LLP ERASMUS - exchange programme for students and employess

If you are Erasmus exchange student considering stay at Masaryk University, or FSS MU student who wants to study abroad, please browse this page and write, if something is missing. If you are different scheme exchange student or you want to come as guest student, please select the general article for exchange and guest students from the left menu.

Also visiting staff members are welcome to contact International Office via int@fss.muni.cz. Apart from this, visiting teachers might want to contact our departmental coordinators, for the full details, see the list below.

Read the basic information, or go directly to:

Incoming students
Students of FSS MU, who want to go abroad
FSS MU employees, who want to go abroad
List of Departmental Coordinators

Basic information about ERASMUS

ERASMUS programme (subprogramme of Life-Long Learning Programme of European Commission) is by far the most popular exchange scheme within European countries.

The Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University has signed more than 130 exchange agreements with specific institutions of higher education in 23 countries - our students and employees can use them to study and work abroad. Incoming students and colleagues are equally welcome - a good thing to know: International Student Club at Masaryk University (ISC MU) was awarded the STARlight prize for the most active section at the international level, out of 343 sections in 33 countries.

If you want to come for exchange to Brno, you must be selected by your home university first, on the basis of the agreements signed for a particular number of exchanged students in the concrete field of study.

At Masaryk University, ERASMUS is coordinated at the level of departments and faculties, but centrally, it is administered at the level of whole-university Office for International Studies. If you are a student of FSS MU, first, you will have to get a nomination from your departmental coordinator. Both whole-university and faculty/departmental coordinators are listed below.

Institutional coordinators for Masaryk University:

Radka Svozilová and Lenka Kopečková (incoming students)
Lucie Durcová (agreements)
Věra Honzíková, Martina Pluháčková and Ondřej Rutkovský (outgoing students)

Contacts: OIS website (staff section).

Departmental ERASMUS coordinators at the Faculty of Social Studies

Environmental Studies: Mgr. Lukáš Kala
Media Studies and Journalism: Mgr. Pavel Sedláček and Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D.
International Relations and European Studies: PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
Political Science and Security Studies: Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Psychology: Mgr. Michal Čevelíček and Mgr. Zuzana Petrovičová (currently abroad)
Social Policy: <Mgr. Martina Jetmarová
Sociology (Gender Studies and Social Anthropology): Assoc. prof. Tomáš Katrňák, Ph.D. and Mgr. Karina Hoření

Students coming for exchange to Brno

When you are selected by your home university, you will be in contact with our whole-university Erasmus coordinators for incoming students, Radka Svozilová or Lenka Kopečková, mentioned above. If your university already selected students for Erasmus, you should read this website on
Erasmus info for MU Incoming students: this page will give your full information on how to apply and arrange your stay. The deadlines for application to Masaryk University are 15 July and 15 November. Below, read about the Faculty of Social Studies offer.

English-taught courses in social sciences (choose semester, the list has more pages - click)
Courses in languages other than Czech - at the whole Masaryk University
List of Departmental Coordinators at FSS MU - click or roll upwards.
Erasmus agreements at individual departments of our faculty - check whether your university is there

Important - choice of courses: Please, keep in mind that it is recommended that you register (and fill in in your Learning Agreement) at least 50% of your courses here at the department or degree programme your home university has signed Erasmus agreement with (which should naturally correspond to the subjects you study at home). Other social science courses are also open to you - you can choose classes according to your interests from the Faculty of Social Studies offer, or some from the whole Masaryk University offer. Apart from English-taught courses, there are also courses taught in German, French, etc. If you speak Slavonic languages, you might try Czech-taught classes too. Registration of thesis writing seminars (or dissertation writing for Ph.D. students) is not recommended, it is approved by our departments in exceptional cases after mutual agreement of both universities and specific teachers.

Erasmus and other exchange students can also attend courses of CESP - Central European Studies Program (whole-university level), as they offer insight into society, politics and culture in the Czech lands. At the end of this page, you find useful links with information about Masaryk University, Brno, and international student life in the Czech Republic.

Students of the Faculty of Social Studies

Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies

In February, the departmental coordinators announce the call for applications and then nominate candidates for specific degree programmes and study fields. Usually you apply for ERASMUS exchange by selecting 2 or 3 universities from the list, submitting your CV, motivation letter, transcript of records and (if applicable) language certificates - contact the coordinators or read their calls for applications. DEADLINE: Friday 22 February 2013. In case you want to choose one of the Faculty-wide agreements as your first choice, please submit your application in the International Office to Ms. Dagmar Hábová.

Model application form
ERASMUS agreements at our Faculty - colours indicate the department, but the agreements are signed for disciplines of social sciences, which can broaden your choice. It is recommended to consult the coordinators.
Grant sums for individual countries - per month.
List of Departmental Coordinators - click or roll upwards.

Erasmus Student Mobility for Placements

In addition to study period abroad, students can apply for an internship (work placement) period abroad. A training agreement has to be signed in advance (including approval of the university and the organisation where one performs the training) for the grant application. Students receive information on international mobility at the beginning of their studies, and then at the start of each semester.

Teachers and staff of the Faculty of Social Studies

In March, the departments submit lists of teachers who plan to go for a teaching Erasmus visit in the next academic year. Please have a look into the list of agreements below and consult your choices with your departmental Erasmus coordinator. For the staff training, there is a call later in March or April.

ERASMUS agreements at our Faculty
List of Departmental Coordinators - click or roll upwards.
Grant sums per day (staff) - click or roll upwards.