For your daily stay at the university, you will need an ISIC card. There is a chip in the card that will allow you to open certain classrooms and computer rooms. You will also need your ISIC card for staying at the dorms (and for paying your rent).

Where to get the ISIC card?

1. Click here.
2. Select "First card ISIC Card for Full-time students".
3. Click on "Add to shopping cart".
4. Click on "Order" and follow the instructions.

The amount to pay for the ISIC card is 250 CZK.

As soon as your ISIC card is ready to be picked up in the International Relations Office (in about 2-5 business days), you will receive a message.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The ISIC card will not be issued without:

1. You being enrolled in the studies.
2. Your photo in the MUNI Information System.

Here is how to set your own photo in the IS (first, you have to log in to the INET application with your primary password). You will also need a scan of your ID.

The photo you want to submit must meet the following criteria:

• Image file format: JPEG (file extension .jpg)
• Orientation: portrait
• Background: white or light grey, plain, all one color and shade
• Framing: head show in full and centered, shoulders visible
• Framing: enough free space around the head (to create a standard crop)
• Headwear and glasses: without headwear (except for medical or religious reasons) and dark glasses
• Dimension: height - minimum 1.000 pixels and maximum 3.000 pixels
• Dimension: width - minimum 1.000 pixels and maximum 2.000 pixels

Place the crop box on the photo according to the following patterns:

• Head inside the ellipse;
• Maintain the same distances from the cutting edge.

You can find the academic calendar here. Note that the dates may vary according to your faculty, so do not forget to select the Faculty of Arts (FF).

The Centre for International Cooperation (CZS) and the ESN MUNI Brno (Erasmus Student Network) run an extensive Orientation Week prior to every semester. You have an opportunity to participate in Orientation Week with its colorful programme which will help you organize your administrative and study duties and further experience a little bit of Czech culture and Czech language and meet and have fun with both the Czech and other international students at parties, workshops, etc.

You do not have to buy the complete OW package with all the activities, however, it is necessary that you participate at the compulsory meetings (Monday: Opening and Admission, Tuesday: Emergency & Safety, Wednesday: Introduction at your faculty). 

Courses taught in English can be found on the websites of Masaryk University’s faculties. Masaryk University uses the ECTS system.

You will find the courses taught at the Faculty of Arts here. You can narrow down or specify your search by choosing a specific term or teaching language.

Every degree student in an English-taught program is entitled to study 2 semesters of the Czech language at the Department of Czech for Foreigners for free.

The university also offers other courses of Czech for Foreigners. More information can be found on the website of the Center for International Cooperation (CZS) 

The main difference is that the CZS offers a course named Survival Czech which will help you to get by in simple day-to-day situations, meanwhile the courses offered by the Department of Czech for foreigners offer various levels according to your needs and are meant especially for those who are planning to apply for study programs in Czech.

At Masaryk University, the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is used. At Masaryk University, 60 ECTS represents the ideal workload for one year’s full-time study or 30 ECTS/semester, but it depends on you - it is your responsibility to even out the workload.

Grading scale depends on the type of the exam. For exams (zkouška) the grading scale goes from A to F (A, B, C, D, and E being passing grades and F meaning failed); for credit (zápočet) the possible outcomes are Z (započteno = passed) or N (nezapočteno = failed); for colloquium there is either P (prospěl/a = passed) or N (neprospěl/a = failed).

You need at least 20 ECTS to be able to pass to the next semester (or 45 ECTS for the last two semesters combined, e.g. if in the previous semester you reached 35 ECTS, this semester you need just 10 ECTS to qualify for next semester).

In order to finish:

• Bachelor studies, you need 180 ECTS.
• Master studies, you need 120 ECTS.
• PhD. studies, you need 240 ECTS.

Notice for the removal of errors in your visa/residence permit application:

• If your application has not met all the requirements, MOI CR will contact you
  to supplement any missing documents and set a reasonable period to do
  so. At the same time, it shall issue a resolution suspending the
  administrative proceeding. After the expiration of the period to
  supplement the documents, the proceedings continue.
• In case, you are not able to obtain the missing documents, you
  are entitled to submit a reasoned request in written form to
  extend the period.

The MOI CR has not made a decision in the statutory time period:

• Time period to decide on your application: 60 days from the day you applied (long-term residence permit and long-term visa with the purpose of studies)
• Request for the acceleration of proceedings: Apply for the acceleration of the proceedings and send it to the respective body. State the procedural number within the request.
• Petition against the inactivity of the administrative authority: In case the proceedings have not been accelerated, file the petition against the inactivity of the administrative authority to the superior body. If the MOI CR does not make a decision on the matter within the statutory time period, the superior administrative body will execute measures against inactivity by its virtue as soon as the superior administrative authority finds out. Submit the petition against the inactivity of the administrative authority in writing to the Commission for decision-making in matters of residence of foreigners, which is obliged to decide within the time period of 30 days. 
  • If you need help with the petition, please contact us at admission@phil.muni.cz.
  • Where to send the petition?
    
    • Komise pro rozhodování ve věcech pobytu cizinců
      Nám. Hrdinů 1634/3
      Poštovní schránka 155/S0
      140 21 Praha 4
      ID of Data box: b78xtfa

The application has not been approved:

• Decision on denial of the application
  Did the MOI CR deny granting a visa/residence permit in the territory of the Czech Republic due to the failure of fulfilling all the legally stated conditions?
  You are entitled to file an appeal against the negative outcome within 15 days after the decision/resolution has been delivered.