Preparing your exchange
Jan Schut
5th semester
It is your choice
• Stay at University of Twente
• Go abroad
Consider:
• Your further study career (MSc) and qualification criteria
• The added value of a stay abroad
Prepare for orientation at :
• Master fair (19th November 2015)
• Let’s go (17th November 2015)
2
Stay or Go
 Minor Third Year, Fifth Semester
 Profile in depth
 At UT or other Dutch or….
 Abroad, international experience
3
Class 2016
finn
rick
hans
hannah
maxime
florianne
UT
Bart
Jasper
Katrina
Nick
Roos
Tim
Vivianne
tinka
wessel
lara
anne
mark
chris
jitske
hette
jim
bart
5
Exchange Minor 30 EC
• Pre-designed programs or design-your-own (30 EC)
• ERASMUS exchange agreements (free exchange)
• Most agreements concern a particular department
• Limited availability  “”first come, first serve””
• Application deadline in Feb/Mar (varies per university)
http://www.utwente.nl/studyabroad/
Erasmus +
• Program and curriculum differ per university
• Exchange agreements assure free exchange
• Erasmus/Mobility Fund covers some expenses
• Fund: Limited availability  first come, first serve
• Fund: Application deadlines (for every semester)
NON-EU
https://www.utwente.nl/studyabroad/dbase/files/noneupartners/
Steps to prepare exchange
• Decide on your preferred destination before Christmas (and
let Jan Schut know!)
– Jan Schut will check the availability
– Approval might be needed by examination committee
• Select a 2nd and 3rd choice (to be approved too)
• Submit your exchange preferences @ UT before 1 Feb 2016,
needed for the non-EU specific
• Submit your application at your exchange university
– Date/deadline varies per selection procedure and university,
shown on their sites
• Prepare your stay abroad (Mar-Aug)
Do I want to go abroad?
What discipline do I want to study?
Which would be my favourite place to go?
Can I deal with it in terms of finance, study progress,
Do I need specific preparation in semester 4 …etc.
Don’t go shopping without first contacting:
• Coordinator internationalization EWI: Jan Schut, Zilverling A 108,
j.schut@utwente.nl
• Maybe one of your favorite lecturers
Do visit the following pages to see if there is a feasible possibility:
http://www.utwente.nl/studyabroad/
http://www.utwente.nl/studyabroad/dbase/
European Partner
universities (.xlsx)
An overview of all
European UT partner
universities in excel-data
format
Faculty contact persons
Always contact your study
abroad coordinator for
specific information about
studying at UT partners.
Non-EU Partner universities
A list of non-EU partner
universities
Student Experiences
International Office keeps over
400 UT student reports from
study periods and internships
abroad in more than 70
countries.
If you found one or two destinations fulfilling your demands, wishes
or whatever. Or you do have other institutes, universities already
contacted.
Do visit the coordinator. Together with the coordinator the
organisatorial things will be solved:
Application, scholarship if possible, practical matters.
Along with that process the programme has to approve the content,
this will be carried out by your tutor. This is written down in the form
of your profileringsruimte
Erasmus+ Study Scholarship
De UT neemt deel aan het Erasmus
uitwisselingsprogramma van de Europese
Unie. Hiermee kun je tussen de 3 en 12
maanden aan een partneruniversiteit
binnen de EU vakken volgen
Twente Mobility Fund
Met het Twente Mobility Fund (TMF)
geeft de UT al haar studenten de
mogelijkheid om te studeren in het
buitenland. Afhankelijk van je
bestemming (buiten de EER) kun je
met deze beurs 8 weken of meer in
het buitenland studeren.
Student Ambassador Scholarship
De UT wil studenten belonen die zich actief
inzetten om de UT te promoten in het
buitenland. Zie je bijvoorbeeld
mogelijkheden om de naamsbekendheid van
de UT in het buitenland te vergroten of
buitenlandse studenten te overtuigen om
voor de UT te kiezen? Dan kun je van de UT
een Student Ambassador Scholarship (SAS)
ontvangen ter waarde van € 200.
Request for study abroad semester
THE STUDENT
Last name (s):
First name (s):
Studentnumber:
Bachelorprogramme:
PROPOSED STUDY PROGRAMME ABROAD
Planned period of the exchange:
start date:
(dd/mm/yyyy)
end date:
(dd/mm/yyyy)
at university (name and country):
programme contains the following courses (name, level, credits)
If credits do not comply with the European Credit Transfer System, please provide study load in EC as
well (divide the planned study load by 28 hrs/EC). The total exchange programme should add up to
30 EC.
NAME OF THE COURSE
LEVEL
CREDITS
Add a separate sheet where you provide short descriptions of the courses you are planning to attend
during your exchange semester. If possible based on the catalogue of the university to visit. I nclude
the number of credits for each course. If credits do not comply with the European Credit Transfer
System, please provide study load in EC as well (divide the planned study load by 28 hrs/EC).
Total number of credits of proposed exchange courses (should be 30 EC):
NOTE: If your study programme changes during the exchange semester, you should notify in order to
obtain approval for the adjusted course package.
The student:
Name:
Date:
-
-
Signature
The bachelorcoordinator:
Name:
Date:
-
-
Signature
The coordinator internationalisation:
Name: