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The Department of Geoinformatics boasts extensive experience in educating international students. Every semester, Palacký University warmly welcomes hundreds of foreign exchange students, many of whom pursue studies within our department.

At the Department of Geoinformatics (KGI), we offer approximately 10 courses each semester tailored for ERASMUS+ students, all delivered in English. Depending on enrollment numbers, some courses adopt an individualized teaching approach. Additionally, students have the opportunity to enroll in courses offered by other departments within the faculty, such as the Department of Development and Environmental Studies (MRS), the Department of Geography (KGG), and the Department of Geology (KGE).

Each semester, two courses designed especially for incoming Erasmus students are provided at our department: Geoinformatics (KGI/GI) and New Issues of Geosciences (KGI/GINEW). They both provide lessons from experts in various topics in the field of GIS & geovisualization. Beside these two general, each semester offers specific courses listed below which are also suitable for English speaking students. In these courses, you will typically either join our Czech student group with instructions provided in both languages, or you will join our CDE students (courses starting KGI/XG… in English), or the lectors will give you individual lessons and assignments.

In some rare circumstances, some of the listed courses might not be provided due to technical/organizational issues. In such cases, alternative courses would be recommended to you.

Radek Barvíř

department international mobility coordinator

radek.barvir@upol.cz
+420 585 634 583
office: 2.25

Marie Raková

faculty coordinator of study affairs for international students

marie.rakova@upol.cz
+420 585 634 058

Yvona Vyhnánková

university coordinator of study affairs for international students

yvona.vyhnankova@upol.cz
+420 585 631 041

The city of Olomouc is a beautiful historical and cultural city. It is located in flat lands of the Central Moravia region on the Morava River. The city has excellent connectivity with the capital city of Prague and direct connections with nearby international airports (Vienna, Katowice, Kraków, Bratislava, Budapest). There are also direct trains you may take to explore surrounding natural landscapes and mountains of Moravia and Slovakia.

The climate here is typically central-european with four seasons. The summer is warm and mostly sunny with typical temperatures of 25–30 °C. At the end of September, it slowly switches into colourful and sometimes foggy autumn season followed by gentle winter. Down there in the city, the temperatures mostly stay around 0 °C and snow occures there occasionally. However, temporarily, temperatures may fall below zero and in the mountainous regions around, you may enjoy skiing and winter activities. The spring suffers from frequent weather changes where warm sunny days are followed by rainy seasons, but it is definitely worth to explore fresh green colour and herbs occuring in the nearby forests.

There are lots of grocery shops, supermarkets and shopping malls in the city as well as many restaurants, cafes and other services. Almost everywhere, it is possible to pay by your credit card and there are also many ATMs where you can get cash.

ERASMUS+ Courses offered by the Department of Geoinformatics (KGI)

❄️ Winter semester

  • teaching period mid September till mid December
  • exam period January till mid February

KGI/GI

Geoinformatics

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KGI/GINEW

New Issues of Geosciences

link
KGI/DALPZ

Earth Remote Sensing

link
KGI/INUZ

Land Information Systems

link
KGI/DIMOT

Digital Elevation Models

link
KGI/TRITE

3D Technologies

link
KGI/GEOPR

Project in Geography

link
KGI/XGPG

Principles of Geovisualization

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KGI/XGTC

Thematic Cartography

link
KGI/XGDG

Design in Geovisualization

link
KGI/XGCC

Cognitive Cartography

link

☀️ Summer semester

  • teaching period mid February till mid May
  • exam period mid May till June

KGI/GI

Geoinformatics

link
KGI/GINEW

New Issues of Geosciences

link
KGI/ANGIS

Analyses in GIS

link
KGI/GURBA

GI in Urban Applications

link
KGI/COCAR

Cognitive Cartography

link
KGI/XGWC

Web Cartography

link
KGI/XG3DW

3D Visualization

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KGI/XGAWM

Advanced Visualization Methods

link
KGI/XGCP

Cartographic Project

link

Detailed list of courses is available at Faculty website in the section “Incomming Exchange students”. 

In case you need more information about study opportunities at the Faculty of Science, please contact the faculty co-ordinator for foreign affairs Mrs. Marie Raková (marie.rakova@upol.cz) or look at the Faculty website or the University website.

ERASMUS+ PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

CENTRAL EUROPE

Slovakia

Poland

Austria

Germany

Hungary

SOUTHERN, SOUTHEASTERN & WESTERN EUROPE

Romania

    Greece

    Spain

    France

    NORTHERN EUROPE

    Norway

    Sweden

    Finland

    Estonia

      CEEPUS PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

      We also offer room short-term incoming PhD students and colleagues from CEEPUS partner institutions. At our department, we may offer you an opportunity for presenting your research, show you our laboratories, share knowledge, skills, sources etc. Each incoming guest will be provided with a sitting place in one of our offices with internet connection and other necessary equipment according to further arrangements. During your stay, you will become a member of our familly and we will do our best to ensure you would enjoy your time spent in the city of Olomouc.