Staff members can now find answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Erasmus+ Staff Exchange Program in our new Staff Exchange FAQ. Please refer to the Contact section and do not hesitate to contact us if you have further questions.

Erasmus+ extends beyond Europe, allowing for mobility from and to other parts of the world (between 33 Program and 84 Partner Countries). Program Countries are those countries participating fully in the Erasmus+ program. Turkey is one of the 33 Program Countries. Partner Countries cover the rest of the world outside the European Union.

Erasmus+ Worldwide/ICM program offers the chance to participate in an exchange program at a Partner Country. Each year Koç University applies for mobility funding for specific institutions in Partner Countries. Once KU is granted with Erasmus+ ICM funding, the list of countries and partner institutions are announced and promoted to KU community. The list of Erasmus+ Worldwide/ICM countries and partners may change every year. Therefore, same institutions may not be available for mobility every academic year.

An Erasmus Bilateral agreement is required for faculty and staff exchange program as part of Erasmus+ Worldwide/ICM program.

FACULTY EXCHANGE: STAFF MOBILITY FOR TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS (STA)

Teaching assignments can come in various forms and take place as seminars, lectures and tutorials, for example. Actual teaching in this context should require the teacher to be physically present with the students. Although e-mail tutoring or any other forms of distance learning as well as preparation are highly encouraged, they do not count in the minimum number of 8 hours of teaching.

The purposes of STA may be summarized as follows:

 

• to provide teaching staff with opportunities for personal & professional development
• to share expertise in specialist areas within teacher education, to deepen mutual understanding of different education systems and to raise the profile of the European Dimension in Education
• to allow students who are not able to participate in mobility to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of staff in other Partner country institutions.

STAFF EXCHANGE: STAFF MOBILITY FOR TRAINING (STT)

This activity supports the professional development of HEI teaching and non-teaching staff in the form of training events abroad (excluding conferences) and job shadowing/observation periods/training at a partner HEI, or at another relevant organization abroad.

Staff mobility training (STT) includes:

• The mobility of the university executive and administrative staff going to another university: The purpose of this type of mobility is to provide opportunity for the participants to learn from another institution’s experience and good implementations and to improve required talents for his/her current assignments. The basic activities are study visits, short term assignments and on the job training programs.

 

There are two types of programs which enable staff exchange under Erasmus+: KA103 Erasmus Staff Mobility and KA107 International Credit Mobility. Information for  KA107 Erasmus Staff Mobility can be found below. Please click here  for information about KA103 Erasmus Staff Mobility.

Partner universities and tentative quotas for teaching activity:

Country	University	Departments	Quota	Project Year
Egypt	American University in Cairo	All departments	1 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Iran	Amirkabir University of Technology Sharif University of Technology	All departments	1 (2020)*	2020
Jordan	University of Jordan	All departments	3 (2019)	2019
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	All departments	1 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Libya	Misurata University	All departments	1 (2019)	2019
Pakistan	Institute of Business Administration, Karachi Lahore University of Management Sciences	All departments	2 (2019) + 1 (2020)*	2019 & 2020
Thailand	Chulalongkorn University King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Asian Institute of Technology	All departments	1 (2019)*	2019
South Africa	University of Cape Town University of Pretoria Stellenbosch University	Law, LLM, PhD All departments All departments	4 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Mexico	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	All departments	1 (2020)	2020
Russia	St. Petersburg University Higher School of Economics	All departments (HSE) GSB and CASE (SPBU)	1 (2020)*	2020

Koç University has two active Erasmus+ Worldwide projects for 2019 and 2020. All mobility activities as part of 2019 project should be realized until July 2022. All mobility activities as part of 2020 project should be realized until July 2023. Faculty members who are selected from the 2019 project will be asked to plan and organize their mobilities by July 2022.

*Common quota for related partner country.

Partner universities and tentative quotas for training activity:

Country	University	Quota	Project Year
Albania	European University of Tirana	1 (2020)	2020
Azerbaijan	ADA University	1 (2020)	2020
China	Zhejiang University China University of Political Science and Law	1 (2019)*	2019
Egypt	American University in Cairo	2 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Ghana	University of Ghana	1 (2020)	2020
Jordan	University of Jordan	3 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Cambodia	Royal University of Phnom Penh	1 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	3 (2019) + 1 (2020)	2019 & 2020
Libya	Misurata University	2 (2019)	2019
Pakistan	Institute of Business Administration, Karachi Lahore University of Management Sciences	1 (2020)*	2020
South Africa	University of Cape Town University of Pretoria Stellenbosch University	4 (2019) + 1 (2020)*	2019 & 2020
Costa Rica	INCAE Business School	1 (2020)	2020
Ecuador	Escuela Politenica National	1 (2020)	2020
Israel	IDC Herzliya	1 (2020)	2020
Mexico	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	1 (2020)	2020
Morocco	L’Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique ESCA Business School Université Ibn Tofail	1 (2020)*	2020
Russia	St. Petersburg University Higher School of Economics	1 (2020)	2020

Koç University has two active Erasmus+ Worldwide projects for 2019 and 2020. All mobility activities as part of 2019 project should be realized until July 2022. All mobility activities as part of 2020 project should be realized until July 2023. Staff members who are selected from the 2019 project will be asked to plan and organize their mobilities by July 2022.

*Common quota for related partner country.

Please note that actual and placements will be finalized after jointly agreed with partner institutions on mutuality and reciprocity basis.

Please refer to OIP’s Application and Selection Calendar.

Who is Eligible to Apply?

Faculty/ Administrative staff members have to be full-time/part-time employees of Koc University. Faculty/ Administrative staff members who has a contract with Koc University can also participate in the program despite the fact that the employee does not have a tenure at KU.

Application Documents

Documents to be uploaded on KUAPP for application:

• CV in English
• Letter of Motivation and potential impact
• Special Needs Statement (if applicable)

For Administrative Staff members only:

• Confirmation letter stating you can participate in the Erasmus+ training mobility program for the proposed date/duration, signed by your supervisor.
• English Language Certificate for administrative staff (one of the following should be submitted with the application)

The staff member who studied at English taught university can present a copy of her/his diploma
The staff member who took an English proficiency test by HR can present the result of that test
The staff member with no language proficiency test score/document can ask for an interview with ELC department and receive a document stating his/her level of English.

Application Method

Application is done via OIP’s online application system: https://kuapp.ku.edu.tr/ If you have not applied to any of the Mobility Programs offered by OIP via kuapp.ku.edu.tr, please first create a “Preliminary Application” for yourself as shown below:

Watch the demo video of application process here

Application video for Outgoing Administrative Staff:

 

Application video for Outgoing Academic Staff:

 

EVALUATION & SELECTION CRITERIA: 

Academic Staff	Administrative Staff
•Motivation Letter: 0-10 points	•Motivation Letter: 0-10 points
•Job experience at Koç University:	•Job experience at Koç University:
–1-3 years: + 3 points	–1-3 years: + 3 points
–3-5 years: + 5 points	–3-5 years: + 5 points
–5 years +: + 10 points	–5 years +: + 10 points
•First applications: +10 points	•First applicants +10 points
•Previous participants of the program: -5 points	•Previous participants of the program: – 5 points
•Members of the Department/Faculty/Graduate School taking part in the program for the first time: +10 points	•Staff members of the departments taking part in the program for the first time : +10 points
•Holding a residence for outgoing country: -5 points	•Holding a residence for outgoing country: -5 points
	•English Certificate of Competence (min. B1 level) •B2 level: +5 points •C1 level: +7 points •C2 level: +10 points
•Veteran staff members and children or spouses of Veterans or Martyrs +10	•Veteran staff members and children or spouses of Veterans or Martyrs +10
•Disabled Staff Members +10	•Disabled Staff Members +10
•Applicants who were selected for Erasmus+ programmes and cancelled their exchange after the indicated time period. -10	•Applicants who were selected for Erasmus+ programmes and cancelled their exchange after the indicated time period. -10

IMPORTANT: If an applicant is applying to both Erasmus+ KA103 and Erasmus+ Worldwide KA107 Faculty & Staff Exchange Programs, there will be a deduction of -5 points in one of the programs upon the applicant’s choice.

Important Notes:

In case more than 1 applicant receives the same score;

• Priority is given to the applicant who has no prior or less participation in Erasmus+ KA107 staff mobility program
• Priority is given to the applicant who has more job experience at KU (calculation is made based on year, month and day)

Announcement of Results

Erasmus+ placement results are announced on Kuapp system. To view your results, you may check the result by logging into your Kuapp account at kuapp.ku.edu.tr.

The following would help you understand your status on kuapp:

• “Coordinator Approved” notification on your KUAPP system means; your documents are checked and approved. It does not mean that you are selected for now.
• If your status has been changed to “Accepted”, congratulations! You have been selected for Erasmus+ Faculty/Staff Exchange program. Please hand in your Erasmus+ commitment letter to OIP immediately.
• If your status has been changed to “Substitute”, you are wait-listed. These people will be placed after the staff members who have already been placed do not turn their commitment letter in the office on time and therefore declare that they reject the Erasmus mobility.

 

OIP also sends an e-mail announcement for the placement results and Selection & Placement list is also shared via OIP bulletin board.

Right to Appeal

Selected candidates will not have more than seven days to accept or reject the offered grant via outgoing@ku.edu.tr

If your application was neither selected for a grant nor included in the substitute list, you will be informed about the reasons and have at least one week to appeal against this decision to the Selection Committee of Koc University via outgoing@ku.edu.tr .

Overview

Financial support is available for the academic staff members to spend teaching periods abroad and for the administrative staff to have training at an institution or university.

The number of grantees is determined by the National Agency in accordance with the grant allocated to Koç University for the year and for the specific Partner country.

Grants are paid to staff members in two instalments. 70% of the total grant (daily grant & travel grant) is paid before departure in 30-45 days following the submission of before mobility documents to OIP, and the remaining 30% is paid after the staff member submits all required after mobility documents, depending on the mobility duration as verified by the Certificate of Attendance. Payments are made in Euros, which requires a Euro bank account in Yapi Kredi Bank.

 

Daily Grant Amount

Erasmus+ Staff mobility program provides daily stipend to staff members. For Erasmus+ Worldwide/ICM exchange partners, the daily grant amount is 180 € in scope of the Erasmus+ Worldwide program for the mobility activities up to 14 days. Koç University holds the right to determine the maximum duration for grant payment. Grant payments are made in  Euro without being subjected to tax cuts.

For  staff mobility activities lasting more than 14 days; %70     of         the       above-mentioned            amounts must be taken into  consideration as daily grant after day 15 and more.

Any grant cannot be paid for the days without an activity or being certified.

Travel Grant

Travel grant must be calculated via distance calculator according to the table below. The grant amount is for a round trip and cannot be multiplied. Connecting flights are subjected to the same procedure.

KM Range	Travel Grant Amount
20-99 km	20€
100-499 km	180 €
500-1999 km	275 €
2000-2999 km	360 €
3000- 3999 km	530 €
4000- 7999 km	820 €
8000 km and above	1.500 €

 

Grant Deduction

• If the participant does not complete the required after mobility documents in line with the terms of the agreement, 30% of the grant based on total duration of mobility shall be deducted.
• If the participant does not submit the approved certificate of participation which is the proof for fulfillment of the mobility, the grant that has been initially paid before shall be refunded by the participant.
• If the participant does not complete the online final report after mobility, 5% of the grant based on total duration of mobility shall be deducted.
• If a participant fails to submit and complete all the required paperwork to Koc University on time, the participant will be obliged to pay the grant received (70%) back to Koc University.
• If the participant does not complete the min. duration of mobility (5 days) and return home country without any force majeure reason, the mobility activity will be considered void and the participant will be asked to return the initial grant (70%). If there is a force majeure situation, the participant has to inform OIP before returning to home country and wait for OIP’s confirmation. In such cases, the participant is only paid for the actual duration of stay and may be asked to return a part of the initial grant.

 

Zero Grant Participation

Participants are able to participate in Erasmus+ Study program without receiving grant. However, it should be noted that the participants have to go through the same application & selection procedures and also submit the required documents (before-during-after mobility) to OIP.

Erasmus Disability Grant

 

• Additional grants are available for participants with disabilities, where participation would not be possible without extra financial support.
• The allowance is offered when disabilities or health conditions lead to additional mobility costs, which exceed the maximum grant allocations allowed, and which cannot be recovered from other sources. The grant covers approved actual costs.
• Applications for the Erasmus Disability Grant must be submitted to OIP prior to the start of the mobility.
• Participant’s application must include a statement from a doctor or other authority confirming the disability or health condition, its severity, the impact on the Erasmus+ mobility, additional requirements and additional costs to be met. A detailed estimate of costs is required.
• The application should provide information on any other sources of financial support that the participant receives and why this is insufficient to cover extra costs.
• If you have any questions please send an e-mail to kuapp@ku.edu.tr
• Special Need Support Request Form 

The participant is required to submit the following documents to OIP before the mobility takes place.

Academic Staff (Teaching Activity)

 

• Commitment Letter (English)
• Teaching Agreement  (Detailed teaching plan should be indicated): Teaching Agreement is submitted after the nomination of the staff member is accepted by the host institution. However, if there is any change in the plan, then an updated version of the agreement has to be submitted to OIP.
• Invitation Letter: issued by the partner university
• Grant Agreement: will be provided by OIP upon the submission of documents listed above

Administrative Staff (Training Activity)

 

• Commitment Letter (Turkish)  / Commitment Letter (English)
• Invitation Letter: issued by the partner university

• Training Agreement  (Detailed training plan should be indicated): Training Agreement is submitted after the nomination of the staff member is accepted by the host institution. However, if there is any change in the plan, then an updated version of the agreement has to be submitted to OIP.

• Grant Agreement: will be provided by OIP upon the submission of documents listed above
• Template Confirmation Letter from Supervisor

The participant is required to submit the following documents to OIP after the mobility takes place.

Academic Staff (Teaching Activity)

 

• Certificate of Attendance: Has to be signed by the representative at the host institution.
• Copy of the boarding pass/ passport pages that shows the entry & exit to host country
• EU survey: the participant will receive an automatic message from European Commission’s system and the survey has to be filled out by the participant.

 

Administrative Staff (Training Activity)

 

• Certificate of Attendance: Has to be signed by the representative at the host institution.
• Copy of the boarding pass/ passport pages that shows the entry & exit to host country
• EU survey: the participant will receive an automatic message from European Commission’s system and the survey has to be filled out by the participant.

To cancel your application after submitting the Commitment Letter, you need to submit the cancellation petition to OIP.

It should be noted that participants, who cancel their exchange after the “notice period” provided by OIP right after the announcement of selection results, would lose -10 points if they apply for Erasmus+ Program again in the future.

Commitment Letter (Turkish)  / Commitment Letter (English)

Teaching Agreement (for academic staff)  

Training Agreement (for administrative staff) 

Certificate of Participation

Cancellation Petition

Special Need Support Request Form 

Template Confirmation Letter from Supervisor

NEW: Erasmus KA107 2019-2020 Second Application/Selection Results

Erasmus KA107 2019-2020 First Application/Selection Results

For any inquiries regarding exchange programs, please open a track-it by sending an e-mail to outgoing@ku.edu.tr or open a track-it via  https://trackit.ku.edu.tr/