Internships abroad
Students of doctoral study programmes are obliged to complete the course Study stay during their studies, the minimum length of the study stay is 1 month. The goal is to obtain theoretical as well as practical knowledge and experience, experimental work to obtain specific data, their evaluation and preparation of scientific publication.
Course code and its duration:
FPR/ 801 – Study stay I.– stay abroad for 2 to 4 weeks [IS/STAG link]
FPR/ 802 – Study stay II. – stay abroad for 1 to 3 months [IS/STAG link]
FPR/ 803 – Study stay III. – stay abroad for more than 2 months [IS/STAG link]
Before leaving for their study stay, the student must register their stay by submitting filled form Student’s international mobility to the Vice-Dean for doctoral studies at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Students going through Erasmus+ programme do not need to submit this form, their internship is administered and registered by Mgr. Barbara Okosy.
Credit for course completion is awarded by the Vice-Dean for doctoral studies upon submission of a Confirmation of an internship form issued by the visited institution. All students returning from an internship, including returning from Erasmus+ stay, must submit this confirmation.
Student’s international mobility form
Confirmation of an internship
Financial support of internships abroad
Students can apply for financial support for an internship abroad from several sources:
- GA JU – contact the principal investigator of the team grant of which you are a member
- Departmental RVO – contact the head of your department
- International mobility 2024/2025 project – contact the Vice-Dean for doctoral studies, details about the applications are listed below
- Supervisor’s project
Other options for financial support outside university sources:
- Erasmus+ - information about the project can be found here, the administrator at our faculty is Mgr. Barbora Okosy
- Fulbright scholarships – for stays at the USA, more information here
- IBERA AV ČR
- Of the extraordinary funding opportunities are students informed via email
If you wish to apply for support from the International mobility 2024/2025 project, please submit your motivation letter to the Vice-Dean for doctoral studies doc. RNDr. Eva Nováková, Ph.D., at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. In your application, please include:
- Full name
- Year of study
- Study programme + subject of your dissertation thesis
- Length of the stay abroad (if you have a more precise idea about possible dates of your stay, please specify them
- Clearly defined goals
- Financial budget (cost of flights/tickets, accomodation, what other financial sources are you requesting/have support from)
All the circumstances – length and location of the internship, support from other sources, the total amount of funding available – are taken into account in awarding and determining the amount of financial support from the university project. If the location or length of the internship eventually change (the internship is shorter or in a more financially available country), the financial contribution will be reduced proportionaly.
Student can apply for the support from the university project once per year, and the project supports expenses for a maximum of 3 months. Priority is given to students who have not yet completed the minimum required duration of a study stay (1 month).
Financial support of conferences abroad
Sources of financial support of internships can be used as well for support of international conferences, with departments having resources reserved especially for them.
Students are required to present their results at least once during the standard time of study at an international conference, where the language of the meeting is English or, with the approval of the Specialist Board, another world language. The conference is to be registered in IS/STAG as a course under the code:
XXX/907 – Conference Presentation (in foreign language) – xxx = departmental code
The credit for fulfilment is awarded by the Chair of the SB after the student submits a copy of the poster or copies from the collection of abstracts.