ERASMUS+ STUDENT MOBILITIES for STUDYING
Call for academic year 2023/2024
Would you like to go on exchange next academic year? There is open call for Erasmus+ exchange on one of more than 80 partner universities. Deadline for applications: January 15, 2023.
The full text of the call is published here>>.
For more information you can contact: international@fu.uni-lj.si
or call: 01/5805-530 ali 01/5805-503
What is Erasmus+
Erasmus+ is an EU programme that supports international cooperation in education, training, youth and sport. Its purpose is to raise the quality of education and training, thereby enhancing social cohesion and the EU’s economic competitiveness. Erasmus+ strives to allow as many individuals as possible to take part in the programme, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and highlights inclusion, environmental protection (Green Erasmus+) and the digital transition as its key topics and activities.
The objectives of such mobility are as follows:
- improving learning skills,
- improving employability and employment opportunities,
- enhancing self-initiative and entrepreneurship,
- enhancing self-confidence and self-respect,
- improvement of the knowledge of foreign languages,
- enhancing intercultural awareness,
- more active participation in society,
- increased familiarity with EU projects and EU values,
- enhancing the motivation for (formal and informal) continuing education and training after the mobility programme ends.
The list of partner universities is published here>>.
Students may not take part in the mobility programme in the country of the sending university, in the country in which they reside during their studies, in the country of their permanent residence, and in the country of which they are citizens.
The student must reside in the city of the hosting university during the entire Erasmus+ study abroad.
The period of mobility: 2 to 12 months at each level of study.
The minimum number of credits ECTS obtained abroad and which will be recognised: 20 ECTS for each semester. Studies abroad must be determined in advance by a LEARNING AGREEMENT, which must be signed by the student, the Erasmus+ coordinator at their home institution and the Erasmus+ coordinator at the foreign institution. The Learning Agreement signed by all three parties is a required condition for entering into an Erasmus+ Grant Agreement between the UL and the selected student. The Erasmus+ Grant Agreement between the UL and the student must be concluded BEFORE the student leaves to attend Erasmus+ mobility.
Online language test
Before the mobility programme, all selected Erasmus+ students, with the exception of native speakers, shall take an online language test (OLS) on the EU Academy platform. Students are not entitled to a grant to attend foreign language courses that are organised by universities abroad before the beginning of the semester and are simultaneously available in the OLS system. Only in cases where a course is part of a programme of intercultural preparations or a preparation week, where the foreign language course concerns specialist terminology pertaining to the recipient’s field of study, or where the course is a general language course conducted at a level that is higher than that of the courses available in the OLS system, is the student also entitled to a grant for the duration of the course. Such a course must be included in the Learning Agreement.
Who can Apply
The call for applications is intended for students of the UL subject to the following terms and conditions:
- they have active student status at their UL home member faculty during the entire period of the exchange;
- they are attending at least the second year of undergraduate studies during the exchange.
- they have no outstanding financial obligations arising from an Erasmus or Erasmus+ programme,
- they have not been sanctioned in disciplinary proceedings in the course of study in the cycle in which they are applying to this call.
How to Apply
The applicant must fill out an on-line application form in Studis (at the bottom of the page) click “New Application” and fill out the form.
They must also submit the following supporting document:
- a motivational letter of one page in length.
Application assessment criteria
- academic performance to date; the average grade of all requirements completed in the student’s current study cycle will be considered. Any student who has not yet passed any exams or practical classes in the current study cycle should submit a certificate of exams passed in the preceding study cycle.
- a motivational letter.
Erasmus+ Grants
Selected Erasmus+ programme students are not automatically entitled to Erasmus+ financial aid. They must apply for such aid and any additional allowances online, via the UL’s VIS portal. The Erasmus+ financial aid must be paid to the student BEFORE the mobility programme begins.
The first day of the mobility will be counted as the day on which a student must be at the foreign institution, which may be the first day of lectures, a welcome event, or the first day of linguistic or cultural preparation, which is a component part of mobility, and not the day of arriving abroad. The last day will be counted as the last day when a student has to be present at the foreign institution (this might be the last day of lectures or the day of the last exam).
The purpose of the Erasmus+ financial aid is to co-finance study abroad, not to cover the expenses in full. The amount will be defined in the Erasmus+ Grant Agreement, which the student will sign after submitting the application documentation.
The grant funds may only be given for the period of regular study obligations in accordance with the academic calendar at the partner institution and within the limits for the periods set in this public call. A student who receives an Erasmus+ grant remains entitled to receive any national scholarships (e.g. state scholarship, Zois scholarship).
The rights, obligations and responsibilities of students concerning the granting of financial aid will be specified in detail in the Erasmus+ Grant Agreement, which the student shall enter into with the UL before departing to study abroad.
The Erasmus+ grant amounts by country of mobility are as follows:
| Group 1Erasmus+ programme countries with high living costs | Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden | EUR 674 |
| Group 2Erasmus+ programme countries with medium living costs | Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain | EUR 674 |
| Group 3Erasmus+ programme countries with low living costs | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Turkey | EUR 606 |
During the 2022 project year, the Erasmus+ supplementary grant amounted to €46.70/month. The amount of the Erasmus+ supplementary grant for the 2023 project is yet to be announced.
1. In addition to the basic Erasmus+ grant, students from disadvantaged backgrounds selected in the call will also receive an additional social inclusion allowance. This allowance will amount to €250/month. To be eligible for the allowance the students must meet the following conditions:
− They have the status of a student with special needs or
− the status of a student with special status (status of categorised athlete or recognised artist, be a participant in international competitions, or have parent status)
− They are receiving a government scholarship or
− One of the children or parents in their family has social, health-related and financial special needs, which can be proved with an official decision issued by the relevant authority;
− They themselves have such needs, which they can prove with an official decision (determining they require special escort or academic adjustments, that they are disabled, etc.);
− They come from a single-parent or foster family or
− Slovenia is offering them international protection or
− They are members of the Roma community.
2. As part of this call, the green travel top-up in the amount of €50 (a lump sum) will be awarded to students who travel to and from their host country by bus, train, boat and/or any other form of group transport (e.g. GoOpti). The top-up will be paid to students after their exchange ends and they submit the corresponding proof. Students may also receive up to four additional travel days subsidised if the proof they submit shows that they actually needed additional days to complete their green trip.
3. Students with special needs who are confirmed for the Erasmus+ exchange, will be able to apply for additional funds within the call for applications, which they should receive by email in the summer of 2023.
Students who apply in the UL call for applications for co-funding of student mobility with the aim of studying abroad in Erasmus+ programme countries and who are approved by their member faculties for study abroad in the 2021/2022 academic year and are listed among the selected students, will be regularly informed of all subsequent procedures, the amount of the Erasmus+ grant and the possibilities of obtaining additional scholarships, and the online language preparation course via e-mail.