1. Why should I participate in the Erasmus program?

Students [CTESP, Bachelor's or Master's] and/or recent graduates from ISCE/ISCE Douro, with a European spirit, who have their administrative status up to date.

A period of internship in a company or any other relevant workplace abroad:

It is possible to carry out periods of mobility in any cycle of studies, which do not exceed, together (studies and internship), 12 months for each cycle, regardless of the number and type of mobility.

The application for a period of professional internship must be submitted by the student in the last year of the respective study cycle, and the internship must be completed within a maximum period of 12 months after acquiring the degree.

You can undertake an internship in any organization, public or private, active in the job market or in the fields of education, training and youth, located:

In one of the European Union member states :

Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Estonia, France, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom and Sweden. And also, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey .

There are two ways to formalize an application for an internship in Europe promoted by the CCRI and supported by the ERASMUS program:

Speak to your course coordinator quickly to make the agreement official and then define the internship program, which must be signed by you, your Coordinator and the person responsible at the host entity.

Registration for mobility is done through CCRI, at your institution. To register for European internship mobility, whether for the 1st or 2nd semester, you must deliver to the CCRI the Traineeship Agreement signed by all parties (student, your coordinator and the host person, who must be stamped), as well as your Citizen Card number, Tax Identification number, date of birth, address, telephone number and IBAN. This document must be in 3 copies: one for you, one for the host entity and one for the CCRI.

After your registration you will receive an email from CCRI confirming and informing you of the documents and procedures necessary to formalize the process. We remind you that you must consult the host entity's website in good time, as deadlines vary greatly.

• Traineeship Agreement
• Copy of NIF
• Copy of document with bank identification number (IBAN)
• Copy of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
• Travel insurance (optional). We recommend travel insurance that complements the specific medical care that each student may need
• Civil Liability Insurance (optional). As you are on internship mobility, this insurance can cover at least any damage caused to the host entity.
• Erasmus contract. This document guarantees you Erasmus student status, even if you do not receive a scholarship

At the end…

• Certificate of internship attendance. At the end of this practice, you should receive a certificate from the host entity that proves your attendance at the internship and a final report that evaluates your performance during that period in the company. You must always deliver a copy of this document to the CCRI
• Student Report

Mobility participants are expected to have sufficient knowledge of the language in which the courses will be taught at the host entity (mobility studies) and/or the language used in the Organization (mobility internships). Any ERASMUS participant must take an online linguistic competence assessment test (Test 1), before the start of mobility, if the main language of study and/or internship is English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, except if you are a native speaker. If you are selected for mobility, you will receive a license from CCRI to take Test 1, after it is made available by the Erasmus National Agency. The online language assessment test assesses your language skills – listening, reading and writing – in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The Erasmus OLS language assessment test assesses five skills:

• Grammatical competence: the knowledge and ability to use the grammatical resources of the language
• Lexical competence: both knowledge and the ability to use grammatical and lexical items (words, standard phrases and idiomatic expressions)
• Semantic competence: the ability to determine the meaning of a series of words
• Listening: the ability to receive and process a spoken message from one or more speakers
• Reading comprehension: the ability to understand and deal with written texts

There are 70 questions and it takes approximately 45 minutes to answer. The test results are saved and can be done in several independent steps.

Students without an EU grant are mobile participants who leave without a grant, but meet all other mobility criteria and benefit from all the advantages of a student integrated into the Erasmus Programme. Check out more information in the Erasmus Student Guide - Outgoing

A person with special needs is a potential participant whose health status, physical or mental, implies participation in the Erasmus Program with additional financial support to cover the additional costs of their participation in mobility activities. Supplementary funding for people with special needs arises from an EC decision, out of the need to promote equal opportunities for people with special needs in accessing Community mobility programs. Calculating the value of this financing is the responsibility of AN Erasmus and depends on the budget requested in the application, the type and/or degree of the participant's special need, whether or not there is any other specific need, the duration and country of destination.

The European Health Insurance Card is a free card that guarantees citizens of one Member State the right to healthcare during a temporary stay in another Member State of the European Union. All students traveling abroad must apply for the European Health Insurance Card at Social Security, at Loja do Cidadão or via the Internet. Get more information here.

In Portugal, the implementation of the Erasmus Program is the responsibility of the Erasmus National Agency, Education and Training, which operates under the joint responsibility of the Ministers of Education and Labor and Solidarity, being responsible for the national management of community funds and the allocation of financing to HEI.

The value of the scholarships varies depending on the host country and the duration of the mobility. The financing you will receive includes the cost of travel to the destination and the difference in the cost of living (monthly) to be multiplied by the number of months of stay. It is not intended to cover all of your normal living expenses, or expenses that you would normally have at your home institution, but to help with extraordinary expenses during your stay abroad!

Payment of Erasmus scholarships is normally made 30 days after signing the contract, but is always dependent on the transfer of funds by the National Agency. An initial transfer of 80% of the scholarship is usually made and the remaining 20% is made at the end of the mobility, after the student submits the necessary documents.

All practical issues related to travel/travel, accommodation, food and others are the sole responsibility of the student, as they are part of the Erasmus experience.

Either way, we suggest you contact the host institution to find out if they have any procedures to follow. If there isn't one or you don't like the offer, we recommend checking out ESN – Erasmus Student Network ( https://esn.org/ ) or Uniplaces ( www.uniplaces.com ).

The Erasmus Student Charter describes your rights and duties as an Erasmus participant. Below we present your main responsibilities.

Furthermore, remember that during your mobility at the host institution you must strive to represent ISCE/ISCE Douro well and develop your academic training, ensuring attendance, commitment, participation, involvement and being sufficiently motivated to fulfill mobility to the end, always in the best way.

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Consult your Erasmus Student Guide - Outgoing to complete all this information!

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