Erasmus+, CEEPUS, AKTION. If you want to go overseas, you need to apply a year in advance. For example, applications for Erasmus+ ICM, partner universities or even ISEP for the next academic year are due by 15 December.
It, therefore, does not hurt to look at the deadlines at the beginning of your studies so that you can plan your mobility in advance.
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Choose the right scholarship programme for your mobility
Departments publish the possibilities of mobilities before Christmas (it concerns mobilities for the next academic year), so keep an eye on your department's website. In addition, the mobility news and permanent mobility offers on our website may be helpful. We also recommend monitoring the MU Centre for International Cooperation website.
If you are missing specific information, you can contact your departmental coordinator or us at the International Relations Office.
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Go through the selection procedure
You can always find the conditions of the selection procedure for the programme concerned. You should not be surprised by the requirement for a CV and a motivation letter (in a foreign language). A letter of recommendation, study plan, language certificate (B2 level) and passport photo are also sometimes required. You can easily generate a transcript of records or confirmation of studies from the IS MU.
Make sure you have a valid passport in advance. A copy is usually required in the application form for visa documents.
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Enter your stay into IS
The following applies to all international student mobilities: enter your stay into IS and once you have it confirmed by all parties, you will also put a pdf of your completed Learning Agreement.
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Fill in the Learning Agreement
The Learning Agreement is completed electronically via ISOIS MU. If you are going through Erasmus, you set up an LA for Erasmus, if you are going through another programme, you set up an LA for other programmes. It is also important to know whether the programme is administered at the faculty by the International Relations Office (e.g. interfaculty agreements, intergovernmental agreements, CEEPUS) or at the MU CIC (e.g. Freemover, Spec. grant for short-term mobility, partner universities).
After confirmation from your side, the notification goes automatically to the person in charge at the department, and after approval to the selected person for the International Relations Office/CIC MU (depending on where the programme is administered) and lastly, the notification goes to the contact person you have indicated for the host university. After confirmation by all parties, you can download the Learning Agreement and upload it to IS.
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Apply for a scholarship
Once you have your placement entered into IS and a confirmed Learning Agreement uploaded, you can apply for a scholarship. This applies to programmes in which students receive a scholarship from MU, such as Interfaculty Agreements, Freemover or the Special Short-Term Mobility Grant. Erasmus is specific, so please refer to the Erasmus+ conditions.
For some programmes (e.g. CEEPUS, AKTION, Intergovernmental Agreements) you do not apply for a scholarship, the procedure depends on the rules of each programme. For example, in CEEPUS the scholarship is awarded on the basis of a Letter of Award. More information can be found on the CEEPUS subpage.
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Enjoy your stay
You should already have a completed Learning Agreement and have your courses recognised by the person in charge before you leave. If you choose to take different courses at the foreign university than those in your approved LA, it is possible to modify your Learning Agreement and have it re-approved. Again, save the pdf to your IS folder (now as "Changes to LA").
At the end of your stay, be sure to request a Transcript of Records and Confirmation of Study Period from the foreign university. Upload both documents to your residency file in IS.
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When you return, close the process and have the courses recognized
Upon your return, make sure that your residence file contains all the required documents: the Learning Agreement and any amendments, the Transcript of Records and the Confirmation of Study Period (a sample confirmation can be found on the CIC website) and apply for recognition of your stay. For selected programmes, a final report is also required.
Frequently Asked Questions
"I don't have to interrupt my studies!"
How do I fill out a Learning Agreement?
A student who travels to study at MU on a foreign study placement administered by MU or another entity is required to complete and sign a Learning Agreement (LA) form. For Erasmus+, please follow the guide to completing your Erasmus LA. For other programmes, follow the manual "for other programmes". If the programme is administered at the CIC, choose "administered by CIC", if it is administered at the MU Faculty of Arts, choose "administered by faculty".