Selection

Your application will be evaluated as follows:

  • The university you have applied for will verify whether you are eligible, that is if all the administrative and academic requirements are met as specified by the project and by the University.
  • If you are eligible, the University will grade your application on the basis of the criteria listed below and taking into account the specific conditions for the program you applied for.
  • The University will rank your application and will provide the ranking to the Project Coordinator.
  • All your applications submitted to different Universities will be evaluated as described above. If all else equal, the order of your applications will be considered as your preference.
  • The Consortium will collect the selected candidates lists from all the Partner Universities and will generate the final overall nominated candidate list.
  • The list of nominated candidates will be submitted for approval to the Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission.
  • Selected students and scholars will be notified by late December 2009.

The admission and selection parameters on which admission will be granted and scholarships will be awarded are listed below, as agreed among the Consortium:

  • Academic relevance verified through transcripts of records, degree certificates, project proposal, or teaching/working experience
  • Language skills, as defined by the host institution and the course program
  • Motivation
  • Gender balance
  • Level of vulnerability and socio-economic status

All applicants will be notified of the selection outcome within two months of the Call for Application closing, whether they have been nominated, whether they are on a reserve list or they are ineligible.

All communication with the applicants during the selection process will occur through email.

Nominated students and scholars having accepted to participate in the project will be required to comply with the local admission requirements at the host University and will have to follow the standard individual registration procedure at their host institution.

All mobilities must begin before 1st September 2010.

For exchange students: before starting the mobility, selected applicants will be required to draft an ECTS Learning Agreement application/pdf (139.17 kB), to be signed by both host and home institution.

After receiving the candidate acceptance form, the host University will be responsible for contacting the applicant and providing him/her with all necessary information for admission to the University.

Partner Universities are bound to admitting the selected candidates except in case of fraud by the applicant in the application process.

All grant holders will be asked to subscribe a specific financial agreement concerning their duties and responsibilities in relation to the scholarship. This agreement will need to be signed before the grant holder can start receiving the scholarship.

The host university will provide the following services to the Incoming grant holder:
• Assistance with visa issues
• Assistance with finding adequate housing
• Provide orientation upon arrival through the direct contact with qualified University faculty or personnel
• For exchange students, set up the Learning Agreement with the student and with the home University, before the start of mobility