The difference between Study Mobility and Traineeship Mobility

• Study Mobility: preparation of dissertation, consultation, visit the library, etc.

• Traineeship Mobility: practical internships are specific in that their content is not directly focused on writing your dissertation. It is necessary to perform specific work/tasks for the receiving institution.

Who can apply?

• at the start of the mobility, the student must be enrolled in the 4th year of the doctoral study program at the latest

• the student must be enrolled in the given study programme at FHS for the duration of their traineeship abroad

Where?

• short-term study mobilities are to be completed at partner institutions with which FHS has an inter-institutional agreement in a given academic year

  • See list of available partner universities here; useful information and links to the particular faculty or department are also included

• short-term traineeship mobilities may be completed at any institution / organization in an Erasmus+ programme country with the exception of EU bodies, institutions and other EU entities, including specialized agencies and organizations, that lead EU programmes (e.g. national agencies of Erasmus+).

Duration of mobility

• the period of physical mobility abroad should be 30 days (in exceptional and justified cases can be shortened to 21 days)

• if students have already completed an Erasmus+ study or traineeship programme in the third cycle, the total duration of the study and/or traineeship already completed and that applied for may not exceed 12 months

Erasmus+ Grant

• up to and including 14 days of physical mobility €79 / per day

• from 15 to 30 days of physical mobility €56 / per day

Required documents

Required documents to be delivered collectively in PDF Format via email to international@fhs.cuni.cz no later than the specified deadline.

Please note that the required documents for Study Mobility and Traineeship Mobility are different. Read the information below carefully.

• Request form for applications (Short-term mobility PhD)

• CV

  • in English and in the language of instruction at partner university, if differs

• Study Purpose / Traineeship plan (in ENG)

  should contain justification as to why the mobility should be carried out at the given institution and how it relates to the topic of doctoral thesis at FHS

  • short-term study mobility - the content of the study mobility depends on the agreement with the academic contact at the given partner university; consultation; work on / preparation of a dissertation; course work (if applicable, state which courses)

  • short-term traineeship mobility - depends on the agreement with the host institution, should contain specific content of the traineeship; tasks to be carried out by the traineeship, relevance to the studies at FHS

• Acceptance from the host institution / university

  • short-term study mobility - statement of prospective supervision from academic staff of the partner university (in ENG)

  • short-term traineeship mobillity - acceptance letter / statement of admission from the host institution

    • The letter should include the name of the institution, the contact person including their e-mail, the agreed content of the internship and mobility dates, signature and a stamp (if applicable).

• Recommendation letter

  • provided by your FHS supervisor – in English or Czech; there is no template for this document.

    It is possible to ask the supervisor to send the recommendation directly to  (we do not accept forwarded emails!).A document must be sign is(scan is enough).