Welcome guide
Useful information for incoming international students
Dear students,
We wish you a warm welcome to the Academy of Music University of Zagreb.
We hope your stay will be interesting and enjoyable, but above all else, rewarding and useful for your personal growth and future professional career.
Here you will find some important and practical information that will help you prepare your study exchange period at the University of Zagreb: http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/international-exchange/exchange-students/
Information about the academic calendar, national holidays and winter break are available here:
For information about the health situation, relating to Covid-19 in Croatia, please visit:
https://www.koronavirus.hr/latest-news/travelling-find-all-important-information-in-one-place/210
We strongly advise you to request your personal identification number (OIB) – before your arrival in Croatia. You can do so here:
https://www.porezna-uprava.hr/en/Pages/PIN.aspx
THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU COME TO ZAGREB
STEP 1: move into the student residence hall/private housing
STEP 2: attend the orientation and enrolment meeting at the International Cooperation Office at the Academy of Music
CONTACT PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE STUDENT EXCHANGE
Academy of Music (MUZA), Trg Republike Hrvatske 12, Zagreb
Ema Proso Šepec, Head of International Cooperation Office
E-mail: eprososepec@muza.hr
5th floor / room no. 529, phone: +385 1 4899278
DOCUMENTS NEEDED for the enrolment
During your enrolment meeting, you will:
Students are advised to make the changes to the learning agreement in the first two to three (2-3) weeks after the enrolment.
ECTS COORDINATOR of the Academy of Music
prof. Sanja Kiš Žuvela, Vice Dean for Study Programmes and Lifelong Learning
E-mail: prodekan.studiji@muza.hr
office hours: THURSDAY 14-15:00 (4th floor, room no. 423)
ARRIVAL IN ZAGREB
Pick-up service may be available if arranged at least one month prior to your arrival to Zagreb. E-mail request to the student organisation Erasmus Student Network, info@esnzagreb.com; Subject: I want my buddy. The Zagreb airport is very small, just one international arrivals gate from which the Croatia Airlines bus can take you to the main bus station in the city. Croatian students provide pick up from the bus station (NOT the airport), from 9am to 10pm.
Join Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Zagreb for different activities, parties, field trips and muchmore: Facebook, search input: ESN Zagreb (link: https://www.facebook.com/esnzagreb/).
VISA AND TEMPORARY STAY PERMIT
EU/EEA citizens can enter Croatia with just a valid ID card (or passport) and then need to register at the Central police station if staying for more than 3 months to regulate the residence permit.
Citizens of the USA, Australia, Canada, etc. (for full list visit here) can enter Croatia with a valid passport and then have to apply for the residence permit in Zagreb. Check with the Croatian embassy in your country of residence what documentation you will need for your application in Zagreb and make sure you have it with you when coming to Zagreb.
NON-EU/EEA citizens coming from a country that has a visa regime with the Republic of Croatia need to apply for a visa via the Croatian embassy in their home country before departing for Croatia. The list of countries whose nationals need a visa to enter Croatia can be found at the pages of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Visas CANNOT be applied for or extended in Croatia! Please contact the Croatian embassy in your country of residence for more information. You will receive an acceptance letter that covers some of the documentation needed for your visa application as soon as your complete application has been approved by the faculty/academy of the University of Zagreb that will host you.
The list of required documents can be found at: http://international.unizg.hr/international_students/exchange_students/
Information about visa regarding Covid-19 situation can be found here:
http://www.mvep.hr/en/consular-information/visas/visa-requirements-overview/
HEALTH INSURANCE (regular information)
All exchange students must have health insurance during their stay in Croatia.
INTERNET ACCESS IN THE STUDENT HALLS OF RESIDENCE
After you get your username and password from the faculty/academy you will enrol, download the necessary installation software from http://installer.eduroam.hr, get a cable (no wireless in the dorm), and it should work.
ESN BUDDY PROGRAMME
ESN Zagreb is a student organization which helps international students during their stay in Zagreb. They organize all kinds of different activities and programmes and the first one international students should know about is The Buddy Programme.
The Buddy Programme aims to connect international students with one of the local students and volunteers who will help them get around Zagreb, be their tour guide or best friend during their stay.
If you wish to sign up for the Buddy programme you may do so through the following page: https://esnzagreb.broaddy.com/register/international
There is also a Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/esnzagreb/
]]>Exchange of students and teachers at the universities of Central and South-Eastern Europe with scholarships that comply with the standard of living in the countries involved in the programme.
The Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies (CEEPUS) supports the mobility of teachers and undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. The core of the programme is CEEPUS networks (Partnerships of related higher education institutions), comprising at least 3 higher education institutions from at least three CEEPUS participating countries. Students gaining mobility under CEEPUS are exempt from the payment of tuition fees at a foreign higher education institution.
The national CEEPUS office of the receiving country grants a scholarship and the receiving higher education institution provides for the realisation of the professional part of the programme. On average, more than 500 students and teachers from Croatia go to mobility through CEEPUS per year, while more than 450 scholarship holders come to Croatian higher education institutions.
In Croatia the CEEPUS programme is coordinated by the Agency for Mobility and EU programmes https://en.ampeu.hr/ceepus
WoCE CEEPUS network
The Winds of Central Europe (WoCE) Network was initiated and co-ordinated by the Woodwind and Brass Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music within the CEEPUS programme, together with the wind departments of the academies of music from Zagreb, Ljubljana, Belgrade and Sarajevo. Under this scheme, students and teachers of the department are entitled to carry out various mobility programmes towards the partner institutions of the network.
More information about the network HERE
Partner institutions of the WoCE network:
Available scholarships/mobilities for students/teachers of the Academy of Music in the WoCE network in the summer semester of the academic year 2022/23:
Note: dates of the mobilities are subject to change (in the summer semester).
Scholarship rates vary by host country and mobility type. For more information, please visit www.ceepus.info/contact for a breakdown by member country.
Important deadlines:
Contacts:
prof. Marina Novak – network coordinator mnovak@muza.hr
Ema Proso Šepec – IRO coordinator suradnja@muza.hr
]]>Academy of Music provides and will continue to provide support to all Ukrainian students who were forced to leave their homeland due to the war through admissions and/or continuation of their studies (in accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the Introduction of temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine in the Republic of Croatia from March 7th 2022 and the Decision of the University of Zagreb Academy of Music Council from March 9th 2022).
Following the instructions of the Ministry of Science and Education and the University of Zagreb, the Academy of Music will provide Ukrainian students with:
– right of enrolment in study programs conducted in the Croatian language as part of the Integrated University Undergraduate and Graduate studies – up to 30 students;
– assistance and information about the possibilities of organized accommodation and meals;
– support of fellow students through the Academy of Music Student Union.
We invite Ukrainian students to send information about themselves (full name, name of home institution, field of study, year of study) as their earliest convenience to the e-mail address suradnja@muza.hr in order to facilitate a fast integration into the education system and current academic year.
Free Croatian language course for Ukrainian students with temporary protection of the Republic of Croatia who are currently studying at the University of Zagreb is held at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Croaticum Language Centre (contact e-mail address: croaticum@ffzg.hr).
Detailed information about shelter and aid for persons from Ukraine under temporary protection can be found on https://hrvatskazaukrajinu.gov.hr/ua
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Please use THIS template to compose your Learning Agreement
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