2018-2019 Fall and Spring Semester Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies Applications

2018-2019 Fall and Spring Semester Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies Applications

Application Students, who wish to participate in the Erasmus Program in 2018-2019 Fall and Spring Semester, should follow the guidelines below:

Eligibility Criteria:

Important Note: Students will be selected as a candidate for Erasmus grant for the 2018-2019 academic year the amount of the grant will be clear in September 2018.

• Student must be full-time student to enrolled in a higher education program the level of formal education (1st, 2nd or 3rd grades) in higher education institutions.
• Minimum GPA of 2,20/4.00 for undergraduate students; minimum GPA of 2,50/4.00 for graduate students
• Master’s and doctoral level students who apply first term and not yet occurred transcript can use the notes taken during the previous graduation.
• For Learning mobility: a sufficient number of ECTS credits to be load
• If previously benefited from activities in the current education level, the new activity is not passed along the total duration of 12 months

Application Procedure:

Student must submit the application in two steps:

• Students must apply through “Erasmus+ Online Information System” pages ONLINE between March 1-16, 2018.
• Students must also submit the signed application form (2 copies) and transcript (2 copies) which shows current CGPA, till March 16th,2018 16.00 pm to the Erasmus Office (room number 106) at Altunizade Campus, 1st floor
• Documentation to prove your level of fluency (in case that you speak a European language other than English, and want to go to a university where it is the language of instruction)
• Applicants will take the English Proficiency Exam, which will be held on 20 March 2018 by the English Preparatory Program.

• Final results of the application period will be announced 29.03.2018.

The Points should be Considered During Application

• Each student will be selected for the fall or spring semester.
• Please check carefully academic calendar of preferred university before your choice.
• In one period is required to take courses equivalent 30 ECTS. Therefore, you have to check courses which is opened in your preferred university. Make your choice in consultation with the departmental coordinator.
• Please check the admission conditions, quotas and required language level of the university you prefer. Our quota for each period (Fall/Spring) maximum for 2 students in accordance with the agreements each between partner universities.

Take the Written Exam

• All applicants will be invited and are required to take an English written examination prepared by Uskudar University English Preparatory Program. The exam will be B2 level. Applications without this English test score will not be processed.
• Candidates, who participated in Uskudar University English exams before, have to take new English exam for 2018-2019 academic year Erasmus+ Study Mobility by the Directorate of Foreign Languages.
• Candidates who have previously taken the English Proficiency Exam for the Erasmus Learning Program by the Foreign Language Coordinator of Üsküdar University can use the exam scores they have received for this application. Candidates’ English proficiency exams have been valid for 1 year, and proficiency exam scores they have attended on older dates will be invalid. Students are required to inform the English Preparatory Program and the Erasmus Office before the exam so that they can take the language proficiency test they have entered.

• The Erasmus Office will announce date and classrooms for the written exam on the Erasmus website of Uskudar.

 Selection Criteria:

• GPA %50
• English Language Proficiency Exam %50

(Total 100 point)

Before participated for each mobility : – 10

* Erasmus Office reserves the right to re-determine the number of quotas according to the success rate of the students after the English exam.

Mobility Grants

Students receive mobility grants according to the university budget allocated by the Turkish National Agency. The mobility grants are not for covering all the expenses of study abroad periods. Mobility grants’ purpose is to support students during their study abroad periods. Students can choose not to receive their mobility grants. Students are eligible to participate in the Erasmus program even though they may not receive mobility grants. Regarding Erasmus Student Exchange Program or Erasmus Internship Program, students can receive mobility grants only for 12 months in total, for each level of education (undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate). However, students, who completed 12 months at a level, can participate in Erasmus Exchange program for more than once without receiving mobility grants. However, (s)he can participate in Erasmus Exchange program or Erasmus Internship Program once again without receiving mobility grants. If the student participated in Erasmus Exchange program at a level of higher education with grant, that student can participate in the Erasmus Exchange program at the same level again without grant, on the condition of getting approval by the Faculty. If the student received mobility grants for Erasmus Internship Program, (s)he can also receive mobility grants for Erasmus Exchange Program, as well. This means, students can receive mobility grants for 12 months in total for each of the Erasmus programs (Erasmus Exchange or Erasmus Placement), at each level. Please find the mobility grant amounts which are allocated in 2018-2019 Academic Year. Note that these amounts may change on a yearly basis and therefore they must not be taken to be the same for the next academic year.

2018 Erasmus+ Grand

Groups according to living costs  

Host Countries in Mobility Monthly Student Mobility Grant (€)

 Monthly Internship Mobility Grant (€)1st and 2nd Group Program Countries

Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, İreland, Italy, Lichtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Swetzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Cyprus Germany, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Malta, Portugal, Spain

500

6003rd Group Program Countries

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Polond, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Turkey, Croatia

300400

Erasmus student mobility quotas will be determined according to;

1. Each department’s Inter-Institutional Agreements,
2. Quotas of each department,
3. Erasmus scores,
4. Erasmus grant of 2018-2019 Academic Year.

Please click hear to search our partner universities for all departments.

Please click here to start your ERASMUS application.