Radboud Beyond Borders 2015:Going abroad for non-Dutch students
Rob van Leeuwen, MAInternational [email protected]
Today’s programme
• Why?!
• What?
• How?
• Erasmus+
• Other possibilities
• Practical arrangements
• Questions
• Specialise your studies• Prepare for job market• Implement research project• Develop your international network• Increase personal development• Change your perspectives
• It’s a great adventure!
Why?!
• Summerschoolhttp://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/
• Studies• Traineeship• Research• Conference
What?
Difference between study and traineeship abroad:
• Arrangements• Initiative to contact• Independence/uncertainties• Internships differ per faculty
Tips for finding an traineeship:• Inform your faculty all details of the internship• Ensure a supervisor
What: Studies vs Traineeships
When?• Does it fit into your study programme?• At the end of your programme?• After your programme?
Where?• Which country?• Which university?
-) www.ru.nl/io
When and Where?
• Information days/sessions• Faculty:
• Academic advisor• Internship coordinator• Career Service officer• International Office at your
faculty• Professors
• Other (international) students• International Office (Comeniuslaan
4)• Organisations (AIESEC, AEGEE,
IFMSA, ISON)• Websites:
https://www.wilweg.nl/english
Plan ahead: collect information
Erasmus+• Study:
• 3-12 months• 400+ contracts • Grant: € 150 - € 270 p.m
• Traineeship: • 2-12 months• Grant: € 270 - € 390 p.m• Also after graduation
• Per cycle (Ba, Ma, PhD) max. 12 months• Join a programme in your home
country?• All nationalities eligible
How?
-) www.ru.nl/io
Erasmus+ Application Procedures(1) Inform your Faculty International Office
• Possibilities• Selection
(2) Submit online application form(3) Send all documents to the International
Office ([email protected]) • Grant Agreement• Learning Agreement• Online language-assessment
How?
How?
Radboud wide exchange partners
• Rikkyo University (Japan) 2015
• Sung Kyunkwan University (South Korea)
• University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
• City University of Hongkong (Hong Kong) 2015-2016
• Nottingham University Ningbo China (China)
• Combined with a Holland Scholarschip Programme grant (€ 1250)• Deadline 1 March• Apply through the International Office of your faculty
USA: International Student Exchange Programme (ISEP)
• Up to 25 spots for Radboud University students• Choice: 100 universities• Deadline January 2016 for 2016/17• More information during session on Wednesday, 11
February, 14:45 (E2.50)
How?
Cultural Agreements• Bilateral agreements between the Netherlands and other
countries• For scientific study or research • From summer courses to full programmes
Conditions:• Registered as full-time student in the Netherlands• Receive Dutch “studiefinanciering”• Can’t visit your country of origin• <35 year old
www.wilweg.nl/english
How?
IRUN
• International Research Universities Network• www.irun.eu
Radboud UMC students
• Residency in Suriname, Ghana, Nicaragua, Tanzania• Scientific internship• ifmsa.nl/en/
Dutch Scientific Institutes Abroad (NWIB)
• Florence, Rome, Athens, Cairo, Istanbul, Rabat, St. Petersburg, Amman, Ankara
• For more information: Jos Brommer: [email protected]
How?
The Nijmegen University Fund (SNUF)Supports activities by and for students that do
not receive government or university funding but that are essential to a student's development.
• Group study trips• Individual study trips (research, studies,
traineeship)• Conference visits abroad/organise
international conference• € 200 (Europe) and € 300 (non-Europe) p.m. www.snuf.nl and [email protected]
How?
Language• Follow a course• Radboud In’to Languages• Erasmus+: language assessment
and support
Legal preparations• Visa• Insurance (health, liability)
• European Health Insurance Card
Practical arrangements
Housing• Go abroad: rent out your room to an
international student!• 16 August until 30 January• 500 euro bonus for you • Guarenteed coverage of your rental fee• Register during your (online) application
Practical arrangements
Finances• Ticket• Vaccinations: Radboud Travel
Clinic• Housing• Short trips
Practical arrangements
• Discuss with your academic advisor• Overseas study programme:
• Replace study/courses?• Overseas traineeship:
• A requirement of your programme?• Verify before departure to avoid problems
upon return
Recognition of credits
Talk to your faculty IO coordinator or academic advisor
• Faculty of Arts: [email protected] • Faculty of Law: [email protected]• Faculty of Science: [email protected]• NSM: [email protected]• FPTRS: [email protected] • UMC:
[email protected]• Faculty of Social Sciences [email protected]
Visit the International Office website: www.ru.nl/io/english or come to our office: Comeniuslaan 4 (10:00-17:00)
Your next steps