KITE – Your chance to study in Europe

Go ahead, discover the world!

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5 Ts why you should go on exchange:

Go on exchange for the Teaching and learning experience

Go on exchange to Toughen up your character

Go on exchange for the Tradition and Culture Go on exchange to Travel

Go on exchange to learn about Thankfulness and not Taking things for granted

In addition you will increase your employability, salary, language competence, make friends from all over the world…

Sounds good?

What we can offer you:

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Your chance is unique - almost 200 places for this year !!!

Your scholarship is unique – covers everything: a monthly allowance :

Master’s mobility 1000 euro/month Doctorate mobility 1500 euro/month Staff mobility 2500 euro/month

Insurance (travel, health, accident) Travel costs

Your application is unique – very easy and user-friendly

Who can apply

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Master’s students: for 1 or 2 semesters

Doctorate: 1 or 2 academic years

Staff: 1 month

All scholarships start in fall 2015 (except staff which can start any time before April 2017)Conditions:

Enrolled at a home university. Approval from home university required.

1 or 2 semesters abroad Credit transfer to home university Degree from the home university

Where you can go:

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Czech Republic Masaryk University

BulgariaUniversity of Veliko Turnovo

France Montpellier 2 University

France The University of Lille 1

Hungary Szent István University

Lithuania Vilnius University

Portugal University of Porto

Sweden Uppsala University

Who can apply

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Applicants need to meet the following criteria

1. Applicants need to be nationals of Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Fiji, the Gambia, Guyana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea (Cape Verde, Senegal, Timor-Leste or other ACP countries)

2. Applicants must not have resided nor carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries (this guideline is not applicable for staff)

3. Applicants need to have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses taken at the host university

4. Applicants need to belong to one of the three eligible target groups (next slide)

Students and staff members of all ages, sex, religion, social group membership or financial resources are encouraged to apply.

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Target group Description Possible mobility

Target group 1 Students, PhD students and staff fromPartner’s university

Master’s exchangePhD exchangestaff

Target group 2

• Nationals of Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Fiji, the Gambia, Guyana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea or another ACP country registered at any other university (exchange)

• Students, PhD students and staff at University of Cape Verde, University of Yaoundé II, University of Thies, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e

Master’s exchangePhD exchangestaff

Target group 3Priority group

Nationals of the above mentioned countries that are in any of the following vulnerable situations:• Having a refugee status or asylum seekers• Can prove they have been the object of unjustified expulsion

on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination

• Belong to an indigenous population

Master’s degree

How to start - get yourself informed…

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Study programs offered by the host universities General information (www.kite.muni.cz) Language skill requirements Websites of the host universities Master’s exchange applicants should prepare a Learning Agreement PhD and staff applicants should get in contact with the hosting

university to enquire about support for your application. Remember that your research topic should match current ongoing research at the hosting universities.

How to apply

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Current call for applications open until December 31, 2014 at 23:45 Central European Time (CET). Applications are submitted throughwww.kite.muni.cz

Which language to use?

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The Application Form can be filled out in English and French, however:

The language of application must agree with the language of instruction of the institution and the programme you are applying for.

If you apply to an institution with different languages of instruction, we strongly recommend using English to fill in the application form, however, the supporting documents in this case can be in different languages.

Supporting documents

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You cannot close your application form without submitting:

Motivation Letter CV – Europass format Learning Agreement (Master exchange students) Study/Research Plan (Doctorates) Research/Working Plan (Staff) Language certificate, if required Letter of invitation (only for PhD and staff)

Note! There may be additional documents required by the hosting universities. Check the university information for more details.

Selection criteria

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Each of these criteria will be ranked (1-5) by the host and home institution. Academic performance Motivation statement Language skills CV Learning Agreement (Undergraduates and Master exchange

students) Study/Research Plan (for Doctorates) Research/Working Plan (for Staff)

The selection committee will also take the following factors into consideration Special needs Fair geographical distribution Gender balance Fields of study Level of vulnerability (for TG 3)

Thank you for your attention

Good luck with your application!