Academic mobility programme is directly related to the establishment of SAIA in 1990.

Within this Programme SAIA:

• provides information and advisory service to persons interested in studying abroad;
• from 2010 operates an on‑line searchable database of scholarships and grants on www.grants.saia.sk, created in cooperation with the IT Company Anasoft APR;
• organises selection of applicants for scholarship stays in about 28 countries based on bilateral agreements and direct offers from foreign governments;
• coordinates admissions of Ministry of Education foreign scholarship holders at Slovak institutions for their study and research stays (information about these scholarships can be found at www.grants.saia.sk);
• organises seminars on academic mobility for HEIs and information days on international study opportunities and scholarship programmes for students of secondary schools and of HEIs in close cooperation with its regional offices in Nitra, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, and Košice;
• issues publications on studying abroad and the monthly SAIA Bulletin (in electronic format).

Find more information here: https://www.saia.sk/en/main/about-us-main/saia-programmes/academic-mobility

The Government of the Slovak Republic approved the establishment of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic for the support of mobility of students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists in 2005. The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (NSP) is funded by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic.

The National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic supports study/research/teaching/artistic mobility of international students, PhD students, university teachers, researchers and artists at higher education institutions and research organisations. It supports two-way mobility - international scholarship holders to Slovakia, as well as Slovak scholarship holders abroad. The programme offers scholarships to cover living costs during the stay and travel allowances (all categories in case of scholarship holders from Slovakia; students and PhD students in case of international scholarship holders).

Programme Terms and Conditions for foreign applicants (incoming)

Programme Terms and Conditions for applicants from Slovakia (outgoing)

The CEEPUS Programme (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies) is a multilateral international programme supporting the cooperation between higher education institutions from member countries through academic networks.

CEEPUS members are: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and universities in Kosovo.

CEEPUS offers mobilities for BA/MA students, PhD students and teachers of higher education institutions (universities) from member countries. All fields of study are welcome and there are no priority areas.

Eligibility of applicants

BA/MA students, PhD students and teachers of higher education institutions (universities) eligible for the programme in their home country can apply for a stay in Slovakia (check the eligibility at your home National CEEPUS Office). Students of the Bachelor´s degree need to have completed at least two semesters by the time of their stay within the CEEPUS Programme. There are two categories of applicants:

• network applicants – applicants whose department/faculty/institution is participating in a network approved within the CEEPUS Programme (the list of all networks is available at www.ceepus.info,

• freemover applicants – applicants who wish to apply for a stay from and/or to an institution not participating in any of the networks approved within the CEEPUS Programme.

Note: Scholarship for students´ stays to their home country are never permitted!

Scholarship for teachers´ stays to their home country are allowed as descried below. 

Slovakia has implemented the new possibility of scholarships for teacher exchange to the homecountry - Slovakia. Teachers of Slovak citizenship employed abroad (at universities in CEEPUS countries) can apply for mobility to Slovakia.  They can apply either in networks or as a freemover through www.ceepus.info.

Terms and conditions:

• distance of 100 km between home and host institution,
• applicants cannot be employed by the host university in Slovakia. 

In all other matters, general CEEPUS rules apply.

Supported mobility types

The programme supports:

• semester stays for BA/MA students and PhD students (3 - 10 months)
• short-term stays for BA/MA students and PhD students working on their final theses or dissertations (1 - 2 months, min. 21 days)
• stays for guest university lecturers (1 month, min. 5 working days and 6 lectures given)
• university staff stays for staff involved in CEEPUS networks (min. 2 and max 5 working days) 

https://ceepus.saia.sk/en/main/what-is-eea-scholarship-programme-slovakia