APPLICATION FORM 2008 SUMMER EXCHANGE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM (UVA) Deadline April 18th 2008!!!! “The New Europe and the European Union” Facilitated by the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS) and the Amsterdam student society ASC/AVSV Please write legibly!! Personal data Full name: ________________________________________________________________________ Date of birth: day/month/year: ________________________________________________________________________ Place and country of birth: ________________________________________________________________________ Nationality: ________________________________________________________________________ Current Address: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Telephone number: _______________________________________________________________________ E-mail: _______________________________________________________________________ Current/ most recent education Name of university: ________________________________________________________________________ City: ________________________________________________________________________ Country: ________________________________________________________________________ Title of degree: ________________________________________________________________________ Date of graduation or 'in progress': ________________________________________________________________________ Knowledge of English: excellent good adequate poor (for non-native speakers) When applying for the summer exchange program, please attach your curriculum vita, including a recent photograph. Also a motivational letter is required, in which you indicate why you are interested in participating in the program and why you are the perfect candidate for the program. Because the program is basically free for the participants we expect a large number of applications. Therefore the local committee at Vilnius University will do the first screening of your CV’s, application forms and motivational letter. By April 23d the top 25 students will be selected and informed, as there is a second phase to the application process. The 25 selected students will be asked to send in a grade report, an essay regarding a relevant topic in the Netherlands (the topic will be indicated by us) and a recommendation letter. Also, you will be asked to add a copy of the first part of the application when you send in the second part of the application. The deadline for this phase of the application is May 7th 2008. By May 16th the 10 participants of the program will be announced. In short: • Before April 18th the first application: Motivational letter, application form and Curriculum Vitae. • April 23d the 25 selected students will be informed • Before May 7th the second part of the application process: Recommendation letter, essay and a grade report. • May 16th the 10 lucky winners will be announced! Please return this application form and it’s attachments in a hard copy to: Ms. Asta Toleikyte Internationa Relations Coordinator Vilnius University Universiteto 3 LT-01513 Vilnius Lithuania Tel.: +370 5 2687156 Fax: +370 5 2687069 E-mail: [email protected] The second part of the application process will be done by email, for contact information see above. .