Exchange Programmes

Dear students, we are happy that you chose our Faculty. All the (general) important information regarding Erasmus+ study stay here at Palacký University Olomouc can be found at the website of the International Relations Office of the Rectorate.

Please bear in mind that the co-ordinator from your home institution has to nominate you first. After they submit your online nomination, you will receive an e-mail with information and a link to access the application form. All the communication is done through the online nomination and application platform (mobility.upol.cz), including choosing of courses. Later, your application will be transferred to our study system (Portal) where you can generate and possibly sign the Learning Agreement for Studies (our system is connected to EWP so you can do the LA through it as well as sign it online if your University is connected as well).

You can chose most of the courses which are part of the respective study plan at our Faculty (available in English):

• General Medicine or Dentistry

Students from Slovakia and students speaking Czech can also choose from these study plans:

• Všeobecné lékařství a Zubní lékařství

IMPORTANT NOTES to the study plans:

• Please note that some of the courses are not available to Erasmus+ students (e.g. Infectious Diseases 1 and 2; Obligatory Practice in General Practitioner's Office). Courses named as "clinical practice" are also not available as they are not courses as such but summer practices organised by the students themselves.
• Please note that in the "Semester" column the study plan indicates in which semester the courses might take place. The timetables are created for every academic year and depend on the number of students in each particular study year and on other factors. Thus, it might happen that some courses are only opened in one of the semesters even though the study plan says they might be taught in both ("WS/SS"). Always check the Timetables first or contact us.
• Please note that the timetables for the upcoming academic year are usually not ready before the end of May of the current academic year.
• Also please note that some of the courses might have a limited number of spots available (especially these courses are usually tight: Pediatrics, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine). First come first serve basis.

IMPORTANT: In the 2024/2025 academic year there is only one group of the English programme General Medicine in the 5th year in most of the courses. That means that in many of the 5th year’s subjects there might be a capacity issue and it can be difficult to join courses from that study year.
For 2025/2026 there might be just one group in the 5th year, too.
From 2025/2026 there will be a new study plan introduced in General Medicine programme, starting from the 1st year.

The Academic Year Calendar is available on the Faculty webpage.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your studies at our Faculty, please contact Ms. Petra Nakládalová, Faculty Erasmus+ officer (petra.nakladalova@upol.cz).

As a Palacký University student you can study at another European university or carry out a traineeship for 2-24 months within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme.

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc announces the selection procedure for students of the Faculty for study stays within the Erasmus+ programme usually in January for the next academic year.

See the details of the last (additional) selection procedure in the attached document.

Palacký University has agreements with many institutions of higher education in Europe. You can apply for these exchange study programmes primarily through our faculty. For more information please contact Petra Nakládalová (petra.nakladalova@upol.cz).

How to apply:
Applicants are required to fill in the application in the Erasmus+ online platform (available at mobility.upol.cz). Please perform the following steps once the selection procedure is announced:

1. Use the same login and password as you use for the Portal.
2. Check, if all the personal and contact details are correct. Change what needs to be corrected.  Do not forget to fill in the additional information  ("doplňující údaje") at the right hand side column: length of university studies; number  of  months in case you already went to an Erasmus+ study-stay; cycle of studies – master (“magisterský”) or Ph.D. (“doktorský”).
3. Chose the institutions you prefer: the preferred semester, your degree programme, university, language. If  you  apply  to  more  universities, indicate  your preferences for each of them. You can chose maximum 3 univerisities.
4. Submit your application.
5. Print out the application form, sign it and hand it in together with all the required attachments to Petra Nakládalová (Student Department) until the deadline.

Please note that from 2022/2023 academic year on the financial support was increased!

For traineeships the selection procedure is held at the Rectorate level and is more flexible, the deadlines depend on dates of the traineeship.

Please find more information about Erasmus+ Study stays and Erasmus+ Traineeships on the webpage of the Rectorate International office. On the same webpages you can also find the documents related to both types of the Erasmus+ stays.

Have a look at the list of partner universities of our Faculty. You can get inspired by Reports from Erasmus+ mobilities of students from our Faculty (in Czech) or Stories by students of our University (on the IRO webpage, also in Czech).

General Medicine:

Dentistry:

Ph.D. students:

(valid from the academic year 2014/2015)

Within the framework of the new Erasmus+ Programme a new rule has been implemented. According to this new rule, students can participate on both study stays and traineeships repeatedly. The condition is that in each of the study cycles the student cannot spend more than 12 months on Erasmus mobility (study stays and traineeships combined). Students whose studies are not divided into Bachelor and Masrer have this limit increased to 24 months. Please note that mobilities taken in the actual study cycle within the previous Erasmus programme (2007/08-2013/14.) are counted into this limit as well.

If you decide to do your internship abroad:

you will need to arrange for an "Agreement on the Provision of a Student Internship" to be signed by the respective hospital/medical facility, where you are looking to do your internship.

This agreement is concluded between
- the faculty
- the hospital and
- the student

E-mail jana.osmani@upol.cz or jitka.melcrova@upol.cz for a scanned copy of this contract already signed by the Vice-Dean, fill out your personal details, sign it, scan it, and send it to the hospital, where you are arranging your internship.
Make sure the Study Department receives a copy signed by the hospital BEFORE the start of your internship.

Once you complete your internship, make sure you get a certificate, confirming the completion of such internship. You can either use our Certificate of Internship, or have the hospital issue their own certificate, provided that the same information as stated on the Certificate of Internship is included.

Should a respective department from the Faculty Hospital in Olomouc require for you to apply for an internship abroad, you can use this Application for Internship Abroad.

If your internship (training) outside the Czech Republic lasts at least 30 days (without interruption), you may utilise a financial contribution from the faculty, amounting up to EUR 1,000. The contribution will be awarded based on your CGPA for the last academic year as follows:

• CGPA 1.0   - 1.50 - EUR 1,000
• CGPA 1.51 - 2.30 - EUR 500
• CGPA 2.31 and above - EUR 250

Only internships, which are required by the curriculum can be considered for the contribution (e.g. 19-days selected medical speciality and 2 weeks Ob-Gyn training or 3 weeks dentistry training aftern the 4th year with a need to extend it a bit to have 30 consecutive days).

The contribution will be paid out upon completion of your internship. The contribution can only be paid to those who still study or who completed studies in the academic year in which the payment is sent.

Please note that this amount will only be paid out once during the entire time of your studies.

Applications for the contribution must be submitted to the Study Department by 14^th October 2024.

Applications have to include:

• cover letter (filled out and signed)
• hard copy/copies (in original, signed and stamped) of the contract/s (i.e. Agreement on the Provision of a Student Internship)
• hard copy/copies (in original, signed and stamped) of the cerfificate/s confirming the completion of the internship/s

Strictly only applications that satisfy the criteria above will be accepted.
If your application is submitted incomplete, i.e. if any documents are missing, they are not original copies or if they are not signed and stamped as required, it will not be considered and the financial contribution will not be paid out.

We would like to draw your attention to the platform for searching  funding opportunities and scholarships http://www.european-funding-guide.eu/. It covers scholarships but also all other types of funding that could be applied for to finance your own studies. With more than 12,000 funding opportunities and 28 filter criteria, European Funding Guide is the largest study funding portal within the EU.