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An important part of doctoral studies, which significantly develops both students and the university and the faculty, is the acquisition of international experience, especially in the form of foreign stays and internships. Foreign stays are therefore a strongly encouraged activity. For students from the academic year 2020/2021 onwards, a foreign internship is compulsory according to the conditions of accreditation for at least 1 month (within the International Internship or Visiting Study/Internship/Research course). In the case of full-time students in a continuous length, in the case of the combined form it may exceptionally be allowed to be divided into two parts.

As both the PhD students (and their employability) and the faculty find gaining international experience mutually beneficial, they actively participate in the preparation and implementation of the placement. The faculty also offers funding opportunities - primarily through projects, including specific research, but also in the form of scholarships. It is always advisable to apply for a scholarship at the destination as well (it is usually more generous there).

The student tries to make the most of his/her stay abroad for the benefit of the work on his/her dissertation and prepares for his/her trip in good time - he/she searches well in advance (even several years in advance) for possibilities, where to go, which person to approach as a consultant and how to finance the stay. In doing so, he/she is assisted by the supervisor, the supervisor of the study programme and, where appropriate, other persons with international experience who are approached by the student and the supervisor for this purpose. It is advisable to actively seek foreign contacts; it is possible to take advantage of those that already exist at the faculty, as well as to create and strengthen new ones, for example at foreign conferences, by participating in international projects, etc. It is also possible to take advantage of offers sent during the semesters by various institutions and published on the faculties' websites, on the MU IS Bulletin Board and on the MU Centre for International Cooperation website.

As far as the content of the placement is concerned, foreign (research) internships are particularly suitable. Purely "study" stays (as defined by ERASMUS+) are less common in PhD studies.

Before your departure you can contact Mgr. Ivana Hovořáková, Ph.D. from the Office for International Relations with any questions.

It is also important that all stays, internships, and conferences must be recorded by the student using the application Recording of study stays in the IS (Personal Data -> Internships and stays). This is a prerequisite for credit. The above contact person will help with the registration if necessary.

A foreign placement, the content of which is work on the dissertation, is treated as a study placement and must be carried out on the basis of a Learning Agreement.

Instructions for foreign (research/work) placements

Instructions for study stays abroad

Instructions for conferences / short-period stays

Contacts

Directive of the Rector, No. 8/2011, Rules for the Recognition of Credit from Foreign Study and Occupational Stays by Students of Masaryk University (valid from 1 September 2011)

Methodological Directive of the Director of the Centre for International Cooperation 1/2014: Records of Study and Traineeships Abroad and annexes (valid from 26 June 2014)

Calls for papers, conferences, summer and winter schools, fellowships/working positions

Pan-European Seal Programme

Information on the partner universities of the Faculty of Law, MU (Czech only)