CESPU Students

The Erasmus program offers students the possibility of making a study period at an European Higher Education Institution (HEI), or a curricular / extra-curricular placement at an European IES / enterprise.

The mobility period should have a minimum duration of 3 months and maximum of 12 months.

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

1. Students must be enrolled and attending a course in order obtain a diploma or other recognized qualification, from 1^st cycle to the doctoral degree.
2. Students must be nationals of participating member state in the Erasmus program, or nationals of another country, since enrolled in a regular course at participating country HEI.
3. In 1st Cycle Studies and Integrated Masters, the student must be enrolled at least in the 2nd year of studies in Higher Education. This rule does not apply to mobility for placements. The implementation of Erasmus mobility depends on the fully completion of the 1st academic year (60 ECTS credits).

APPLICATIONS

The students interested in doing a part of their curriculum at a foreign higher education institution or an internship at a foreign institution / enterprise, under Erasmus program, must:

1. Get informed about the general conditions of the program;
2. Get informed about the application process in CESPU;
3. Formalize the application within the specific period and using the official application form:

a. Information

Before completing the application form students must gather information from CESPU Erasmus Office CESPU, the Erasmus Pedagogical Coordinator of the respective department / course and the Website of the institutions to which they wish to apply, and CONSULT the following documents:

• Erasmus Academic Calendar for the Mobility of Outgoing Students;
• Erasmus Procedures for the for the Mobility of Outgoing Students;
• Selection criteria to be used in the seriation of the course in which students are enrolled;
• Erasmus Bilateral Agreements;
• Internal Regulations for the Mobility of Students;
• Regulations for Conversion of Foreign Classifications;
• Specific Regulations of the course in which students are enrolled.

b. Seriation and Placing

Once the eligibility criteria are met, the selection and seriation of candidates are sole responsibility of the Erasmus Pedagogical Coordinator Erasmus of each department / course. The selection criteria are:

* Intermediate and final scores will be rounded to the hundredth.

c. Required Documentation

• Application Form;
• Copies of ID card, fiscal number card and visa (for non Portuguese students);
• Foreign Language Course Certificate(s), if applicable.

The Erasmus Service will add the transcript of records to these documents.

LEARNING / TRAINING AGREEMENT AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

Mobility is ensured by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), based on the principle of mutual recognition of the value of training undertaken and competences acquired.

Full academic recognition means that the period of study abroad (including examinations and other forms of assessment) replaces a comparable period of study at the home university (including examinations and other forms of assessment), although the content of the curriculum can vary.

Before students going abroad, CESPU defines their Learning / Training Agreement in collaboration with the host institutions. At CESPU, the In CESPU, the responsible for preparing these plans are the Erasmus Pedagogical Educational Coordinators.

At the end of the mobility the host institutions must issue a Transcript of Records / Work with the number of credits and the grades achieved by the student.

According to ECTS system, when students successfully complete the workload required and the assessment of the learning outcomes as previously agreed, credits are transferred to their degree program (studies and curricular placements mobility) and to the Diploma Supplement (studies, curricular and extra-curricular placements mobility).

If the student makes a traineeship at an enterprise, the workload is measured in credits and fully transferred by the same procedures. The results are expressed in groups of competencies, which determine the knowledge that the student will have their capabilities and skills matching to the predefined objectives of training.

LEARNING A LANGUAGE BEFORE MOBILITY

The required language(s) proficiency is previously agreed with our partners and it's used as one of mobility programs selection criteria, which implies previously preparation before being selected to go abroad. CESPU has partnerships with Lancaster College and Aliance Française (languages teaching companies) where participants can enroll in multiple languages courses. After selection and placing, the Erasmus Office organizes several meetings for discussing mobility related issues - we highlight culture, language(s), in and outside opportunities to achieve the required language(s) proficiency, and useful networks. The Erasmus office provides information about EILCs in host countries, schedule, application procedures and deadlines. Please visit the webpage about Languages at CESPU to know more.

ERASMUS GRANT

Selection as an Erasmus student does not guarantee a mobility grant. The awarding of scholarships depends on the funding CESPU receives from the Portuguese National Agency every year. All the selected students are automatically candidates for an Erasmus grant. If CESPU funding is insufficient to assign a scholarship to all the selected students, it may need to apply award criteria. The main criteria to be considered will be the socio-economic situation of the student, by confirming whether or not they are beneficiary from Social Services.

The amount of the Erasmus grant is fixed annually for each country, according to the reference table defined by the National Agency.

A student who does not receive an Erasmus grant can make the Erasmus mobility nevertheless, but will have the status of an "zero-grant" Erasmus student, with the same rights and duties of all the students who have grant.

Every student can benefit from an Erasmus grant for a study period and from an Erasmus grant for a placement, during his academic course.

The student who receives an Erasmus grant and do not get any academic achievement during the mobility period, must return the entire grant received, except in cases of force majeure, duly justified.

Students with socio-economic difficulties:

Students with socio-economic difficulties can apply for a Supplemental Erasmus Grant (BSE-SOC).

Students are eligible if they cumulatively receive an Erasmus grant, awarded by the respective higher education institution (HEI), and are fellows of Social Action in Higher Education.

The application process is done by the Erasmus Office, according to the information that will be disclosed in due course, to all the selected students.

Students with disabilities:

Students with disabilities benefit from special conditions of mobility, such a superior grant amount. More complete information about the mobility of students with disabilities may be obtained at the Erasmus Office.

TUITION FEES AND OTHER CHARGES

During the Erasmus mobility, the student continues to pay the respective tuition fees at CESPU. The student national grants and loans, shall not to be canceled or suspended, including the Social scholarship.

The Host Higher Education Institutions cannot ask the student any tuition fees (for tutoring, examinations, access to laboratories, etc.). However, small payments for insurance, student unions, photocopies, laboratory products can be charged, as normally charged by the home institution.