Orientation week

Orientation week is organized by the International Relations Office in cooperation with Erasmus Student Network (ESN UP) and introduces students to various services and system operation at Palacký University.

It is always preceding the official beginning of classes in each semester. The orientation week starts with a welcome meeting, each participant will receive information materials including a printed programme of the week. Students are encouraged to take part in a sightseeing tour of the town and the town hall,  lectures on Czech history and culture, an information session with a police officer, meetings with Czech students (ESN UP) and  departmental coordinators, welcome parties, a trip and a course of Survival Czech for real beginners.

There are also practical information sessions to instruct incoming students how academic issues at Palacký University are organized, what documents to fill out and use, who the university coordinators are and where to find them, how to get a university ID, a pass for public transportation etc. Information on a Czech as a Foreign Language course is provided as well.

Please note that the IRO will not provide information individually to students who arrive to Olomouc earlier than the official start of the orientation week.

The ORIENTATION WEEK REGISTRATION FORM is available in the section Docs&Forms

Further details may be obtained from:

• zuzana.hamdanieh@upol.cz (Erasmus+)
• stepanka.bublikova@upol.cz (Exchange)

Video: Erasmus+ & Exchange Orientation Week at Palacký University Olomouc