Admitted to IDS? Start here

• Confirm your place in InSIS. Once you are admitted, open your e-application in InSIS and confirm that you intend to enrol. Do this by the announced deadline – applicants who miss it may be removed from the list of admitted students. Keep your e-application login – you will need it again to collect your VŠE account details.
• Assessment of previous education. Handled through your e-application. Submit it as soon as you have your diploma – enrolment waits for it.
• Visa or residence permit (non-EU students). Applications take 60 days, and up to 120 in complicated cases. Start immediately.
• Apply for a dormitory room. If you apply within the deadline, a place is guaranteed, and it costs considerably less than renting privately.
• Tuition payment. Pay according to the instructions in the Study Financing section of your Student Portal.

Enrolment follows the recognition of your previous education – until that is finished, you have no VŠE account and cannot do any of the steps below.

• Get your VŠE login. Nobody sends it to you. On the day of enrolment or the day after, your username and initial password appear in your e-application – log in to it the same way you did when you applied.
• Set up your accounts. Activate your InSIS account with multi-factor authentication and your VŠE email.
• Order your university ID card. Order it online as soon as you have your InSIS account, and collect it once you arrive. Choose the card with the ISIC licence – you will need it, e.g. for the transport discount.

• Health insurance. Non-EU students staying longer than 90 days must have comprehensive health insurance. EU students need a European Health Insurance Card.
• Getting from the airport.
• Mathematics bridging course – optional, for students who want to refresh secondary-school maths before the first semester.

• Moving into the dormitory. Arrive on a weekday during office hours; if you cannot, contact the dormitory manager in advance.
• Register with the Foreign Police. Everyone must do this. If you live in a university dormitory, it is done for you. If you arranged your own accommodation, you have 3 days on a visa, 30 days on a residence permit or as an EU citizen.
• Biometric residence card. Non-EU students with a long-term residence permit must report in person to the Ministry of the Interior within 30 days of arrival to have their biometric card issued.
• Collect your university ID card. You will get an email to your VŠE address when it is ready.
• Connect to eduroam (Wi-Fi).
• Prague transport card. Order it once you have your VŠE ID card with the ISIC licence.
• Find your way around campus. Campus plan and video tour.

• Mandatory check-in – September 16, Auditorium B (NBB), 10:00. Classes start on September 21.
• Welcome to FIR – faculty welcome event, September 15. Registration required.
• Orientation Days – university-wide programme, September 14-18, organised with ESN VŠE Prague, including the buddy programme.

• How the study system works – credits, semesters, exam periods, registration. The credit system probably works differently from what you are used to.
• We build your first-semester timetable. We register your compulsory courses. Language and elective courses are up to you. Until the end of the first week of the semester – September 25, 2026 – you can still adjust your timetable in InSIS.
• Academic calendar · Study and Examination Rules
• AI: rules you must follow (2026) & practical guidance for students (2024)
• Library

• Bachelor’s – courses and study plan
• Master’s – courses and study plan

• Academic psychological counselling – available to international students.
• Centre for Students with Special Needs
• Healthcare – including a list of doctors who speak foreign languages.
• Emergency: 112. Ambulance 155, police 158, fire 150.
• Everyday campus life – canteens, sports courses…