All truly concerned students enrolled at FCT NOVA and with a minimum of 36 ECTS (valid only for 1st cycle and Integrated Masters) at the beginning of the mobility.
No. To perform the mobility it is mandatory to have at least 36 ECTS.
If by the date of the mobility the student does not have at least 36 ECTS, the mobility cannot be carried out and the student must inform the International Relations Division (DRI).
No.
You can, if you already have 18 ECTS in CLIP at the time of the pre-application. However, you can only apply for the 2nd semester.
You can, only if you have already taken 126 ECTS which must be registered in CLIP.
Mobility minimum duration is 2 months and the maximum is 12 months.
You may, as long as you are enrolled and are a student at FCT NOVA. However, you must pay attention to the visa application.
Yes, you can. Throughout your academic career, you can benefit from the 12 months period of mobility for each cycle of studies. Please note: If in your current study cycle you have already done Erasmus through FCT NOVA or another higher education institution, the number of months in Erasmus will be deducted from the total of 12 months which you are entitled to.
No. You can only apply for vacancies in agreements that are suitable for your course.
You should confirm your interest in the Erasmus mobility in the CLIP.
This obligation is maintained for students placed in the 2nd phase.
For students applying for a place in the 3rd phase, interest in the mobility is automatically confirmed.
[All: Please check the deadlines in the Erasmus calendar (SMS)].
CLIP automatically prevents the student from undertaking Erasmus mobility in the academic year following that of the application.
No. The 2nd phase is exclusively for students who were not placed in the 1st phase.
No.
If your colleague drops out between phase 1 and 2, you can apply for phase 2.
If your colleague drops out after the end of the 2nd phase, you can apply for a place in the 3rd phase [see Erasmus calendar (SMS)].
No. The 2nd phase is exclusively meant for students who pre-applied but did not get a place in the 1st phase, hereinafter referred to as "non-placed students". In the 3rd round you can apply for the remaining places [see the Erasmus calendar (SMS)]. Moreover, Students who were not placed in the desired vacancy and request it in the 3rd phase will be given priority.
Regardless of your position, if there is a withdrawal in an agreement you applied for, and as long as you have not been placed, you can apply for the vacancy in the 3rd phase. The vacancies must be requested by filling in and submitting (online) the form available for this purpose [see Erasmus calendar (SMS)]. Places will be allocated in the order of submission of the form.
As they did not go through the seriation process, students placed in the 3rd phase but who did not pre-apply online through CLIP will only be awarded a scholarship, if there are enough funds to award scholarships to all students who pre-applied.
You may, as long as you inform the DRI.
Yes. As long as the UA deadlines for nominating students are met. You should check CLIP regularly, since after the formalisation of applications period, the system will automatically eliminate those who have not formalized their application and may free up vacancies.
No. Although all students who pre-apply are eligible to receive an Erasmus grant, attribution will depend on the budget made available by the Rectory of NOVA for this purpose, and if the mobility is not solely distance learning.
You will receive a scholarship for the actual length of stay, as stated in the Learning Agreement - Before the Mobility.
It depends on the country you have been selected to. Please note that the scholarship amount awarded is only meant to cover the difference in standard of living between our country and the destination country.
Regardless of whether or not you are a SAS scholarship holder, the attribution of an Erasmus scholarship depends exclusively on seriation.
No application is required. Students who have both Erasmus and SAS grants are automatically eligible for the Erasmus Supplementary Grant. The SAS and the Rectory will examine these particular cases.
No! The scholarship is paid in two instalments. Initially, a transfer of 70% of the total amount is made (1st instalment). After the return of the student, and upon submission of the Declaration of Stay, Transcript of Records (TR), 2nd OLS test and submission of the Final Report, the payment of the remaining 30% (2nd instalment) will be made. Considering that there was academic success.
Yes, if the following procedure is completed no later than 60 days prior to the mobility.
The payment of the 1st instalment (70% of the scholarship) is made after the signature of the Erasmus+ contract, which will only be issued by the DRI after the students have filled in and uploaded all necessary documentation through the Erasmus+ Platform. The International Mobilities Management Unit of The Rectory of NOVA will issue the payment order, once the Vice-Rector signs the referred contract.
Yes. To not be obliged to return the 1st instalment of the scholarship and to receive the 2nd instalment, you must succeed in at least one course (language course is not considered) that is included in the study plan (Learning Agreement - Before the Mobility) or in the Changes (Learning Agreement - During the Mobility).
The requests for extension of the study period do not guarantee a complementary grant, i.e. it will only be paid if there is an allocated surplus.
Yes. The mobility is carried out without the attribution of funding (“zero-scholarship”).
Deadlines are set annually. Please refer to the DRI webpage regularly - European Mobility - Erasmus Programme (SMS) (Studies) - where you will find the deadlines calendar.
If you withdraw your application, you must submit a declaration of withdrawal stating the reasons for your withdrawal and attaching a supporting document, if applicable.
In the following year, you will not be able to apply for the Erasmus Studies mobility (as registered in the CLIP).
The documents to fill in, as requested by the UA.
Despite, to formalize the application at The DRI the Learning Agreement (LA) is required. This is the document stating which curricular units the student intends to do at UA (Table A) and the accreditation of skills and knowledge to which he will be entitled at FCT NOVA upon returning (Table B). It has to be signed by the student, the Course Coordinator and the Erasmus Departmental Coordinator of the course. After the UA signature, a copy must be sent to FCT NOVA.
Some UAs request the completion of the LA through the Online Learning Agreement Platform (OLA). A tutorial on how to register and fill in the OLA is available on the DRI website.
In CLIP, in the European Mobility area and/or in the FCT NOVA webpage - Student / Reception and Mobility - "Formalization of Applications" - Definitive List of Interinstitutional Agreements.
The start date must correspond to the 1st day of classes or welcome session (if applicable), and the mobility end date must correspond to the last day of the UA examination season.
Please refer to the UA website or the UA International Relations Office.
The Course Coordinator and the Erasmus Departmental Coordinator of the student's course.
You must send the LA to the DRI in order to verify if all fields are properly completed, before being signed by the Course and Departmental Erasmus Coordinators. When you send the LA for DRI verification, your student number and mobile number must be included in the email.
No. First you have to send the LA to the DRI to be stamped, and only then should you send it to the UA.
It may not be enough, as some UAs have their own application documents and procedures. Therefore, students should browse the Erasmus information on the UA website or, proceed accordingly, if they receive an email from the UA with instructions.
All students who have formalized their application will receive an email requiring them to fill in their personal and mobility data in the Erasmus+ Platform. Supporting bank document of NIB, IBAN and SWIFT (with the student's name printed on it) must also be uploaded in the platform.
No. Although students are selected by FCT NOVA and formalize the Erasmus application (by submitting the documentation requested by FCT NOVA and the UA), the mobility will only be assured when the UA approves the application and informs the student that he has been accepted.
It depends on whether the student has carried out all the procedures requested by the UA and how long each UA requires to analyse the applications. The acceptance is formally communicated by the UA by sending the Letter of Acceptance and the LA, signed by the legal representative of the UA.
Yes. You should immediately send the documents to the DRI, as the LA signed by the UA will have to be uploaded on the Erasmus + Platform.
Within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, the European Commission has contracted an online support service for participants in long-term mobility activities (i.e., mobilities ongoing for 2 to 12 months) titled Online Linguistic Support (OLS). The OLS will consist of the following:
The assessment tests and the OLS language courses are free of charge.
The students will be emailed the invitation to take the first assessment test. As you click the invitation link, the name of the University of Porto will appear, since the OLS Platform was created by that University. This is not a mistake, so you should proceed and take the assessment test.
The OLS is stipulated in article 6 of the Erasmus Mobility Contract which the student will sign, and it is mandatory.
If the first test result corresponds to a C2 level, the student may attend a different language course of his choice.
For further information on the OLS, please refer to the following link: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/online-language-support.
Through the UA International Relations Office.
The Erasmus contract is sent by the DRI to the institutional email of the student who will sign it and return it to the DRI, also by email. Therefore, the student does not have to go to the DRI to sign the contract.
Without the signed contract, the Rectory will not pay the 1st instalment of the Erasmus scholarship.
In addition to filling in the data in the Erasmus+ Platform, it is also necessary to have sent the Learning Agreement signed by the UA to the DRI.
No. Erasmus students are exempt from paying UA tuition fees, as these are charged at the home university. The UA may charge some additional fees, such as insurance, student card and student association fee.
You should ask the UA International Relations Office to send the following to the DRI:
It depends on what was set in your Learning Agreement before the beginning of the mobility.
Please be reminded that the maximum ECTS to complete are:
Yes. Examinations results are considered for scholarship purposes and for accrediting skills and knowledge.
For any contact with FCT NOVA only the student's institutional e-mail address will be used. ...@campus.fct.unl.pt
It is the student's responsibility to read messages regularly and to check the Spam folder.
You have to fill in a document titled "Learning Agreement - During the Mobility", most commonly referred to as “Changes”.
This document, which must be signed by the student and signed and stamped by the UA, has to be sent to the DRI within 30 days from the date of arrival at the UA. The required form is made available on the Formalization of Applications webpage of each academic year.
In this form, in Table A2 you must only include the course units you wish to remove and/or add, marking with a cross whether it is a deleted or added subject.
In table B2, the academic accreditation of skills and knowledge that will be granted in FCT NOVA (if you are successful) must be made to correspond with respect to table A2. That is, if you delete a course unit in table A2, you should also remove in table B2 the course unit at FCT NOVA that would entitle you to academic recognition. You should adopt the same procedure for the course units added.
Course units that are already part of the initial Learning Agreement and that have not been changed should not be registered in this document.
You should add as many lines as needed. Even if only one course unit is still to be included, you must add a new line. Otherwise, the course unit will not be considered. Any requests for changes that are not made in the appropriate form or are not signed by the student will not be accepted.
Yes.
Firstly, contact the coordinator of your course at FCT NOVA and outline with the teacher which course units to be taken and their respective credits. Afterwards, you should send the form concerning the extension request to the DRI, as well as the Changes with the course units you wish to add. Both must be duly filled in and signed by you and by the UA.
Students who undertake mobility in the second semester cannot ask for an extension for the next semester, as it relates to a different academic year.
Students in this situation can ask for an extension until September, since this extension does not involve classes, only coordination work by a supervisor at the UA.
No. If the UA so authorises, the student can take exams in September. However, this period will not be quantified as mobility months.
Students have 30 days after the end of their mobility to provide the following documents:
It is advisable to use the form of the Rectory of NOVA, but it is possible to accept the UA template, as long as it guarantees the necessary information.
If the student’s grades have not yet been posted at the date of return, the student should ask the International Relations Office of the UA to email the original document to the DRI. This document is essential for the academic recognition and to receive the full Erasmus scholarship.
No. If you are able to take some curricular unit when you return, you can take it in the special season, should you agree it with the teacher of the curricular unit. If not, you should follow the assessment regulation.
When the student informs the DRI that the TR has been uploaded in the Erasmus+ Platform, the academic recognition process is elaborated and sent to the course Coordinator of the student.
Academic recognition is based on the acknowledgment of the competences acquired by the student through the completion of curricular units accomplished in the scope of other national or international higher education study cycles, and their relevance concerning the course in which the student is enrolled, considering the objectives and contents of the curricular units of the curricular plan, including the free options.
The recognition can only be granted in a number of credits coinciding with a whole number of curricular units in the curricular plan of the course in which the student is enrolled, in one or both of the following ways:
The FCT NOVA Regulation on the Creditation of Competences, Training and Professional Experience is available for consultation here.
No. To obtain medical assistance abroad you must apply for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which is free of charge and valid for one year. You can apply for your European Health Card at Loja do Cidadão, Social Security or any other institution with which you are registered.
It is advised to carefully read the information on http://www.seg-social.pt/pedido-cartao-europeu-seguro-doenca
If the mobility is in the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you will have to contract a health insurance which will entitle you to medical assistance.
If interested in assistance insurance abroad, you should refer to the following websites:
Yes. European students have the possibility to search for information which enables them to make more informed choices about possible academic exchanges, safeguarding accessibility and support services for special needs.
For further information, please refer to:
