2016-2017 SU EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

TOP REASONS FOR EXCHANGE• A boost to your employability. You will stand out from the crowd at a job interview. • Exchange period COUNTS TOWARDS YOUR DEGREE –it’s not a gap semester/ year ! If you take necessary steps before you go, then the courses you take on exchange are easily transferred back to Sabanci University.• Erasmus students will have a chance to receive MOBILITY GRANTS provided by the EU to partially meet living expenses while on Exchange.• Proof of your adaptability and flexibility by having lived and studied abroad, key qualities in the employment market • You will have A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK on your professional or academic life. You will study courses with different approaches of teachers and classmates from different countries. • You will be more independent and confident !• You can take courses in a WIDE RANGE OF COURSES and improve your language skills• You will have an international NETWORK OF FRIENDS• It is a unique and challenging experience you will remember forever• Your CV will be impressive!• TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES throughout the world• NO FEES PAID to host institution

ERASMUS vs GLOBAL EXCHANGE

Erasmus: - Exchange in EU member countries - EU funding

Global Exchange- Exchange outside EU member countries- SU Travel support

EXCHANGE MYHTS

• I will fall behind in my degree program• None of the courses taken while abroad will be transferred!• No one will advise on my study plan !• I won’t be able to find any course to take !• I will loose my SU scholarship while abroad• Aplication process is very difficult!• I will pay tution at the host university!• There is no grant to support the exchange period !

WHERE WILL YOU BE ?

200+ Agreements from 30+ Counties Switzerland- Ski

Sweden- Northern LightsHong Kong- Explore Far EastCanada- Hockey

Spain- Siesta

SOME PARTNERS

City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) University of Technology Sydney (Australia) Institut D'etudes Poltiques de Paris - Sciences Po (France) Universita Bocconi (Italy) KU Leuven (Belgum) UNIST (Korea) Technische Universitæt Berlin (Germany) Aarhus University (Denmark) Taylor's University (Malaysia) NUS Business School (Singapore) The University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA)

TIME TO MAKE APPLICATION ?

When to Aply?To be an exchange during 2016-2017 Fall or Spring:1-29 February 2016 ( 15:00)

How to Apply?Online form: http://www.kimoerasmus.com/sabanci/

Maximum 5 preferences

CHECK ELIGIBILITY1. Either to be registered in a diploma program at Sabancı University or fulfill the minimum

credit requirement to make major declaration before the start of his/her exchange period.2. If you are an undergraduate student, willing to obtain minimum credit requirement for

declaration before the start of your exchange period, you are more than welcome to apply.3. Language proficiency on the language of instruction of the host institution. 4. Minimum overall GPA requirement for undergraduate students is: 2.2 (by the time of

application) & minimum overall GPA requirement for postgraduate students is 2.5 (by the time of application).

5. No balance or responsibilities due to Sabancı University.6. (For Erasmus applications only) If you have benefited from Erasmus (student mobility or

placement) before, you should make sure that the total length of mobility at each level (undergraduate or graduate) - no matter the type of mobility – should not exceed 12 months.

7. Students who has disciplinary suspension during the term they are supposed to be an exchange student.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE TO .... Check the "entry requirements" of the host institution you're planning to apply for. After

placements there will be an application procedure and you must get an acceptance letter from the host institution you've been placed. In order to be able to get acceptance, you must fulfill "entry requirements".

Check which subjects are available for you. Check the academic calendar

DURING APPLICATION

• UNDERGRADUATE students: Complete online form + Upload Financial Commitment form to the online system

• GRADUATE students: Complete online form + Upload Financial Commitment form to the online system + Upload your submitted TOEFL/IELTS score

EVALUATION• For both undergraduate & post graduate students: %50 of the total point, which will be

used for placement will come from the overall GPA score by the application time.• For undergraduate students only: English language score will be calculated by (ENG 101 x

0,4) + (ENG 102 x 0,6) and will be considered as the other %50 of your total point, which will be used for the placement. English Proficiency Coefficients

• Important note for undergraduate students only: Students, who do not have ENG 102 score at the time of the application, will be assessed as if they attained grade "C" from ENG 102.

• For post graduate students only: Your submitted TOEFL/IELTS score will be considered as the other %50 of your total point, which will be used for the placement.

• Students who have benefited from Exchange (Erasmus or Erasmus placement or Bilateral Exchange or applied to Erasmus placement at the time of his/her exchange application) before will receive minus 10 point for each mobility within the same levels.

• Priority for related faculty students

ERASMUS GRANTS

• Graduate Student Quota

• Faculty Quota

• General Ranking Quota

PLACEMENT

• Check your e-mails regularly!• Announcements of results• 2 days for last confirmation for placements!!! Students do not confirm their placement, will loose their places, they will receive -10 pnts during late call applications.!!! Students who cannot be placed have a chance to apply for late calls. Be in touch with IRO!

ATTENTION !

• Set your priorities and make your preferences• Choose partners where you can find suitable courses• Pay attention to visa procedures/fees of some countries• For FENS student s —> Graduation Project • No SU monthly stipend for graduate students on the exchange period• Some partners may have their own requirements (such as min GPA, being a

Junior student, language certificate, specified major) • Check Free Slot List, web pages of the host institution, IRO web pages • Some partners have Fall and Spring quota separately ! (Don’t choose the Fall

term to apply for the university which has only Spring quota)• For some partners, we have more than one field agreement ! Select the right

agreement while filling out the application form• Make your application before THE DEADLINE !!!! Not on the LASY DAY!• Check FREE SLOT LISTS frequently. It is being updated !!

ACADEMIC ADVISORS FOR LEARNING AGREEMENTS (After Placement)

FASS• Cultural Studies : Ateş Altınordu• Economy : İnci Gümüş• Social and Political Sciences : For fall: Ateş Altınordu ; For spring: Özge Kemahlıoğlu• Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design: Onur Yazıcıgil• International Studies: Arzu Kıbrıs

Conflict Analysis and Resolution: Emre Hatipoğlu Psychology: Achille Pasqualotto Art Theory and Criticism: Bratislav Pantelic

SOM• Management : Remzi Gözübüyük-Ronan Jouan de Kervenoael• MBA : Işın Güler-Burçin Bozkaya

FENS• Computer Science : Yücel Saygın• Electric Engineering : İlker Hamzaoğlu• Manufacturing Systems/Industrial Engineering : Kemal Kılıç-Hans Frenk• Material Science : Mehmet Ali Gülgün• Mechatronics : Kürşat Şendur• Biology : Levent Öztürk

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