FREE MOVERS - WELCOME TO UPJŠ
Foreign students who want to add an international dimension to their degrees can apply to undertake a short-term stay for studies (a semester or an academic year), research or traineeship at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ) also as free movers - i.e. independently, without being part of a specific scholarship/exchange programme (e.g. Erasmus+, National Scholarship Programme, International Visegrad Fund, CEEPUS etc.)
Free movers do not get any scholarship/grant from the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice does not require any tuition fees from free movers.
Free movers must be officially enrolled in a degree program at their home university during the application procedure and during the whole period of their free mover stay at our university.
Free movers at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice are centrally administered by the International Relations Office (rectorate level), but the admission procedure takes place at a relevant faculty, institute or department. Please note that the admission requirements for free movers are set independently by each faculty, institute or department and the admittance to study programmes, research stays and traineeships is limited (depending on the capacities, possibilities and a decision of a relevant faculty, institute or department).
We prefer students from member countries of the European Higher Education Area.
Application procedure for Free Movers
Required documents and deadlines for application for Free Movers
| Faculty of Medicine |
30 March for the 1st semester, the 2nd semester or the whole academic year: After 30 March, the Faculty of Medicine will make a selection and will inform the candidates about the results. The successful candidates will be required to send additional documents - a fully completed Application form * If you can not get a confirmation of registration at your home university for the academic year/period in which you will be implementing your free mover stay at our university at the time you are submitting the application, please inform us about the date when you will submit it / the procedure at your home university. Please note that you must be an enrolled student at your home university during the whole period of your free mover stay at our university. |
| Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public Administration, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Physical Education and Sport |
1 June: for the 1st semester or the whole academic year - a fully completed Application form ** A photocopy of the passport/ID and an Accommodation Application Form are needed only from the successful candidates, so you can send it later, but as soon as possible after you are accepted. Please note that you must be an enrolled student at your home university during the whole period of your free mover stay at our university. |
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All documents should be in English (or Czech or Slovak). Incomplete applications will not be processed! Students from third countries who need an invitation letter for a visa/residence permit to enter and stay in Slovakia need to send us the necessary documents well in advance. Please check very carefully the administrative procedures and duties towards Slovak authorities related to entry and stay in Slovakia (visa, reporting the stay after arrival, temporary residence of third county nationals/residence of EU/EEA Swiss nationals etc.) - please see a guide to administrative duties below and contact the relevant consulate/embassy if needed. |
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Documents for Free Movers:
