Transcript Socrates/Erasmus Study Abroad Frequently Asked Questions

Socrates/Erasmus Study Abroad
Frequently Asked Questions
Akademisches Auslandsamt
International Coordinators
Frau Hahn-Eisenhardt
Frau Dichtl
Baumgartnerstr.16
[email protected]
Socrates/Erasmus Study Abroad
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Prof.Dr.W.Schönfelder
Departmental Coordinator
Erasmus/Sokrates
School of Business
[email protected]
Socrates/Erasmus Study Abroad
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Prof.Dr.A.Frantzke
Departmental Coordinator
Ex Europe/Double Diploma
[email protected]
Socrates/Erasmus Study Abroad
FH-Augsburg School of Business
Kansas
International Co-operations
Oklahoma
Newcastle
Great Britain/
Sweden/
Finland
Ireland
Odessa
Eastern
Europe
Benelux
Switzerland
Spain
Italy
France
Luzern
Ulster
Waterford
Modena
Lecce
Viterbo
Cordoba
Paris ESCE
Madrid
Montpellier
Valencia
Avignon
ZürichWinterthur
Wallis
Lulea
Rovaniemi
Lahti
Kajaani
Rotterdam
Groningen
EstonianBusinessSchool
Polonia University
Non
Sokrates
USA
AUS
Ukraine
Socrates/Erasmus Study Abroad
Frequently Asked Questions
> Why go abroad for a study period?
> your chosen subject, business administration, can hardly
be seen in a national context only;
> any job career in the line of business administration asks
for international experience, asks for flexibility,
mobility;
> to look at ones own (business) culture from a different
perspective;
> to take in, learn about cultures different from yours;
> to improve your language abilities;
> to survive in a ‘strange world‘
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> Where shall I go?
depending on your focus
- cultural, language
- climate, geography
- cost
- academic value
- quality of life
you have to analyse as much information about the
possible places/ partners as you can to establish your
preferences
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> How long can I study for?
- Socrates provides for a 5-month or 10-month study period
- most choose a 5-months period (winter or summer term)
not every partner offers summer term!
- for students doing a Double Diploma a 10-months period is
compulsory;
- a 10-months period for students, not doing a DD, can be
granted, if the study project seems feasible and will clearly
profit your study career
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> Where will I be living?
- we have arrangements with all our partners that
accommodation will be provided;
- halls of residence, student flats, house sharing.....
- depending on the partner, student housing is always more or
less ‘problematic’;
>> It is important…
to carefully analyse the information that is passed
down from previous students; and follow strictly and
timely the procedures which the partner asks for on
applying.
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> Who will ‘look after‘ me?
- our partners offer various measures to ‘look after‘ their
international students;
- induction weeks, language courses, buddy systems,
international coordinators a. o.
>> Important again is
that one carefully studies the communicated information of the
prospective place of study!
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> How much does it cost?
add 25 % to your usual budget and you should get by;
places like the UK (with exchange rate fluctuations),
Sweden, where cost of living is generally high,
or any large city (London, Paris, Madrid) will demand
additional financial means.
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> Do I get financial help?
- you will receive a Socrates grant which presently is
at € 65 per month;
- students who receive ‘Bafög’, will receive an increased
grant;
- students who do not yet receive Bafög, can still apply for
increased Bafög as the maximum income on which Bafög is
generally based is different for studies abroad;
- for students with an excellent track record there is a
possibility for additional funding
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>How do I get my grant?
- once you have been sent as Socrates student and
accepted by our partner you will have to contact the
institutional coordinator (Auslandsamt) on arrival;
- they will need a confirmation of registration as a
student and your bank account details; your Socrates
grant will then be transferred.
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> How do I get information?
- via this ppt on the homepage Prof. Schönfelder you can link into
all our partner‘s web pages (first slide)
- reports of students who have been abroad can be read by
linking into the student web pages (first slide)
- your international coordinator
- search engines
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> What can I study?
- you may study anything abroad that is beneficial to your
studies here;
- some partners, have special international programmes
which are designed for the visiting international student;
- a >learning agreement< has to be prepared and oked by
both the FHA and the receiving partner;
- generally 3 to 4 lectures are sufficient
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> How do I find out about which
lectures to take?
- www homepage of partners
- contact students who have been there before you
(student connection)
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> Will I get credits for my studies?
- yes, everything you have successfully studied can be
accounted for your studies here;
- there are differences as to the relevant levels however!
- presently (almost) anything can be accredited as so-called
‘FWP-Fach‘
- certain ‘hard core‘ subjects can be accredited 1to1 e.g.
> business strategy< = >Unternehmensführung<;
- for some other subjects 1to1 accreditation might not be
possible;
>> this has to be carefully thought about and planned
before one leaves for the study period abroad (learning
agreement) !
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> How do I get my credits?
- on returning you have to fill in an accreditation form and
apply for accreditation.
- this is best done together with your international
coordinator where you can decide which accreditation you
want to actually have.
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> How do I apply?
step one research your prospective partner well; if you need an
interview for that see me in my office hours.
step two send an application mail to me (from the international
web page of the FHA BW) with your first and second
choice.
step three confirm your reservation latest by the deadline in
March
with the following documents:
- Socrates application
- current grading certificate
- CV in English (if possible in the language of the
partner)
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> How do I apply?
- Motivation: 5 lines in which you state the
reasons why you want to study there.
- Learning Agreement
- One recent photo
- Application documents from the partner university
For confirmation of your application you will have to
arrange for an interview with me and have the
documents ready (Starting January…)
- depending on your chosen partner there might be a
few more documents from the partner directly.
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> How do I apply?
- this application pack is then sent to the partner who will
contact you directly for any further paperwork.
- here it is important that you keep a watchful eye on any
deadlines, or anything that might not come back to you on
time;
- it will be necessary to contact your chosen partner‘s
coordinator, accommodation officer, or individual
lecturers.
- COMMUNICATION right down to informing when and how
you are going to arrive is essential;
- a certain >common sense< and respectful behaviour as
well!
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>What are the criteria that I may
go and study a term abroad?
- you need a minimum of 80% of your ‘Vordiplom‘ in order to be
eligible (old study system);
- you need 100% Vordiplom and a set of lectures from your 3rd
term;
- you can go abroad earliest in your 4th term of study
- you may only take lectures that count for your ‘Hauptdiplom‘;
- if there are more candidates for one particular partner than we
may send, your grades and number of terms studied are criteria
for selection
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> Which is the best term/time to
go and study abroad?
- generally term 5 in your 3rd year of study is most suitable, but
that will also depend on when and if you will need to take a
practical placement.
- this will also depend on the chosen partner as some partners
only accept students in winter term.
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>When do terms start?
- that information will be sent to you with all the other
details, or can be researched on the www.
- generally partners start similarly to us here, plus you
are supposed to be present something like 2 weeks earlier;
more if you are doing a language course:
- so for winter term you can expect to arrive between end
of August and mid September
- for the summer term between mid January and mid
February
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> Can I do a practical placement
when I am abroad?
- only students doing a DD will have the chance to do an
integrated practical placement in the year they are abroad.
- anybody can however use the contacts whilst being in the
country to establish a possibility for a practical placement and
in fact there are quite a few students who have done exactly
that!
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>What is a Double Diploma?
- with a few partners: Paris ESCE, Rotterdam INHOLLAND;
(Ulster Ireland, Montpellier, Modena) we have bilateral
agreements that set a fixed course curriculum;
- students who study this curriculum successfully for a year ( in
some cases that means 12 months plus extra weeks for exams)
and then come back to successfully complete their studies here
at the FHA BS will be awarded two diplomas.
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>Who is eligible for a DD?
- students with an above average study record
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>What is the advantage of a DD?
- successful students have a second degree, and have proven
that they can study on a truly international level;
- the integrated practical placement/internship is a further
advantage for some students
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>Do I have to go abroad?
- no, no student has to go and study abroad;
- if you have applied for a place and have been accepted
you are however expected to see that through!!!!!;
- if you have to change your plans on short notice than
communication to both the partners and myself is obligatory;
you will be asked to personally provide proof of the reasons
for cancelling and only serious reasons will be accepted;
idleness or just sloppiness are not only a matter of
bad style, but will incur consequences ranging from being
barred from any other international engagement to
paying for costs incurred!
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>Do I have to take an
‘Urlaubssemester‘?
- not necessarily;
- if you intend to study according to plan; then your time abroad
counts as a full term which happened to be studied not with us
but abroad;
- you can thus also return to the FHA BS and sit regular exams;
- to apply for an ‘Urlaubssemester‘ is then useful if you have
already taken more terms than planned, so you keep the
‘statistics‘ low! But then you will only be able to write exams you
have already once tried before.
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>Anything else??
- do not come and see me for an interview with any of those
FAQs;
- before you come and see me research as best possible, so that
in the interview we can concentrate on the individual details!!
- establish a clear cut focus before you come and see me!
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>Anything Else?
- if there are any more questions of a general nature,
please ask me !