Students with Special Needs
Psychological Counselling Centre for International Students
The Psychological Counselling Centre offers high quality services for international students to help them get through the challenges that may occur during a stay in a foreign enviroment.
All necessary information is available here.
Students with Special Needs
The main office responsible for the support of persons with special needs at Charles University is the Carolina Centre.
Charles University provides essential support for Erasmus students with special needs.
This concerns people with the following conditions:
Visual impairments
Hearing impairments
Physical impairments
Specific learning disorders
Autism spectrum disorder
Other difficulties (e.g. psychological disorders, impaired communication, or chronic somatic disease)
However, please note that due to capacity reasons, full-time assistants cannot be provided. Therefore, if it is relevant for you, feel free to bring your own assistant from your home country.
If you fit into any of the above-mentioned categories, as a first step, please contact the coordinator responsible for students with special needs at your host faculty. The list of coordinators is available here. The coordinator will tell you all the possibilities you can use in your particular case to make the study stay as smooth and fruitful as possible.
To use services and request modifications, you will need to provide documentation regarding the services you use at your home university, or medical reports if applicable. The documents should be in English or Czech, either as an official translation or as a translation provided by the sending university. Further information is available here.
Students who would like to share information about any support needs may include it in their online application or send it to us or to our colleagues by email as soon as possible after submitting the online application.
Additionally, for adjusting the accommodation, please contact us at as soon as possible, after you submit your online application, so we can discuss your requirements with the dorms in advance.
We are providing you with a map of CU faculties to help you feel more confident as you navigate the city. The map is availabe here.
Please note that the accessibility of metro stations may change, as many are gradually being renovated; for the most up‑to‑date information, always refer to the official public transport provider here.
You can also find information about the accessibility of Charles University buildings on the Carolina Centre website.
Studying Abroad with Children
If you decide to come for an Erasmus+ study stay or traineeship at Charles University with your child/children, you are welcome to do so. Our university tries to meet the needs of students who are parents with young children and create conditions that enable them to keep their study and parent duties in line.
The full list of nursery schools and playrooms is available here.
However, please keep in mind that each faculty has slightly different facilities.
We highly recommend contacting the nursery schools in advance to ask about the availability and conditions.
In case you plan to arrive for Erasmus with your family and wish to stay in the CU halls of residence, please contact us at as soon as possible so we can discuss your requirements with the dormitories in advance.