1. Study and Internship Abroad
IO-Faculty of Science April 2017

2. 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
Scholarship programmes

3. Why should I go abroad? To broaden or deepen your knowledge
Language skills: it is good for your English proficiency
Social and intercultural skills: it is good for your personal development – you get an insight view of another country/society
As a graduate with a period abroad on your CV you have a better position on the labour market

4. What am I going to do abroad, where and when?
Study or internship?
If study: Not only optional credits can be done abroad, but also obligatory course parts are possible if you have approval of the Examination Board
If study: you need a partner university. Otherwise you’ll have to pay tuition fees. For the list of partners see:
If internship: any university etc possible worldwide.
Which country? In- or outside Europe?
In which part of my study programme? Bachelor or master? => undergraduate versus graduate

5. Where do I find information?
Fellow students
Study advisor and research staff
step-by-step plan:
Or via central IO:
Websites starting with Like
IO-Faculty of Science: Jos Brommer and Hub Nijssen in HG00.512A, Conny Mooren in HG00.539

6. SCIRUN: preferred partners of Faculty of Science
Leuven (B)
ETH Zürich (CH)
Uppsala (S)
Glasgow (UK)
Aarhus (DK)
Oxford (UK; only for internships)
We are looking for new partners in Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK.

7. Outside Europe or special partners
National University of Singapore & Nanyang Technological University Singapore
University of Sydney & Australian National University
Sungkyunkwan SKKU in Seoul (South Korea)
Peking University & City University of Hong Kong
University of Western Ontario & Concordia Montréal (Canada)
Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA
University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Rikkyo University, Tokyo/Saitama
Hebrew University Jerusalem
Univ. of Cape Town (Astrophysics)
Special partners:
Max Planck Institutes in general
Moscow State University of Radioengineering, Electronics & Automation

8. Scholarship programmes
Erasmus+ scholarship
ISEP
Cultural Agreement
SNUF (Radboud University Fund)
VSB scholarship
Max Planck Scholarships
Summer School Grants
German Scholarship
(also in English)

9. Scholarship programmes
Erasmus+ scholarship
List of Bilateral Agreements; see
3–12 months in Europe for study
2-12 months in Europe for an internship
For each cycle 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

10. Erasmus+ scholarship non-EU
a monthly allowance of € 650
a one-off reimbursement of travel expenses
depending on destination, varying from € 180 to € 1100
only for 8 partners in Russia, Georgia, Israel, Canada and Egypt
only for study pusposes, not for internships
deadline: 1 February 2017

11. Scholarship programmes USA
Fulbright
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 you need +/ Euro
Deadline: 12 January 2017 for exchange in
TOEFL /IELTS certificate is part of the procedure
Info meetings: 12 and 20 October, 10 November:

12. Scholarship programmes
Cultural Agreements
Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Polen, Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland
SNUF (University Fund): 6 weeks before departure
(also in English), but you can not combine Erasmus+ AND Snuf
The name SNUF will change into Individual Travel Grant
For Women in Science: Jo Kolk Studiefonds
For female Biology students: Christine Buisman-Stichting

13. Scholarship programmes
Max Planck Scholarship
Research internship in Master’s at a MPI in Germany
At least 6 months, max. 1 year
Finances: 500 euro per month (Erasmus + a bonus)
Nomination via Hub Nijssen
Step 1: read about a research topic of your interest at a MPI:
Step 2: talk about it with your study advisor or a professor
Step 3: make a short proposal (1/2 A4) and a CV and mail
Step 4: IO contacts the MPI and nominates you
Step 5: if the MPI accepts you, you’ll get the scholarship

14. Duitsland Scholarship DIA
3-5 months in Germany
400 euro per month
Early deadline: 1 December (start in April) or 1 July (start in October)

15. Scholarship programmes
VSB Scholarship
Study or research after graduation in BSc or MSc
Finances max. € (1 year) or € (2 years)
Deadline March 1st
Contact: Jos Brommer
Summer School Grants
include a short letter describing why you want to participate in a summer school programme and how this will benefit your study
draft a realistic budget (indicating other relevant sources of income): separate items for travel, accommodation, registration and other costs
Grant: up to 750 euro (in Europe) or 1000 euro (outside Europe)
Info: or or
Forms and regulations:

16. Additional information
International Office on central level Comeniuslaan 4:
Support: OV-funding and housing (sublet your room)
International Office Faculty of Science

17. Additional information
Erasmus coordinators: (Medical) Biology: Computing Science: Chemistry/Science/Molecular Life Science: Mathematics/Physics: For the MPI grants: Hub Nijssen via