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Study and Internship Abroad. IO-Faculty of Science February 2016. Programme. Going Abroad : Why should I go abroad ? What am I going to do abroad , where and when ? Where do I find information ? SCIRUN: Faculty of Science network with European universities
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Study and Internship Abroad IO-Faculty of Science February 2016
Programme GoingAbroad: • Whyshould I go abroad? • Whatam I going to do abroad, where and when? • Where do I findinformation? • SCIRUN: Faculty of SciencenetworkwithEuropeanuniversities • Scholarship programmes
Why should I go abroad? • To broaden or deepen your knowledge • It is good for your English proficiency • It is good for your personal development – you get an insight view of another country/environment • As a graduate with a period abroad on your CV you have a better position on the labour market
What am I going to do abroad, where and when? • Studyorinternship? IfStudy: Notonlyoptionalcreditscanbedoneabroad, butalsoobligatorycourseparts are possibleifyou have approval of the Examination Board • Which country? In oroutside of Europe? • In which part of mystudyprogramme? Bachelor ormaster? => undergraduate versus graduate
Where do I find information? • IO-Faculty of Science: Jos Brommer and Hub Nijssen in HG00.512A, Conny Mooren in HG00.539 • Fellowstudents • Studyadvisor • step-by-step plan: http://www.ru.nl/science/education/international_office/students/ • Or via central IO: http://www.ru.nl/io/english/students/outgoing-exchange/studying-doing/ • Websites startingwithwww.studyin... Likewww.studyinsweden.se
SCIRUN: preferred partners of Faculty of Science • Leuven (B) • ETH Zürich (CH) • Uppsala (S) • Glasgow (UK) • Aarhus (DK) • Oxford (UK; only for internships)
Outside Europe or special partners • Washington Jefferson College in Washington (USA) • Sungkyunkwan SKKU in Seoul (South Korea) • Macquarie University, Australia • City University of Hong Kong • University of Ottawa, Canada (only study) • Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA • Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA Special partners: • Max Planck Institutes in general • Moscow State University of Radioengineering, Electronics & Automation
Scholarship programmes • Erasmus+ scholarship • ISEP • CulturalAgreement • SNUF (Radboud University Fund) • VSB scholarship • GermanScholarship: www.studereninduitsland.nl • www.beursopener.nl (also in English)
Scholarship programmes • Erasmus+ scholarship • List of BilateralAgreements; see http://www.ru.nl/science/education/international_office/ • 3–12 months in Europeforstudy • 2-12 months in Europeforinternship • For eachcycle up to 12 months: BSc, MSc and PhD • Finances: 270 Euros for “expensive” countries, 210 intermediate countries and 150 for “cheap” countries; internship 120,- extra per month
Scholarship programmes USA Fulbright • http://www.fulbright.nl/ • Deadline End of January each year. ISEP: • 6 months in the United States • Consortium of more than 100 American universities • You must have passed the first two years of the BSc programme • Finances: next to Dutch-tuition fee +/- 3500 Euro • Deadline: 8 January 2016 for exchange in 2016-2017/new dates not known yet • TOEFL /IELTS certificate is part of the procedure
Scholarship programmes • Cultural Agreements • Germany, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Polen, Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland • https://www.wilweg.nl/financiering/beurzen/cultureel-verdragbeurzen/voorwaarden • SNUF (University Fund): 6 weeks before departure www.ru.nl/snuf (also in English), but you can not combine Erasmus+ AND Snuf • For Women in Science: Jo Kolk Studiefonds • For female Biology students: Christine Buisman-Stichting
Scholarship programmes VSB Scholarship • Studyor research aftergraduation in BScorMSc • Finances max. € 7.000 (1 year) or € 10.000 (2 years) • Deadline March 1st
Additional information International Office on central level Comeniuslaan 4: • www.ru.nl/io • internationaloffice@io.ru.nl • Support: OV-funding and housing (left behind) International Office Faculty of Science io@science.ru.nl h.nijssen@science.ru.nl c.mooren@science.ru.nl j.brommer@science.ru.nl
Additional information Erasmus coordinators: (Medical) Biology: c.mooren@science.ru.nl Computing Science:janos@cs.ru.nl Chemistry/Science/Molecular Life Science: m.roeters@science.ru.nl Mathematics: e.vanmierlo@science.ru.nl Physics: e.vanmierlo@science.ru.nl