Checklist - What to bring

1/ Incoming students from EU:

  • your valid identity card / passport;
  • your health insurance: either your European health insurance card (EU-citizens) and/or your commercial health insurance; if having commercial health insurance, a description of the health insurance is needed in English;
  • 5 colour photos of your face /the measurements: 3.0cm x 3.5cm/;
  • your acceptation letter in Slovak;
  • a declaration from your home university about your monthly and entire ERASMUS+ grant (if not delivered before).

2/ Incoming students out of EU

  • your valid passport with your visa; your passport must be still valid 6 months after your planned departure;
  • your health insurance and a description of your health insurance in English: your health insurance should be issued by an internationally acknowledged insurance company and should cover all the possible cases cases( emergency, for the return to your home country because of health reasons and death, etc. with the minimum coverage of 30,000 €), if asked by the police to show, the health insurance has to be translated by a certified Slovak translator in Slovakia;
  • your original criminal record from your home country, this original document must have an official apostille (or superlegalization; it depends on the home country);
  • original criminal records from other countries when having lived there for more than 90 days within the past 3 years;
  • a declaration from your home university about your monthly and entire ERASMUS+ grant (if not delivered before by your home university) or your new bank account statement (not older than 90 days when submitting it to the police), stating you have at least the following amount on your account: 200 € x the number of your Erasmus+-months.
  • If using the bank account statement, the document has to be officially translated into Slovak by a certified Slovak translator living in Slovakia; you can also open a bank account with the necessary amount of money at a Slovak bank.
  • your acceptation letter in Slovak;
  • 5 colour photos of your face /the measurements: 3.0cm x 3.5cm/.


All of your documents for the police mustn´t be older than 90 days when submitting them to the police.