When can you go on exchange during your studies?
You can go on an exchange in bachelor’s year 3 (semester 1 and/or 2) or master’s year 1 (semester 1 and/or 2).
Conditions to go on exchange
You need to:
- have passed you courses of bachelor year 1
- to have attained 60 ECTS (at the time of application, within current curriculum)
Students in a bridging or preparotary programme can also apply (the two previous rules do not apply to them)
How to apply for an exchange?
Nomination
Send a top 3 of your destinations via this form (deadline: 11 December 2023). Add a motivation letter (max. 1 page) explaining why you should be selected for the destination of your first choice.
The exchange coordinator will select students for each destination. When multiple students apply for the same destination, a ranking is made based on the motivation letters and grades (if available).
The exchange nominator will inform students about the destination they were selected for.
Learning agreement
Send a first proposal of your learning agreement to your exchange coordinator (deadline: 7/2/2024). Use the template “Document voorstel learning agreement” available on Canvas. Add a course description of selected courses (in English). You will receive feedback from the exchange coordinators on this proposal.
Send a final learning agreement proposal to your exchange coordinator (deadline: 4/3/2024). The exchange coordinator decides if your revised LA can be approved. If your final Learning Agreement is approved by the exchange coordinator, you will be officially nominated for an exchange at IRMO. IRMO will contact you and guide you through the rest of the application procedure.
Exchange Coordinator
Should some of your questions remain unanswered after checking this website and the slides, feel free to get in touch with your exchange coordinators: Chang.Zhu@vub.be and Bas.Dikmans@vub.be.