Foreign students
All incoming students from abroad are responsible for obtaining health insurance after their arrival in Slovakia.
This insurance is available through the state health insurance company or two private health insurance companies.
Private health insurance company Union
Private health insurance company Dôvera
Foreign students on a scholarship through a scholarship program created with the consent of the Slovak government
Incoming students that are taking part in a scholarship program created with the consent of the Slovak government (list of relevant scholarship programs by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of Slovakia) are insured under public health insurance, unless they are already insured in a EU/EEA/Swiss confederation member state.
Public health insurance is reimbursed by the state and is free for scholarship students.
Foreign scholarship students- regular students and doctoral programme students- are obligated to submit an application for public health insurance to one of the three health insurance companies in Slovakia offering this service:
- Dôvera – can sign up directly in one of their offices
- VšZP (Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa) – through an application in Slovak, through an online application in Slovak, or at one of their offices
- Union –online application in English https://www.union.sk/online-registration-uzp/#/selection-of-insured-person, or at one of their offices
Scholarship students from EU member states utilize a European Health Insurance Card. It is recommended to add commercial health insurance on top of European health insurance.
Students that take part in the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak government gain public insurance for free.
You can also use free assistance from IOM (click for an information leaflet in Ukrainian, Russian, Slovak and English).
In case you need any help or support regarding the migration inquiry as well as any inquiries related to your stay in Slovakia such as Legal Advice, administration processes, health insurance, cooperation with higher education institutions, Slovak language courses, other courses, integration, Cooperation with Migrant Communities, common Q&A and many others, do not hesitate to contact the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
This organization will be happy to help. See also the IOM leaflet attached.
Contacts:
Visa check at mic.iom.sk/visacheck/en/home/
0850 211 478 (from Slovakia)
+421 2 5263 0023 (from abroad)
