When the call for applications for Erasmus for study purposes is issued, a file containing all the destinations you can choose from will be attached to the document.

In addition, you can also find information on the page:
https://www.uniupo.it/it/internazionale/studenti/vuoi-andare-allestero/… (first document); it contains the list of all active destinations for the current academic year, broken down by Department.

The tables contain all the terms of the bilateral agreement between UPO and its foreign partners: area of study, maximum number of months of mobility, required language level, etc.

The tables annexed to the Erasmus for study purposes notice show all the agreements available for your department, but they may not all be agreements that suit you. In fact, each foreign university has specific requirements, which are set out in the respective bilateral agreements.

For example, if a partner university only accepts Master's degree students, you cannot choose it if you are enrolled in a Bachelor's degree.

Once you have identified possible destinations, do a thorough search on the websites of your chosen universities and assess whether there are exams that suit you your knowledge of the language meets the requirements the timetable does not hinder your studies here in Italy.

Once your destination is assigned to you, it cannot be changed, so it is very important to check the requirements beforehand.

Not having examinations to take or finding yourself without the necessary language certification may force you to give up (with the consequent obligation to pay the 100 euro penalty).

For your Erasmus placement abroad, you can choose the destination of your Erasmus placement yourself, depending on your interests and your educational background.

You can opt for either university or private institutions (as long as they are formally recognised institutions) and get in touch with them personally. Always consider any offers made by the lecturers of your degree course, in case you have useful contacts that suit you.

If you have difficulty finding a destination, you can find some, though not exhaustive, suggestions in the Guide to finding an internship abroad.

Alternatively, you can use the service offered by the Erasmus Student Network, which can be found at the following link: https://erasmusintern.org/

It is possible to choose to do Erasmus immediately prior to graduation.
However, before making this decision, you should bear in mind that the process of recognising your Erasmus activities requires a certain amount of time, which in some cases can be more than 30/40 days.
In fact, your file must pass from the Erasmus and Foreign Students Office to the Department, where the Council of your course of studies decides on the examinations you have taken abroad; the decision will then be passed to the Student Secretariats, who will take care of transcribing the examinations and grades on your transcript.

If you have any doubts, contact the internationalisation contacts in your department for clarification:
 

• DISEI: Prof.ssa Bianca Gardella Tedeschi (Legal studies) / Prof. Giacomo Pettenati (Economics studies) -- bianca.gardella@uniupo.it - giacomo.pettenati@uniupo.it
• ScMED: Prof. Diego Cotella - diego.cotella@uniupo.it
• DSF: Prof. Dmitry Lim - dmitry.lim@uniupo.it 
• DISSTE: Prof.ssa Enrica Gianotti - enrica.gianotti@uniupo.it
• DISUM: Prof.ssa Miriam Ravetto - miriam.ravetto@uniupo.it
• DIGSPES: Prof.ssa Fabrizia Santini - fabrizia.santini@uniupo.it
• DISIT: Prof.ssa Lavinia Egidi - lavinia.egidi@uniupo.it

Self-certification is sufficient to apply for the Erasmus calls, both for Study and Traineeship. You will find the form to fill out in the "useful documents" section of the University website.

As far as the Erasmus call for applications for study is concerned, in order to know what type of certificate/certificate to present at the time of application, you must check the website of the host university or, in case of doubt, contact it in advance for clarification.

Some universities require a simple certificate (the results of OLS, EF, Rosetta Stone and similar tests are fine), others require a real language certificate (PET, First Certificate, DELF- DALF, DELE just to give an example).

To date, two reasons have been encountered:
You must enter the correct language level, i.e. the minimum level required by the partner university (you can find this information in the Destinations Excel file published with the Call for Proposals);

You have to "flag" the box concerning past mobilities and enter as a numerical value 0 (zero), in case you have never done an Erasmus mobility before.

The grant will be paid in two instalments, namely - an advance of 70% within one month of departure; - the balance of 30% after the end of the mobility period and within 90 days of sending the supporting documentation.

The Learning Agreement is a document in which you officially state that you intend to take certain exams or activities during your mobility period abroad. The template can be downloaded from the University website or by clicking directly on the following links:

• Learning agreement for Erasmus+ for study purposes
• Learning agreement for Erasmus+ for Traineeship purposes

In case you are filling in a Learning Agreement for mobility for study purposes, you need to choose the examinations you would like to take abroad; contact the reference professor at the UPO for the exams you have chosen; ask for confirmation of the possibility of taking these exams abroad (correspondences and authorisations must be indicated on a specific document, Form B; enter the exams in the "Before the mobility" section of the Learning Agreement; have the Learning Agreement signed by the Italian reference teacher and the foreign reference teacher.

If you are filling in a Learning Agreement for a mobility for traineeship purposes, on the other hand, you must insert what has been agreed with the host institution.

The Italian contact persons for signing the Learning Agreements are as follows:

• DISEI: Prof.ssa Bianca Gardella Tedeschi (Legal studies) / Prof. Giacomo Pettenati (Economics studies) -- bianca.gardella@uniupo.it - giacomo.pettenati@uniupo.it
• ScMED: Prof. Diego Cotella - diego.cotella@uniupo.it
• DSF: Prof. Dmitry Lim - dmitry.lim@uniupo.it 
• DISSTE: Prof.ssa Enrica Gianotti - enrica.gianotti@uniupo.it
• DISUM: Prof.ssa Miriam Ravetto - miriam.ravetto@uniupo.it
• DIGSPES: Prof.ssa Fabrizia Santini - fabrizia.santini@uniupo.it
• DISIT: Prof.ssa Lavinia Egidi - lavinia.egidi@uniupo.it

The presentation of the ISEE is not binding for participation in Erasmus+. Just as for the student contribution, it must be your choice to present such a certification. It goes without saying that if your ISEE is not entered in the database, you will automatically end up in the highest bracket, so your contribution will be lower.

It may happen that, during your mobility, you wish to change some exams or add new ones. In this case, it is necessary to fill in the "During the mobility" section of the Learning Agreement, adding the new exams that you intend to take, after having asked for authorisation from the Italian teacher of the course you are interested in.

The Learning Agreement must then be signed again, as for the "Before the Mobility" section, both by the Italian reference teacher and by the host university.

Each student may spend a maximum of 12 months abroad per study cycle (first cycle: three- year degree; second cycle: master's degree) or 24 months for single-cycle degrees. This means that you may certainly undertake the Erasmus experience more than once during your academic career, but never exceed a full year (or two years for single-cycle degrees) of study abroad within each study cycle.

With regard to Erasmus, both for study and traineeship purposes, renouncing after the deadline for the submission of the application entails:

• the payment of a penalty fee of €100.00 which will be included in your fees, marked MORA_ERA, unless there are proven and serious personal reasons;
• automatic slippage to the bottom of the ranking list should you decide to reapply for the same mobility project in the following years.

For your mobility to be considered valid, your stay abroad must be of at least 90 days in total; once the minimum duration has been established, you may choose to return whenever you wish, bearing in mind that you may have to return the excess Erasmus+ grant already paid. In fact, if you have applied for a grant for 6 months of mobility and decide to return after only 4 months, you will have to return to the University the amount corresponding to the period already funded and not carried out.

The main difference between the two projects is that the former is managed by the European Commission and involves a mobility experience in one of the countries participating in the programme, whereas the latter is funded at University level and is coordinated by each individual department.

The Free Mover project can be managed completely independently by you: you can look for the foreign location yourself, you can get in touch with an institution/structure (after consulting with the lecturers in your Department), you can leave when you want and for as long as you want. Obviously, each Department usually provides a certain number of scholarships for students who intend to carry out this type of mobility; the call for applications for financial aid is published, year by year, on each Department's website.

If you are a student, a student with special needs, you are entitled to an additional contribution established by the EU Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme.
It is based exclusively on actual costs actually incurred. You should therefore keep receipts, receipts, invoices and whatever else you consider appropriate. For the financial evaluation and possible award of the grant, you have to fill in the estimate of additional costs. To obtain it, you must fill in the "Self-certification of disability" form, which you can find in the "Useful forms and documents" section.

You can find all relevant information in the database: "The Higher Education Accessibility Guide" (HEAG). You may also find it useful to consult MappED, the project developed by ESN. It is a platform with an interactive map and app to support students with disabilities participating in the Erasmus+ programme. The platform informs about their rights, procedures, support services, accessibility of universities and neighbouring areas.

If your doubt is of an administrative nature, you can contact the Erasmus and Foreign Students Office by sending an email to domanda.erasmus@uniupo.it; if your doubt is of an educational nature, you should contact the Erasmus contacts and/or the internationalisation contact lecturers in your department. The Colleagues in charge of internationalisation are as follows:

• DISEI: Dott.ssa Alice Colombo - alice.colombo@uniupo.it
• ScMED: Dott.ssa Cristina Cavallaro - cristina.cavallaro@uniupo.it
• DSF: Dott. Lorenzo Manni - lorenzo.manni@uniupo.it
• DISUM/DISSTE: Dott.ssa Ombretta Finotello - ombretta.finotello@uniupo.it e Dott.ssa Anna Rigolone - anna.rigolone@uniupo.it
• DIGSPES: Dott. Nicholas Balbo - nicholas.balbo@uniupo.it
• DISIT: Dott.ssa Michela Gobbi - michela.gobbi@uniupo.it  e Dott.ssa Beatrice Dagnino - beatrice.dagnino@uniupo.it

First of all, you need to check if there is, on the website of the host university, a page dedicated to accommodation; usually, all universities with campuses have a range of rooms available for incoming students. In addition, you can check if there is a study support organisation in the country you are going to (such as ESN, EDISU in Italy or CROUS in France) that promotes subsidised rents or has student campuses.

To find out how many CFUs will be recorded, you must always interface with the Erasmus managers in your department. The grades awarded also depend on the decision of the Departmental contact teachers; however, there is an indicative grid of equivalence between grades in ECTS and grades in CFU: https://www.uniupo.it/it/internazionale/studenti/vuoi-andare-allestero/….

To stay in the countries of the European Union, it is sufficient to have a health insurance card - T.E.A.M. However, before embarking on a trip abroad, it is advisable to gather specific and, above all, up-to-date information on the following ministerial website: https://www.viaggiaresicuri.it/.

The University extends its insurance cover to cover the period of mobility. It remains the responsibility of students to take out specific insurances to cover the exercise of activities in the healthcare sector. The insurance provisions can be consulted at this link: https://www.uniupo.it/it/internazionale/assicurazioni-e-polizze-assicur….

The student must find out for herself/himself about any regulations: entry into the host country, by contacting the relevant diplomatic representations (Embassies and Consulates) in Italy in good time; - Health care in the host country, by contacting their own ASL or diplomatic representations.

Blended mobility, i.e. consisting of a part of mobility abroad and a part at a distance, in virtual mode, is allowed; however, it should be borne in mind that the financial contribution will only relate to the physical mobility part.

In fact, all periods of mobility carried out in virtual mode from Italy will not be covered by contributions. The change in the type of mobility, should it be necessary, must also be defined on the Learning Agreement. The recognition of CFUs is however guaranteed.

NB: Always remember that physical mobility cannot be less than 90 days.

No, the University of Eastern Piedmont does not assume responsibility for any costs incurred by students as a result of the health emergency (storms, hospitalisations, etc.).

Furthermore, reimbursement is not guaranteed for any additional costs incurred as a result of extraordinary prevention measures imposed by the competent Ministries, whether Italian or foreign (air tickets, train tickets...).

If you are abroad, despite the fact that the host university decides to hold the courses remotely, you will be entitled to Erasmus student status in all respects. Therefore, you would also be entitled to the expected financial contribution. The case is different if you decide to return to Italy to take courses: at this point, you will no longer be entitled to the Erasmus mobility grant.