ECTS - ERASMUS STUDENTS
Students participating in ECTS scheme will receive full credit for all academic work successfully completed at any of the ECTS partner institutions. These academic credits may be transferred from one participating school to another as long as there has been prior agreement between the institutions involved.
All students of participating departments who wish to take part in the ECTS scheme may do so provided their own institution agrees and there are enough places available.
Most students participating in ECTS will go to one host institution abroad, study there for a limited period and then return to their home institution. When a student returns and has successfully completed the study programme previously agreed to by the home and host schools, credit transfer takes place. The student then resumes the study programme at the home institution without any loss of time or credit. If: on the other hand, the student decides to stay at the host institution and to take his/her degree there, he/she may have to adapt his/her study course to comply with the rules of the host country, institution and department.
Financial support for ECTS students is provided via mobility grants awarded within the ERASMUS program to students who meet the following general eligibility requirements:
- students must be citizens of an EU Member State or an EFTA country;
- students are exempted from tuition fees at the host institution. They may, however, be required to pay their normal tuition fees to the home institution during the period of study abroad;
- the national grant or loan to which a student may be entitled for study at his/her home institution may not be discontinued, interrupted or reduced while that student is studying in another Member State and is receiving an ERASMUS grant;
- one study period abroad should not last less than 3 months or more than one year;
In the latest edition of the ERASMUS program there is proposed attractive founding of practices for students in chosen foreign institutions. The ERASMUS practices, which last about three months to one year, must relevant to major. They can be taken up also by students, who have already taken advantage of the ERASMUS offer during their study.