Cards
Once you arrive, you should obtain following cards:
- University ID card
- Allows access to university buildings, library, cafeteria and more
- Prague City public transport card
- Public transport is essential in Prague and you get a big discount as a student
- (for EU citizens) Register for health care on the basis of your EHIC card
- Required if you want to use your european insurance
University ID card
For your University ID card, you can choose from two options:
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CTU student card
- Basic CTU card, works for anything CTU related
- Free, but not universally accepted
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CTU student card with ISIC licence
- Works the same as the regular CTU student card
- Costs CZK 500, but is more widely accepted
- Easier to identify as student in trains
CTU student card
- Price: for free, in the case of loss or damage, a fee of CZK 250 is charged for a duplicate
- Serves for:
- Admission to CTU premises
- Borrowing books from university libraries
- Borrowing books from National Technical Library (for a fee)
- Discount card for CTU buffets and dining halls
- Confirmation of your student status (e.g. for a public transport season ticket (in Prague only) and for discounts)
CTU student card with ISIC licence
- Price: CZK 500, in the case of loss, a fee of CZK 500 is charged for a duplicate (CZK 250 for a duplicate in the case of damage if you bring the old card back)
- Covers all the services stated above for CTU student card
- Confirmation of your student status for any public transport ticket in the Czech Republic (i.e. trains and busses around the country)
- In addition, serves as the only accepted international student identity card in 116 countries and offers many discounts (for further information visit www.isic.org)
Where to get it
Identity Card Publishing House
Your personal visit is necessary!
Bring with you your ID or passport, and a passport-sized photo.
- Webpage
- ist.cvut.cz
- Address
- Jugoslávských partyzánů 3, entrance B3, Praha 6
- Phone
- See IST CTU website
- Opening hours
- See IST CTU website
To avoid waiting in a long queue, you can make a reservation for a specific date and time via Electronic reservation system.
Unfortunately, the reservation system itself is in Czech only, but here is a quick guide how to make the reservation:
- Click on ‘Objednat se na pobočku’
- Select ‘průkaz student ČVUT / ISIC’
- Pick date and time
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Fill in the required fields
- ‘Jméno a příjmení’ means Given names and Surname
- Click on ‘Odeslat objednávku’ to submit the form and create the reservation
Public transportation card
When you're buying seasonal Prague public transport ticket, you have multiple choices how to do it:
- Electronic version
- Easier if you already have your czech ISIC card
- Paper version
- Can be done at the airport, you don't need to have czech ISIC card
- Lítačka card
Electronic version
Price: only season ticket price
You can also obtain electronic seasonal ticket on the web.
- Create an account at pidlitacka.cz
- Upload your photo
- If you don't do this, your account will be marked as "shared" and the ticket will be more expensive
- Add an identifier - it can be your phone (with PID Lítačka app), debit/credit card or Lítačka card
- Add your ISIC card number
- If you only have CTU student card or confirmation of study, you can't use the online store to buy the ticket, you have to go to PID cash desk
- If you're 26 or older, you're no longer eligible for student discount, so this is not needed
- Buy student season ticket
- If you can't find student seasonal ticket in the store, you may need to go to PID cash desk and buy it there (while presenting your ISIC card and identifier from previous step)
Paper version
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- Price: CZK 75 (for a PID pass) + season ticket price
This is the easiest version, because you can do it right at the airport with the Confirmation of study which is part of your Welcome Pack. It costs CZK 75 (for the PID pass) and you'll need:
- Passport-sized photo (35 × 45 mm)
- Confirmation of study (part of Welcome Pack) or University ID card (both types are valid for this case)
- If you're 26 or older, you're no longer eligible for student discount, so this is not needed
Then you can just come to any PID cash desk and ask them for student seasonal ticket.
Lítačka card
- Price: CZK 100 (for "Lítačka card") + season ticket price
You can also obtain Lítačka card, which takes around 4 weeks to be made and costs CZK 100 (CZK 50 if ordered on-line). Once you have this card, you can either buy the seasonal ticket on-line, or go to any PID cash desk and buy it there.
Student discount
To obtain a student discount you have to bring, and keep all the time with you, the Confirmation of your student status (the little orange-coloured confirmation document from your Welcome Pack), or your University ID card.
Health insurance card (EHIC)
- EHIC (= European Health Insurance Card) is for students from the EU, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Iceland
- Why: you have to show your EHIC card and a special paper from the VZP state insurance organisation to prove you have health insurance cover whenever you visit a doctor or any medical institution.
- Without this documentation, you have to pay for standard medical care in the Czech Republic and treatment may be refused to you
- How to get it: Visit and register in VZP (Všeobecná zdravotní pojišťovna České republiky) at Na Perštýně 6, Prague 1 to obtain an official document providing you the same health service as for local citizens
- It is important to register without delay.
- Note: Students not from EU countries are required to have health insurance from an authorized insurance company and the original contract has to be written in the Czech language. You can, usually, arrange this online.
