Bilateral agreements

See MENDELU IRO website for full information.

FBE MENDELU preferred universities:

University	country
University of Elbasan “Aleksander Xhuvani”	Albania
Kazguu University JSC	Kazakhstan
University of International Business	Kazakhstan
Dongguan University of Technology	China
Oregon State University	USA
University of Asia and the Pacific	Philippines

Participation conditions

The length of the study period ranges from 3 (90 days) to 12 months (360 days).
Student has to be enrolled in an accredited Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral study programme.
Student has to be chosen in an officially announced selection procedure.

Student must complete at least 3 specialized subjects; the doctoral student must complete at least 1 specialized subject and prove his/her work on the dissertation (or according to an agreement with his/her tutor).
Repeated students mobility: each student may participate in a study period and/or traineeship repeatedly in each study cycle up to the total length of 12 months. The time spent on travel is not included.

The selection procedure is announced via e-mail to all university students. Following documents must be delivered to the International Relations Office of FBE before the deadline:

Application form
Learning Agreement Proposal – proposal of subjects studied during the exchange for each university,
Language knowledge – the student can receive extra points for language certificate (level B2 or higher) – FBE students are required to pass written language exam and interview.

If a student wishes to recognize a previously passed language examination, he/she must communicate this information to the faculty coordinator when submitting the application.

Choice of the relevant traineeship (30 %),
language knowledge – written and oral exam (30 %),
study results – average (30 %),
Buddy system (5 %),
language certificate – level B2 or higher (5 %).

After submitting the application, students are informed about the date of the language exam, which is an essential part of the selection procedure at FBE. If a student has passed a language exam under the Erasmus + / Bilateral Agreement, the results can be recognized upon the request of the student (the exam cannot be older than 3 years). Upon completion of the selection procedure, students are informed of the results of the selection procedure. The selected student will receive a scholarship from MENDELU (15.000 CZK per month).

Students are responsible for administration required by the partner university.

Letter of acceptance – provided by the partner university, with dates of study stay. Submit to FBE IRO (based on Letter of Acceptance, the mobility is added to UIS).
Learning agreement – fill in Learning Agreement based on the previous Proposal and submit to FBE IRO (with an original student’s signature!). After approval, send to the partner university and upload LA signed by all 3 parties to Checklist in UIS.
CZK account – add CZK bank account number to UIS (Study financing and scholarships / Bank accounts).
Travel proposal – apply through UIS. Specify the mobility as 69|jiná forma krátkodobého výjezdu – Studijní pobyt. Based on this proposal will be arranged the travel insurance for the entire duration of the stay valid for one year (the student is obliged to have university insurance). After approval, print the document and pay in cash at Cashier desk (2nd floor in building A) – no card accepted.
Checklist – upload all required documents – Learning Agreement, Letter of Acceptance and proof of insurance payment into UIS application (Student Portal / My College abroad).
Grant agreement – upon completion of all previous steps make an appointment at Rectorate (IRO) (bilateral-outgoing@mendelu.cz) and arrange signature of Grant agreement at the latest 2 weeks prior to the planned departure.

Enrol yourself for the semester. In case you do not have other subject enrolled, you have to contact your study officer. ATTENTION! Make sure you fulfil the condition of 40 ECTS in two following semesters or 12 ECTS in 1^st semester.

Changes to LA – in case there are changes to the originally approved Learning Agreement (in the content or the person of the coordinator), they must be approved in writing by the sending institution as well as by the receiving organization.

Traineeship Certificate – deliver to faculty IRO (ORIGINAL confirmed by the traineeship provider no earlier than a week before the termination) within 14 days of the end of the internship.
Final report – submit in UIS within 30 days.
Confirmation of Study period – submit the original document to MENDELU IRO and upload to checklist within 7 days after the end of study stay.
Transcript of records (ToR) – submit to faculty IRO (original).
Checklist – upload all required documents to UIS (Changes to Learning Agreement, Transcript of Record and Confirmation of Study period).

NOT fulfilling any of the conditions of Bilateral agreement Internship, the proportional part or all of the Grant must be refunded by the student.