Outgoing students

Outgoing students

Why is it worth it?

Why is it worth it?

Gaining competencies through international exchange is one of the most important advantages of studies at UEM (WSEiZ). Thanks to foreign studies or traineeships you have a chance to develop language as well as practical skills comprehensively. Moreover, the environment you go to will positively influence the development of your competencies expected in the labour market.

  • SMS – student mobility for studies (from 2 to 12 months)
  • SMP – student mobility for traineeships (from 2 to 12 months) – including recent graduates who were qualified for a mobility during the last year of studies.


More information about the Erasmus+ Programme can be found on the website of Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji (Foundation for the Development of the Education System)– National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme.

Recruitment for the Erasmus+ Programme

Recruitment

Recruitment for studies and traineeships under the Erasmus+ Programme is conducted based on the 2021 Recruitment Regulation and 2020 Recruitment Regulation and applies to mobility planned for winter/summer semester 2021/2022.

The recruitment deadline is announced to the public (usually September/October for summer semester mobility and February/March for winter semester mobility).

Application forms submitted after the deadline won’t be considered.

The evaluation and selection of candidates for mobility within the Erasmus+ Programme are performed by the Recruitment Committee consisting of the Institutional Erasmus+ Coordinator, Departmental Erasmus+ Coordinators, and a representative of the Student Council.

Recruitment step by step:

  1. Check the qualification and selection criteria for students.

    Any full-time or part-time WSEiZ student (regardless of citizenship) who meets all the following conditions may apply for the mobility:

    is at least on the second year of first-cycle studies or is on the first year of second-cycle studies;

    at the moment of the recruitment and departure to a mobility under the Erasmus+ Programme, student is not on dean’s leave and won’t be on the leave during the mobility;

    has no financial obligations towards WSEiZ;

    correctly filled in and submitted the application form and the required attachments by the deadline.


    Students basic qualification and selection criteria are:

    average grades from the last two semesters of studies already completed, and in case of students in the first semester of second-cycle studies average of grades obtained in the last two semesters of first-cycle studies;

     the level of documented knowledge of a foreign language spoken at a receiving university, which enables the student to complete the studies (copies of certificates, diplomas, or a certificate from a foreign language teacher at WSEiZ). If the knowledge of a foreign language is not documented, the Recruitment Committee may conduct a language test.

    The ranking list prepared by the Recruitment Committee is based on the average grade. The Committee has the right to apply additional qualification and selection criteria, which include:

    the level of involvement in activities at WSEiZ (membership in scientific organisations, participation in scientific conferences, etc.);

     the level of activity outside the University (e.g. in non-governmental organisations).


    The Recruitment Committee reserves the right to conduct interviews with selected candidates. 

  2. Fill in the application form with attachments.
  3. Submit the completed and legibly signed application form to the Erasmus Office (room no 6, 12 Olszewska str.) or send it to: erasmus@wseiz.pl.
  4. Wait for the announcement of the recruitment results.
  5. Check what to do before the departure – check the section Before, during, and after the departure below.
  6. Fill in the resignation form (if you resign from the mobility) and submit it to the Institutional Erasmus+ Coordinator. The coordinator proposes another person from the standby list in your place. This person is entitled to mobility according to general rules.
The University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw, striving to ensure its further stable development and to increase its competitiveness and attractiveness on the Polish and European educational market, supports, within the Erasmus+ programme, the international mobility of students, academic teachers and administrative staff.

The Erasmus+ programme enables international exchange between partner universities located in the European Union and beyond. Through participation in the Programme it is possible to co-finance student mobility for exchange studies and traineeships, as well as University staff mobility in order to improve their professional competences.

Countries participating in the programme:

  • 27 Member States of the European Union,
  • Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey,
  • Partner countries

Partner Universities

Partner Universities
Under the inter-institutional agreements with foreign partners, students of WSEiZ can go for exchange studies to universities from several dozen countries.

If you are interested in another foreign university contact us at erasmus@wseiz.pl or the Institutional Erasmus+ Coordinator at justyna.klys@wseiz.pl.

Before, during, and after the departure

Before, during, and after the departure

We recommend downloading the mobile Erasmus+ app available on Google Play and App Store.

 

See more here.

 

Before

  1. A student is obliged to prepare, before departure, in cooperation with the relevant Departmental Erasmus+ Coordinator and the partner university/receiving institution:
    For studies:

    recognition table, which includes a list of courses taken at the partner university and their equivalents from the educational programme at UEM – download a file

    fill in online Learning Agreement Student Mobility for Studies – download a file

    For traineeships:

    fill in Learning Agreement Student Mobility for Traineeships– download a file

  2. A student is obliged to read the Erasmus Student Charter.
  3. A student is obliged to deliver to the Erasmus Office insurance covering the period of the mobility.
    Insurance information

    Each student is responsible for insuring himself/herself before departure.
    The insurance covering the duration of stay at the receiving institution MUST include:

    health insurance and insurance against accidents for a duration of travel and stay at the receiving institution, including the costs of transportation to the home country;

    liability insurance covering at least damages caused by the participant at the place of studies/traineeships.


    IMPORTANT! The insurance must cover the costs of a body’s transportation to its home country in case of death.

    The insurance is for a mobility participant and the participant will take advantage of the insurance abroad if necessary. The University doesn’t insure the mobility participants in any additional way.
    It is the participant’s decision about the scope and amount of the insurance and the above-mentioned are the minimum requirements imposed by the Erasmus+ Programme.

    if the participant is insured in the National Health Fund (NFZ), the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) issued by the NFZ guarantees the insurance of treatment costs and the right to receive healthcare on the territory of the EU and countries participating in the Erasmus+ Programme. Details at the NFZ website;

    insurance against accidents and liability insurance is available at any insurance company;

    some foreign universities require incoming Erasmus+ students to buy compulsory insurance. To avoid double expenses, find out before departure what formalities you will have to complete at the receiving university;

    insurance is also offered by common student cards. The cards are one of the most popular forms of insurance chosen by the students going on Erasmus. The EURO26 or ISIC card is not only an insurance policy ensuring insurance outside Poland but it is also a kind of international student status certificate and a pass to discounts.

  4. A student qualified for studies or traineeships before departure and upon return is obliged to take an online language test in the European Commission’s Online Linguistic Support (OLS) system. Licences for the test are granted by the Erasmus+ Programme Coordinators. Students for whom the given language is the native language are exempt from the test. The result has no influence on the grant awarded. In addition, during the whole period of mobility, the student has the possibility of taking old language courses offered in the system at different levels completely free of charge. The course may be in the language of mobility, e.g. English, or in the native language of the receiving country (e.g. Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, etc.). The course licences are made available automatically by the OLS system after the student passes the first language test or by the Erasmus+ Programme Coordinators.
  5. A student must submit to the Erasmus Office a legibly signed statement concerning payment of the Erasmus+ Programme grant, in which a number of a bank account in EUR currency should be given to which the grant will be transferred – download a file.
  6. A student who meets the requirements related to ‘Green Travel’ which stands for traveling by using lower carbon emission means of transport such as bus, train, ship or carpooling, is obliged to deliver a legibly signed statement referring to the ‘Green Travel’ – the statement should be obtained from the Erasmus+ Programme Coordinators.
  7. A student with citizenship other than one of a member state of the EU or European Economic Area should check on its own the rules of entering and legalising his/her stay on the territory of the receiving country as a participant of the Erasmus+ Programme.
  8. A student, before departure, is unconditionally obliged to sign a grant agreement in the Erasmus Office. Later on, the student receives 80% of the grant awarded. The remaining 20% are counted based on the Confirmation of stay and paid after the student’s arrival and full mobility recognition.
  9. Safety abroad:

 

For the sake of safety during the mobility abroad, we recommend registering your stay in the Odyseusz portal (only for students with Polish citizenship) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland (MFA).

Thanks to the registration:

in case of emergencies abroad, the MFA will be able to contact you,

provide you with necessary information and assistance through the appropriate diplomatic and consular post,

if you wish – you will be informed about the possibility of registering to participate in elections abroad.


We also encourage you to use Polak za granicą app (only for students with Polish citizenship). Using it: 

you will find current restrictions related to the COVID-19,

you will find verified information for travellers to all countries of the world,

you will find contacts to Polish posts abroad.

We also encourage you to systematically follow the: MFA information for travellers and read the publication Be safe abroad.

During

  1. After arrival at the partner university/receiving institution a student is obliged to send a signed Confirmation of arrival to the Erasmus Office – download a file
  2. A student notifies the University of any changes to the Learning Agreement immediately, but no later than 4 weeks after starting the classes at the partner university/traineeships at the receiving institution by sending an updated Learning Agreement in the section During the mobility.

After

Upon your return from the mobility, you are responsible for providing the Erasmus Office with:
  1.  For studies:

    A confirmation from the partner university stating the actual duration of your stay on the mobility, including start and end date of the mobility.

    Transcript of Records obtained from the partner university.

  2. For traineeships (within 7 days from the end date of the mobility):

    A confirmation from the receiving institution stating the completion of the traineeships programme with its evaluation, and the actual duration of your stay (start and end date of the mobility).

    And:
  3. Complete the second online language test in the Online Linguistic Support (OLS) system – (those for whom the given language is their native language and those who score C2 in the first test are exempt from the second test).
  4. Fill out an individual online EU survey report no later than 30 days after receiving the request to do so. If you do not submit the report, you may be asked to make a partial or full refund of the EU grantor to submit a supplementary online report related to the recognition.

Funding from the Erasmus+ Programme

For studies or traineeship mobility students receive a grant awarded under the Erasmus+ Programme. The grant doesn’t provide full coverage of costs related to staying abroad but only covers the difference between the costs of living in Poland and those in the host country. The Committee qualifying students may decide to send a student to the mobility for studies/traineeships under the Erasmus+ Programme without financial support (grant).

The financing duration of the mobility (i.e. grant payment) depends on the number of funds granted to the University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw by the National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme:

for studies (SMS) – minimum 2 months (60 days), maximum 5 months (150 days) – check the grant value,

for traineeships (SMP) – minimum 2 months (60 days), maximum 3 months (90 days) – check the grant value.

Attention! WSEiZ students in the academic year 2021/2022 within KA103/2020 and KA131/2021 projects are exempt from 70% of the WSEiZ tuition fee for the time of their STUDIES abroad under the Erasmus+ Programme. The total amount of tuition fee exemption and other discounts can’t exceed 15% of the due tuition fee for a study cycle.

Under the KA131/2021 project ‘participants with fewer opportunities’, to whom belong students with disabilities (with documented recognised disability) and those from disadvantaged backgrounds (who are entitled to a social grant at the moment of the recruitment) will receive an allowance of 250 EUR per month.

A student with a disability who participates in the Erasmus+ mobility under the KA131/2021 project is entitled to receive additional funds to cover costs directly related to the disability and without which the mobility would not have been possible (other than standard costs connected with travel and living abroad). Each additional cost will require a detailed justification, specifying the amount of the expected expenses and providing the source on which the expected expenses have been calculated. The number of additional funds will be specified based on the application submitted to Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji (Foundation for the Development of the Education System)– National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme. The calculation of additional costs will be a settlement of real costs.
In case of students and graduates ‘with fewer opportunities’ to:
– short-term mobility to programme and partner countries (exempt countries from regions 5 and 14),
– long-term mobility to partner countries (exempt countries from regions 5 and 14), the participant gains also funds to cover travel expenses calculated on the basis of the distance calculator according to the table below:

LUMP SUM ,,Green Travel”
23 EUR
180 EUR 210 EUR
275 EUR 320 EUR
360 EUR 410 EUR
530 EUR 610 EUR
820 EUR
1500 EUR

‘Green Travel’ is a journey using lower carbon emission means of transport such as bus, train, bike or carpooling. Students who don’t receive standardised lump sum for travel can receive 50 EUR for complying with ‘green travel’ requirements.

Payment of domestic grants (e.g. social grant, Rector’s grant) to which the student was entitled before the departure will continue during the student’s mobility abroad.