Eva Kaiserová, DiS.
kaiserova@palestra.cz
tel: 212 277 720
- Head of the Study Department
- Admissions Physiotherapy
Dana Stankova
stankova@palestra.cz
tel: 212 277 726,
731 411 370
- Admission procedure full-time and combined form
- Combined Bachelor's and Master's studies
Alena Nováková
alena.novakova@palestra.cz
tel: 212 277 725,
731 411 370
- Full-time study Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday 8:00 - 11:00 13:00 - 15:30
Friday 8:00 - 11:00 13:00 - 15:00
Admission procedure
The admissions policy is announced annually by the Rector of the school within the framework of the currently valid Rector's decision.
All information and application forms can be found on the school's website under the Applicants tab - Admission procedure.
The admission procedure is further regulated by Statutes a Admission procedure regulations.
New student enrolments
The right to enrol in the study is established by delivery of Decision on admission to study.
The decision on admission to study is obtained after the applicant has fulfilled all the conditions of the admission procedure, which are described in Rector's decision - the admission requirements for the academic year.
The admission decision is delivered immediately to IS Moggis in the applicant's personal file (but no later than 30 days) after all conditions have been met.
Enrolment of new students takes place in the school building.
Moggis School Information System
The Moggis school information system is the main communication tool between the school
and a student.
The student is obliged to follow it regularly.
The login to the Moggis information system can be found on the school's website in the top blue bar on the right hand side.
Information and notifications sent to the student via the Moggis information system are automatically considered as delivered (Study Agreement, Article III, paragraph 9).
Communication in the Moggis information system takes place via bookmarks:
- News (reports from the study department, teachers, or other departments of the school)
- documents (this folder contains timetables, schedules, study guides, study materials, an official board with internal regulations and directives)
- personal folder (in this folder the student picks up all statements
for the applications he/she will submit during his/her studies, he/she will also find his/her personal data here)
The student is obliged to provide true contact details in the personal file
and update them regularly.
Student ID Card
According to Section 57 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll. on Higher Education, one of the proofs of study is a student ID card.
At VŠTVS PALESTRA, full-time students are issued ISIC cards, while students of the combined form are issued ALIVE cards.
The school provides the card.
Passes are issued after enrolment in the studio. The student must collect the card in person.
We refer to Rector's Decision No. 97.
Application for a student card when changing the form of study
A student only applies for a pass if, when they change their form of study.
The application for the ISIC/ALIVE student card is only submitted electronically via the Moggis information system according to Directive ST/12.
School account for all payments related to your studies
Account number: 3 309 309/0800
Variable symbol: identification number (ID) from the Moggis information system, which will be assigned to you on the basis of your electronic application for studies.
Tuition fees
On the basis of the signed Study Contract, the student is obliged to pay tuition fees at all times for the whole academic yearby bank transfer to the school's account by 15 August (Study Agreement, Article III, paragraph 1).
The termination or interruption of studies does not affect the obligations arising from
from the concluded Study Contract. The Study Contract may be terminated by 30 June at the latest with effect for the new academic year (Study Contract, Article IV, paragraph 1).
Tuition fees can be paid either in one lump sum for the entire academic year or in set instalments. An overview of tuition fees is available on the school's website (Students - Tuition fees) and the internal Directive Š/04 (Moggis Information System - Bulletin Board - Documents - Internal Regulations - Directives - Other Directives).
Tuition fees in subsequent years may be increased by the rate of inflation officially announced by the competent state authority (Study Agreement, Article III, paragraph 1).
In the case of very serious problems with the payment of tuition fees, in exceptional cases, the tuition fees may be allowed to be spread over instalments or deferred. Only the Economics Department is authorised to deal with this matter. The request must be made in writing, electronically via the Moggis information system. Requests for deferment or staggering of tuition fees are processed before the tuition fee payment deadline specified in the Student Contract. There is a fee for the request.
Payments to which the student has committed himself/herself by the Learning Contract cannot be waived. In the event of dropping out of study, expulsion from study, the student is obliged to pay the tuition fees for the academic year (Study Agreement, Article III, paragraph 4.).
Official board - internal regulations, internal directives
The official board can be found on the school website under the tab "School". All internal regulations and only selected internal directives are located here.
The complete official board can be found in the Moggis information system.
The student is obliged to familiarize himself with the internal regulations and guidelines and to comply with them (Study Contract, Article III, paragraph 3).
Organisation of the Academic Year - Timetable
Teaching is governed by Academic year timetable, which is located in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents).
The full-time form of study - is implemented during 13 weeks of teaching.
Combined form of study - is implemented in 7 weekends (weekend camps) per semester.
Teaching is organized according to schedule, which is located in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents).
If changes to the timetable occur during the semester, students are informed via the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - News).
Guarantors of study programmes
Physiotherapy
- three-year bachelor's programme
- Presentation
- Guarantor: PhDr. Natálie Cibulková, Ph.D.
Sports and fitness specialist
- three-year bachelor's programme
- full-time and combined form
- Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Daniela Stackeová, Ph.D.
Nutritional counselling and sports diagnostics
- three-year bachelor's programme
- full-time and combined form
- Guarantor: PhDr. et. Mgr. Renata Větrovská, Ph.D.
Wellness Specialist
- two-year follow-up master's programme
- full-time and combined form
- Guarantor: prof. PaedDr. Milada Krejčí, CSc.
Study plans
Study plans All programmes are located in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents - Study Department). Courses in the curricula are divided into categories:
- mandatory
- compulsory optional
- Optional
Each programme of study has a prescribed number of credits in a given category that the student must complete by the end of the study.
Some subjects are implemented in the form of courses - see the dates of courses Schedule of courses (Moggis Information System - Bulletin Board - Documents - Courses).
Guide courses - contains information about courses held as part of the study.
In the course guide you will find course dates and detailed information. It is the student's responsibility to become familiar with this information at the beginning of the semester when the Guide is updated. The Guide is located in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents - Courses).
Enrolment in courses
Students are automatically enrolled in all required courses (hereinafter referred to as "P") at the beginning of each semester.
STUDY PROGRAM PHYS:
During the second year, the student chooses a specialisation and, based on this choice, is automatically enrolled in compulsory elective courses in that specialisation, which he or she will take in the third year.
Students enrol themselves in elective courses via IS Moggis before the beginning of the semester and according to the deadline in Academic Year Schedule.
Enrolment in elective courses takes place in IS Moggis via the "Enrolment" tab, where enrolment and withdrawal dates are listed. The withdrawal deadline allows a student to withdraw from an elective course in which he/she has enrolled. After the withdrawal deadline, it is no longer possible to withdraw from an elective course and such a course becomes mandatory for the student to complete.
STUDY PROGRAMMES SKS, VPSD, WS:
Students enrol themselves in compulsory elective (hereinafter referred to as "PV") and elective (hereinafter referred to as "V") courses via Moggis before the start of the semester, on the dates specified in Academic Year Schedule. Each semester a certain number of PV and V courses are announced according to the accreditation. A PV and V course is only announced once (only for one semester). If a student misses enrolling in a PV and V course (and completing it), he/she risks failing to meet the prescribed number of credits at the end of his/her studies.
Enrolment in the PV and V courses takes place in the Moggis information system via the "Enrolment" tab, where the enrolment and deregistration dates are listed. The deregistration deadline allows the student to deregister from the PV or V course in which they have enrolled. After the withdrawal deadline, it is no longer possible to withdraw from a PV or V course and such a course becomes mandatory for the student to complete.
Enrolment and completion of compulsory elective and optional courses is regulated by Rector's Decision No. 103.
Examination period - listing of dates
Dates of examinations, credits and classified credits are announced via the Moggis information system.
The student is obliged to enrol by the deadline.
Each term has an open enrolment for signing in and out, which closes 24 hours before the start of the term.
The student is entitled to 1 regular term and 2 make-up terms (3 attempts).
There is a fee for corrective dates. The list of fees is given in the internal Directive PLP/04.
No grade can be recorded without payment of the fee.
- correction term (2nd attempt) 200 CZK
- correction term (3rd attempt) 300 CZK
- correction term (4th attempt) 500 CZK (rector's term,
must be approved on application, Directive ST/12)
Further information is in Study Guides (also in the Moggis information system - Bulletin Board - Documents - Study Department).
Excuse from the exam period
If the student cannot attend the deadline for serious reasons (or if he/she has not checked out 24 hours before), he/she must apologize to the teacher, e.g. by e-mail.
In case of emergencies, apologies can be made to the teacher no later than 3 working days after the deadline. If the teacher accepts such an excuse, he/she reports this fact to the study department and the student does not forfeit the term.
For more information, see the Study Guide.
Enrolment of the student to the next year
A student may be enrolled in the next year only after fulfilling the study requirements of the current year.
These obligations must be fulfilled no later than 7 September of the year in question.
Enrolment in the next year is not automatic, but through an application
for electronic enrollment submitted by the student.
We refer to Directive ST/12. - official board.
Confirmation of a Physical Education Physician - Sports and Fitness Specialist
We require the confirmation of a physiotherapist in accordance with Act No. 111/1998 Coll. on Universities, Section 49 (1).
Medical examinations for the assessment of medical fitness are further regulated by Act No. 373/2011 Coll., the Act on Specific Health Services, and Decree No. 391/2013 Coll., the Decree on Medical Fitness for Physical Education and Sport.
Students in the study programme Sports and fitness specialist when enrolling in the study, undertook to regularly renew the validity of the physical examination by a physiotherapist at an interval of 12 months.
At the request of the teacher, the student is obliged to present a valid certificate of a physiotherapist in class.
Renewed certificate/certificate of a physiotherapist are not submitted to the study department, the student keeps them with him/her.
Qualification thesis (bachelor's/diploma thesis) - selection of topic
The student selects the topic of the qualification thesis from the list of topics (Moggis Information System - Bulletin Board - Documents - Study Material - Diploma Seminar) within the Diploma Seminar course. The student reports the topic to the study department by the deadline specified in the in the Academic Year Schedule.
For the academic year 2025/2026, the topic is announced until 10 December 2025.
The topic should be reported by e-mail to the study department.
The supervisor must agree to supervise the thesis, and the student attaches his/her consent to an e-mail to the study department.
The topic of the qualification thesis must always correspond to the study programme in which the student is enrolled.
Therefore, in the case of a proposal for a topic, such a topic is subject to the approval of the guarantor of the study programme in which the student is enrolled. In such a case, the student submits a request for approval of the thesis proposal according to Directive ST/12.
Guarantors of study programmes:
Physiotherapy: PhDr. Natálie Cibulková, Ph.D.
Sports and fitness specialist: doc. PhDr. Daniela Stackeová, Ph.D.
Nutritional counselling and sports diagnostics: PhDr. et. Mgr. Renata Větrovská, Ph.D.
Wellness Specialist: prof. PaedDr. Milada Krejčí, CSc.
The assignment of the qualification thesis is processed in the Moggis information system. The student submits the finished assignment by the deadline specified in the Schedule. For the academic year 2025/2026, the assignment is due no later than 31 May 2026.
The details are regulated by Directive ST/18 - Selection of supervisors and topics, assignment, processing, submission and defence of qualification theses (Moggis information system - Bulletin board - Documents - Official board).
Changing the topic of the qualification thesis (bachelor's/diploma thesis)
A change of topic means a change in the content and overall focus of the BP/DP after the submission of the approved assignment and after the award of credit from the Diploma Seminar course.
If the student only changes the title of the thesis, while the content remains the same, it is not a change of topic - in this case the student only informs the study department by e-mail and attaches the consent of the supervisor.
For more information about the conditions for changing the topic, see Directive ST/12.
Conclusion of the final year of study and the State Final Examination
Completion of the final year of study (fulfillment of all study obligations and credits) is a condition for registration for the State Final Examination (hereinafter referred to as the "SQF") and for submission of the Qualification Thesis (Bachelor's/Diploma Thesis), hereinafter referred to as the "BP/DP".
The dates of the SZZK are given in Academic Year Schedule. They are held regularly every June, September, January.
Each QA/QC has a process consisting of submitting the "BP/DP", applying for the QA/QC and receiving credit for the "BP/DP" by the deadline (see Academic Year Schedule).
The Study Department issues a detailed methodology in advance of each NQF: Instructions and information on the State Final Examination and stores it in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents - Study Department - State Final Exam).
SZZK consists of a "BP/DP" defence and an oral examination. The thesis defence is always held first and is a condition for participation in the oral examination.
The student has the right to graduate within 2 years of completing the final year of study. A student in this period remains in student status until the student successfully completes the CAP or the 2-year period is exhausted.
For each academic year started, for which the student waits to complete the HQC is paid reduced tuition fees in of 10 000 CZK.
The reduced tuition fee is payable upon fulfilment of study obligations in the winter semester no later than 31 January and upon fulfilment of study obligations in the summer semester no later than 20 September of the academic year.
The terms of the 2-year period are set out in Rector's Decision No. 94, - official board. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with this internal regulation.
SZZK is further regulated by Directive ST/18, placed on the internal official board (Moggis Information System - Bulletin Board - Documents - Official Board).
Filing and delivery of documents
Submissions to VŠTVS PALESTRA by applicants, students and persons whose studies have been interrupted are made via the electronic information system of the university. Such submission shall be deemed to be signed and shall be made by its acknowledgement in this system.
VŠTVS PALESTRA delivers the proceedings pursuant to § 50, § 54b and § 68 of the Act through the electronic information system. The document shall be deemed to have been served on the date on which the party to the proceedings logs in to the system, but not later than on the tenth day after the date of access.
All other deliveries not related to the procedures referred to in paragraph 2 shall also be made via the electronic information system of the university. Service shall be deemed to have been effected on the date on which the addressee logs on to the system, but no later than the 10th day after the date of access.
Submission and handling of applications - Directive ST/12
The Directive regulates the application procedure for students and applicants of Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes (hereinafter referred to as "students").
Applications are approved by the Vice-Rector for Teaching.
Students at the time of interruption of their studies may only apply for re-enrolment in accordance with this policy. Other applications affecting the course of study cannot be made during the period of interruption.
All applications, including attachments, are submitted electronically via the Moggis information system (hereinafter referred to as 'Moggis'). The application is submitted via the Applications tab. The student selects the appropriate application type here.
For fee-based applications under Directive PLP/04, a fee must be paid and remitted within 3 days of the application. The fee is payable by bank transfer to account 3 309 309/0800, using the student's identification number as the variable symbol. Without payment of the fee, the application cannot be considered further.
The general time limit for processing the application is 30 days. The processing period starts the day after the application is submitted; in the case of a fee-paying application, the processing period starts the day after the fee is paid; if the application lacks a prescribed attachment or if there is any other obstacle to the start of the processing, the student is invited to remedy the situation and the processing period starts the day after the obstacle is removed. If the obstacle is not removed within 10 days of the invitation, the application is rejected and the fee paid is forfeited.
Statements and decisions are sent via the Moggis system (personal file).
Students with special needs
A student or applicant for study who wishes to use support for students with specific needs during their studies is obliged to inform a member of the Counselling Centre staff of their specific needs by the beginning of the academic year or immediately after finding out the reasons for modifying the study conditions.
Further information and the procedure is regulated by Directive ST/15 - Standards of support provided to students and applicants with specific needs.
More information can be found on the school website, under the tab "Students - Counselling Centre".
Useful information can also be found in Handbook for students with special educational needs.
Scholarships
The scholarships apply to full-time students only.
In the case of a claim under Scholarship Regulations you must apply for the scholarship electronically via the Moggis information system.
A new application must be submitted for each academic year.
Information on the accommodation scholarship and the social scholarship can be found in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents - Scholarships). The accommodation grant and the social grant are also subject to Directions U/01 a S/01.
In the case of an unauthorized application for a housing scholarship, this is a disciplinary offense. The student is required to read the affidavit included in the application before submitting it.
Library
Basic information and Directive KN/01 - Library and Lending Regulations are available in the Moggis information system (Bulletin Board - Documents - Library).
Students have direct access to the TabbyBook system from Moggis (Library tab) or from the school website "Students - Library", where the manual is also available.
Login from the website is only possible for students and staff. Login details are identical to the access data to the Moggis information system.
Library opening hours are published and updated on the school website and in the Moggis information system.
Contact:
Alena Malcová
e-mail: malcova@palestra.cz, knihovna@palestra.cz
tel: 212 277 722
Insurance for international students
Insurance of foreign students
Students who are outside of the European Union are required to have health insurance.
Please arrange insurance with VZP (General Health Insurance Company) see the link below.
KZPC EXCLUSIVE - discount 10 %
https://online.pvzp.cz/clfe/kzpce/#/individual-basic-info?partner=PALESTRA&kod=PA102021
KZPC PLUS
https://online.pvzp.cz/clfe/kzpcp/#/issue-type?partner=PALESTRA&kod=PA102021
Students from the European Union must have an European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).After arrival, students have to report to VZP (General Health Insurance Company) and they will receive a confirmation.
Students are obliged to submit a confirmation of insurance to the study department.
Insurance for international students
Students who are outside the European Union are required to have health insurance.
Arrange your insurance with VZP (General Health Insurance Company) see link below.
KZPC EXCLUSIVE - discount 10 %
https://online.pvzp.cz/clfe/kzpce/#/individual-basic-info?partner=PALESTRA&kod=PA102021
KZPC PLUS
https://online.pvzp.cz/clfe/kzpcp/#/issue-type?partner=PALESTRA&kod=PA102021
Students from the European Union must have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), and on arrival they must register with the General Health Insurance Fund (VZP) and will be issued with a certificate.
The student is obliged to submit the insurance certificate to the study department.
Fitness centre and other sports facilities of the school
For information and an overview of availability on weekdays, see here.
Operation of the fitness centre during weekend teaching terms is provided by the Combined Form Study Department stankova@palestra.cz