PLAN YOUR ERASMUS
INSURANCE
If you’re planning your Erasmus in Slovenia you have to consider your safety and well-being. One crucial aspect of ensuring peace of mind during your Erasmus is having health insurance. In this article, we will explore the various insurance options available for foreigners in Slovenia.
If you have health insurance in:
EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom
What do you have to do?
- Have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), or a certificate that serves as a substitute for it. You get the card/certificate in your home country
What do you get?
- With the European card or convention certificate, you are entitled to urgent and necessary medical services in public healthcare network in Slovenia. The EHIC card provides all the necessary and urgent scope of medical services, but you might have to pay some small fees for some of the health services, which will then be reimbursed by your local healthcare system.
Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
What do you have to do?
- Get the BIH/SI 3 or MNE/SI 03 or SRB/SI 03 or RM/SI 3 form in your home country, from the institution that provides your health insurance.
- Submit the form to the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (ZZZS, Mala ulica 3, Ljubljana), which will issue your MedZZ certificate. Your insurance is not valid without this certificate.
What do you get?
- With the European card or convention certificate, you are entitled to urgent and necessary medical services in public healthcare network in Slovenia.
Other countries
What do you have to do?
- Buy health insurance from a private insurance company in your home country or in Slovenia.
Important: valid health insurance is a condition to receive a visa.
