Exchange studies - outgoing

Students who have completed at least one study year at one of the study programs at the School of Engineering is eligible to apply for exchange studies at one of the school's partner universities in or outside of Europe.

Already during the first study year is is high time to start planning for this. You can study courses at a partner university (See the course selection for exchange students within your study field at the partner university webpage) or, if offered, you can to your final degree thesis project there.

Europe: Erasmus Study program

What is Erasmus?

Erasmus is the EU:s largest program for higher education. The program aims to improve the quality and increase the cooperation between higher education institutions across Europe. Erasmus is part of the EU program for education and training that is called The Lifelong Learning Programme. The programme is named after the European philosopher, theologian and humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1465-1536). The acronym ERASMUS may also be read as EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students.

Who can apply?

As a regular program student of the University of Borås you have the possibility to study appr. 3-12 months at another higher education institution in Europe that the University of Borås has an inter-institutional Erasmus agreement with. The host institution has to be a holder of an Erasmus University Charter.

You must be enrolled at least in the second year of higher education studies when you go for exchange studies. You can only be an Erasmus study exchange student one time.

Application

Every Academic School of the University of Borås has Erasmus agreements with partner universities in Europe. Please contact the international coordinator at your Academic School for more information.

Financing

As an Erasmus student you are exempted from paying fees for tuition, registration, examinations and access to laboratory and library facilities at the host institution. In the academic year 2011/2012 Erasmus students received 1200€ per semester. The first payment is made at the beginning of the semester. An optional other payment is made after submitted the mandatory STARS report (see below) and after full academic recognition of satisfactorily completed activities during the Erasmus mobility period (that is, you must have completed the courses accordingly to the  learning agreement).

For students with special needs the Erasmus grant is higher than the normal study or placement grant to offset the specific difficulties with which you are faced.

Report

As an Erasmus student you have to submit a report about your studies abroad in Stars - Study Abroad Report System. There is an electronic form with your name and Swedish personal identity number (the same as in Ladok) in Stars. You use your Swedish personal identity number to log in to the system. Once you have completed the questionnaire it will be reviewed in accordance with the Swedish Personal Register Law by the officer in charge of Stars at the University of Borås. Your answers and opinions may be searchable via the Stars website but you remain anonymous.

Erasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC)

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses are available to Erasmus students studying in non-English, -French, -German and -Spanish speaking countries. EILCs take place in the host country during two to six weeks in August/September or January/February. The EILC generally covers both language and culture classes. EILC students are eligible for an additional scholarship of 150€ per week during the course period (provided that the EILC period does not coincide with the training period in which case the student will not have the additional EILC grant).

Please find the list of universities in Europe that organize EILC on the European Commission's web page on EILC. On the same page you will also find the application form to fill out and send via e-mail to the officer in charge of the Erasmus study program, Ms. Helena.Gjertz@hb.se. Ms Gjertz will forward the application to the university organizing the EILC who will then select the students. Please note that the EILC application for spring 2012 must be submitted before 1 November 2012.

Please see the Erasmus Student Charter

Bilateral study exchange - outside Europe

The School of Engineering also has bilateral exchange agreements with countries outside Europe. These exchange agreements does not have any scholarships. As long as there is a balance inn the exchange the tuition fees are waived.

List of partner universities 

How to do

1. Hand in application showing your interest of exchange studies

The form "Application showing interest of exchange studies" for Erasmus study exchange should be handed in to the International coordinator (Solveig Klug, room D803) at the latest on 15 of February for exchange studies in the coming study year (applies to both autumn and spring semester). After this date the Erasmus Scholarship cannot be guaranteed. Note, that the number of exchange study places is limited. A selection will be done if there are many applications.

• This should be handed in together with the application form at the latest on February 15:
• A motivation letter
• Certification of asignments at the Student union of Borås (inf any)
• Transcript of records (pick up at the StudentCentre)
• Certificate of registration (pick up at the StudentCentre)

Applications coming after February 15 will be processed only if exchange places are still available.

Attention! For study exchange at our overseas partner universities i.e. in South Korea, China, Brazil, you must hand in the form at the latest on January 20 for the coming study year.

2. Hand in the form Study plan for exchange studies

The form Study plan for exchange studies should be handed in to the international coordinator (Solveig Klug, room D803) at the latest on 1 of May for Erasmus. This form is the basis for counting courses and credits from the exchange studies into the degree at the School of Engineering. 

3. Learning agreement

The Learning agreement is an agreement between the School of Engineering, the student and the receiving university. This should be completed before the start of the exchange studies.

After the exchange studies

1. Letter of confirmation

When the exchange studies are completed the representative of the receiving university (in general the international coordinator ) should fill in the Letter of confirmation of the study time. This form should be handed in to the international coordinator at the home university as soon as possible after the exchange studies.

2. Transcript of records

Hand in the official transcript of records (study results) to the international coordinator at the School of Engineering

Final thesis project at a company  / organisation in another country

You can do your final thesis project at a company/organisatation in another country. To do this a written a acceptance agreement must be settled and handed in to the international coordinator. This agreement should contain the name of the receiving company/organisation, name of the supervisor, contact information, exact time for the project. It should be signed by the supervisor at the receiving party, the examiner or the international coordinator at the School of Engineering and handed in to the international coordonator at the school of Engineering.

Internship

The University of Borås takes part in the Erasmus programme for placements/traineeships. The Erasmus programme gives students the chance to do a traineeship during 3-12 month in another European country.

Please see more information

For more information about exchange studies, please contact Solveig Klug, International coordinator at the School of Engineering.