Erasmus traineeship

We kindly ask you to go through the following steps.

1. Online NOMINATION FORM

Make sure that your coordinator has successfully submitted your nomination. Without the official nomination by your sending institution we will not be able to continue your application process.

2. Online APPLICATION FORM – student account in the Portal system

A - PORTAL ACCOUNT

• Go to the page of our Portal system
• ECTS arrival – enter your email address (which you will be using for all the communication with our university) for your verification. Go to the weblink sent to your email afterwards and then you are already on Portal and can fill in the registration
• Complete the section Personal data and click on „Add incoming study visit“!
• Remember your assigned Birth Code, you will need it several times later and during your stay in Pardubice!!!
• Click on the section Incoming study visit and complete it:
• Expected date of arrival/departure (complete expected dates of your stay - IMPORTANT!!)
• Academic year - 2023/24
• Funding –  Erasmus (51) or Other form of short-term study mobility (69)
• Travel type: semester(s) / virtual component (only if applicable)
• Incoming st. visit type - Internship
• Accommodation – put „yes“ only if you want a place at the university dormitory
• Complete the data about your Home institution.

B - LEARNING AGREEMENT (LA)

• Create your learning agreement
• Contact your faculty coordinator (see the list below)
• Indicate the content of your internship
• Sign the LA
• Let it sign by your sending institution

Please note that you will be asked to provide us with the following attachments later on:

1 – Certificate of your English language competence

• Upload the certificate issued by the University language department of your home institution or any other international certificate as attachment of your Portal account.
• At least B2 English Proficiency Level is required
• Use „English certificate“  for title of the uploaded file!!!

2 – Passport photo

• Upload your photo – it will be used for the student ID card
• Use „Photo“ for title of the uploaded file!!!
• Ideal photo: colorful face photo in the passport format
• If you don´t upload your photo into your account, we won´t be able to make your student ID card that is necessary to get online in the campus, to get the food in the uni canteen etc…

In case your faculty has set up its own supplementary requirements within the application procedure (for ex. Skype meeting, supplementary language examination etc…) you will be informed about it by the faculty coordinator.

Before your arrival we will send you another information email indicating more details about the Orientation week, ESN Pardubice (Buddy system), leisure time activities etc.

VISA APPLICATION PROCEDURE (more info here)

In case you are obliged to apply for visa to enter to the Czech Republic, we recommend you to get information concerning the concrete requirements directly at the Czech Embassy/Consulate in your home country. Please note that the resolution visa procedure takes 60 days, so make sure you arrange your appointment at the Embassy on time, otherwise you will not manage to start the semester on time or your visa will be declined!!!

After submitting your application as well as all required documents, our International office will send you the required documents for your visa application:

1. Confirmation of Acceptance (Potvrzení o přijetí ke studiu – in Czech) - issued by the International office
2. Accommodation Agreement (Smlouva o smlouvě budoucí – in Czech; English version just for information is here) - issued by the Dormitory office

• to be able to issue this document we need you to pay the deposit for accommodation at the dormitories as soon as possible,
• you will get all necessary information concerning the bank account data by email from the dormitory officer,
• for further enquiries regarding accommodation do not hesitate to contact iskam@upce.cz

The above mentioned documents will be sent to the International office of your home university by regular post that´s why it is important to give correct information about the postal address of your uni. Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the delivery of the parcel by regular post. You can also order express delivery service to pick up the parcel in our office. This service will be at your expenses.

As the official visa procedure takes 60 days, we recommend you to upload all required documents into the Portal account as soon as possible to get the visa documents on time. You are also asked to arrange your appointment at the Embassy as soon as possible (June is recommended for winter semester; November/summer semester).

You can get more information about visa application procedure at the Czech Embassy or consulate in your home country or consult the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

ACCOMMODATION AND CATERING

After getting your LA approved by the faculty coordinator, you will receive an automatic email with all necessary information regarding your accommodation booking in the University dormitories. More information concerning accommodation you can find on the web site of the University Accommodation and Catering Service.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Academic calendar for academic year 2024/2025.