1. Study and Internship Abroad IO-Faculty of Science February 2016

2. Programme Going Abroad:  Why should I go abroad?  What am I going to do abroad, where and when?  Where do I find information?  SCIRUN: Faculty of Science network with European universities  Scholarship programmes

3. Why should I go abroad?  To broaden or deepen your knowledge  It is good for your English proficiency  It is good for your personal development – you get an insight view of another country/environment  As a graduate with a period abroad on your CV you have a better position on the labour market

4. What am I going to do abroad, where and when?  Study or internship? If Study: Not only optional credits can be done abroad, but also obligatory course parts are possible if you have approval of the Examination Board  Which country? In or outside of Europe?  In which part of my study programme? Bachelor or master? => undergraduate versus graduate

5. Where do I find information?  IO-Faculty of Science: Jos Brommer and Hub Nijssen in HG00.512A, Conny Mooren in HG00.539  Fellow students  Study advisor  step-by-step plan: http://www.ru.nl/science/education/international_office/students/ http://www.ru.nl/science/education/international_office/students/  Or via central IO: http://www.ru.nl/io/english/students/outgoing- exchange/studying-doing/http://www.ru.nl/io/english/students/outgoing- exchange/studying-doing/ Websites starting with www.studyin... Like www.studyinsweden.sewww.studyinwww.studyinsweden.se

6. SCIRUN: preferred partners of Faculty of Science Leuven (B) ETH Zürich (CH) Uppsala (S) Glasgow (UK) Aarhus (DK) Oxford (UK; only for internships)

7. Outside Europe or special partners Washington Jefferson College in Washington (USA) Sungkyunkwan SKKU in Seoul (South Korea) Macquarie University, Australia City University of Hong Kong University of Ottawa, Canada (only study) Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA Special partners: Max Planck Institutes in general Moscow State University of Radioengineering, Electronics & Automation

8. Scholarship programmes  Erasmus+ scholarship  ISEP  Cultural Agreement  SNUF (Radboud University Fund)  VSB scholarship  German Scholarship: www.studereninduitsland.nlwww.studereninduitsland.nl  www.beursopener.nl (also in English) www.beursopener.nl

9. Scholarship programmes Erasmus+ scholarship List of Bilateral Agreements; see http://www.ru.nl/science/education/international_office/ 3–12 months in Europe for study 2-12 months in Europe for internship For each cycle up to 12 months: BSc, MSc and PhD Finances: 270 Euros for “expensive” countries, 210 intermediate countries and 150 for “cheap” countries; internship 120,- extra per month

10. Scholarship programmes USA Fulbright http://www.fulbright.nl/ Deadline End of January each year. ISEP: 6 months in the United States Consortium of more than 100 American universities You must have passed the first two years of the BSc programme Finances: next to Dutch-tuition fee +/- 3500 Euro Deadline: 8 January 2016 for exchange in 2016-2017/new dates not known yet TOEFL /IELTS certificate is part of the procedure

11. Scholarship programmes Cultural Agreements –Germany, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Polen, Russia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland –https://www.wilweg.nl/financiering/beurzen/cultureel- verdragbeurzen/voorwaardenhttps://www.wilweg.nl/financiering/beurzen/cultureel- verdragbeurzen/voorwaarden SNUF (University Fund): 6 weeks before departure www.ru.nl/snufwww.ru.nl/snuf (also in English), but you can not combine Erasmus+ AND Snuf For Women in Science: Jo Kolk Studiefonds For female Biology students: Christine Buisman-Stichting

12. Scholarship programmes VSB Scholarship Study or research after graduation in BSc or MSc Finances max. € 7.000 (1 year) or € 10.000 (2 years) Deadline March 1st

13. Additional information International Office on central level Comeniuslaan 4: www.ru.nl/io internationaloffice@io.ru.nl Support: OV-funding and housing (left behind) International Office Faculty of Science io@science.ru.nl h.nijssen@science.ru.nl c.mooren@science.ru.nl j.brommer@science.ru.nl

14. Additional information Erasmus coordinators: (Medical) Biology: c.mooren@science.ru.nlc.mooren@science.ru.nl Computing Science: janos@cs.ru.nljanos@cs.ru.nl Chemistry/Science/Molecular Life Science: m.roeters@science.ru.nlm.roeters@science.ru.nl Mathematics: e.vanmierlo@science.ru.nle.vanmierlo@science.ru.nl Physics: e.vanmierlo@science.ru.nle.vanmierlo@science.ru.nl