STUDENT EXCHANGE
Application and Qualification procedure to participate in the Erasmus+ student exchange
(study abroad) program 2023-2024
The Erasmus+ program allows you to study at another European University and receive a scholarship to cover part of the cost of living abroad. You can choose from the list of partner Universities with whom the Faculty of Psychology has an Erasmus+ agreement; scroll down for the list of our partners. The length of time you can study abroad depends on the University, and is either a semester or an entire academic year (see the list below). There will be online information meetings for all who are interested to go on Erasmus on Monday February 28 2022 at 12:00 and again the same day at 19:30. The link to the meeting will be communicated by email.
Please note that this is the only time to apply and qualify for Erasmus, for both winter semester or and summer semester. So there is no separate procedures for winter and summer semester.
These are the Universities you can apply to: List of universities
Who can apply?
Students in years 2 – 4 for Psychology; year 1 for the Cognitive Science Master.
How to apply
In order to apply you need to:
- Apply by filling in the following online form: https://forms.gle/R34ngc2ivvxyPvxe7
The deadline for completing the application is Thursday February 2nd 2023 - Participate in a qualification interview
Interviews will take place online during the period of March 10-15 2022 and will last 10 minutes.
Qualification criteria
Please note that the rector has not yet updated the regulations and requirements for Erasmus for the next academic year. It is possible therefor that there will be minor changes to the requirements below. The list with available universities and the procedure for application are confirmed however.
In case important information would change you will be informed about this.
- Qualification interview: applicants will be asked about their motivations to apply to the Erasmus+ program and their University of choice. Applicants will receive a score on the basis of the interview. Interview scores below 50% result in immediate failure to qualify.
- GPA (grade point average); the average score of a student, as calculated by USOS on February 6 2023. The minimum grade average required to receive an Erasmus+ scholarship is 3.49. Applicants with a lower GPA can participate in Erasmus+, but without scholarship.
- GPA and interview scores are equally important and will be added together to give a final qualification score. Qualifications of applicants is decided on the basis of the order of qualification scores. (NB: candidates apply and qualify for a chosen University, not for participation in the Erasmus+ program in general – see also below in “qualification procedure” for details. Having an interview score above 50% is a requirement for qualification).
- All candidates need to show proof of language proficiency at the required level in the language in which they will follow courses (WISP and Cognitive Science students are exempted from the English language requirement). To fulfill the language requirement, official certificates are accepted (for example TOEFL and IELTS for English, Goethe and TELC for German, DELE and TELC for Spanish, but there are many more). Also a language exam passed at the University of Warsaw is acceptable. Having passed matura with a score of at least 60% in a language at advanced level is counted as B2 level.
In case an applicant possesses a good conversational level of proficiency at the time of the interview, but not yet B2, the applicant can be conditionally qualified, but must present proof of sufficient proficiency before the exchange period starts. Non-conditionally qualified applicants have priority over conditionally qualified candidates, irrespective of qualification score. - Applicants who have not participated in the Erasmus+ program before have priority over those who already have been “on Erasmus”, irrespective of qualification score.
- On the day of February 6 2023 the applicant is allowed to have no more than one conditional pass.
Criteria that have to be fulfilled at the moment the Erasmus exchange starts:
- You should have passed the academic year preceding your Erasmus = no conditional passes. In specific cases having one conditional pass may be acceptable. Having two or more conditional passes, or repeating the year, will result in cancelling of your Erasmus.
- Students writing their empirical paper or master thesis during their Erasmus exchange have to hand in a consent-form signed by their supervisor, i.e. your supervisor has to agree to work on distance.
- Confirmed language proficiency, in case the candidate was conditionally qualified on the basis of the language requirement.
Qualification procedure
All eligible applicants who have send in the application form on time will be invited to an online qualification interview. Interviews will take place during the period of February 6 – 10 2023. Candidates will be sent a link so they can select their preferred time slot for their interview.
The interview will be conducted by a qualification committee composed of the Faculty’s Erasmus+ coordinator, an academic teacher and a student representative. All committee members assess a candidate’s motivation; the candidate’s score will be the simple average of the three committee members. The questions being asked will refer to the candidate’s motivation to participate in the Erasmus+ program in general, and her/his choice of University.
If you did not qualify for the University of your choice, you can still qualify for another University at which there are still free places. A “second round” of qualification will be organized for those who did not qualify for the university of their first choice, so that as many people wanting to go on Erasmus, will have the chance to.
Students have the right to appeal against the decision of the committee, in first instance to the Dean, and in second instance to the vice-rector for student affairs and quality of education, whose decision will be final. The appeal can be made through the body which has issued the decision, within a period of 14 days.
Full information about rules, regulations and procedures concerning Erasmus can be found at:
http://bwz.uw.edu.pl/studia-2022-2023/
This information has been published on January 11 2023.