CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies) is a Central European student and academic staff exchange programme whose headquarters are in Vienna, Austria.
This programme provides opportunities for student, teacher and non-teaching university staff mobility with the main aim of improving higher education. CEEPUS offers exchanges in the form of credit mobility, research visits, teaching activities, excursions and summer/winter schools.
CEEPUS member states are: Austria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic.
Since CEEPUS was established in 1994, there have been more than 95,000 student and academic staff exchanges through this programme. In September 2023, the new CEEPUS IV agreement was signed, extending the programme for an additional seven-year period, from 2025 to 2032.
The duration of candidates’ mobility is directly linked to the type and category of mobility for which they are applying. In general, CEEPUS allows longer stays of one or two semesters for students in credit mobility, but also short-term stays lasting up to three months with the aim of conducting research and writing a master’s or a doctoral thesis, as well as the so-called short-term excursions such as winter and summer schools (lasting up to 6 days). As regards teaching mobility, it can last for a minimum of five working days with obligatory 6 hours of lecturing or mentoring per week, but lecturers often stay as long as one month. Non-teaching university staff mobility can last from two to five working days.
The amount that each country allocates to incoming mobility scholarship holders is defined based on its economic standards. In the Republic of Serbia, the monthly scholarship for incoming student mobilities amounts to RSD 40,000 per scholarship month, whereas the scholarship for teacher mobilities amounts to RSD 50,000 per scholarship month. For non-teaching university staff mobilities, the scholarship amount depends on the length of the stay. Apart from the scholarship, there is a possibility of arranged accommodation in available dormitories, eating at affordable prices in cafeterias, and using emergency medical aid. Comprehensive information on various aspects of CEEPUS mobility in Serbia is available in the national general information package.
For detailed information, including the application procedure and required documents, visit the website of the CEEPUS programme.