ATTENTION TO ALL VMU STUDENTS! COMPETITION FOR EXCHANGE STUDIES AT non-EU/EEA COUNTRIES (Erasmus+ and VMU Bilateral Exchange)1

Students are invited to participate in a competition for one semester exchange studies at non- EU/EEA countries with Erasmus+ or VMU Mobility scholarship.

Students have to submit completed online application form (Outgoing – Application for Bilateral and Erasmus Study Exchange) until 1st of March, 2020

Selection criteria:  compatibility between the plan for studies or research at the Higher Education Institution abroad and the study programme at VMU;  motivation;  results of studies or research during the last two semesters (for VMU Mobility scholarship GPA should be no less than 8.0);  good knowledge of the language in which lectures will be taught.

Selected students will receive Erasmus+ or VMU Mobility scholarship.

Students will be personally informed via email about the results of first selection stage and invitation to second stage – interview.

More information about:

Erasmus+ studies VMU Bilateral Exchange Contact Erasmus+ coordinators at Contact coordinator International Cooperation Department: International Cooperation Department

Eglė Januškevičienė Vaidas Dačiola E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 8 37 327 981 Phone: 8 37 327 981

Education Academy Sofija Pivoriūnienė E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 8 5 275 8113

Agriculture Academy Raimundas Rukuiža E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 8 37 752 398

1 Partner countries: Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership countries, Russian Federation, South-Mediterranean countries, Asia countries, Central Asia countries, Latin America countries and other countries.

COMPETITION FOR 2020/2021 AUTUMN SEMESTER:

VMU mobility scholarship 450 – 550 Eur / month (Size of the scholarship depends on the country groups. More information can be found HERE) Erasmus+ scholarship 700 Eur / month Erasmus+ grant to cover travel costs (the 100 – 499 km – 180,00 Eur; amount depends on the distance between 500 – 1999 km – 275,00 Eur; VMU (Kaunas city) and place of receiving 2000 – 2999 km – 360,00 Eur; HEI (city)2 3000 – 3999 km – 530,00 Eur; 4000 – 7999 km – 820,00 Eur; More than 8000 km – 1500,00 Eur

Country Higher Education Institution Study Erasmus+ VMU cycle scholarship Mobility scholarship Argentina Universidad Torcuato Di Tella BA, MA + + Azerbaijan ADA University BA, MA, + + PhD Belarus Belarusian State Pedagogical University BA, MA + named after Maxim Tank Polotsk State University BA, MA, + + PhD Belarusian State University of Physical BA, MA + Culture Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno BA, MA + Belarussian State Agricultural Academy BA, MA, + PhD Grodno State Agrarian University BA, MA, + PhD Bosnia and University of Sarajevo BA, MA, + Herzegovina PhD International Burch University BA, MA, + PhD International University of Sarajevo BA, MA, + PhD Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar BA, MA, + PhD Canada University of Regina BA, MA + + University of Montreal3 MA, PhD + + China China University of Political Science and BA, MA + Law Beijing Normal University BA, MA + + Zhejiang Wanli University BA, MA + +

2 According to the distance calculator (European Commission): http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus- plus/tools/distance_en.htm 3 Only for students from Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy.

Minnan Normal University BA, MA + Shandong Agriculture University BA, MA + Xiamen University BA, MA + Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University BA, MA + Jinan University BA, MA + China Agricultural University BA, MA, + PhD Beijing Institute of Technology BA, MA, + PhD Wuyi University BA, MA + Egypt Mansoura University BA, MA + + Cairo University BA, MA, + PhD Fayoum University BA, MA, + PhD El Salvador Don Bosco University PhD + Sakartvelo BA, MA, + Ilia State University (Georgia) PhD BA, MA, + + Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University PhD BA, MA, + Georgian Technical University PhD Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University BA, MA, + PhD Hong Kong Lingnan University BA; MA + Indonesia Bandung Institute of Technology BA, MA, + + PhD Gadjah Mada University BA, MA, + PhD Bogor Agricultural University (IPB BA, MA, + University) PhD India Jawaharlal Nehru University MA, PhD + Dev Sanskriti University BA, MA, + + PhD Shankara Group of Institutions BA, MA, + PhD Lovely Professional University BA, MA + Israel Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya BA, MA + + Ben Gurion University of the Negev BA, MA + Japan Nanzan University BA, MA + Hiroshima University BA, MA + Showa Women University BA, MA + Jordan Middle East University BA, MA, + PhD Kazakhstan Al Farabi University BA, MA + Eurasian National University BA, MA + Suleyman Demirel University BA, MA + Malaysia University of Malaya BA, MA, + PhD

Mexico ITESO university BA, MA + IBERO university BA, MA + Russia Saint Petersburg University BA, MA, + + PhD Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia BA, MA, + + PhD Moscow City University BA + Saint-Petersburg State Agrarian University BA, MA, + PhD Peter The Great Saint Petersburg BA, MA, + Polytechnic University PhD South Korea Chung Ang University BA, MA + Hankuk University of Foreign Studies BA, MA + + Kangwon National University BA, MA + Seoul National University BA, MA + + Korea University BA, MA + + Chonnam National University BA, MA + Kyung Hee University BA, MA + Soongsil University BA, MA + Sungkyungwan University BA, MA + Pusan National Univerity BA, MA + Thailand King Mongkut's University of Technology BA, MA, + Thonburi PhD Chulalongkorn University BA, MA + Taiwan National Cheng Chi University BA, MA + Providence University BA, MA + I-Shou University BA, MA + Tunisia Sfax University, Ecole Nationale BA, MA, + d’Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS) PhD University of Monastir BA, MA, + PhD US South Dakota University BA, MA + Georgia Gwinnett College BA + + University of Michigan – Dearborn4 MA, PhD + Southern Illinois University Carbondale5 MA, PhD + Black Hills State University BA, MA + Uruguay Catholic University of Uruguay BA; MA + Ukraine Dnipro University of Technology BA, MA, + PhD Sumy State University BA, MA, + PhD Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University BA, MA, + PhD Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National BA, MA + University National Pedagogical Dragomanov BA, MA +

4 Only for Master or PhD thesis writing 5 Only for Master or PhD thesis writing

University Lutsk National Technical University BA, MA, + PhD Khmelnitsky National University BA, MA, + PhD Vietnam National University of Vietnam BA, MA +