1. KITE – Your chance to study in Europe

2. Go ahead, discover the world!
5 Ts why you should go on exchange:
Go on exchange for the Teaching and learning experience
Go on exchange to Toughen up your character
Go on exchange for the Tradition and Culture
Go on exchange to Travel
Go on exchange to learn about Thankfulness and not Taking things for granted
In addition you will increase your employability, salary, language competence, make friends from all over the world…
Sounds good?
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

3. What we can offer you:
Your chance is unique - almost 200 places for this year !!!
Your scholarship is unique – covers everything:
a monthly allowance :
Master’s mobility euro/month
Doctorate mobility euro/month
Staff mobility euro/month
Insurance (travel, health, accident)
Travel costs
Your application is unique – very easy and user-friendly
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

4. Who can apply Master’s students: for 1 or 2 semesters
Doctorate: 1 or 2 academic years
Staff: 1 month
All scholarships start in fall 2015 (except staff which can start any time before April 2017)
Conditions:
Enrolled at a home university. Approval from home university required.
1 or 2 semesters abroad
Credit transfer to home university
Degree from the home university
Name of the presentation

5. Where you can go:
Czech Republic
Masaryk University
Bulgaria
University of Veliko Turnovo
France
Montpellier 2 University
The University of Lille 1
Hungary
Szent István University
Lithuania
Vilnius University
Portugal
University of Porto
Sweden
Uppsala University
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

6. Who can apply Applicants need to meet the following criteria
Applicants need to be nationals of Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Fiji, the Gambia, Guyana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea (Cape Verde, Senegal, Timor-Leste or other ACP countries)
Applicants must not have resided nor carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries (this guideline is not applicable for staff)
Applicants need to have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses taken at the host university
Applicants need to belong to one of the three eligible target groups (next slide)
Students and staff members of all ages, sex, religion, social group membership or financial resources are encouraged to apply.
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

7. KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe
Target group
Description
Possible mobility
Target group 1
Students, PhD students and staff from
Partner’s university
Master’s exchange
PhD exchange
staff
Target group 2
Nationals of Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Fiji, the Gambia, Guyana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea or another ACP country registered at any other university (exchange)
Students, PhD students and staff at University of Cape Verde, University of Yaoundé II, University of Thies, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e
Target group 3
Priority group
Nationals of the above mentioned countries that are in any of the following vulnerable situations:
Having a refugee status or asylum seekers
Can prove they have been the object of unjustified expulsion on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination
Belong to an indigenous population
Master’s degree
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

8. How to start - get yourself informed…
Study programs offered by the host universities
General information (
Language skill requirements
Websites of the host universities
Master’s exchange applicants should prepare a Learning Agreement
PhD and staff applicants should get in contact with the hosting university to enquire about support for your application. Remember that your research topic should match current ongoing research at the hosting universities.
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

9. How to apply
Current call for applications open until December 31, 2014 at 23:45 Central European Time (CET). Applications are submitted through
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

10. Which language to use?
The Application Form can be filled out in English and French, however:
The language of application must agree with the language of instruction of the institution and the programme you are applying for.
If you apply to an institution with different languages of instruction, we strongly recommend using English to fill in the application form, however, the supporting documents in this case can be in different languages.
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

11. Supporting documents
You cannot close your application form without submitting:
Motivation Letter
CV – Europass format
Learning Agreement (Master exchange students)
Study/Research Plan (Doctorates)
Research/Working Plan (Staff)
Language certificate, if required
Letter of invitation (only for PhD and staff)
Note! There may be additional documents required by the hosting universities. Check the university information for more details.
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

12. Selection criteria
Each of these criteria will be ranked (1-5) by the host and home institution.
Academic performance
Motivation statement
Language skills CV
Learning Agreement (Undergraduates and Master exchange students)
Study/Research Plan (for Doctorates)
Research/Working Plan (for Staff)
The selection committee will also take the following factors into consideration
Special needs
Fair geographical distribution
Gender balance
Fields of study
Level of vulnerability (for TG 3)
KITE – your scholarship opportunity to study in Europe

13. Thank you for your attention
Good luck with your application!