Incoming students

Nominations

Check whether your university has an Inter-institutional agreement (IIA) with your chosen faculty of Comenius University. Partner institutions of your university should be published at the website of your university; or ask the mobility administrator at your home university.

Ask your outgoing mobility administrator to nominate you for studies at Comenius University. Nominations to Comenius University are possible twice a year:

1 April – 15 May (for the following winter term & full academic year); deadline for uploading documents into Mobility Online: 15 June
1 October – 15 November (for the following summer term); deadline for uploading documents into Mobility Online: 15 December

Note: Erasmus partners of Comenius University receive a link for nomination shortly before the nominations open. Nominations must be done via Mobility Online system, email nominations are not accepted. If your mobility administrator does not have the link for nomination on 1 April / 1 October respectively, let them contact Comenius University right away at erasmusplusrec.uniba.sk .

Once nominated, you will receive an email with further step-by-step instructions. You need to register into Mobility Online system (registration credentials included in the email) and fill in your profile. At first you will be asked to upload scan of passport OR ID card and your photo. Only then will you receive a Confirmation of Acceptance.

Comenius University factsheet

Acceptance/Learning agreement

When you are accepted, you can start choosing courses for your Learning Agreement (LA). In general, you complete your LA in your home university student IT system or at https://learning-agreement.eu according to advise of your home university (some universities use their inhouse IT system, other use common European IT tool to connect to EWP), After completing it, you digitally sign your LA and after signature of your home university, LA is automatically transferred via Erasmus without paper (EWP) to Comenius University Bratislava for signature. Same procedure applies for LA changes during mobility. Electronic LA is called Online Learning agreement (OLA) or Digital Learning agreement (DLA). All European universities participating at Erasmus programme should use EWP with OLA/DLA, therefore it is not necessary to use paper (.pdf) templates for LA. For students coming from other countries universities (under Erasmus KA171/ICM action), please upload your signed LA as .pdf file to your Mobility Online (our IT system managing mobilities) account.

See the list of offered courses. Should you have any questions concerning the LA, contact the mobility administrator at your host faculty.

Deadline for completion of your LA / OLA is 15 June (winter term / full year) / 15 December (summer term).

Accommodation

Due to ongoing renovations at the student dormitories, accommodation capacity for international students is significantly limited. Consequently, we cannot guarantee housing, and students are required to arrange their own private accommodation.

Students of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin (JLF) can apply for dormitory accommodation in Martin.

Slovak language courses

Slovak language courses are available for all incoming students. You will be informed about the deadline for registration in advance. These courses are not mandatory. You can choose Survival Slovak during the Welcome Week and/or Slovak for beginners during the semester.

Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

Erasmus Student Network Slovakia (ESN Slovakia) is a non-profit student organisation. Mission is to represent international students, thus provide opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of Students Helping Students. Every year, 10 ESN sections from Bratislava to Košice take care of almost 2,000 Erasmus students. ESN SK represents international students and organize trips, cultural and social activities and events for them.

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Comenius University is here to make your Erasmus extraordinary by:

Giving you „buddy“ - a Slovak student who will pick you up, help you with all difficulties at the beginning and be there for you
Organizing Trips, Parties, Sport, Cultural and Social events
Giving you chance to know Slovak people and culture
Making Bratislava your second home

I'm an exchange student and I want to have a buddy.

More information about Erasmus Student Network.

Visa/Foreign police

You will find information about visa and temporary residence permit at Welcome centre infopages:

Advice on how to obtain a visa (third-country nationals)

If you are staying in Slovakia for more than 90 days, you need to request a temporary residence permit.

What to do once you are in Slovakia (third-country nationals with visa )?

In case of any questions contact either welcomeuniba.sk or your mobility administrator at the receiving faculty.