We have barely said goodbye to exchange students from the winter semester and we have already welcomed almost two hundred new international students from all over the world who will spend the next five months at our university during the Orientation Week for Erasmus + and exchange students in the premises of the Faculty of Physical Culture.
The Orientation week was opened on Monday 2nd February 2026 with a welcome speech of the vice-Rector for International Relations and students could finally meet their coordinators from the Office for Mobility in person. The welcome meeting included presentations from Welcome Office UP, Accommodation Office, The Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Akademik Sports Center, Sustainable University and ESN UP Olomouc.
A presentation on the topic of Czech culture and history called „Czech in a Nutshell“ provided by the head of the Office for Mobility, Jitka Králová, completed the welcome session.
The programme on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday was thematically milder but still full of content. During these days, students who came to us from four continents had the opportunity to learn the basics of the Czech language and to listen to practical information related not only to their studies at UP but also to life outside the academic field.
The last item on the agenda of Orientation Week was a meeting with the Police of the Czech Republic, during which the students learned practical information regarding Czech laws or their rights and obligations in our country.
Like every semester, student volunteers from ESN UP Olomouc were a great help to us, as they showed their new "classmates" around university facilities and other practical places in Olomouc.
We would like to thank all lecturers and helpers for another successful Orientation Week and we wish all students as many pleasant and enriching experiences and newly established friendships as possible.
Štěpánka Přidalová, Zuzana Hamdanieh a Iva Kokinopulosová
Office for Mobility
Photos: Office for Mobility and Vojtěch Kmenta
