Study abroad – Courses

When and how do I choose courses at a partner school?

All courses must be thematically linked to the main or minor specialisation studied and to the corresponding level (for a master’s degree usually graduate courses, i.e. courses for master’s degree studies). When selecting courses, you might be inspired by the experience of students who studied at the respective partner school before you (found in InSIS).

The selection of the courses should be consulted with the Vice-Dean for International Relations and PR while obtaining the Learning Agreement signature. Depending on the situation at the partner school upon your arrival, the selection of the courses can be changed (see below for more information).

Students who do not use their reserve/extra credits should not be afraid during their study abroad to study unique courses or language classes at a partner university. Studying a language at C1 level and higher can usually be recognised in the hV and/or fVM groups of courses.

To support outgoing students, FIR pays a special grant from its scholarship fund to students going for a study abroad to overseas or Russia. There is no need to submit a request for this grant. It is processed automatically from the International Office documentation.

Which courses from a study abroad can be recognised by the faculty?

Optional courses related to the field of study

These courses will be recognised within the fVM or hV groups of courses (in these groups, the majority of the FIR students have 18 to 21 credits available, depending on the curriculum).

Refer to the Table B in the Learning Agreement as fVM Faculty Electives or hV Major Specialisation Electives and the actual number of your credits left in the group. In bachelor’s studies, it is the fVB group.

Mandatory courses, if their guarantor agrees with their recognition

• approval of the course, resp. its assessment by the guarantor, before the study abroad is requested by a special application in the InSIS Contact Centre (details in the student intranet);
• it is necessary to provide the guarantor of the course at the VŠE with sufficient information, in particular the course syllabus, through the contact center.

In Table B, specify the ID of the course, name, and the number of credits at VŠE. Conformity of the syllabus must be approved by the guarantor of the course (newly also in the Learning Agreement).

Courses of minor specialisation, with the approval of the minor specialisation guarantor

• approval of the course, resp. its assessment by the guarantor, before the study abroad is requested by a special application in the InSIS Contact Centre (details in the student intranet);
• it is necessary to provide the guarantor of the course at the VŠE with sufficient information, in particular the course syllabus, through the contact center.

In Table B specify the ID of the course, name, and the number of credits at VŠE. Conformity of the syllabus must be signed by the guarantor of the subject or by the guarantor of the minor specialisation (newly also in the Learning Agreement).

In optional courses of the minor specialisation (sV), it is usually not necessary to identify the exact ID course equivalent, but the approval of the guarantor of the minor specialisation is nevertheless required.

University-wide optional courses

These are mainly language courses. Given that the study plans do not include these courses, such courses are studied using reserve/extra credits.

In Table B, specify the courses as CVM General Electives and such number of credits so that the sum in Table A and Table B is the same (if you do not have any more reserve/extra credits, contact the Vice-Dean for Studies immediately).

In bachelor’s studies, it is the cVB study group.

Mandatory language courses (fJP and oJP)

Only mandatory languages ​​from fJP and oJP groups of courses can be recognised.

Languages ​​from fJV and oJV are only recognised in fVB or cVB groups.

To select the required level of the language (between B2 and C2), always consult the respective language department.

• approval of the course, resp. its assessment by the guarantor, before the study abroad is requested by a special application in the InSIS Contact Centre (details in the student intranet);
• it is necessary to provide the guarantor of the course at the VŠE with sufficient information, in particular the course syllabus, through the contact center.

How can the Learning Agreement be changed?

A Learning Agreement that has already been approved can only be changed with the consent of the Vice-Dean for International Relations and PR. Changes are on the other side of the Learning Agreement.

Most changes usually take place upon your arrival at a partner university, when you find out which courses are actually available to you.

To speed up communication in this situation with regard to the changes of the Learning Agreement, these are approved by the Vice-Dean for International Relations and PR electronically, i.e. by e-mail, and the signing of the changes is done retrospectively after returning from study abroad.

An email regarding the changes should always include:

• which subject you want to remove – name and number of ECTS credits
• which subject you want to add – name and number of ECTS credits
• total number of ECTS credits after changes

Please always include this information in the text of the email, even if you are sending a scan of the Learning Agreement as an attachment.

Upon approving the changes, such an email will be accepted by the International Office as well.

Application for recognition of courses

Effective from April 4, 2020 the application for recognition of classes from the semester abroad must be submitted electronically via inSIS. Detailed instruction can be found here.

Previous instruction:

The request for recognition must be submitted to the Vice-Dean for Studies personally, only once you have the original of the transcript or records from the partner school.

To apply for recognition you need to bring:

• a completed and signed request for recognition (all items that are in the transcript of records must be filled in; credits from the partner school, including their ECTS equivalents and grades from the partner school. The ID course number of VŠE is filled in only if it is recognition of a compulsory course or a course of a minor specialisation – in this case, the consent of the guarantor of the course, or of the guarantor of the minor specialisation, must be included in the application for recognition; the signature of the guarantor can also be proved by their signature on the Learning Agreement)
• the original of the transcript of records and its copy

The group of courses and the recognition of the grade will be filled in by the Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs.

All courses that are in the transcript of records are recognised. Credits for unsuccessfully completed courses are deducted, respectively, their negative grading is acknowledged (4). In the case that there is a credit correction for a ‘slower study’ (often it takes a while to receive the transcript of records), then these credits will be returned to the student during the recognition (so-called credit correction).

You cannot use a copy of the Transcript of Records with your recognition request. The only exception is if it is verified by the International Office. For the same reason, the request cannot be processed electronically either.

ATTENTION: If the transcript of records has only been emailed to you and you do not have it available as the original, you must have it validated by the International Office. Such a validated and stamped transcript then serves as the original.

Upon the approval of the Vice-Dean for Studies of the recognition of the courses, the student submits the request with attachments to the Study Department, which will make an entry of it in InSIS.