Study programmes
- New knowledge, skills, experience, relationships, experiences and opportunities
- Study oriented towards the development of a person professionally and personally
- Partnership approach
- Friendly atmosphere, enhanced by good mutual relations
- Extensive work experience that demonstrates real-life functioning, helps to link theoretical knowledge with practical skills and is an advantage when choosing a job
The study programme Social work in mental health care is designed as a follow-up master's programme in social work. It is aimed at deepening the knowledge of social and health-social workers for mental health care. It responds to the needs arising from the reform of psychiatric care in the Czech Republic. The graduate will be competent to apply theories, methods and techniques of social work in practice, especially with people with mental illness. He will be able to reflect and solve ethical dilemmas and crisis situations arising from social work with a given target group, to manage decision-making processes in the exercise of his profession. In the framework of the study, attention is also paid to law and management, thanks to which the graduate will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to lead multidisciplinary teams. The aim of the study programme is to achieve a comprehensive readiness of graduates for the performance of the profession of social or health-social worker in the field of mental health care with emphasis on self-experience and self-reflection - to achieve a level of theoretical knowledge, practical skills and disciplinary overview that will enable them to:
- fit for professional social work practice at all levels of prevention,
- eligible for professional social work practice in acute and aftercare for people with mental illness,
- capable of collaborating in multidisciplinary teams and leading them where appropriate,
- ready to participate in the development of community social work in mental health care reform,
- capable of contributing to the development of the field, the profession and interdisciplinary collaboration,
- capable of their own professional growth and development,
- capable of critically reflecting on the needs of individuals and society in mental health care,
- ready to participate in destigmatization.
Applications should only be submitted electronically via the e-application. The admission fee is 650 CZK and must be paid no later than the application deadline of the given round (if you do not enrol, the fee is not refundable). Further payment instructions (account number, variable symbol) find in the online application.
What subjects will you study?
The list of subjects you will take during your studies (both compulsory and your choice of compulsory and optional subjects) can be found in the study plan. The study also includes professional practice in the scope of 240 hours.
Instruction in the combined mode of study is delivered exclusively on Saturdays. Each semester requires attendance on approximately twelve to fourteen teaching Saturdays.
- The conditions of admission to study at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava (hereinafter referred to as the VŠPJ) are set out in accordance with the provisions of Sections 48 to 50 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on higher education institutions and on amendments and supplements to other acts (the Higher Education Act), as amended, and in accordance with the Rules of Admission to the College of Polytechnics Jihlava and Articles 11 to 13 of the College of Polytechnics Jihlava Statutes.
- To be admitted to a study programme, applicants must meet the general conditions and the additional conditions specified for individual study programmes.
For the full text of the admission requirements for the 2026/2027 academic year, please see HERE. For the full text of the Schedule of Admissions to the VŠPJ for the 2026/2027 academic year, please see HERE.
The admission procedure for the academic year 2026/2027 again includes the possibility of EXEMPTING applicants in difficult social situations FROM THE FEE for the acts related to the admission procedure. No fee will be charged to an applicant who meets the following conditions:
o he/she applies to study in a bachelor's or master's degree programme no later than 14 May 2026,
o he/she is not a graduate of the same type of degree programme (written affidavit),
o he/she proves that he/she is in a difficult social situation (written certificate issued at his/her request by the state social assistance body proving that the family income ascertained for the purposes of the child benefit for the third calendar quarter of 2025 did not exceed the product of the family's subsistence minimum and a coefficient of 1.5),
o he/she requests that he/she be exempted from the fee no later than April 9, 2026.
An application for exemption from the fee is available HERE; a sample affidavit is available HERE.
Further information on the admission procedure:
- eligibility to study:
- documented by a motivation letter (1-2 standard A4 pages) containing an explanation of interest in studying in the Social Work in Mental Health Care programme at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava (max. 20 points),
- oral interview on experience in the field (max. 5 points),
- oral interview to assess the applicant's knowledge of the current state of mental health care in the Czech Republic (max. 25 points).
- Bachelor's/Master's degree and Diploma Supplement with appropriate provision for qualification to practice as a social worker must be submitted in one of the following ways:
- online (uploaded via personal folder in the e-application) - only authorised document conversion (provided by Czech POINT branches) - other electronic versions of the document, e.g. a simple scan, will not be accepted
- by correspondence to the study department (certified copy)
- in person at the Study Department (certified copy)
- WARNING: if the information that the graduate is entitled to practice the regulated profession of social worker in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 108/2006 Coll. on Social Services, as amended, is not indicated on the "Diploma Supplement" document, the applicant is REQUIRED to provide a document from which the fulfilment of this condition is evident. This is, for example, a confirmation from a college/university of the approval of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs for the implementation of a given study programme entitling graduates to exercise the regulated profession of "social worker". The method of proving this document is identical to the principles of proving the Diploma or Diploma Supplement.
- The Bachelor's/Master's Diploma, Diploma Supplement or the above-mentioned document proving that the applicant has fulfilled the specified obligation must be delivered by 19 August 2026.
- Eligibility/motivation letter (including all required details) must be submitted by one of the following methods:
- online (upload via a personal folder in e-application) - a simple scan will be accepted, while the original can be delivered in paper form to the study department
- by post to the study department
- in person at the study department
- Motivation letter must be delivered according to the deadlines of the individual rounds of the admission procedure AR 2026/2027 (in case of not delivering it on time, the candidate will not be invited to the oral interview).
The last date for regular enrolment for the 2026/2027 academic year is September 14, 2026.
Only those applicants who have fulfilled the admission requirements and have the document "Rector's Decision on Admission to Study" available in the e-application form may enrol. The easiest and fastest way to enrol for studies is online directly in the e-application form. However, you can also choose to enrol in person at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava building (dates will be announced continuously). All information about the admission procedure and subsequent enrolment can be found in your e-application.
In the admission procedure, documents will be delivered to the participants via the IS of the VŠPJ (electronic application). A document is delivered when the participant logs in to the IS of the VŠPJ after it has been made available in the IS of the VŠPJ. If the participant does not log in to the VŠPJ within ten days of the date on which the document was made available in the VŠPJ, the document shall be deemed to have been served on the last day of that period.
The participant is informed by e-mail about the access to the document in the IS of the VŠPJ.
Where can I find the admission process results?
The summary results of the admission process can be found here:
Your further questions can be answered at the Study Department, tel. 567 141 181 or at email studijni@vspj.cz.
Important dates for applications and admissions
| combined form of study | |
| 1st round | |
| Application deadline | by 19 August 2026 |
| The deadline for payment of the fee for the admission procedure 650 CZK | by 19 August 2026 |
| Deadline for delivery of the motivation letter, including all requirements | by 19 August 2026 |
| Deadline for delivery of proof of professional competence to perform the profession of social worker (Bachelor's/Master's degree) - Diploma and Diploma Supplement to the relevant provisions on obtaining qualifications to perform the profession of social worker under Act 108/2006 Coll., as amended | by 19 August 2026 |
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Deadline for the entrance examination |
1 September and 3 September 2026 (dates to be specified in the invitation letter for the entrance examination) |
The last date for regular enrolment for the 2026/2027 academic year is September 14, 2026.
Only those applicants who have fulfilled the admission requirements and have the document "Rector's Decision on Admission to Study" available in the e-application form may enrol. The easiest and fastest way to enrol for studies is online directly in the e-application form. However, you can also choose to enrol in person at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava building (dates will be announced continuously). All information about the admission procedure and subsequent enrolment can be found in your e-application.
In the admission procedure, documents will be delivered to the participants via the IS of the VŠPJ (electronic application). A document is delivered when the participant logs in to the IS of the VŠPJ after it has been made available in the IS of the VŠPJ. If the participant does not log in to the VŠPJ within ten days of the date on which the document was made available in the VŠPJ, the document shall be deemed to have been served on the last day of that period.
The participant is informed by e-mail about the access to the document in the IS of the VŠPJ.
Combined study
Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava
Tolstého 16
586 01 Jihlava
IČ: 71226401
DIČ: CZ71226401
Contact
Phone: +420 567 141 111
Fax: +420 567 300 727
E-mail: vspj@vspj.cz
Mailbox ID: w9ej9jg
Contact point of the Rector's Office
Monika Jonášová
E-mail: monika.jonasova@vspj.cz
Study Department
Phone: +420 567 141 181
E-mail: studijni@vspj.cz