Upon Arrival

UCT Halls of Residence

The UCT Prague provides the possibility of accommodation at the Residence Halls of UCT Prague during the first 3 months of your stay. The halls are located at the outskirts of Prague, about 40 minutes away from the university campus by public transport. Although you won't have the comfort of your own place, it is the cheapest and easiest option for you before you start searching for a private flat. To book a room, please contact your UCT Mobility Coordinator.

Your room key will be prepared for you either in the dorm office at the Sázava building or at the reception, depending on the time when you reach the dorms.

You will be required to pay a deposit of 5,000 CZK in cash per person (this amount will be refunded to you upon your departure from the dorms).

You will sign a contract for a period of 3 months. It is thus necessary to search for private accommodation during this period.

Medical check-up

Before signing your employment contract, you must attend a medical check-up with UCT Prague’s General Practitioner (GP).

The General Practitioner's office is located in another university building on the University Campus, next to the kindergarten Zkumavka. 

Address:

Studentská 6, Prague 6, Room C413/C414

You must bring your confirmation of tetanus vaccination and your medical history form from your current GP.  If you don’t have a General Practitioner at your current place of residence, you'll fill in a declaration that will be provided to you and sign it.

If you have an acute respiratory infection, you cannot undergo the pre-entrance medical examination. Please contact us to arrange a new pre-employment medical appointment.

Signing your employment contract

After the visit of our doctor, you will have an appointment at the Personnel Department to sign your employment contract and paperwork related to your employment. Usually it is done on the same day.

Your UCT Mobility Coordinator will provide you with the time and date of your appointment.

Card centre

After signing the employment contract, you will receive your employee card. The card centre is located in the basement of Building B, Room (B)S06.

You will need to bring your passport or ID card and make a photo.

Registration at the Ministry of the Interior

Within the first 3 days after your arrival, you should register at the Ministry of the Interior - OAMP.

During the Pandemic, it is possible to do so after the end of the quarantine.

Adaptation and Integration Course

Third-country citizens with a long-term residence permit or permanent residence permit issued after 1.1.2021 are obliged to take an Adaptation and Integration course within 1 year from the collection of their residence permit, at their own costs. It takes approximately 4 hours and the cost is around 1000 CZK.

You can make a reservation for this course on the webpage of the Integration centers.

This obligation does not apply to:

• long-term residence permit for the purpose of study  
• EU citizens
• Change of purpose (only if your long-term residence permit had been issued before 01/2021)
• Holders of ta emporary residence permit (during the period of its validity)
• Persons under 15 years
• Persons above 61 years
• Persons who have already taken the course
• Persons who paid a penalty fee for not having taken the course