About the programme

CEEPUS

Eligibility of applicants 

Supported mobility types 

Scholarship rates in Slovakia 

Deadlines 

 

CEEPUS

The CEEPUS Programme (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies) is a multilateral international programme supporting the cooperation between higher education institutions from member countries through academic networks.

CEEPUS members are: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and universities in Kosovo.

CEEPUS offers mobilities for BA/MA students, PhD students and teachers of higher education institutions (universities) from member countries. All fields of study are welcome and there are no priority areas.

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Eligibility of applicants

BA/MA students, PhD students and teachers of higher education institutions (universities) eligible for the programme in their home country can apply for a stay in Slovakia (check the eligibility at your home National CEEPUS Office). Students of the Bachelor´s degree need to have completed at least two semesters by the time of their stay within the CEEPUS Programme. There are two categories of applicants:

• network applicants – applicants whose department/faculty/institution is participating in a network approved within the CEEPUS Programme (the list of all networks is available at www.ceepus.info,

• freemover applicants – applicants who wish to apply for a stay from and/or to an institution not participating in any of the networks approved within the CEEPUS Programme.

Note: Scholarship for students´ stays to their home country are never permitted!

Scholarship for teachers´ stays to their home country are allowed as descried below. 

Slovakia has implemented the new possibility of scholarships for teacher exchange to the homecountry - Slovakia. Teachers of Slovak citizenship employed abroad (at universities in CEEPUS countries) can apply for mobility to Slovakia.  They can apply either in networks or as a freemover through www.ceepus.info.

Terms and conditions:

• distance of 100 km between home and host institution,
• applicant cannot be employed by the host university in Slovakia, 
• applicants cannot have a permanent residence in Slovakia. 

In all other matters, general CEEPUS rules apply.

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Supported mobility types

Network applicants and Freemovers:

• semester stays for students and PhD students (3 – 10 months)
• short-term stays for students or PhD students working on their theses and dissertations (1 – 3 months)
• lecture stays for teachers (usually up to 1 month)

Network applicants only:

• stays for non-academic staff involved in CEEPUS networks (2 – 5 working days)
• network meetings for contact persons from network participating units (1 – 3 working days)
• short-term excursions (3 – 5 days) *
• short-term intensive courses (6 days – 1 month) *

* Excursions and intensive courses must be attended by at least five international participants.

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Scholarship rates in Slovakia 

Following scholarship rates in Slovakia are valid from January 1st, 2024.

• BA/MA student: 620 €/month

• PhD student: 1025,5 €/month

• Teacher without PhD: 1025,5 €/month
- for stay of min. 5 working days and max. 10 calendar days 513 EUR
- for stay of 11 - 20 calendar days 770 EUR
- for stay of 21 calendar days or more 1025,50 EUR

• Teacher with PhD or equivalent: 1420 €/month
- for stay of min. 5 working days and max. 10 calendar days 710 EUR
- for stay of 11-20 calendar days EUR 1065
- for stay of 21 calendar days or more EUR 1420

• excursions, intensive courses, network meetings and stays for non-academic staff: 73 EUR/day (valid from April 1st, 2024)

Deadlines

Applications are submitted electronically at www.ceepus.info with the following deadlines:

network applicants twice a year:

• 1^st June for winter semester
• 1^st November for summer semester

applicants under the category freemover:

• 1^st  July for winter semester
• 1^st November for summer semester

 

More inforamtion: www.ceepus.info

 

Contact information

National CEEPUS Office in Slovakia

SAIA, n. o.
Sasinkova 10, 812 20 Bratislava 1
Slovakia

 

Contact for incoming students and teachers

ceepus-incoming@saia.sk
Tel.: 00421 25930 4705

More information

For more information on how to apply for a scholarship stay in Slovakia, please see the section: Information for applicants to Slovakia.