Erasmus+ Phd Mobility For Studies

2024-2025 Academic Year Fall Term Erasmus+ Phd Mobility Application Calendar

• Application Announcement Period: January 24, 2024-February 26, 2024
• Application period: February 12, 2024-February 26, 2024 (Online application system will only be open between February 12, 2024 at 10:00 and February 26, 2024 at 15:00.)
• Announcement of Application Results: February 28, 2024
• Objection and cancellation process: February 26, 2024-March 3, 2024

Ph.D. candidates and newly graduated students (‘post-docs’) can benefit from short or long-term physical study mobility, or traineeship mobility abroad with the aim of answering their learning and education needs and providing them equal opportunities. It is also possible to add virtual mobility to physical mobility.

Within the scope of the program, short-term Ph.D. mobility can be carried out between a minimum of 5 days and a maximum of 30 days. In long-term Ph.D. mobility duration should be between a minimum of 2 months and a maximum of 12 months. Long-term Ph.D. mobility can contain a complementary traineeship program and also can be implemented as blended mobility.

ERASMUS+ Ph.D mobility is carried out within the framework of the existing bilateral agreements of the higher education institution holding the Standard or Extended ERASMUS+ University Charter to exchange ERASMUS+.

The action is that the student registered in the higher education institution carries out a part of his/her education in the higher education institution abroad, which is a partner with a bilateral agreement.

Erasmus Ph.D. Mobility Selection Process and Required Documents/Minimum Requirements

Students must first meet the following minimum requirements to participate in the activity:

1. Being a full-time Ph.D. student enrolled in Izmir University of Economics, Graduate School

2. Having a minimum of 2.50/4.00 CGPA for third cycle (graduate) students

4. The total period not exceeding 12 months with the new activity if the applicant has benefited from higher education mobility activities in the 2014-2020 and/or 2021-2027 Erasmus+ periods within the current education cycle.

In addition to the average of success and foreign language scores, when calculating the Erasmus selection score of students who have previously benefited from higher education student or internship mobility within the scope of Erasmus+ (2014-2020 or 2021-2027) within the same education cycle, a deduction of 10 points is applied for each activity previously utilized (regardless of between study-internship distinction).

PhD students who want to apply ERASMUS+ Student mobility carried out within the scope of Erasmus+ Mobility Activities must document their English language scores, which is an application criterion.

Accordingly, students who will apply must also upload their language documents, published at https://sfl.ieu.edu.tr/ingilizce_hazirlik_programi/en/yabanci-dil-yeterligi, showing that they have met the minimum language proficiency required for doctoral programs, to the application portal.

Applications of students who do not include a foreign language certificate in their application documents will not be accepted.

The evaluation criteria and weighted scores to be used in evaluating the mobility applications are given below:

 

Criteria	Weighted Score
Academic success	50% (out of a total of 100 points)
Language level	50% (out of a total of 100 points)
Children of martyrs and veterans	+15 points
Students with disability (documentation of     provided that disability is documented)	+10 points
Students for whom protection, care or accommodation decision has been taken within the scope of Social Services Law No. 2828 and Child Protection Law No. 5395	+10 points
Students, or their 1st degree relatives who take disaster victim assistance from AFAD	+10 points
Previous participation in the program (with or without grant)	-10 points
Participating in the mobility in the country of citizenship	-10 points
Nor participating in the mobility despite being selected for mobility, without giving notice of waiver in due time.	-10 points

 

Additionally,

 

Applying to two types of mobility at the same time (reduction is applied to the type of mobility the student prefers )	-10 points
For students selected for mobility: Not participating in meetings/trainings about mobility held by higher education institution without excuse (applicable in case of reapplication of student to Erasmus)	-5 points
Declaring to do so but not taking the language exam without excuse (applicable in case of reapplication of student to Erasmus)	-5 points

 

  Matters to be Considered Before Application:

• The number of students to be granted will be determined according to the ERASMUS+ score of the applicants based on Graduate School in accordance with the grant amount allocated to our University by the Turkish National Agency.
• The University and Turkish National Agency are not responsible for the difference that may occur between the candidate status in the application and the finalized selection results.
• If there is more than one application to a university, the selection will be made according to the ERASMUS+ score, regardless of the order in which the applicants prefer that university.
• You should talk to your department ERASMUS+ coordinator before you decide whether to apply for the Ph.D. Mobility or not. You can find the list of your ERASMUS+ Coordinators by department at https://ects.ieu.edu.tr/new/idari.php?id=29
• Graduate students participating in Erasmus+ and other international exchange programs can go to a partner university upon the recommendation of their Thesis Advisor, consent of the Office of the Head of Division, and the approval of the Graduate School Administrative Board. No grade transfer is made for these students when they enroll to courses under the name of  “Doctoral Thesis”, or “Thesis Studies” at a partner university. “P-In Progress” grade is used for these courses taken at partner university during the respective mobility semester.
• Since the local language is used as the medium of instruction in some universities, the Medium of Instruction of the university where you want to study within the scope of the ERASMUS+ program must be carefully researched before applying.
• Remember that after the grant allocation has been made, the amount of the grant that has not been used must be returned to the National Agency. This may risk the acceptance of grant increase requests by the University in the following periods.
• Students studying abroad within the scope of the Erasmus+ program pay the tuition fees for that semester to IUE according to the dates specified in the academic calendar. They do not pay tuition fees to the university abroad. However, all expenses such as accommodation, transportation, personal expenses, nutrition, health insurance are the responsibility of the student.
• The students who will benefit from the Erasmus+ Mobility for Studies, should check the academic calendar of the universities which they wish to choose. The students should make their choices in a way that will not affect the period they will continue at IUE.
• Students bear all responsibility for not being able to register for courses at IUE after returning from the partner universities, exceeding the period of absence from classes, and affecting their academic success as a result of the academic calendar of IUE and the partner university being incompatible.
• It is possible for the activity to start physically during the pandemic period and then turn into virtual mobility depending on the conditions of the pandemic and the decisions of the countries/institutions.

 

GRANT AMOUNTS FOR 2023 AGREEMENT PERIOD

 

Country Groups	Host Country	Monthly Study Grant (Euros)
1st and 2nd Group Countries	Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Southern Cyprus, Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Greece	600
3rd Group Countries	Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Northern Macedonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey	450

 

• The allocated grant is for support purposes; it is not expected to cover all expenses incurred.
• No additional payment is made from the ERASMUS+ fund for student's expenses such as flight ticket, dormitory fee, dormitory deposit, health insurance, etc. These expenses are covered by the student.
• In order to provide grant for more students and increase the number of mobility, students will be paid grant only for 2 months at most.
• 70% of the ERASMUS+ grant is paid before the student goes to the exchange, and the remaining 30% is paid after they return from the exchange and complete their procedures.
• The Erasmus+ grant is calculated according to the date on the acceptance letter sent to the student by the partner university before the student leaves, and the 70% amount to be paid before the student leaves is deposited into the student's account. The student receives the remaining 30% of grant payment according to the dates and success status in the participation certificate, which he/she will submit to the Office of International Affairs after completing his/her mobility.
• Certificate of attendance and other supporting documents within the scope of Erasmus program will be checked by the Office of International Affairs and the student will be informed whether he/she will take or not a second payment or if he/she should refund.
• An additional grant of 100 € can be paid to students who are or whose parents are granted a needy pension within the scope of Article 2 of the Social Assistance and Solidarity Encouragement Law No. 3294 dated 29.05.1989, in addition to the monthly grant amounts specified intended for the economically limited. For the students selected for mobility to benefit from the additional grant, they must apply to the Office of International Affairs and submit a document that they will receive from the Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor and Social Services to which they are affiliated, stating that they have received a needy pension within the scope of the above-mentioned Law.
• The right to not to pay the grant partially or completely or to request the refund of the payment already made for the student who does not follow the syllabus specified in the Learning Agreement, fails to attend classes or other studies, is reserved.

 

AGGREMENTS AND QUATAS

The list of universities within the scope of ERASMUS+ Student Study Mobility can be found at https://oia.ieu.edu.tr/tr/erasmus-anlasmalari-ve-kontenjanlar

The quotas for the universities can be viewed on the TURNAPortal during the application.

Estimated distribution of grant quotas for the selections to be held based on Graduate School based on the ERASMUS+ score is given below.

IMPORTANT: The exact number of students to be awarded the grant may vary depending on the total number of applications, graduate school quotas, the period of study of the preferred university and the education cycle. In that case, a separate announcement will be made regarding the grant distribution methods and numbers.

 

2023 PROJECT GRANT QUOTA FOR ERASMUS+ PH.D. MOBILITIES

 

GRADUATE SCHOOL	DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT QUOTAS
Graduate School (Doctorate)	4
SUM	4

 

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Students, who want to apply to benefit from the ERASMUS+ program within the scope of 2023 Project can apply as of February 12, 2024 according to the instructions that will be announced with a separate notice.

The students make their applications via https://turnaportal.ua.gov.tr/giris by entering their E-State passwords.

DEADLINE  TO APPLY

February 26, 2024

Contact Info

oia@ieu.edu.tr