2022-2023 Summer Term and Recent Graduate Traineeship Activity Erasmus+ Traineeship Mobility with Programme Countries Application Announcement

2022-2023 SUMMER TERM and RECENT GRADUATE

TRAINEESHIP ACTIVITY

WITH ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME COUNTRIES

TRAINEESHIP MOBILITY APPLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

Contract Number: 2022-1-TR01-KA131-HED-000052778

Calendar

*The application system will close on 23 April at 23:59.

Please read carefully the headings below, which appear on our website, regarding the application.

Regarding the earthquake disaster that occurred on 6 February 2023 and affected 11 provinces and 1 district of our country1 (Adana, Adıyaman,

Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and

Elazığ, together with the Gürün district of Sivas), the following measures, flexibilities and practices have been introduced in order to minimise its impact on Erasmus+ projects:

1) Scope of the flexibilities and practices concerning the earthquake disaster:

1.1 Students whose families, relatives or close relations reside, or who themselves reside, in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above, but who are enrolled at higher education institutions holding an ECHE in other provinces.

1.2 Staff whose families, relatives or close relations reside in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above, but who themselves work at higher education institutions holding an ECHE in other provinces.

1.3 Students enrolled at, and staff employed by, higher education institutions holding an ECHE located in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above

1.4 Students and staff selected to carry out their activity in our country under the KA103/KA131 project

1.5 These provisions shall apply to the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 project periods.

5) The status of students and

staff who fall within the scope of 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 and who have applied or will apply for mobility

5.1 Students whose first- and second-degree relatives, or who themselves, reside in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above but who are enrolled at higher education institutions holding an ECHE in other provinces are given priority with +10 points in their applications for Erasmus+ student mobility.

5.2 Staff whose first- and second-degree relatives reside in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above but who themselves work at higher education institutions holding an ECHE in other provinces are assessed in the disadvantaged category and given priority in their Erasmus staff mobility applications.

5.3 Students enrolled at higher education institutions holding an ECHE in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above whose first-degree relatives receive disaster victim assistance from AFAD are granted additional grant support (disadvantage grant) if they are selected for Erasmus+ student mobility with a grant. If the University's mobility budget permits, additional grant support may also be provided to students whose mobility is already under way.

5.4 Students whose first-degree relatives, or who themselves, reside in the 11 provinces and 1 district listed above but who are enrolled at higher education institutions holding an ECHE in other provinces, and whose first-degree relatives receive disaster victim assistance from AFAD, are granted additional grant support (disadvantage grant) if they are selected for Erasmus+ student mobility with a grant.

If the University's mobility budget permits, additional grant support may also be provided to students whose mobility is already under way.

*First-degree relatives: mother, father, children, spouse

*Second-degree relatives: the spouse's mother and father, and one's own or one's spouse's grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren and siblings

Student Traineeship Mobility with Erasmus+ Programme Countries

Grant Support by Country and Special Needs Support

Who Can Apply?

Application Requirements

Selection of Students

Frequently Asked Questions

Quotas

How to Apply?

Applications must be submitted through the Erasmus application portal at https://erasmusbasvuru.ua.gov.tr/giris by selecting the relevant call published by our University in the announcements section.

For Erasmus+ Traineeship Mobility, a letter of acceptance obtained from an institution abroad must be uploaded to the application form. The letter of acceptance must be wet-signed and stamped. Only candidates with a letter of acceptance will be considered.

Applications will be accepted online only. No documents will be submitted to the Erasmus Office. Applications of students who do not upload an electronically signed transcript will be rejected.

Please note that the preparation of an electronically signed transcript may take 1-2 business days.

For the steps to apply for an electronic transcript, click here.

We would also like to point out that if you experience any problems with your application, you should send an explanation of the issue along with a screenshot to erasmus@izu.edu.tr.

The grant support provided to participants selected for Erasmus+ Traineeship Mobility has been limited to a maximum of 65 days so that more students can benefit from the activity.

The activity must last at least 60 days.

              
Documents Required for Application

• Documents certifying that the applicant is a relative of a martyr or veteran, has a disability, or is subject to a protection, care or shelter decision under Social Services Law No. 2828 must be uploaded to the online application system, if available. (The originals of these documents must subsequently be presented to the Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office.)
• An electronically signed transcript showing the student's cumulative grade point average, obtained from the Department of Student Affairs, must be uploaded during the application.
• If a language proficiency certificate is available, the relevant exam result document must be uploaded.
• Students who intend to take the Erasmus Language Proficiency Exam must indicate this in the system by selecting the option “I would like to take the University Erasmus Language Proficiency Exam”.
• Students who wish to apply with a B2 preparatory school completion grade must upload a transcript showing their B2 preparatory school completion score to the system.
• Students who have previously taken the Erasmus Language Proficiency Exam must apply with an Individual Exam Result document obtained from our Foreign Languages Coordination Office.

Points to Consider When Applying

• 1-Please contact the Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office regarding any problems that may arise during the application. (For enquiries, an e-mail should be sent to erasmus@izu.edu.tr.)
• Dil Sınavına girmek istemeyen öğrenciler;
  • If a Language Exam Result document is available, the exam result documents must be uploaded to the system. (Assessments will be made taking into account the 5-year validity requirement for YDS and YÖKDİL certificates. The validity period of other exam proficiency certificates is 2 years. When uploading the relevant language certificates to the system, they must be uploaded so that the verification codes are visible. Candidates without a language exam certificate must select the option "I would like to take the Erasmus+ Language Proficiency Exam."
  • Students who wish to apply with an İZÜ Preparatory School Completion Grade or the İZÜ Preparatory School Exemption Exam must correctly enter their "B2" level grade into the system and upload a recently dated electronically signed transcript showing their "B2" level grade. A "C1" Preparatory School Completion grade will not be accepted.
  • For the table converting YDS, YÖKDİL, TOEFL-IBT-CBT-PBT and IELTS scores into IZU Erasmus+ Language Proficiency Exam scores, click here.
• 2-A currently dated electronically signed transcript must be requested via the Campus Information System and uploaded to the application system as a PDF.
• 3-After the application deadline has passed, no changes may be made to the 3 university preferences submitted, except in cases of force majeure. Placement will be determined according to your preferences, the available quota and the availability of the host institution.
• 4-If you are also applying for Summer Term Traineeship Mobility within the same application period, and you are selected for both mobility types, you must indicate at the application stage in the application system which mobility type you wish the -10 point deduction to be applied to.
• 5-The withdrawal dates for students selected as principal candidates are 5 May – 15 May 2023. Students who do not exercise their right to withdraw within these dates and withdraw on a different date will have -10 points deducted in the next application period. Students wishing to withdraw must come to the Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office between 5 May – 15 May 2023 and withdraw by means of a written petition.

Selection Criteria

The evaluation criteria and weighted scores used in assessing mobility applications are as follows:

*Priority is given to combat veterans and their spouses and children, as well as the spouses and children of war martyrs; the spouses and children of "public officials who, while performing their duties at home or abroad, or even after their status has ended, have been wounded, disabled, died or been killed as a result of acts of terrorism because of the performance of those duties" pursuant to Article 21 of the Anti-Terror Law No. 3713 dated 12/4/1991; and, pursuant to Article 7 of Decree Law No. 667 dated 23 July 2016, the spouses and children of those who lost their lives as a result of the coup attempt and terrorist act carried out on 15 July 2016 and the acts that followed it, as well as civilians who were disabled and their spouses and children, when they apply for Erasmus+ student mobility.

**For prioritisation, the student must present a letter from the Ministry of Family and Social Policies stating that a protection, care or shelter decision has been taken in respect of them under Law No. 2828.

***The application of "-10 points" for previous participation does not apply to mobilities carried out at a previous study cycle or to mobilities other than higher education student/traineeship mobility. It applies where a student who has already carried out a mobility applies again within the same study cycle