Within the frame of the Study at VSEM! Project and in cooperation with the Czech Olympic Committee (Český Olympijský Výbor = ČOV), it is possible to be awarded the so-called Olympic scholarship. It is designated for active or former sportsmen and coaches for whom it would be otherwise very difficult to find a university or a college enabling the them to combine their sport career with their studies. An individual study plan (ISP) may be a solution in these cases.
Conditions of the Olympic Scholarship Grant
The Olympic scholarship makes it possible to study at VSEM without the obligation to pay the tuition fees. Nevertheless the scholarship award does not reduce the study duties of its holder.
In his/her E-application form, the student/applicant ticks "olympic scholarship" and attaches the overview of his/her sport results together with his/her training plan for the future.
Conditions of the Admission Proceedings
The condition an applicant has to meet in order to be awarded this kind of scholarship is fulfilling the conditions of the admission proceedings. The Olympic scholarship holder can then be permitted to study according to an individual study plan, in both the full-time (P1/P2) and part-time (K1/K2) study modes.
The students/applicants wishing to be awarded the Olympic scholarship will be interviewed by the admission committee (the Pro-Rector for Study Affairs, the Study Department director, the Sports Department director). The aim of the interview is to find out about the candidate’s motivation to studies and the possibility to combine the studies with the applicant’s sports career. We thus discuss what the possibilities are to create an individual study plan for the student.
Olympic Scholarship Extent
The Olympic scholarship is always awarded for the period of one academic year and it can be extended, reduced or taken away, depending on the student’s academic and sport results.
- 100% of the tuition fees for the given academic year
- 50% of the tuition fees for the given academic year, with the 100% extension possibility in the following academic year
- 25% of the tuition fees for the given academic year, with the 50% extension possibility in the following academic year
Conditions throughout the Studies
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To gain at least 15 ECTS credits (intermediate examinations, seminar papers) of the given academic year
- There must not be any sanctions imposed on the student for any kind of disciplinary offence according to the Disciplinary regulations of VSEM
- The studies must not be interrupted in the given academic year
- The standard length of studies stated in the study contract must not be exceeded
In case the scholarship conditions assigned are not observed, the olympic scholarship will be taken away and all the study fees will be then paid by the student himself.
Sport Results Supervision
The sport results achieved and the preparation plan (in xls/xlsx, doc/docx format) have to be sent to the Study Department via SIS VSEM/Study forms/Sportsman file, always at the end of each trimester (i.e. 3 times per year). In case all the necessary materials are not submitted, the scholarship holders are denied access to SIS VSEM and the sports scholarship is taken away from them in the given academic year with no compensation.
Olympic Scholarships of VSEM Awarded in 2009/2010
- Elhotová Kateřina, basketball, Summer Olympic Games, Peking