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Student Mobility for Studies

Student Mobility for Studies

This programme offers students the chance to study in one of the partner universities in Programme Countries (Member States of the European Union, North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) for a semester or an entire academic year. Your study period must last at least 2 months (or 1 academic term) and cannot exceed 12 months.

Fundamental Conditions

  • To be eligible for Erasmus+, you must be a registered student enrolled in studies leading to a recognized degree. Your department and the receiving institution must have an Inter-Institutional Agreement in place for you to study there with Erasmus+.
  • Your study period abroad must be relevant to your degree-related learning and personal development needs and must be part of the study program you are following at TEDU.

Students who participate in the programme will receive full recognition for the credits they successfully earn at the receiving institution. However, they will be required to repeat any failed courses at TEDU.

  • Students must be registered at TEDU as full-degree undergraduate or graduate programs at the time of application.
  • Students must have completed at least one semester in their program1
  • Students registered in Common Core Programsmust have completed their first year. In other words, these students can apply to the programme in their sophomore year.
  • English Language School students are not eligible to apply.
  • The required minimum CGPA is 2.50 for undergraduate and 2.75 for graduate students.
  • Students must obtain a language score from one of the following tests: ELS Erasmus+ English Language Exam, TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, PTE Academic, or Cambridge Assessment English.
  • Students who have participated in an Erasmus+ exchange are eligible to do so for a maximum of 12 months per study cycle (Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate), which includes the time frame applied for a current application. For example, if a student has already completed an Erasmus+ exchange for 5 months, their next exchange period cannot exceed 7 months in the same study cycle.

Specific Conditions for Freshmen, Common Core and Double Major Students

  • Considering the limited quotas, the freshmen who apply to a program within the same department as sophomore or junior students will be placed in such a way that they do not exceed 50% of the total quota of the department, even if their total points are higher than those of other sophomore or junior students. However, if there are not enough applications from sophomores or juniors to fill the quotas, then the above-mentioned rule will not be applied to the freshmen in the remaining quotas after the placement of the existing sophomores and juniors. For departments with single quotas, priority will be given to sophomore or junior students with the highest score, even if there are freshmen with a higher total score.
  • According to the regulations of the Erasmus+ Programme, students can only participate in study mobility if there is an existing bilateral agreement in place. Since the placement of students is based on the bilateral agreements between the departments, it is not possible to allocate placements for Common Core Program students who are in their first year during the application period, as their majors have not yet been finalized. Therefore, Common Core Program students can only apply for study mobility in their sophomore year.
  • Students pursuing a double major are only allowed to apply for the mobility from one major during the same application period.

1 Arts and Sciences, Architecture and Design, Education, Graduate School

2 Economics and Administrative Sciences, Engineering

  • Having completed at least one semester in the registered program1 in the application period and for Common Core Programs2, having completed the first year of the program,
  • Having obtained a CGPA of a minimum 2.50 for undergraduate, 2.75 for graduate and postgraduate students,
  • Taking the ELS Erasmus+ English Language Exam or holding a valid TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, PTE Academic, or Cambridge Assessment English Score.

1 Arts and Sciences, Architecture and Design, Education, Graduate School

2 Economics and Administrative Sciences, Engineering

All students are required to submit their applications through the TURNAPortal, which is configured through e-Government. To access the portal, students must use their e-Government login credentials. They can then submit their applications to the avaliable call for applications opened by TEDU. 

The call for applications is open between February and April every year. During this time, students can apply for either the Fall or Spring semesters, with applications for both semesters being received in a single call. As part of the application process, students can choose the period during which they would like to carry out their mobility.

You have been selected for Erasmus+ Studies. Congratulations! You may be wondering what's next. 

Student Mobility for Studies consists of three phases: before, during, and after the mobility. Each phase has its own set of documents and requirements:

After the results are announced, the International Programs Office will directly nominate students on the main list to the host university. This official process is known as nomination. The nomination deadlines for each institution vary, but it's generally done in April-May for the Fall Semester and September-November for the Spring Semester. Students on the reserve list who want to participate in the mobility program without a grant must send a petition for zero-grant participation via email within the specified deadlines in the application announcement. If students on the reserve list fail to submit a petition for zero-grant participation, they won't be nominated.

After the nomination process, the host university will email students with instructions on how to complete their application. Students must individually submit their applications within the deadlines set by the host university. It's crucial to carefully follow the instructions on the host university's website or in email notifications and ensure all necessary documents are submitted or uploaded before the deadlines. Once the application is submitted, the host university will review the documents and assess the application. After the review, students will receive a letter of acceptance from the host university.

Following the nomination procedure, the students are responsible for applying to the host university, securing admission, completing the required official processes and documents, preparing Learning Agreements without any course discrepancies, and especially visa applications. Please note that nomination itself doesn't guarantee automatic admission into a program!

When applying to host universities, students may be asked to provide various documents. These may include a student certificate, transcript, language proficiency certificate, travel health insurance, passport or ID, and Learning Agreement.

Students can obtain some of the necessary documents from the following university units:

  1. Student Certificate and Transcript – These can be obtained from the Student Affairs or via the e-Government.
  2. Language Proficiency Certificate – Students can either ask for a proficiency certificate from the English Language School or submit a valid international language certificate such as TOEFL or IELTS.