Orientation Week Spring 2024

Usually, Orientation Week (Oweek for short) is organized for all incoming students one week prior to the beginning of each semester. Furthermore, before your arrival in Prague, important and practical information will be relayed to you through online sessions via MS Teams. Our guide on how to download MS Teams can be found here.

Orientation Week for Spring Semester 2024 will take place from February 5 – 9, 2024. The programme will consist of:

1) Face-to-face activities organized by the ESN VSE Prague – details about the activities are shared by the ESN VSE Prague through their communication channels.

2) Online activities organized by the VSE International Office:

Map of sessions for Exchange students
Session name Time of the session Topic
 Note
Online Support Session 1: Course pre-Registration January 3
9:00 – 10:30 CET
17:00- 18:30 CET		 Course pre-registration To access the recordings, please click here for the morning session and here for the afternoon one.
Online Support Session 2: Pre-registrations and Enrolment January 22
9:00 – 10:30 CET
17:00 – 18:30 CET		 The current stage of course registration,
enrollment		 To access the recordings, please click here for the morning session and here for the afternoon session.
Online Support Session 3: InSIS + General Useful Information January 30
9:00 – 10:30 CET
17:00 – 18:30 CET		 General useful information – mobility documents, public transport in Prague, how to contact a doctor, etc. To access the recordings, please click here for the morning session and here for the afternoon session
Culture Shock – online
 February 5

10:00 – 11:30 CET

 Culture shock, its phases, and how to survive To access the recording, please click here. To view Miro and slides, click here.
Czech Language Crash Course – online
 February 6
10:00 – 11:30 CET		 Learn some basics of the Czech language To access the recording, please click here.
Introduction to Library Services –  online February 7
11:45 – 12:15 CET		 What you should know about the VSE library, its services, online book ordering, e-resources, reservation of study rooms To access the recording, please click here.
History of the Czech Lands – online
 February 8
10:00 – 11:30 CET		 Learn the most important facts about the Czech History
Intercultural Competences – online
 February 9
10:00 – 12:00 CET		 Basic need-to-knows for living in an international environment  

To access the session, please click here.
 

Welcome Ceremony – IN PERSON

 

 February 15
18:00 – 20:00 CET		 Official welcome and a taste of Czech culture Vencovského aula

 

*By attending the events organized by VSE, each participant declares their consent to the use of the photographs, audio recordings, and film footage for VSE marketing purposes. The declaration of consent is valid as of the date of the event. As long as the consent is not withdrawn by sending an e-mail to dpo@vse.cz, it shall be regarded as having no time limit.