Learning Mobility is a temporary stay of students (for the purpose of learning, training, and research), teaching staff and administrative staff (for the purpose of teaching or professional development) at a higher education institution abroad.
Incoming mobility – foreign students and staff participate in a learning mobility program at ICEPS as a receiving higher education institution.
Outgoing (or Outbound) mobility – ICEPS students and staff participate in a learning mobility program at a foreign higher education institution.
Mobility projects for higher education under the Erasmus+ program support physical and blended mobility of students and staff between eligible countries (EU Member States, third countries associated to the programme and if possible, also third countries not associated to the program).
Student mobility
Students can carry out these types of mobility:
- study period abroad,
- a traineeship (work placement, internship) abroad,
- blended intensive programs (combined physical and virtual mobility).
Mobility can be organized during both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
The advantages of students who attended a part of their studies on mobility programs are numerous. Besides the inevitable acquaintance with various people and their cultures, students learn a foreign language, acquire new experience and, most importantly, have much better employment opportunities in the country and abroad. Going on a mobility program makes a student stand out from others and offers them advantages which are always recognized by successful companies.
Staff mobility
Mobility projects for higher education support the mobility of both teaching and non-teaching (administrative) staff to teach or train abroad as part of their professional development.
Staff can carry out these types of mobility:
- a teaching period abroad,
- a training period abroad.
Support for participants
International Relations Office is fully at disposal for support and any questions or doubts that students or staff may have regarding their opportunities for participating in the Erasmus+ programmee. International Relations Office of ICEPS can be reached by email international@iceps.edu.rs or any other contact available on the website.
ICEPS has signed the agreement with the Erasmus Student Network Serbia, a part of the Erasmus Student Network, the biggest student association in Europe. ESN supports students on both incoming and outgoing mobility.
For outgoing students it promotes student mobility and helps students find important information on how to apply for a suitable study programs abroad. It also organizes events to prepare students for their mobility period, connects them with other outgoing students or ESN sections in the country where they will do the mobility period. In addition, it also helps students reintegrate upon their return to home institution.
ESN promotes ICEPS for potential incoming students and encourages them to choose ICEPS as their Erasmus+ destination. It assists students in finding the accommodation and completing the visa and residence permit process. Also, ESN helps foreign students integrate into Serbian society by inviting them to numerous educational, entertainment, humanitarian, sports and other events. To read about welcome activities check this link.
ICEPS supports participants from all backgrounds and is committed to principles of non-discrimination, transparency and inclusion and prohibits all forms of discrimination and unequal treatment, direct or indirect, on any grounds. ICEPS supports inclusivity and equal opportunities for participation in international projects and mobility. Participants with physical, mental or health-related condition are entitled to receive additional funding after being selected for a mobility period. To read more about it, check this link. Useful information can be also found on the ExhangeAbility website.
Language proficiency requirements
ICEPS provides support to all participants in mobility programs in improving their language skills and in this way help them prepare better for their exchange abroad.
For exchange students on KA131 Mobility projects the platform named Online Linguistic Support (OLS) is available for language assessment and improving proficiency.
For more information about language proficiency requirements at ICEPS and language support for bith incoming and outgoing participants, follow this link.
Inter-institutional agreements
To take part in the Erasmus+ mobility program ICEPS must sign Inter-institutional agreements for study and staff mobility with other higher education institutions.
Before concluding the agreement, the International Relations Office must check if a partner institution that accepts students or teaching staff for a mobility period has study programs compatible to the study programs that ICEPS offers being one of the prerequisites for academic recognition of mobility outcomes at a later stage.
Partners interested in signing the inter-institutional agreement with ICEPS can contact International Relations Office via email international@iceps.edu.rs or other available contacts.
European Student Card Initiative
ICEPS supports the European Student Card (ESC) initiative which ensures that administrative procedures regarding the Erasmus+ mobility are fully completed online. Institutions use the Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) network to exchange data on student mobility, whereas students use the Erasmus+ Mobile App to manage all administrative requests before, during and after their mobility period.
To read more about ESC initiative, follow this link.
Important documents
The basic principles of mobility of incoming and outgoing students, teaching and administrative staff of the ICEPS within the Erasmus+ Program is regulated by the Rulebook on the International Mobility of Students, Teaching and Administrative Staff. We advise all the parties interested in mobility to carefully read the Rulebook and the Procedure for the recognition of ECTS credits attached.
ICEPS Rulebook on the International Mobility
ICEPS Pravilnik o međunarodnoj mobilnosti
ICEPS Academic Credit System and Recognition of Credits
Useful links
European Commission – Erasmus+
Thank you for interest in the International Centre of Professional Studies (ICEPS)!
You can study at ICEPS as an Erasmus+ exchange student either for one semester or a full academic year.
How to apply
In order to be accepted as an Erasmus+ exchange student at ICEPS, you must be a student of a partner university which has signed Erasmus+ Inter-institutional Agreement with ICEPS.
Please note that before applying you have to be nominated by your home institution.
Before mobility students must sign a Learning Agreement for Studies or Learning Agreement for Traineeships, while staff must sign a Mobility Agreement.
Learning Agreement provides good preparation of students for their mobility period and ensures that students receive recognition for successful completion of their activities abroad.
Mobility Agreement defines elements of teaching and training abroad and underlines the mutual responsibility for the quality of mobility period.
The agreements have to be accepted by 3 parties: a participant, the host institution (ICEPS) and the home institution. During the mobility you can also change the agreement, but again it must be accepted by the 3 parties we mentioned. Academic ECTS Coordinator will support you throughout the whole process.
The whole application procedure will be announced once the call is open.
Academic calendar and courses
One study year lasts 12 months and is divided into 2 semesters (duration of 15 weeks). The teaching period of the year lasts from 1 October to 31 May of the following year (8 months).
Lectures are not held on weekends and public and religious holidays in Serbia.
Exam periods are open each month.
To see the full list of courses, check our Courses Catalogue.
Living and studying in Serbia
On this link you can find detailed information about:
- visa and residence permit procedure,
- arrival and transportation,
- accommodation and living expenses, and
- health insurance (mandatory).
To read more about Serbia as your new home, check this link.
Classes of Serbian
During your stay in Serbia you can attend language courses of Serbian as a foreign language dedicated to international students of all kinds of studies.
To read more about the language course and language proficiency requirements, click here.
Support for participants
International Relations Office is available for all participants to support them throughout the whole process even before their arrival in Serbia.
Administrative Coordinator of ICEPS and the Erasmus Student Network Serbia through its Buddy network assists participants with matters such as travel arrangements, visas and residence permits, accommodation, etc. and prepares welcome activities for them to enhance their better integration into Serbian society.
Erasmus Student Network Serbia helps incoming students with the following:
- encouraging foreign students to choose ICEPS as their Erasmus+ destination,
- helping foreign exchange students find suitable accommodation and resolve their visa or residence permit registration in Serbia,
- preparing foreign students for living and studying in Serbia and integrating them into Serbian society,
- organizing different types of events that allow foreign students to meet local students, and
- encouraging foreign students to take part in events that enhance their civic engagement and raise socio-cultural awareness.
To find out what is a Buddy network and what welcome activities are waiting for you, go check this link.
Participants have guaranteed access to all resources that are available to local students/staff too, such as digital materials, library, computers, medical equipment for practical lectures, etc.
After mobility
After the mobility period ends, ICEPS will issue the Transcript of Records or Transcript of Work and Confirmation of stay for all incoming students and a Verification letter for staff.
The documents are issued in English within 7 days after completing the last exam or within 7 days after the mobility period ends.
Studies
ICEPS students will have an opportunity to complete part of their studies under the Erasmus+ program at a partner higher education institution that ICEPS has a signed agreement with.
During each study cycle, a student has 12 months of credit mobility. This means that in each cycle, the length of mobility cannot exceed 12 months.
Throughout the application process, it is obligatory to have the status of a student. If you pursue first cycle studies, you need to be at least in the second year of your studies.
More information about studying abroad is available here.
Traineeships
The traineeships (work placements, internships, etc.) may be carried out in any organization, company, institution, etc. (except in EU institutions, bodies and agencies) that ICEPS has no obligation to have the Inter-institutional agreement with. The host institution must be located in any EU Member State or third country associated to the program.
A student is looking for traineeship by herself/himself.
Traineeship may last min. 2 months and max. 12 months. This means that in each cycle, the length of mobility cannot exceed 12 months.
Recent graduate traineeship must occur within 12 months from graduation day and student must apply while still being enrolled at ICEPS.
The duration of recent graduate traineeship depends on the duration of a possible mobility within the program for studies and/or traineeship during the currently completed cycle of studies.
More information about traineeships abroad is available here.
To find internships available check the website ErasmusIntern.org.
Teaching and training
Higher education staff has the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus+ program for a teaching or a training period abroad in a higher education institution abroad.
A teaching or training period lasts between 2 days and 2 months.
The teaching activity must carried out minimum of 8 hours per week of actual teaching time.
More information about teaching abroad is available here.
More information about training abroad is available here.
Blended intensive programs (BIP)
BIPs are short, intensive programs that use innovative ways of learning, teaching and training for students and staff including the use of online cooperation.
BIP is a course organized by a partner university, consisting of: traditional (physical) mobility to the partner university and a mandatory virtual component.
Physical mobility usually lasts from 5 to 30 days, while the virtual component does not have any specified time limitations.
Before mobility
Each student applying for studies or traineeship abroad must submit application to the ICEPS International Relations Office.
Detailed information on the application procedure and deadlines will be available once the call is open.
Before mobility students must sign a Learning Agreement for Studies or Learning Agreement for Traineeships, while staff must sign a Mobility Agreement. Learning Agreement provides good preparation of students for their mobility period and ensures that students receive recognition for successful completion of their activities abroad. Mobility Agreement defines elements of teaching and training abroad and underlines the mutual responsibility for the quality of mobility period.
Academic ECTS Coordinator is responsible for signing Learning and Mobility Agreements and also for recognizing mobility outcomes.
For checking the required language proficiency and opportunities for improving your language skills, check this link.
During mobility
During the stay, it is possible to change the courses in the Learning Agreement.
The changed document has to be accepted by 3 parties: a participant, the host institution and the home institution (ICEPS).
After mobility
There are some formalities to be completed upon the return from a mobility period abroad.
Students must submit Transcript of Records (or the 3rd part of the Learning Agreement “After the Mobility”) or Transcript of Work and Confirmation of stay.
Staff must submit Mobility Agreement and Verification letter and a report.
These documents confirm the participation and engagement of participants during their mobility period and they are basis for the recognition of mobility outcomes.
Participant should complete the online survey and the language assessment after the mobility (link to the survey and link to the language test are sent automatically by the system).
Erasmus+ Students and Alumni can join ESAA – Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Association through one of its member organizations (Erasmus Student Network included) to foster networking, professional development and intercultural exchange.
Support for participants
International Relations Office is available for all participants to support them throughout the whole process starting from the application and then the preparation period before the mobility, then during and after mobility.
International Relations Office can assist participants with matters such as travel arrangements, visas and residence permits, accommodation, etc. and must keep in touch with participants staying on a mobility period abroad to make sure their mobility period runs as planned.
Erasmus Student Network Serbia also helps outgoing students with the following:
- organizing events for promoting student mobility (Erasmus+ info days) together with the International Relations Office,
- helping students find and apply for a suitable program for studying abroad,
- connecting students with other outgoing students and with ESN sections in the countries where they go for a mobility period,
- raising socio-cultural awareness and fostering intercultural dialogue by connecting local students with foreign students,
- helping outgoing students who have completed their mobility to reintegrate upon their return home.
For language proficiency requirements and support for improving language skills, check this link.
Students can read their entitlements, duties, and obligations before, during and after mobility given in the Erasmus Student Charter.
For more information about mobility check this guide in Serbian language made by the ESN Serbia.
