Procedures for outgoing Erasmus+ students 2024/2025
The procedures hereby described are referred to outgoing Erasmus+ students who have officially been selected for an Erasmus+ mobility, and who have correctly accepted the place.
Procedures and documents might change. Please make sure to check your institutional e-mail account and this web page regularly.
Students who do not comply with all the required procedures, as per the Call for Applications or communications via email might, in the most significant cases, have their mobility cancelled and be asked, as a consequence, to reimburse the whole amount of grant already received.
Contacts
Contacts at Ca' Foscari
The International Office – Mobility Unit will help you with all the organisational and administrative aspects of your Erasmus+ mobility. If you have any questions about the contents of courses you will be attending or about transfer of credits, you should contact your Academic Coordinator at Ca' Foscari.
Contacts at your host university
The Erasmus Office at your host university will be your main contact for all issues related to your period abroad (academic calendar, course programme, accommodation)
Your contacts
From the moment that you accept your place, all communications from the Ca' Foscari Mobility Unit will be sent to your institutional account.
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After acceptance
Mobility period
- Long-term mobility: it cannot last for less than 60 days and must not exceed 12 months. Exceptions to the minimum duration can be made only in case the partner university confirms that the official term lasts for less than 60 days;
- Short-term mobility for PhD students: it cannot last for less than 5 days and exceed 30 days;
- A virtual mobility period can be combined with all mobilities, provided that the host university agrees;
- It must take place between 15/07/2024 and 31/07/2025;
- It must take place without interruption.
Nomination and application procedures
The Mobility Unit will submit your details to the host university and will inform you.
After the nomination, check the application procedures and deadlines for incoming Erasmus students on your host university website. It is your responsibility to prepare and submit the necessary documentation within the deadlines established by the host university, which might turn down your application if you fail to submit the documents on time.
Travel documents
ID or passport
Check that your ID or passport are valid for the entire mobility period. Some non-EU countries participating in the Programme (like Turkey) require an entry visa, which must be applied for in advance at the host country’s embassy/consulate in Italy.
For more information, please see viaggiaresicuri.it [ITA].
Health insurance
Contact your local health authority (ASL) to find out if your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) entitles you to healthcare in your chosen destination country or whether you require supplementary health insurance. For detailed information on all countries, see the website of the Ministry of Health [ITA].
If you are a NON-EU citizen
Please, make sure well in advance:
- that you hold all the travel documents required to enter and stay in the country of your mobility, by contacting the host institution to receive information concerning the necessary documents for your stay in the country (immigration policies may vary from country to country);
- to apply for the necessary documents by contacting the competent authorities (consider that the application procedures for travel documents may take more than 90 days);
- that you hold a valid Italian stay permit when you return to Italy.
The Immigration Team is available for support ( immigrationteam@unive.it).
Before the mobility
Online Learning Agreement (OLA)
Before signing the Grant Agreement, you will have to fill in the Online Learning Agreement (OLA) that is a document listing all the activities you will carry out during your mobility and their recognition at Ca' Foscari upon your return.
In order to fill in your OLA:
- check the website of the host university and find the modules that can be compatible with your study plan, as per what specified for each destination;
- get in contact with your academic coordinator at Ca' Foscari (Departmental Coordinator) in order to submit a draft proposal of your OLA;
- after your Departmental Coordinator at Ca' Foscari has approved your proposal, create your OLA through to online platform, so that it can be signed by your academic coordinators at Ca' Foscari and at the host institution.
Learning Agreement for Research Activities
If you plan to carry out research activities for your thesis, you can fill in the Learning Agreement for Research Activities only in addition to the OLA. If you are a PhD student, you can fill in the Learning Agreement for Research Activities only.
In this document, you will have to describe the research activities you will carry out during your Erasmus+ mobility, as agreed with your thesis supervisor at Ca’ Foscari.
N.B you do not need to be assigned a tutor by the host university: you can carry out the research activity independently.
Grant Agreement
Before leaving, you must sign a Grant Agreement otherwise your mobility cannot start. You will be contacted via email by the Mobility Unit to be informed about the date and procedures to sign the agreement.
Online Linguistic Support
You might be required to take an online language test before the mobility. The Mobility Unit will contact you to provide you with further information.
Standard of safety at destination
Read carefully the information available at viaggiaresicuri.it [ITA] and inquire about the general standard of safety at your destination.
Before your departure, you must sign the disclaimer for international mobility, which you will receive during the meeting to sign the grant agreement.
During the mobility
During your mobility remember to:
- send us the necessary documents via email ( erasmusout@unive.it);
- regularly check your institutional email account;
- respect all the procedures and deadlines and contact the Mobility Unit promptly in case of any problems regarding your mobility.
Confirmation of arrival
Fill in and have the Erasmus Office of the host university sign the confirmation of arrival. Send it within 7 days from the beginning of your mobility to erasmusout@unive.it.
If you combine a period of virtual mobility with a perdiod of physical mobility, contact the Mobility Unit.
Changes to the Learning Agreement
You must complete them within 30 days from the beginning of classes of the relevant semester at the host institution.
Internship during the Erasmus+ mobility for studies
You may undertake an internship during your Erasmus+ mobility for studies. Remember that:
- it must not last for more than 2 months;
- it must be included in your OLA;
- it must be carried out under the patronage of the host university. This means that no agreement must be sealed between Ca' Foscari and the instituion hosting your internship;
- at the end of the internship, the host institution must issue a report of the activities that you carried out, including their duration (days and hours) and a final evaluation.
Request for extension
If you wish to extend your mobility period, you must do the following at least one month before the date of expected return as per your Grant Agreement:
- fill in the Extension of the mobility period form;
- fill in the changes to the OLA to add the activities that you wish to carry out during the extension period, if you decide to request an extension for an entire semester
- get the forms signed and send them via email to the International Office - Mobility Unit ( erasmusout@unive.it).
NB: your mobility must in any case conclude by July, 31st 2025.
Green Travel contribution
If you have opted for sustainable means of transport to reach your destination and go back to Italy, in order to receive the green travel contribution, you must do the following at least one month before the actual conclusion of your mobility:
- send via e-mail the outward and return tickets;
- fill in and send via e-mail the Declaration on Honour that you can find among the attachments.
Before your return
Confirmation of departure
At the end of your Erasmus+ mobility period, please get the confirmation of departure signed by your host university and send it to erasmusout@unive.it as soon as possible. The date indicated in the confirmation of departure must correspond to the date of actual conclusion of your academic activities at the host institution.
If you conclude your mobility with a virtual period, contact the Mobility Unit.
Transcript of Records (ToR)
The Transcript of Records (a certificate of passed exams) is issued by the host university and sent either to you or to the Mobility Unit. If you receive it, send it to erasmusout@unive.it.
The ToR is usually issued approximately one month after the end of the exam session at the host institution.
Upon return from your mobility
You can start again activites at Ca' Foscari starting from the day following the date certified in your confirmation of departure.
Recognition of exams
As soon as the Mobility Unit receives your ToR, you will receive instructions about the credit recognition procedure.
The conversion of exams must be carried out according to the Recognition of Study- abroad Periods section of the website.
Please remember that:
- it is not possible to reject grades featured as passed into the Transcript of Records;
- it is not possible to carry out the recognition of partial exams at Ca' Foscari. In case you only pass some of the components needed for the recognition of a single exam at Ca' Foscari, those components will be registered with their original title as extra credits within the limits imposed by your study plan;
- it is not possible to register exams that are not included both in the Transcript of Records and in the OLA.
In order to allow the Mobility Unit to submit the Final Report of the Erasmus Project, you must submit all the documentation regarding your mobility by 08/08/2025.
Participant Report (EU SURVEY)
At the end of the credit recognition procedure, you will be requested to complete your Individual Participant Report (EU SURVEY).
Buddy programmes and student associations
The Buddy programmes offer a helping hand and an opportunity for language and cultural exchange between international and Ca’ Foscari students. After your return, you can continue to enjoy an international university experience by participating in the Ca’ Foscari Buddy Programme or by joining one of the student associations at our university.
For more information go to the section of the website dedicated to Buddy Programmes and to student associations.
Last update: 06/11/2024