EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Erasmus Program
The aim of the Erasmus
Program is to increase the quality of the Higher Education in
Europe, and strengthen the European Dimension in the Higher
Education in Europe. Actually, Erasmus is mostly related with the
"mobility of university students". Erasmus is a program funded by
European Union (EU), established to link universities in the member
states of the European Union.
Erasmus is one of the major
branches of the EU- Lifelong Learning Program (LLP) that covers
undergraduate and graduate studies in universities.
It would be explanatory to
quote from the key objectives of the LLP Program, determined by the
LLP Bureau in Brussels:
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To achieve a significant
increase in student and staff mobility between European Higher
Education Institutions,
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To promote broad and
lasting inter-institutional co-operation,
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To contribute to the
concept of a people's Europe,
To contribute to the
economic and social development of Europe through the creation of a
significant number of higher education graduates with direct
experience of intra- European cooperation.
Starting from 2003-2004
academic year, the universities in Turkey who apply to European
Commission (EC) for getting Erasmus University Charter (EUC), which
gives the right to participate in the activities supported by
Erasmus Program, have been eligible to take advantage of the Erasmus
activities. Some of these activities are :
Student
Mobility (SM),
Student Placement/Internship,
Teaching
Staff Mobility (TS) / Staff Training (ST) Mobility, Organisation
of Mobility (OM),
Thematic
Networks (TN),
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS),
Intensive Programs (IP),
Curriculum Development (CD).
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
METU Study Abroad Office:
http://www.issa.metu.edu.tr/
METU Erasmus Homepage:
http://www.erasmus.metu.edu.tr/
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