Funding your stay at our Faculty

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FSV UK offers some of the highest quality English language Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degree programmes in Central and Eastern Europe in all fields of social sciences, giving students an opportunity to obtain their degree from one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious universities in the world.

Research

FSV UK fully supports the socio-scientific research. The Faculty integrates and co-ordinates the research plan it has acquired with several departments of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Within this framework, FSV UK has made a commitment to provide the professional public with a critical and scientifically-based reflection on the development of Czech society from a long-term perspective.

Life at Faculty

Student life is not only studying at a library or your dorm and attending lectures and seminars! There is a whole bunch of stuff students do together in their free time - social, cultural, political or sport events, trips, parties...and much more! There is nothing easier than just join and enjoy the life at FSV UK!

International Visegrad Fund

With the Visegrad Scholarship Programme you can finance 1 to 4 semesters at our Faculty at the Bachelor, Master, and post-Master / Ph.D. levels.

The scholarship grants 2,500/semester EUR for the student + 1,500 EUR/semester for the host institution.

Deadline is noon 15 March every year.

In order to apply for the scholarship you need to get accepted at our Faculty. How to get accepted?

Bc. and MA students: contact the International Office at studyabroad@fsv.cuni.cz to get approved as a Freemover.

Post-master / Ph.D. /post-doc applicants:

Find a supervisor at one of our Institutes’ websites. We strongly recommend to also consider the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Arts, because their fields of research might better fit your needs.
Send her your CV, your research proposal or a plan of the research stay (download here) and get it approved.
Contact the International Office at svoz@fsv.cuni.cz and ask for acceptance letters specific for the scholarship application.

The IVF announces the results around 31 May. If you win the scholarship, please inform the International Office at studyabroad@fsv.cuni.cz (Bc. and MA students) or svoz@fsv.cuni.cz (for any post-Master applicants) and provide documents listed here for Bc. and MA students or here for post-Masters.

Fulbright Commission

Fulbright Full Grants for U.S. Students

The selection procedure for the Fulbright Program for U.S. students is administered by the Institute of International Education. U.S. candidates should apply through this organization.

Fulbright Grants for Scholars and Researchers

The Core Fulbright Program grants are awarded for lecturing or projects combining lecturing and research for one semester (3 months) or for one academic year (9 months). Research projects are awarded from minimum 3 months to 9 months (one academic year).

In the academic year 2021/2022 a post-doc category was introduced.

Barrande Fellowship Programme for Ph.D. students

The Barrande Fellowship Programme supports Ph.D. students registered at French universities with a monthly stipend of 35,000 CZK to pursue in the Czech Republic:

short research stays for 1 to 3 months
5-month stays every year for a maximum of 3 years within the double degree Ph.D. scheme under joint supervision (cotutelle de thèse)

Current deadline for submitting the application is February 12, 2023. See the details of the application process here and/or here.

An informative webinar was held on December 7, 2022, an online recording is available here.

In order to pursue a research stay at our Faculty you need to find a supervisor at one of our Institutes. We strongly recommend to consider also the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Arts, because their specializations sometimes fit better our applicants´ needs.

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