Erasmus+ Student Traineeship Mobility Announcement (Conditional Acceptance Letter for Non-European Countries) (2024 KA171) [Announcement No: 2408]

Application and participation in the Erasmus+ Foreign Language Exam, which will be held on February 22, 2025 and February 28, 2025, are free of charge. However, candidates who will not be taking the exam for any reason after applying must notify the relevant authorities of their non-participation by Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:00. Erasmus+ Foreign Language Exam Waiver Form If the candidate fails to declare their eligibility and does not participate in any stage of the exam, they will be charged the exam administration costs in accordance with the Regulation on Procedures and Principles Regarding the Collection of Public Losses, published in the Official Gazette dated 19/10/2006 and numbered 26324. ₺750.00 The fee will be assessed and sanctions will be applied in accordance with the relevant legislation. In this case, legal proceedings will be initiated to collect the fee from the applicant.

Since a grant agreement has not yet been signed between the Turkish National Agency and our University, eligible participants can only undertake their mobility after the relevant agreement is signed. No mobility can take place before the agreement is signed.

The 2024 Contribution Agreement between Turkey and the European Commission has not yet been signed. Therefore, your application for Erasmus+ student mobility, whether you are selected for the program with or without funding, does not constitute a vested right. Whether you will receive funding, and the amount of that funding, will be finalized once the agreement with the European Commission is signed and the subsequent funding allocation process for your university is completed. Your university or the Turkish National Agency cannot be held responsible for any financial or non-financial losses resulting from delays or disruptions in these agreement processes.

This advertisement requires the submission of an acceptance letter at the time of application. Candidates without an acceptance letter cannot complete their applications, and even if they do, their applications will not be considered.

To be eligible for mobility to the countries specified in this announcement, a foreign language score of at least 75 is required.

Foreign students who receive the Türkiye Scholarships (YTB Scholarship) from the Presidency of Turks Abroad and Related Communities should apply during the application process. YTB scholarship recipient declaration formThe application form must be submitted. Applications from students who do not submit the relevant application form during the application process will be considered invalid.

When applying for two mobility types simultaneously, the system will ask you which application you want to prioritize. At this stage, the application you prioritize will not have its score reduced; however, 10 points will be deducted from the other application's total score according to the evaluation criteria. If the prioritization system malfunctions or works incorrectly, the first application will be considered prioritized, and 10 points will be deducted from the other application. If a student who has previously benefited from mobility applies for both study and traineeship activities at the same time, 20 points will be deducted from the previously participated mobility type and 10 points from the second mobility type. The announcement text specifies which educational level is eligible to apply for each mobility type. Applications from candidates who do not pay attention to this will be considered invalid.

In Erasmus+ applications, the foreign language proficiency test result uploaded to the TURNAPortal system by the participant within the application period, or the result of the Erasmus+ Foreign Language Exam taken by the International Relations Office, must comply with the language requirements specified in the Erasmus+ Inter-institutional Agreements signed between Sivas Cumhuriyet University and the institution where the mobility will take place for Student Learning and Staff Teaching Mobility, and the official language(s) of the relevant country. For Student Traineeship and Staff Training Mobility, the language declared during the application process must be one of the official languages of the country where the mobility will take place. If the language declared during the application process for Student Traineeship and Staff Training Mobility is not one of the official languages of the country where the mobility will take place, the participant cannot undertake the mobility to that country. In this case, the application for Student Learning and Staff Teaching Mobility will be considered invalid, and the invitation/acceptance letter submitted by the candidate for Student Traineeship and Staff Training Mobility must comply with the conditions mentioned above.

In accordance with the letter dated 22.02.2022 and numbered 12994 from the Presidency of the Council of Higher Education and the letter dated 06.10.2023 and numbered 81749 from the Presidency of the European Union Education and Youth Programs Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish National Agency), it has been stipulated that the processes related to Erasmus+ Higher Education Student and Staff Mobility must be carried out through TURNAPortal (https://turnaportal.ua.gov.tr/). Therefore, it is mandatory to upload all documents requested before, during, and after the mobility (declaration of participation, waiver letter, acceptance letter/invitation letter, identity card, passport, learning agreement, certificate of participation, etc.) to the Portal.

Application and participation in the Erasmus+ Foreign Language Exam, which will be held on February 22, 2025 and February 28, 2025, are free of charge. However, candidates who will not be taking the exam for any reason after applying must notify the relevant authorities of their non-participation by Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:00. Erasmus+ Foreign Language Exam Waiver Form If the candidate fails to declare their eligibility and does not participate in any stage of the exam, they will be charged the exam administration costs in accordance with the Regulation on Procedures and Principles Regarding the Collection of Public Losses, published in the Official Gazette dated 19/10/2006 and numbered 26324. ₺750.00 The fee will be assessed and sanctions will be applied in accordance with the relevant legislation. In this case, legal proceedings will be initiated to collect the fee from the applicant.