Call for Application for Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Program

Date : 01 November 2023

Call for Application for Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Program

About the Erasmus+ Program

Erasmus+ offers opportunities for students to study in higher education institutions (HEIs) beyond Europe. It also makes the same opportunities available for students from countries beyond Europe, to come to participating HEIs in Europe. This is known as International Credit Mobility (ICM) and this is an activity under Key Action 1 (KA171).

 

General Information

This call for application is made in accordance with the framework of Erasmus + Key Action 1 Mobility Projects in the Field of Education, Training and Youth between Program and Partner Countries. This action aims to contribute to the cooperation between the EU and eligible Partner Countries and reflects the EU external action objectives, priorities and principles.

This Erasmus+ Action 1 project between the University of Almería (UAL) and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) provides an opportunity for students to spend a period at UAL (Spain) and receiving a grant as a contribution to their costs for travel and subsistence.

The home universities (TUMS) will be responsible for announcing this call, selecting the student and sending him/her to UAL (including preparation, monitoring and recognition related to the mobility period). Applicants are expected to carefully read all the information before proceeding to fulfill and submit their applications.

 

Type of Mobility, Number of Grants and Duration

Under this Mobility and for this call, 1 TUMS Nursing Ph.D. student is able to carry out a traineeship at University of Almeria Hospital (Spain) for 5 months. After the mobility phase, the student returns to its sending institution to complete his/her studies and get recognition for the obtained credits.

Student mobility should start in the second semester of academic year 2023-2024 according to the University of Almería academic calendar (from February 2024 to June 2024).

The deadline for submission of the documents to the school’s International Relations Office is November 1st 2023. 

 

Admission Requirements

All TUMS Ph.D. students, (at least) in their second year of studies, in the field of Nursing at school of Nursing and Midwifery, are welcome to apply for this position.

  • Candidates must be enrolled at least in the second year of their studies

  • Candidates should not have done more than 7 months of Erasmus + or Erasmus Mundus mobility before

  • Candidates should hold a B1 certificate of Spanish or English proficiency

  • Candidates must be willing to enroll at UAL for at least 8 ECTS (three courses)

 

Funding

Mobility student will receive a grant as a contribution to their costs for travel and subsistence during the period of study and an amount to support them in covering their travel costs.

 

Important Notes:

For more information, applicants may refer to the International Office of TUMS School of Nursing and Midwifery. Detailed information about the mobility is available here.

  

Contact for More Information:

Office of Vice-Dean for International Affairs

TUMS School of Nursing and Midwifery
Tel.: (+98 21) 66914368
Email: nursing_intl@tums.ac.ir