Health Insurance

Find below the information regarding your stay in the Czech Republic. Depending on the citizenship you are holding, you either belong to one of these categories: EU citizens (including those coming from the Schengen Area – Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) or non-EU citizens. According to this, please refer to the information below.

Please, be aware of the fact that the full and actual information is always available at the website of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic.

EU citizens

  • EU citizens (as well as citizens of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) – has a European Health Insurance Card – its entitled the necessary and urgent health care free of charge
  • It is highly recommended to have a supplementary travel health insurance (conclude a contract in your home country before arrival to Prague)
  • In our experience, it is way easier to book an appointment at the doctor’s, given that the student is commercially insured.

More information about Insurance can be found here

Non-EU citizens

Starting from August 2, 2021, non-EU citizens staying in the Czech Republic longer than 90 days must contract comprehensive health insurance. From September 20, 2023 it is possible to arrange comprehensive health insurance with any insurance company authorised to provide it in the Czech Republic (e.g. Pojišťovna VZP, AXA pojištovna, Slavia pojišťovna a.s.). The insurance contract can be carried out online. Please refer to this website for more information and conditions.

Exceptions: As result of being parties to the International Treaty on Cooperation in the Area of Health and Social Security, medical travel insurance is not required from citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cuba, Japan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia. The same exception applies to participants of the Erasmus Mundus program, Fulbright scholarship program, European Voluntary Service of the EC Youth in Action programme, as well as holders of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) issued by another EU member state and a GHIC card issued by the UK. Detailed instructions to these exceptions are published here.

More information about Insurance can be found here.

Here is a link to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic with complete information and all the news about the criteria your insurance has to meet.