Study programmes

The study programme Health and Social Care will provide you with a practically oriented bachelor's degree in social work, on the basis of which you will gain competence and professional competences to perform the profession of social worker according to Act No.108/2006 Coll, and to exercise the non-medical health profession without professional supervision, health and social worker according to Act No. 96/2004 Coll,  The study of the field is conceived as a combination of basic knowledge in the fields of health care (nursing, geriatrics, paediatrics, surgery, psychiatry...) and detailed knowledge in the fields of social care (ethics, psychology, theory and methods of social work, social policy, sociology, law...) with an emphasis on practical teaching. You will practically verify the acquired theoretical knowledge in a continuous practice. During your studies you will complete a total of 20 weeks of professional practice. The internship is carried out in health care facilities, social service facilities or organizations that operate in the field of social work and provide residential, outpatient or field social services.

You will gain the knowledge and skills to:

• implementing social prevention, including depistige
• providing socio-legal counselling
• carrying out a social investigation, analysing it and then creating an individual client plan and implementing the necessary interventions and assistance
• performing social rehabilitation
• integrating clients and getting their social environment to actively participate in solving adverse social situations
• performing analytical, methodological and conceptual activities in the health and social field
• working with the individual, with the group, with the community
• comprehensive view of care for disadvantaged children, adults and the elderly

Applications should only be submitted electronically via the e-application. The admission fee is CZK 650,- and must be paid no later than the application deadline of the given round (if you do not enrol, the fee will not be refunded). Further payment instructions (account number, variable symbol) can be found in the electronic application. The fee must be paid again for each round of admissions.

Applications in the 2nd and 3rd supplementary rounds will only be allowed provided that the number of admitted candidates has not already been filled in the 1st basic round of admissions.

What subjects will you study?

A list of the courses you will take during your studies can be found in the Curriculum tab below on this page. The study also includes professional practice in the scope of 1000 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:

• • PC test in professional subjects (basics of social sciences, psychology, philosophy, sociology, biology) and general study prerequisites (max. 50 points),
  • oral interview - test of cultural, political and social awareness, independent judgement and motivation to study (max. 50 points),
  • for demonstrably completed and written evidence of the applicant's activities in terms of previous experience, personal development or in the public interest (e.g. volunteering, work experience in social work or a related field, study abroad, state examination in a foreign language), a maximum of 20 points may be awarded, to be added to the result of the oral examination,

• A certificate of medical fitness must be delivered according to the dates of the individual rounds of the admission procedure for the academic year 2026/2027 (in case of failure to deliver by the deadline, the applicant will not be admitted to the study) - to be downloaded in the e-application after payment of the fee for the actions related to the admission procedure.

• School-leaving certificate/certification of recognition and medical fitness certificate issued by a medical practitioner on the recommended form (available for download in the e-application form after payment of the admission fee) must be submitted in one of the following ways:
  
• online (uploading via a personal folder in the e-application) - only authorized document conversion (provided by Czech POINT branches) - other electronic versions of the document, e.g. a simple scan, will not be accepted
• by post to the study department (officially certified copy)
• in person at the study department (certified copy)
  School-leaving certificate/certification of recognition must be delivered by 9/10/2026 (in case of non-delivery by the deadline, the candidate will not be admitted to study)
  
  
• Based on Decree No. 537/2006 Coll., § 9, paragraph 1, letter f), as amended, only students who have submitted confirmation of vaccination/exposure/protective substances against viral hepatitis B may enter the practical placement. The professional placement is part of the studies as early as the 1st semester.

   

The last date for regular enrolment for the 2026/2027 academic year is September 14, 2026.

The participant is informed by e-mail about the access to the document in the IS of the VŠPJ. 

Where can I find the results of the admission procedure?

Summary admission results can be found here: View

Your further questions can be answered at the Study Department, tel. 567 141 181 or e-mail: studijni@vspj.cz

Important dates for applications and admissions

The participant is informed by e-mail about the access to the document in the IS of the VŠPJ. 

The admission exam for the Health and Social Care programme consists of a PC-based test in the social sciences, psychology, sociology, philosophy, biology and general study prerequisites.

On this page you will find a sample test in social sciences, psychology, sociology, philosophy, biology and general study prerequisites, as well as test scores of the entrance examination.

The curriculum of the field of Health and Social Care is developed in accordance with the Minimum Standard for Social Work Education.

The study of the field of study is designed as a combination of basic knowledge in the fields of health care (nursing, geriatrics, paediatrics, surgery, psychiatry,...) and detailed knowledge in the fields of social care (ethics, psychology, social work methods, social policy, sociology, law,...) with an emphasis on practical teaching. The programme includes a professional internship of a total duration of 20 weeks.

Key Learning Outcomes

The graduate has the knowledge, skills and general competencies to be able to:

• carry out social prevention, including depistige
• carry out social surveys and their analysis
• draw up a psychosocial intervention plan
• implement social measures
• ensure the social agenda
• provide socio-legal counselling
• provide socio-legal counselling in relation to the illness or its consequences
• participate in the integration of clients and recruit their social environment to actively participate in the integration process
• participate in the organisation of convalescent stays
• within the scope of their professional competence, carry out activities in preparation for the discharge of patients, including the provision of follow-up care and services
• in the event of the death of a client/patient, to carry out professional social counselling; for deceased patients who die alone, to arrange death-related matters
• to carry out basic activities in the context of the Social Services Act (social therapy, telephone crisis assistance, skills training, assistance in exercising rights and interests, assistance in coping with normal self-care tasks, etc.)
• keeping medical records and other documentation resulting from other legislation
• provide information to the patient in accordance with his/her professional competence and, where appropriate, the doctor's instructions
• carry out analytical, methodological and conceptual work in the health and social field
• participate in practical teaching of students in selected fields of study, etc.

• Full-time study
• Combined studies