Inter-University Agreements

Mobilities in Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Serbia and USA

study abroad in the academic year 2025/26

International Relations Office of the CU Rectorate announces a call for applications for study abroad mobilities in either winter or summer semester of the 2025/2026 academic year within the framework of inter-university agreements. The list of available universities including the number of offered spots is shown below.

Interested candidates can submit their application via the CU online application from October 1 to October 31, 2024.

Students have the possibility to select one university as an alternative to the university of their first choice. In total students can apply for two partner universities.

Further information regarding inter-university agreements can be found here.

Selection procedure

Selection procedure at Charles University for the Inter-University mobilities has two rounds - faculty and university-wide.
Each faculty pre-selects and nominates their candidates for the university-wide selection procedure conducted by the International Relations Office at Charles University Rectorate.
The succesfull applicants are then nominated to the given partner universities, which make the final decision.

Required documents

All submitted documents must be in English.

NOTICE: in the case of Université de Montréal, documents must be in French (the recommendation letter can be written in Czech or English as well)

CV (including updated contact details: e-mail, phone number)
Letter of purpose
Study plan
- Study plan must be filled out in the intended form. Instructions on how to design a Study Plan are available here.
- Selection of courses at partner universities and their recognition at FHS has to be consulted with your study program guarantor.
Recommendation letter by a CU Faculty of Humanities member
Transcript of Records including complete study average
Certificate/confirmation of English language proficiency
Consent to personal data processing (document to download)
Invitation letter by a receiving faculty member (applies to PhD applicants for a research stay only).
- Please note that in some cases students apply for a research stay on their own, outside of the selection process. Information can be found on the website or by asking the relevant CU Rectorate coordinator.

The International Office will reach out to the guarantor of the relevant study program concerning their approval of the student's planned study abroad mobility.

Financial support

Tuition fees waiver
Other fees may be required (various semester fees, deposits etc.),

NOTICE: all costs stemming from an exchange stay via the inter-university framework are expected to be covered by the student.
Insurance to cover medical costs, required especially by non-European countries/universities
Visa fee
The costliest aspects of staying abroad are generally travel and the cost of living (accommodation, everyday expenses etc.).All accepted students may apply for a financial contribution from the CU Mobility Fund.
The websites of our partner universities usually offer current information about living costs in the given country.

Available partner universities

The number of spots applies to Charles University as a whole

State	University	Number of Spots per Semester / Academic year	Notes
Australia	Macquarie University	4/2
	The Melbourne University	6/3
	The University of Queensland	6/3
	Griffith University	2/1
Brazil	FFLCH Universidade de Sao Paulo	4/2
Israel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	4/2
Japan	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies	6/3
Canada	Concordia University	6/3
	McGill University	16/8
	Simon Fraser University	5/2
	Université de Montréal	4/2	the required documents to be submitted in French (the transcript of records and recommendation letter may be in Czech or English)
	University of Toronto	4/2
South Korea	The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	2/1
	Seoul National University	4/2
Mexico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	4/2	the required documents should be submitted by the student in Czech or English
New Zealand	University of Otago	5/2	available for bachelor's degree students only
Serbia	University of Belgrade	3/1
USA	State University of New York	1/0
	North Carolina State University	4/2
	University of Oregon	6 trimester/2
	University of Washington, Seattle	9 trimester/3

Mobilities in Germany

Semestral study stays

study abroad in the academic year 2024/25

The FHS CU International Office has announced a call for applications for a scholarship study stay at our partner universities in Germany in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Interested candidates can submit their application via the CU online application until September 30, 2024.

Students have the possibility to select one university as an alternative to the university of their first choice.

Required documents for BA and MA students

CV in German or English
Cover letter in German or English
Study plan
- Study plan must be filled out in the intended form. Instructions on how to design a Study Plan are available here.
- Selection of courses at partner universities and their recognition at FHS has to be consulted with your study program guarantor.
Recommendation letter by a CU Faculty of Humanities teacher in German or English (Universität Hamburg requires 2 recommendation letters)
Transcript of Records, complete study average
Certificate/confirmation of German language proficiency at min. B2 level
Written confirmation from an HHU lecturer that they are willing to provide the usual level of student supervision (just for HHU Düsseldorf)

Required documents for PhD students

CV (including updated contact details: e-mail, phone number) - in German or English
Covering letter (German or English language)
Academic Visitor Application
- Upload the form to the online application with your signature and the signature of your supervisor (second signature). The signature of the Vice Dean for International Relations (third signature) will be provided by the FHS International Department in case of the nominated students.
Dissertation summary in German or English
Recommendation letter by a CU Faculty of Humanities member - in German or English (Universität Hamburg requires 2 recommendation letters)
Confirmation of admission to a PhD program
Confirmed transcript of study results, average of study results from previous studies
Certificate/confirmation of German language proficiency - B2
Invitation letter by a receiving faculty member

Available partner universities

Universität des Saarlandes

2 semester scholarships for bachelor or master students - 934 EUR per month (summer semester 2024/2025)
2 semester scholarships for doctoral students - 1200 EUR per month (possible to go for several weeks - max. 3 months in the period January - December 2025)

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

1 semester scholarship for bachelor and master students - 934 EUR per month (not for doctoral students) – (summer semester 2024/2025)

- additional application document: written confirmation from an HHU lecturer that they are willing to provide the usual level of student supervision

Universität Hamburg

2 semester scholarships for bachelor, master or doctoral students – 1000 EUR per month (summer semester 2024/2025)

Universität Leipzig

1 semester scholarship for bachelor, master or doctoral students – 500 EUR per month (summer semester 2024/2025)

Universität Heidelberg

1 semester scholarship for bachelor, master or doctoral students - 700 EUR per month (summer semester 2024/2025 - 5 months including the intensive German course before the beginning of the semester)

One-month-long scholarships for doctoral students in 2025

PhD students to upload all documents to the online application by 16th December 2024

Deadline

Interested candidates should upload all documents to the online application by 16th December 2024.

Required attachments

Academic Visitor Application, to be dowloaded here
Structured curriculum vitae
Preliminary promise of admission by a teacher from a partner university
Detailed description of the study plan in German or English
Average of study results from previous studies

Partner Universities

Number of spots and amount of scholarship grant

Universität zu Köln

2-3 one-month-long scholarships for PhD students – 1200 EUR/month

Universität Hamburg

9 one-month-long scholarships for PhD students – 1300 EUR/month

Universität Heidelberg

1 one-month-long scholarship for PhD students - 1300 EUR/month

Universität Bonn

1 one-month-long scholarship for PhD students - 1200 EUR/month

Universität Regensburg

1 one-month-long scholarship for PhD students (1300 EUR/month) or
1 one-month-long scholarship for post-docs (up to 6 years after completion of the PhD, 2000 EUR)

Please note: There might be special visa requirements depending on the visiting country. You might pay extra for visa fees, health insurance, etc., so make sure that you have sufficient funds to cover all of your expenses (abroad as well as upon your return). There are no additional grants at the Faculty of Humanities and you won't be excused from paying the tuition fees at the Faculty. Most of the countries are more expensive than the Czech Republic, therefore we advise you to have sufficient savings.

Last change: December 2, 2024 14:51

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