Long-term mobility

Call for application: Erasmus+ Scholarship for long-term student mobility

Eötvös Loránd University announces the second invitation to apply for Erasmus+ long-term student mobility programme for the spring semester of the 2024/2025 Academic Year.
You can find out more about the Erasmus+ application opportunities by participating in the Erasmus+ Information Workshop for all ELTE students. The dates can be found by clicking here. The recording of the information session and the material of the presentation will also be published on our website.

The previous calls for applications are available at the call for application archive.

I. The aim of the call

Within the Erasmus + mobility framework, it is possible to partake in the following mobility programs until 30 September 2025:

STUDY ABROAD

TRAINEESHIP ABROAD DURING STUDIES

TRAINEESHIP ABROAD AFTER GRADUATION
(For Stipendium Hungaricum and Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People students as well)

 

Application period: 2 – 24 September 2024 in Mobility-Online. Application deadline: 24 September 2024, 23:59 PM

 

For more information please contact your Faculty international coordinator.

Continuous application:
at your 
Faculty/Academic international coordinator. Decision within two months of submission.

In order to be informed of the application decision in time and to receive your scholarship before the start of the mobility, you must submit your application no later than the first of the third month before the planned date of departure. If the student submits their application at a later date, they are responsible for the consequences of the delay. Applications for internships that have already started cannot be submitted retrospectively.

Study part of your degree abroad through relevant modules.
Study abroad is a minimum of 60 days, max. 1 semester, according to the duration of the semester at the host institution.*

Traineeship activity abroad
minimum of 60 days, maximum of 150 days (2-5 months)*

In the current call students can apply for traineeships completed until 30 September 2025.


Students apply during the studies.
The mobility is completed during the studies.
During the mobility period students have active student status at Eötvös Loránd University.

 

(The student status lasts until the last day of the examination period of the last semester. For doctoral studies, the semester is from 1 September to 31 January and from 1 February to 31 August each year. So the mobility can last until then, but the recognition of the mobility must take place before graduation. It is the student's responsibility to initiate the mobility recognition process.)

Students can apply until the end of the last active semester (the last day of the exam period). For doctoral studies, the semester is from 1 September to 31 January and from 1 February to 31 August each year.

The traineeship starts after graduation / absolutorium and end no later than 1 year (360 days) from the date of graduation / absolutorium.

It is especially recommended for those who do not have compulsory traineeship in their curriculum or would find it difficult to implement during their studies.

 

Students choose from the higher education institutions (so-called partner universities) available to them.

Students independently seek an internship (no university partnership required). Applications may be submitted to any organization or institution located in an Erasmus + program country (see the list of countries in the detailed call for applications), with the exception of the institutions and bodies of the European Union.

 

During the traineeship, you must work full-time hours per week in accordance with the labor regulations of the host country, which is usually 35-40 hours per week, but a minimum of 30 hours.

Applications for Erasmus+ mobility in Switzerland and the UK can be submitted in the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility call.

It is no longer possible to carry out an Erasmus Traineeship in the UK.

Indicative list of the Erasmus+ partner institutions is available here. The list is constantly updated!

 

Please note that from the academic year 2023/24 onwards, study abroad mobility will only be possible at partner universities for which a credit recognition tool (mobility window/equivalence database) is available in the respective subject field - these tools are currently being developed.

 

If you have any questions about the availability of a partner university from the list above, please contact Krisztina Milovszky at erasmus.iia@dep.elte.hu.

 

For more information about the application process contact your Faculty/Academic international coordinator.

 

Students participating in one-cycle teacher training programme can choose from which major they apply to the mobility, depending on whether the partner institution offers suitable courses for the training.

Help on how to find a traineeship:

1. List about institutions and companies with established dialogue (where previous ELTE students have worked and further ELTE students are welcome). 
(Please pay attention to the column called "Year of the traineeship". This indicates the year when an ELTE student proceeded internship at the host institution. The earliest the year the more likely that the contact person and the contact details ar outdated. Should you be interested in any of the institutions, please always check their current contact information.)

 

2. Other useful pages:

For further information on the Erasmus+ Traineeship click here.

 

* Please note that only 1 semester per mobility for study abroad mobilities and a maximum of 5 months per mobility for traineeships can be financially supported, the awarded scholarship period cannot be extended further. If you would like to stay longer than the mobility period stated in your grant agreement at your own expense, you can extend your Erasmus+ status, but you will not receive a grant for the duration of the extension (zero grant days).
The documentation required for the extension must be submitted in the same way, and the zero grant status will be confirmed in the contract amendment.

Attention! As stated above, a student may return to the same host institution at least 6 months after the end of the previous mobility if they wish to apply for Erasmus+ funding for the new mobility.

II. Who can apply?

Students

  • who have student status at Eötvös Loránd University at the time of the application;*
  • with Hungarian nationality or registration of permanent residence permit or residence permit
  • in case of studying in a bachelor (BA) or one-cycle studies: already have at least 1 closed semester;
  • with active student status at Eötvös Loránd University in the semester of the planned mobility (except of internship of post graduate students);
  • who meet the criteria of the department’s or institute’s published call
*For applicants for traineeship after graduation/absolutorium: the student status is terminated on the last day of the examination period of the last semester, so make sure you submit your application before that.

can apply for Erasmus+ studies and traineeships.


III. Scholarship rates

The scholarship rates for 2024/25 are the following:

Receiving country

Monthly grant

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

600 Euros per month in the case of studying abroad (even with combined mobility) and 750 Euros for work placement / internships

Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North-Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey.

540 Euros per month in the case of studying abroad (even with combined mobility) and 690 Euros for work placement / internships. 

We would like to call the students’ attention that the financial support does not cover all the costs that arise during their stay abroad, it must be covered - sometimes with pre-financing - from other sources.

Additional supports for Erasmus+ mobility.


IV. How to apply

FOR STUDIES (2 - 24 September 2024, 23:59 PM)

Applications should be submitted in Mobility-Online. The application form will be available from 2 September 2024. Applications are only accepted in Mobility-Online until the deadline.

FOR TRAINEESHIPS - continuous application

The applications must be submitted to your Faculty/Academic international coordinator. Decision within two months of submission. Application form is available here.


V. Required documents for the application

(The list informative only. Please contact your Faculty/Academic international coordinator for the required documents to your application).

FOR STUDIES

FOR TRAINEESHIPS

motivation letter and study plan

motivation letter and work plan

CV

Document certifying your language proficiency in the language of studies determined by the host institution

 

    Please check the official website of the host institution for the language requirements, the accepted language certificates and the deadline for their submission. If you cannot find this information or have any questions regarding the topic, please contact your faculty international coordinator.

 

    If you do not have a language certificate yet, please submit the following declaration signed, stating that you will acquire the language certificate in the required level and format by the beginning of your mobility or by the deadline set by the host institution (some host institutions may request a language certificate to be included in your nomination/registration already): Declaration of obtaining the required language certificate

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Gradebook of the previous terms printed from Neptun (For Master students, the Bachelor grades should be also attached)

copy of the diploma (in case of Master or Phd Studies)

for non-Hungarian students: copy of the registration of permanent residence permit or the copy of the residence permit or the copy of the refugee status

Optional: certificate of active participation in the Student Union or any other organization (HÖK, ESN, OTDK stb.)

For students applying to North-Macedonia, Serbia or Turkey): Consent to data transfer to third country

---- For students applying to traineeships: Letter of Acceptance / Letter of Admission (the host institution/company issues to the student): If the host institution is not a university, the precise postal address, e-mail address and telephone number of the host institution must be included in the document as well.

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In case you would like to apply for the additional financial support for students with fewer opportunities, documentation according to our call for application. Please note that the application for additional financial support must be submitted at the same time as the mobility application.

When applying, please make sure that you have an e-mail address under Neptun / My data / Contact Information, which you often use, because official notifications and information about the Erasmus + scholarship will be sent to the e-mail address provided in Neptun.

If there are specific requirements at your department or faculty, please address and take them into consideration when applying.

For more information about the application process contact your Faculty/Academic international coordinator.


VI. More help


VII. Practical matters

Students must obtain all the relevant information on the partner university’s webpage about the offered courses on specific study level and language.
You can get more information about this call, the partner institutions’ study programmes and courses from your Faculty/Academic international coordinator.   

Scandinavian universities typically work with an early nomination deadline, so if you want to apply to this country, you should apply as soon as possible. Contact your Faculty/Academic international coordinator for exact nomination deadlines for each university. You can read more about the nomination in the "Nomination" menu item at the bottom of the page.

You can read about the recognition of studies abroad/traineeship at Planning your studies:
- general rules for the recognition of studies abroad and the tools (mobility window and equivalence database) that ELTE uses from the 2021/22 academic year to support students in ensuring that as many subjects completed abroad are recognised as compulsory courses as possible, so that the student would finish their studies on time without the need of an extra semester (Section I),
- the credit recognition procedure and the administrative tasks and deadlines involving the process, which are mandatory for all outgoing students (Section II), and
- FAQ in the topic (Section III).

VIII. Evaluation of the applications

Submitted applications are evaluated by a professional board, stood up by the Institute/Department.
The evaluation criteria are published in the call.
The student might be required to participate at a personal interview after receiving the written evaluation.

General criteria of the evaluation (the list is not in a priority order, there might be other aspects as well according to differing Faculty regulations):

  • Language proficiency at the study field,
  • Academic achievement,
  • Professional awareness,
  • Academic excellence or other significant professional achievement,
  • Participation in Student Union activities or others at related organizations,
  • Participation in a Student Mentor/Buddy System, supporting students.

Those students who have never participated in the Erasmus+ Programme have priority during the evaluation process, however, we strongly encourage the re-application of former Erasmus + students too.

Based on the above points, the Institutes/Departments nominate students to the Erasmus Board (for study tours, internships and financial grants).

Attention! If you have simultaneously submitted other applications in the framework of the following calls: Erasmus+ study abroad program within the framework of agreements for all subject fields or outside Europe, and one of them will be awarded, your mobility application for the same mobility period will be considered cancelled.

Those students, who were nominated by the host university but were not granted financial support by the Erasmus Board, might also travel to participate in the Erasmus programme, but they need to fully cover their costs. These students are named “zero grant students”. Thanks to this status, students are free from any payment at the host university, i.e. zero grant students do not need to pay tuition fee and any costs of registration, exams, laboratory and library.

The final list of accepted students who applied for study abroad mobility during the application period (2 – 24 September 2024) will be decided by the Students and Staff Mobility Committee, expected in the second half of October 2024. Supported students will be officially notified of the result through the Mobility-Online system and by email. (To see the result you have to login to Mobility-Online.)
The traineeship applications are approved by the Students and Staff Mobility Committee within two months of submission (the evaluation time might be extended during the summer and winter holidays). Supported students will be informed by e-mail no later than 1 week after the Committee’s decision.

IX. Nomination

Students who have applied for study abroad mobility are nominated to the partner institution by the departmental/faculty coordinators. The nomination deadlines vary from institution to institution, so you might be conditionally nominated by your departmental/faculty coordinator before you are officially informed of the outcome of your application. The host institution always confirms whether or not they can receive you for the semester and the programme that you have applied for, so you might be contacted by the host institution before the official notification of your application result. We would like to remind you that any nomination sent before the Students and Staff Mobility Committee’s decision on your Erasmus+ application is always conditional and will only become final once your Erasmus+ status has been granted.


X. Intercultural preparation

The intercultural preparation course prepares students for the cultural, intercultural challenges may occure during their mobility period with the help of professors of the Institute of Intercultural Psychology and Education. Read more about the course.


XI. Force majeure

If your mobility fails due to an unforeseeable exceptional situation caused by unavoidable external events (e.g. serious illness) and costs associated with mobility (booking / insurance / flight ticket) have already been incurred, an individual equity claim (force majeure request) can be submitted to cover them.

If you have to interrupt the physical part of your mobility due to an unforeseeable exceptional situation caused by unavoidable external events (e.g. serious illness), you can also submit the individual equity claim (force majeure request) to request your proportional scholarship for the period spent physically abroad and reimburse your extra costs occured due to the interruption. Please note that the monthly scholarship is granted only for the period spent physically abroad.

More information about force majeure and the individual equity request is available here.


XII. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME

HU 03.09.2021.