Study Abroad Opportunity for Civil Engineering Students (2024-2025)

ERASMUS+ KA171 2022 PROJECT

THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024

STUDENT MOBILITY FOR STUDIES ANNOUNCEMENT

PROJECT NO: 2022-1-TR01-KA171-HED-000069220

ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: 04/11/2024

This is an application announcement for student mobility for studies carried out by Eskişehir Technical University and INES-Ruhengeri under the scope of Erasmus+ Program. KA171 ICM projects, which enable student and staff mobility with countries around the world other than the member countries of the European Union, are mobility projects carried out on a department or faculty basis, projected every year, and also known as "International Credit Mobility.”

1. DEFINITIONS

-Student Mobility for Studies; For one semester, students enrolled in a formal higher education program study at the partner university. The host institution recognizes the courses that the student accomplishes during the semester at the partner institution.

- The duration of the activity for student mobility for studies is one semester (5 months) excluding travel days.

- In the student mobility for studies – The student prepares a Mobility Agreement in which courses to be taken is included and approved by all the sides. 

2. APPLICATIONS and QUOTA

Only 1 student from the Civil Engineering Department will be funded by the project. Only Civil Engineering Department students can apply for this call.

Applications will be made with the submission of the required documents to the International Relations Unit of INES-Ruhengeri.

- Required Documents;

·         Student Application Form

·         Language Score Document*

·         Up-to-date Transcript

·         To get a score from the evaluation criteria (if any suitable), the document for the relevant criteria must be submitted

These documents must be submitted before the deadline of the application. Any submission after the deadline will be rejected.

*Candidate students must obtain a valid language certificate during application. The minimum level of the student must be equal to B2 or more than 60 out of 100. Or else, the application of the student will be invalid.

3. EVALUATION AND SELECTION

Since the KA171 program is carried out on a departmental basis, only the relevant department bachelor/masters/PhD level students can apply for the specified quotas. Selection and placement among the applicants will be based on the total success score which is calculated out of 100 as follows: %50 of GPA + %50 of Foreign Language Score. Students placed within the quotas will be supported with grants (individual support + travel support).

Evaluation Criteria

3. 1. GPA (%50)

3. 2. Foreign language score (%50)

3. 2. For students with disabilities (provided that the disability is documented) +10 additional points will be applied.

3. 3. For students who have previously benefited from the study or internship mobility within the scope of Erasmus+ (2014-2020 or 2021-2027) only within the scope of the same project type with or without grant within the same education level, -10 points will be applied for each previously benefited activity.

3. 4. In case of participating in mobility in the country of citizenship, -10 points are applied.

3. 5. In case of not participating in the mobility without submitting a withdrawal notification in due time, -10 points will be applied.

3. 6. In case of applying for more than one type of mobility at the same time, -10 points will be applied for the mobility that the student will prefer.

 

3. 7. For students selected for mobility: In case of unexcused non-attendance to the meetings/trainings organized by the higher education institution related to mobility, -10 points will be applied in the subsequent applications of the student.

 

Note: In case of equality of points, respectively;

 

- Based on the student's overall score, reductions are made.

 

- If the total points are equal, the student with the higher GPA will be given priority; if the GPA is equal, the student with the younger age will be given priority.

 

4. GRANT SUPPORT

800 Euro x Per month + Travel support ( 820 Euro)

The travel expenses to be paid to the student benefiting from the mobility activity should be calculated using the "Distance Calculator.” The distance calculator can be accessed from the link below:

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm

A distance calculator should be used to calculate the distance between the two points from the place of residence of the student to the place of activity. The travel grant should be calculated using the table below. The grant equivalent of the mileage calculated in the distance calculator in the table below is the round-trip figure, and this amount is not multiplied by two. If the staff member travels with a stopover, it does not affect the distance reached by the above-mentioned distance calculation.

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5. TIMELINE

• Announcement of Mobility Opportunities: 04/11/2024
• Start of Application Period: 25/11/2024
• Application Deadline: 09/12/2024
• Publication of Preliminary Results: 13/12/2024
• Deadline for Appeals: 17/12/2024
• Publication of Final Results: 20/12/2024
• Deadline for Waivers: 27/12/2024

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Find the application form attached at the end of this announcement.

This program is funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. However, the European Commission and the Turkish National Agency bear no responsibility for any use of the information contained herein.

For inquiries, please contact:

• dirinter@ines.ac.rw
• mtwizere@ines.ac.rw