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Erasmus+

Applying for ERASMUS+ requires the following:

  • A bilateral agreement (ERASMUS+ Agreement) between CAMPUS 02 and the host university
  • You must be a registered, regular student at CAMPUS 02
  • You have studied at CAMPUS 02 for at least 1 year at the time of starting your studies abroad
  • The duration of study is between 3 and 12 months
  • The study is full-time
  • You can undertake multiple mobilities provided they do not exceed the maximum 12 month duration per cycle of study (BA, MA, PhD)
  • Motivation
  • Quality of submitted application documents
  • Language skills and willingness to prepare language skills
  • Grade Average

The following completed forms signed by all parties – as long as the host institution does not change its application dates – are to be submitted the latest by 1 June for the following winter semester and the latest by 1 November for the following summer semester:

  • Motivational statement
  • Application form by the host university
  • Learning-Agreement
  • Transcript of Records

Since preparing for studying abroad takes considerable time and applying at the host university as well as your home university is required, we recommend that you start planning a year ahead.

Nomination: If you have been selected by your home institution for ERASMUS+, you are nominated by the International Office in the ERASMUS+ Database. As soon as you receive an automatic nomination confirmation with a registering code. By registering you accept the electronic organisation of the study abroad as well as the electronic processing of your data. The administrative organisation and the study grant payment are taken care of by the Regional OeAD Office Graz – ERASMUS Office.

Grant: Once the ERASMUS Office in Graz has checked the nomination data, you will receive an email of approval. The “contract” (= agreement with the OeAD GmbH) will be available on the Students Online portal from 20 days before the beginning of your mobility. The original version of the contract must be signed (a scan will not be accepted) and submitted in duplicate to the ERASMUS Office in Graz (see the mobility leaflet). Once the signed contract has been submitted, you are payed 80 % of the grant and after the mobility and having submitted all required documents within the specified time frame, you will receive the remaining rate.

You are expected to take part in course units amounting to 30 ECTS credits per semester. The reclaim limit for the mobility grant is 3 ECTS credits per month.

Student Financial Aid: It is possible to continue benefitting from student financial aid while studying abroad. If you wish to continue drawing these benefits in addition to the ERASMUS+ grant during your study placement, you must apply for an extension at the responsible study grant authority. In case the aid rate is lower than the National Agency’s ERASMUS+ grant, you will receive financial compensation after your ERASMUS+ study placement.

Tuition Fees: During your ERASMUS+ study placement, the host institution is not allowed to collect tuition fees. Small expenses collected by the host institution for certain services (e.g. insurance, National Union of Students’ fees) and tuition materials (e.g. photo copies, laboratory equipment, etc.) are not included in the tuition fee. These extra fees should not exceed the ones collected from local students. Please bear in mind that you are obliged to continue paying tuition fees collected by your home institution during your time abroad.

Changes: Before starting the ERASMUS+ study placement, you are obliged to enter into a Learning Agreement with your home and host institution, which must be signed by all three parties. If you want to make any changes, you must make them at the host institution within the first month after starting your study placement. Again, these changes must be signed by you, the home as well as host institution.

Extensions: It is possible to extend your study placement as long as you apply for extension by the latest one month before the end of the placement and if your home institution approves. If the extension does not exceed the originally defined duration of the study placement and the total time abroad does not exceed 12 months. The Learning Agreement needs to be renewed and signed by all parties.

If your language of instruction is Danish, English, French, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish or Czech, you are obliged to undertake a language assessment before starting the mobility programme and shortly before completing it. You are excluded from this rule, if your mother language is one of the above. If you are a non-native speaker of any of these languages and have completed the assessment, you can choose to take an online language course in the same language. This offer is available to you during the entire study placement.

(If you can prove that your skills in one of the languages above are between level B2 and C2, you have the opportunity to take an online language course in the host institution’s language of instruction or host country’s official language.)

The following documents must be submitted after your study placement and within the specified time frames:

 

OeAD Erasmus Office Graz within 4 weeks after the end of the study placement:

  • Original confirmation of study placement (see the OeAD contract)
  • Student Report in the ERASMUS+ Database
  • If necessary: Copy of the extension confirmation of the financial student aid (concerns students who obtain financial student aid at home)

Once you have submitted all documents, you will receive the remaining 20 % of the ERASMUS+ grant.

 

International Office within 2 months after the end of the study placement:

  • Transcript of Records from the host institution
  • Learning Agreement – Section C after the mobility signed by all parties
  • Experience Report (online survey)
  • Selected photos sent via email to international@campus02.at

 

For more information concerning the ERASMUS+ programme please visit the OeAD website.

 

ERASMUS+ traineeship abroad

Applying for an ERASMUS+ Traineeship requires the following:

  • You must be a registered, regular student at CAMPUS 02
  • The duration of the traineeship is between 2 and 12 months (e.g. 7 February to 6 March is considered one month)
  • The traineeship is full-time
  • The traineeship is approved by the degree programme
  • The chosen host company is not an EU institution and/or an organisation that administrates EU programmes.

 

You can undertake multiple mobilities provided they do not exceed the maximum 12 month duration per cycle of study (BA, MA, PhD)

 

NEW – Traineeship abroad for graduates (alumni): Graduates can apply for a traineeship abroad while they are still regular students (before the graduation ceremony) at their university. The traineeship must be completed within 12 months after graduation.

  • Motivation
  • Quality of submitted application documents
  • Grade average/Transcript of Records

The following completed forms signed by all parties are to be submitted the latest 1 month before starting the traineeship:

  • Copy of the Learning Agreement for Traineeships (signed by all parties)
  • Motivational statement
  • CV
  • Signed copy of the application form (“Antrag auf Berufspraktikum”) signed by the degree programme (not necessary for graduate traineeships!)
  • Transcript of Records of the last completed semester

 

Please note:

  1. The original version of the Learning Agreement must be signed by you and the degree programme

Nomination: If you have been selected for an ERASMUS+ grant, you are nominated in the ERASMUS+ Database and receive an automatic nomination confirmation with a registering code. When you register, you accept the electronic organisation of the traineeship abroad as well as the electronic processing of your data. The administrative organisation and the study grant payment are taken care of by the Regional OeAD Office Graz – ERASMUS Office.

Grant: Once the ERASMUS Office in Graz has checked the nomination data, you will receive an email of approval. The “contract” (= agreement with the OeAD GmbH) will be available on the Students Online portal from 20 days before the beginning of your mobility. The original version of the contract must be signed (a scan will not be accepted) and submitted in duplicate to the ERASMUS Office in Graz (see the mobility leaflet). Once the signed contract has been submitted, you are payed 80 % of the grant and after the mobility and having submitted all required documents within the specified time frame, you will receive the remaining rate.

Changes: In the first week of the traineeship you should discuss the Learning Agreement for Traineeship with your people responsible at the host company. If there are or goint to be any changes in the traineeship programme, you are obliged to adapt these in the Learning Agreement within the first month after starting the traineeship. The Agreement must be signed again by all three parties.

Extensions: If you would like to extend your traineeship, you must apply for extension by the latest one month before the end of the placement. Please note that the extension cannot exceed the originally defined duration of the traineeship. The Learning Agreement needs to be renewed for the extended duration and must be signed by all parties

If your working language is Danish, English, French, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish or Czech, you are obliged to undertake a language assessment before starting the mobility programme and shortly before completing it. You are excluded from this rule, if your mother language is one of the above. If you are a non-native speaker of any of these languages and have completed the assessment, you can choose to take an online language course in the same language. This offer is available to you during the entire traineeship. (If you can prove that your skills in one of the languages above are between level B2 and C2, you have the opportunity to take an online language course in the host country’s working or official language.)

The following documents must be submitted after your work placement and within the specified time frames:

 

OeAD Erasmus Office Graz within 4 weeks after the end of the traineeship:

  • Original confirmation of work placement (see the OeAD contract)
  • Traineeship Report in the ERASMUS+ Database

 

Once you have submitted all documents, you will receive the remaining 20 % of the ERASMUS+ grant.

 

International Office within 2 months after the end of the traineeship:

  • Copy of the Learning Agreement for Traineeship –pages “Section to be completed AFTER THE MOBILITY, Traineeship Certificate” signed and stamped by the host company (this section must match Part I of the Learning Agreement concerning period, programme, tasks). If the hosting company does not have an official stamp, the company has to confirm this in an email to the International Office international@campus02.at
  • Copy of the placement confirmation
  • Experience Report (online survey)
  • Selected photos (.jpg, 300 dpi resolution/ 500 kB max.) sent via email to international@campus02.at

 

For more information concerning the ERASMUS+ programme please visit the OeAD website.

There are many ways of finding a traineeship:

  • Activate your own personal Network!

Do you have family, friends or acquaintances abroad? Do you know anyone who has family, friends or acquaintances abroad? Do you know anyone in an Austrian firm with a subsidiary, representative office or branch abroad?

It’s true when they say that talking brings people together! Use your contacts – perhaps unexpected leads will come to light!

  • Find out where CAMPUS 02 fellow students have completed traineeships in the past!

The first seven CAMPUS 02 students to complete a foreign traineeship did so in the academic year 2004/05 – in Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa and Switzerland. More than 130 Financial Accounting & Management Accounting and International Marketing & Sales Management students have followed in the footsteps of those seven “pioneers” by completing their traineeship with various companies abroad. Anyone interested in receiving a list of all companies who have hosted CAMPUS 02 students during traineeships abroad are invited to contact their degree programme coordinator.

  • Find out more about organisations that arrange traineeships!

The business of arranging foreign traineeships has boomed in recent years. In addition to this service, many organisations also offer students help with obtaining visas, searching for accommodation, organising language courses and airport collection services, to name but a few. However, all of these services are subject to a (sometimes considerable) fee. You are advised to reflect carefully whether you want to take on these fees and to find out relevant information well in advance.

AIESEC and IAESTE provide a cost-effective traineeship arrangement service. Both are exclusively run by students on a voluntary basis, and whilst no fee is strictly charged for arranging traineeships, all donations are gratefully received.

  • Look for advertised traineeships on traineeship exchange internet sites!

Click here to view some links advertising international traineeships. Since many of these websites focus on specific geographic locations and content, e.g. erasmusintern.org, you should have a thought about how to refine and filter your criteria before embarking on your search.

  • Look for a company by yourself in the country of your choice!

Another option is for you to look for a company in a country of your choice and send them an unsolicited application. Don’t forget that your potential traineeship company will possibly gain its only – and in every case its first – impression of you from your application, which is why you should take the time to prepare the documentation properly. Think carefully about what you could bring to the firm. Proofread your application and get feedback from other People.

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Financial Supports/Grants

erasmusplus.at

ERASMUS+ is currently the most comprehensive grant programme for international traineeships and studies abroad. This educational programme of the EU supports people of all age groups across Europe looking for learning opportunities. With ERASMUS+ students can study abroad 3 to 12 months at a European higher education institution without losing study time and paying tuition fees. ERASMUS+ also offers the once-in-a-life-time opportunity to acquire specialist knowledge and professional competences as well as skills for adapting to new surroundings during a traineeship (2 to 12 months). The programme is also ideal for improving language skills, acquiring intercultural competences and establishing contacts with universities and companies and making new friends from all around Europe.

Guidelines for Mobility GrantsFH C02

Funding available from CAMPUS 02 takes the form of a maximum of two payments of 300 € each per Bachelor student for a secondment abroad (e.g. study visits, traineeships, summer schools, CAMPUS 02 language trips, or study trips). Grants of a maximum of 300 € can be awarded to master students provided that their 600€ have not previously been exhausted.

Funding available from CAMPUS 02 takes the form of a maximum of two payments of 300 € each per Bachelor student for a secondment abroad (e.g. study visits, traineeships, summer schools, CAMPUS 02 language trips, or study trips). Grants of a maximum of 300 € can be awarded to master students provided that their 600€ have not previously been exhausted.

go-international.at

The Austrian Chamber of Commerce – Foreign Trade (AWO) has approved new grants for further training and traineeships abroad under the umbrella of its “Go-International” initiative. Within the framework of the “competitiveness through training” programme, Austrian companies can send current and future employees (and trainees) abroad and apply for direct grants.

This grant programme is aimed at students in our technical degree programmes who want to do research for their Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis at a U.S. higher education institution.

Two of our Automation Technology graduates who had successfully applied for this programme created the FH C02_MPS-Research-Guide_2017 (in German language) as a source of help for CAMPUS 02 students interested in the grant programme.

More information

grants.at

The Austrian database for scholarships and research grants offers inner-Austrian grant options for students [….] as well as grants for incoming (to Austria) and outgoing (from Austria to …) students. Information provided includes details of application conditions (respective application deadlines and place), duration, allocation and financing of each grant”

european-funding-guide.eu

The European Funding Guide provides students with additional options of further profile specific funding opportunities.

fulbright.at

The Fulbright programme is aimed at Austrian BA/Diploma graduates that are interested in doing a Master’s (one to two years) in the United States. In addition to a single grant of USD 25.000 and other additional financial support by US institutions, successful applicants have the opportunity to take part in multiple academic and cultural events before and during their stay in the U.S. As a “fulbrighter” you are part of a global community that encompasses all academic disciplines and cultures.

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