Academic Year 2023/2024 – Spring Semester

The University of Debrecen invites applications for mobility for learning purposes (SMS, part-time) in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme for the spring semester of the academic year 2023/2024, to be concluded until 31 July 2024.

About the ERASMUS+ programme

Erasmus+ is the European Union's programme for education, training, youth and sport.

More information:

https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/hu/az-erasmus-programrol/mi-az-erasmus

1.The aim of the application

The aim of the application is to enable you to gain educational, linguistic and cultural experience at a higher education institution in another programme country. Learning mobility should contribute to the student's academic progress and personal development.

2.Eligible applicants

Students enrolled at the University of Debrecen (bachelor, master, master's, doctoral and higher vocational education, full-time and correspondence courses) who have active studant status. Individuals with doctoral candidate status are not eligible to apply. Students who are in holders of the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship are not allowed to go on mobiliy during their studies.

3.Eligible activities

Study mobility of higher education students (duration 2-12 months).

Combination of studies and placements (duration 2-12 months).

4.Countries participating in the programme

Programme countries: 

Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden) 

As a non-EU Member State, it also participates in the programme: Republic of Northern Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey and Serbia

From the 2021 application year onwards, mobility to partner countries will also be possible under the conditions set out in a specific call for application.

Partner countries: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/hu/programme-guide/part-a/eligible-countries

5. Application conditions

General eligibility criteria

• The sending and host higher education institutions are ECHE certified.
• The student is a Hungarian citizen or is studying for a degree at the University of Debrecen on a full-time or part-time basis.
• The destination of the scholarship mobility can be chosen from among the partner institutions with which the University of Debrecen has a corresponding bilateral inter-institutional agreement and which are available in the online application system of the University of Debrecen. Important! You can only apply to partner institutions where the places fixed in the interinstitutional agreement have not yet been filled in the 2023 spring application round!
• Applicants may nominate up to three partner institutions in their application. The institutions must be indicated in order of preference.
• The student must have the required language skills (language of the partner institution) and provide credible evidence of this at the time of the assessment of the application. Language support: OLS.
• The period of study may be combined with an internship, whereby the internship as part of the learning mobility takes place under the supervision of the same host higher education institution as the one where the student is studying. The grant amounts for such a "combined period" are the same as the rates for the study period.
• Students on a doctoral programme may participate in short (5-30 days) or standard (2-12 months) learning mobility programmes.
• Learning mobility and placements may be at least partly blended mobility. The virtual component of such mobility may be online cooperative learning or group work.
• Students may also participate in so-called Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP): these are activities with a minimum of 3 ECTS credits, consisting of a short physical component (5-30 days) and a virtual component.
• The maximum cumulative duration of mobility in a training cycle is 12 months (even if zero grant mobility). The length of mobility in previous programme phases must be added (even if zero grant mobility). The split training covers two cycles, so the maximum cumulative duration of mobility in a split training cycle is 24 months.
• A written Learning Agreement for Studies, agreed in terms of content, must be concluded before the start of study abroad. The activities carried out during the mobility must fit in with the student's study plan.
• At the end of the period of study, the host institution abroad must issue a certificate of completion (transcript of records) of the study programme and the results obtained.
• The sending institution is obliged to seek full acceptance of the activities undertaken, completed and certified in the Learning Agreement.
• Students are enrolled as full students at their home institution during their period abroad and are entitled to receive study grants or other loans to which they are entitled, but they must also pay their tuition fees and other fees at the home institution.  They are exempt from tuition fees at the host institution and enjoy the same rights as all students enrolled at the host institution.
• Students must be active students at the sending institution until the end of their mobility. 

6. Documents required for submitting an ERASMUS+ student mobility application

Attention! Documents must be submitted online in electronic format only (original documents scanned in pdf format). Access to the online application portal: https://unideb.moveon4.de/form/624569465b1a9a7d5a4821ec/eng

• A certificate of credit for the semesters completed during the course (at least 1 semester). In the case of Master's and doctoral programmes, if the applicant has not yet completed a semester, a certificate of the last semester of the previous Bachelor's or Master's programme may be submitted. The certificate must include the subjects completed and the scholarship index. Certificates must be certified by the Educational Office;
• Proof of language proficiency of at least level B2 (language examination certificate of knowledge of the language of study or certificate of language proficiency from the language tutor);
• A photocopy of your CV in English in Europass format;
• A letter of motivation stating the candidate's objectives, the studies to be undertaken and the university, semester and period for which the candidate is applying.
• Faculties and departments directly coordinating ERASMUS contacts may impose additional restrictions on applicants;
• Proof of academic/DD work (optional);
• Letter of recommendation (optional).

7.Conditions for mobility for ERASMUS+ students:

• A positive decision on the application by the relevant faculty committee, and a positive assessment at institutional level.
• Documentary evidence of active student status for the semester of the assignment.
• A letter of acceptance from the applicant institution abroad.
• The conclusion of a Learning Agreement for Studies (LA) with agreed content is required before the start of the study abroad. The Learning Agreement, signed by all three parties (student, sending university, host university), contains the list of courses to be taken at the partner university and the list of courses accepted as equivalent at the University of Debrecen, and the credit values assigned to them. Online Learning Agreement, Downloadable Learning Agreement samples
• Permission of the Faculty Studies Subcommittee (depending on the faculty).
• European Union health insurance card or health and accident insurance valid in the host country.
• If required by the country, a valid study visa for ERASMUS students.

8.Grants

The support is provided by the University of Debrecen on the basis of grant agreement KA1-FSO-01220-053/2022 concluded with the Tempus Public Foundation in HUF.

Funding rates (pdf)

Please note that the scholarship does not necessarily cover all the costs of your stay abroad, which may need to be supplemented from other sources.

Participants who opt for an environmentally friendly/environmentally conscious form of travel, i.e. any alternative to travelling by air between countries, will receive a one-off contribution of HUF 20.000 to supplement their individual grant and, where applicable, an additional individual grant of up to 4 days to cover travel days. Find out more about green travel

Students with fewer opportunities are entitled to an additional HUF 100.000 per month on top of their individual support under the EU Erasmus+ grant. The equal opportunities grant is paid on the basis of a separate application.

9.Deadlines

Deadline for submission of applications: 1 October.2023., midnight

Deadline for evaluation of the application: 9 October 2023.