Lifelong Learning Programme 2009/2010
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UNIVERSITY of LIMERICK LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME ERASMUS STUDENT INFORMATION PACKAGE ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/2010 E C T S EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM General Information Autumn & Spring Semester • Introduction Modules • What is ECTS? • Kemmy Business School • University of Limerick • Faculty of Education and Health • Institutional and Administrative Sciences Co-ordinators • Faculty of Science and Engineering • Application Deadlines • Faculty of Arts, Humanities and • Academic Calendar Social Sciences ERASMUS Procedures The contents of this booklet are for • Bilateral Agreements information purposes only and should not • Incoming Student Applications be viewed as the basis of a contract between • Information Packages for student and the University. No guarantee is Incoming Students given that modules may not be altered, • Visa Requirements for Non-EEA cancelled or otherwise amended at any time. Students • Linguistic Requirements • Orientation Programme Accommodation • On-Campus Accommodation • Off-Campus Accommodation • Lodgings On Campus Facilities • Library • Computer Facilities • Sports • University Restaurants • Transport Health and Insurance Cost of Living • Estimated Semester and Annual Living Costs for Students Department Offices Modules • Number of Modules and ECTS Credits • Module Codes Admission and Registration Procedures • Learning Agreements • Teaching and Learning Methodologies • Assessment Methods • Local Grading System • ECTS Grading System Degrees Obtained by ERASMUS Students GENERAL INFORMATION University has also become a focus for a wide range of artistic activity and is home to some fine collections of Irish Art, the Irish Chamber Introduction Orchestra and the Irish World Music Centre. The compact nature of the campus and the This information package describes the University’s size foster a close sense of University of Limerick and the courses offered community. The University believes strongly by the Kemmy Business School, Faculty of that the creation of a friendly, caring and Education and Health Sciences, Faculty of cooperative atmosphere is the successful Science and Engineering, and the Faculty of pursuit of any study programme. Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to assist prospective ERASMUS students to prepare There are fourteen buildings on campus: Main their study period in this institution. Building, Foundation Building, Schuman Building, Schrödinger Building, Lonsdale What is ECTS? Building, Physical Education Building, Glucksman Building (Library), Computer ECTS, the European Community Course Science Building, Materials and Surface Credit Transfer System, was developed by the Science Institute, Kemmy Business School, Commission of the European Communities in Health Sciences Building, Engineering order to provide common procedures to Research Building, Millstream Building and guarantee academic recognition of studies the University Sports Arena. The abroad. It ensures a comparable measure of administrative services (Admissions, Student learning achievements, and a consistent way of Academic Administration, International transferring them from one institution to Education Division, etc.) are all located in the another. Normally, 60 ECTS credits represent Main Building. The Foundation Building the workload of a year of study, with 30 ECTS houses a 1200 seat concert hall. The Student credits given for a semester. Credits are Centre complex houses the Student Union awarded only when the course and all offices, Bank of Ireland, the Contemplative examinations have been successfully Centre, laundrette, Spar grocery shop, USIT completed. (travel office), bookshop and two bars. University of Limerick Institutional and Administrative Co- ordinators The University of Limerick, then NIHE (National Institute for Higher Education) was Director of International Education Division: established in 1972 on a 160 acre campus on Prof. Liam Ó Dochartaigh the banks of the river Shannon, 4km east of the medieval city of Limerick. Limerick is For all information, please contact: Ireland’s third largest city and the “capital” of LLP Erasmus Coordinator : the Mid-West region. Shannon International Dr. Patricia O’Flaherty Airport is 20km away. The campus lies at the International Education Division heart of a 600 acre National Technological Room E0-030 Park, where over 50 different organisations are University of Limerick interacting with the teaching, research and Limerick cultural activities of the University. Ireland Tel: +353 61 202304 The University of Limerick undertakes Fax: +353 61 213062 programmes of education and research to email: [email protected] Doctorate level in its four constituent www.ul.ie/internationaleducation Faculties; Kemmy Business School, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The University was developed to help meet the rapidly changing economic and social needs that emerged upon Ireland’s accession to the European Union. It is therefore a dynamic and responsive institution, which has also played a pivotal role in the economic development of the Mid-West region of Ireland. The Administrator International Education ERASMUS PROCEDURES (Europe): Yvonne Crosse Bilateral Agreements International Education Division, E0-030 University of Limerick Students will not be considered for a Limerick ERASMUS placement at the University of Ireland Limerick unless a bilateral agreement has been Tel: +353 61 202353 signed and agreed by UL and the partner Fax: +353 61 213062 institution. The number of students to be University of Limerick exchanged between UL and its partners will be email: [email protected] strictly adhered to. The University of www.ul.ie/internationaleducation Limerick DOES NOT accept free movers. Application Deadlines Incoming Student Applications Applications should be sent to Yvonne Crosse Application packages for incoming students in the International Education Division, will be sent to the ERASMUS Coordinator in University of Limerick. The deadlines for each partner institution by March 31st of each receipt of applications are: th year. This package will contain incoming June 30 of each year for Full Year and student application forms. Please note that the Autumn Semester students, st incoming student application form MUST BE October 31 of each year for Spring Semester FILLED IN by the ERAMUS Coordinator at students. the home university and returned to the International Education Division, University of Academic Calendar Limerick before the application deadlines. The University of Limerick operates a semesterised academic year. The dates for 2008/2009 are: Autumn Semester Orientation: 3 – 4 September 2009 Classes: 7 September – 19 December 2009 Week 13 (teaching) 30 November – 4 December 2008 Examinations**: 7 – 19 December 2009 Christmas Break*: 20 December – 4 January 2009 Winter Inter term Break*: 5 January – 25 January 2009 Spring Semester Orientation: 21 & 22 January 2009 Classes: 25 January – 16 April 2010 Week 13 (teaching) 19 April – 23 April 2010 Easter Break*: Good Friday & Easter Monday Examinations: 4 – 17 May 2010 * Students may remain in their accommodation during breaks. Information Packages for Incoming take another module to obtain the necessary Students total of credits, their timetable is likely to become too loaded to take EFL as an extra Following receipt of an application form all module. However, EFL is highly ERASMUS students will receive an recommended as a module for practically all information package from the International ERASMUS students. Some academic Education Division at the University of coordinators at the University of Limerick Limerick. This package contains an on- have made it compulsory for incoming campus accommodation form, medical form students to take EFL as one of their 5 chosen and an incoming student manual. subjects, this rule applies to Business students. Visa Requirements for Non-EEA Orientation Programme Students The Orientation Programme, organised by the International Education Division, introduces All Non-EEA students coming to the students to the various services and systems in University of Limerick are required by the operation at the University of Limerick, e.g. Irish Department of Justice (www.justice.ie) to academic issues such as regulations, enrolment register with the local Gardai (Irish Police). and module registration, other issues such as Non-EEA students are required to provide the health services, sports facilities, arts and following information: entertainment. The Orientation Programme for Autumn, Full year and Spring ERASMUS For students in UL for less than 3 months or students takes place over a two day period on for the Autumn/Spring Semester only require: the Thursday and Friday before the beginning of each semester. As part of the Orientation - 1 passport sized photograph Programme, students will meet their UL - Valid passport Academic Coordinator to discuss module - Proof of health insurance choices. - Proof of financial ability Further details may be obtained from: For longer than one semester: - As above plus 3 passport sized International Education Division photographs. Room E0-030 University of Limerick Linguistic Requirements Limerick Tel: +353 61 202353/202304 As all ERASMUS students are required to Fax: +353 61 213062 possess sufficient language skills to attend Email: [email protected] lectures and sit examinations in a host university, students should be competent to communicate through the medium of