ERASMUS+
STUDENT
CHARTER
... highlights your rights and obligations
and tells you what you can expect from
your sending and receiving organisations
at each step of your Erasmus+ experience.
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igher education institutions participating in Erasmus+ have
committed themselves to respect the principles of the Erasmus
Charter for Higher Education to facilitate, support and recognise
your experience abroad.
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n your side, you commit yourself to respect the rules and ob-
ligations of the Erasmus+ Grant Agreement that you have signed
with your sending institution.
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he Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Association (ESAA)
offers you a range of services to support you before, during and
after your experience abroad.
Erasmus+
2 Erasmus Student Char ter
STEP I. Before your mobility period STEP II. During your mobility period
++ Once you have been selected as an Eras- ++
You should take full advantage of all
mus+ student, you are entitled to receive the learning opportunities available at
guidance regarding the partner institutions the receiving institution/enterprise, while
or enterprises where you can spend your respecting its rules and regulations, and
mobility period and the activities that you endeavour to perform to the best of your
can undertake there. ability in all relevant examinations or other
forms of assessment.
++ You have the right to receive information on
the grading system used by your receiving ++ Your receiving institution / enterprise com-
institution, as well as information on obtain- mits itself to treat you in the same way
ing insurance and finding housing, and as its home students/employees and you
securing a visa (if required). You can find should make all the necessary efforts to
the relevant contact points and information fit into your new environment.
sources in the inter-institutional agreement
++ You could benefit from networks of mentors
signed between your sending and receiving
and buddies where available at your receiving
institutions.
institution / enterprise.
++ You will sign a Grant Agreement (even if
++ Your receiving institution will not ask you to
you do not receive financial support from
pay fees for tuition, registration, examina-
EU funds). If you are enrolled in a higher
tions or for access to laboratory and library
education institution located in a Programme
facilities during your mobility period. Never-
Country, you will sign the Grant Agreement
theless, you may be charged a small fee on
with your sending institution. If you are
the same basis as local students for costs
enrolled in a higher education institution
such as insurance, student unions and the use
located in a Partner Country, you may sign
of study-related materials or equipment.
it with your sending or receiving institution,
depending on the agreed arrangements. In ++ Your student grant or student loan from
addition, you will sign a Learning Agree- your home country must be maintained
ment with your sending and receiving institu- while you are abroad.
tion / enterprise. Thorough preparation of your
++ You can request changes to the Learning
Learning Agreement is crucial for the success
Agreement only in exceptional circumstanc-
of your mobility experience and to ensure
es and within the deadline decided by your
recognition of your mobility period. It sets out
sending and receiving institutions. You must
the details of your planned activities abroad
ensure that these changes are validated
(including the credits to be earned and that
by both the sending and receiving institu-
will count towards your home degree).
tions / enterprise within a two-week period
++ After you have been selected, you will undergo after the request has been submitted and
an on-line language assessment (provid- keep copies of their approval. Any request
ed this is available in your main language of to extend the duration of the mobility period
instruction / work abroad) that will allow your must be submitted at least one month be-
sending institution to offer you the most ap- fore the end of the originally planned period.
propriate language support, if required. You
should take full advantage of this support to
improve your language skills to the level rec-
ommended by your receiving institution.
Erasmus Student Char ter 3
STEP III. After your mobility period part of your Learning Agreement. If the
traineeship was not part of the curriculum
++ In accordance with your Learning Agreement, but you are enrolled in a higher education
you are entitled to receive full academic institution located in a Programme Country,
recognition from your sending institution the mobility period will be recorded in your
for activities that you have completed satis- Diploma Supplement and - if you wish -
factorily during your mobility period. in your Europass Mobility Document. If
you are a recent graduate from an institu-
++
If you are studying abroad, within five
tion located in a Programme Country, you
weeks of the publication of your results,
are encouraged to request the Europass
your receiving institution will send a
Mobility Document.
Transcript of Records to you and to your
sending institution, showing your credits and ++ You should undergo an on-line language
grades achieved. Upon receipt of your Tran- assessment, if available in your main lan-
script of Records, your sending institution guage of instruction / work abroad, to monitor
will provide you with complete information linguistic progress during your mobility.
on the recognition of your achievements.
++ You must fill in a questionnaire to provide
If you are enrolled in a higher education
feedback on your Erasmus+ mobility
institution located in a Programme Country,
period to your sending and receiving in-
the recognised components (e.g. courses)
stitution, to the relevant National Agencies
will appear in your Diploma Supplement.
and to the European Commission.
++ If you are doing a traineeship1, your enter-
++ You are encouraged to share your mobility
prise will give you a Traineeship Certificate
experience with your friends, fellow stu-
summarising the tasks carried out and an
dents, staff in your institution, journalists
evaluation. Your sending institution will also
etc. to let other people benefit from your
give you a Transcript of Records, if this forms
experience, including young people.
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ot available between Programme and Partner
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Countries before 2017.
If you encounter a problem:
■■ Youshould identify the problem clearly and check your rights and obligations under
your Grant Agreement.
■■ T hereare a number of people working in your sending and receiving institutions whose
role is to help Erasmus+ students. Depending on the nature of the problem and the
time it occurs, the contact person or the responsible person at your sending or receiving
institution (or receiving enterprise in case of a traineeship) will be able to help you. Their
names and contact details are specified in your Learning Agreement.
■■ Use the formal appeal procedures in your sending institution if necessary.
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If your sending or receiving institution fails to fulfil the obligations outlined in the
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education or in your Grant Agreement, you can contact the
relevant National Agency.
Find out more:
ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus
Or join the conversation on social media
Erasmus+
#ErasmusPlus
Contact :
National Agency for EU-Higher Education Cooperation
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Kennedyallee 50
D-53175 Bonn
Phone: +49-(0) 800 2014 020 / Fax: +49-(0) 228 882-555
E-mail: [email protected]
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