Department of Physics

The Erasmus program subsidizes the mobility of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level students from all university Departments, with the aim of allowing them to study for a period of time (usually one semester) at the European universities which have bilateral agreements in the context of the Erasmus+ program with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA, see en.interel.uoa.gr/). The bilateral agreements signed by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens include, also, staff mobility for a short teaching period.

Universities collaborating with the Department of Physics, 2018-2019
Within the Erasmus+ program, the Department of Physics collaborates with universities in Europe that have concluded bilateral agreements of co-operation for the exchange of students from the three levels of studies (undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level). The exchange activities of the program supported by bilateral agreements, for the academic year 2018-2019, are shown in the table below.

Incoming Students
The Department of European and International Relations of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens daily provides information and every possible support to incoming students to facilitate their introduction and integration into the university community. At the beginning of each semester a reception ceremony is organized (Orientation Day) for the new incoming Erasmus students during which a general introduction to the university is given, information leaflets are distributed, as well as the required forms to be completed for their enrollment into the Departments of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The university Modern Greek Language Teaching Centre offers lessons in the Greek language to incoming Erasmus students and six credits (ECTS) are appended after successful completion.

Outgoing Students
At the beginning of the spring semester the available fellowship positions (supported by the Greek National Scholarship Foundation https://www.iky.gr/en/) are announced and a call for applications is issued to the physics students who have completed at least their first year of studies. The applications are examined by the academic coordinator of each institution according to criteria previously announced and the selection results together with the students' grading is publicly announced at the Physics Department webpage. The selected/nominated students submit an application (both online and hardcopy) to the Department of European and International Relations of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens together with the necessary documents. Upon nomination the names of the applicants are sent to the partner institutions and the students proceed to register with the foreign partner. An important part of the procedure is filling out the learning agreement. The learning agreement is the main document for the recognition of the studies abroad.

Academic Recognition of Studies
Complete academic recognition of the period of study abroad is the main aim of the program and is attained as follows: Students choose from courses offered by the receiving partners, the ones which correspond to the material taught by an "equivalent" course at the Physics Department. The outgoing students' program of studies must be equivalent to 30 credits ECTS for a semester-long period of study. The learning agreement is filled out with the help of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens coordinator and is signed by both National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the foreign partner. Recognition of studies is made within the framework of the agreement and the estimation of the equivalence of these credits to those of courses within the home department as long as students successful passed the course at the receiving institution.

Information
More information and required documentation for the Erasmus+ program:
https://www.iky.gr/en/discover-erasmus
ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node_en
en.interel.uoa.gr/erasmus/student-mobility.html
en.interel.uoa.gr/erasmus/student-mobility/application-procedure.html
en.interel.uoa.gr/erasmus.html
www.interel.uoa.gr/erasmus/sm/xrhsima-eggrafa.html
www.interel.uoa.gr/fileadmin/interel.uoa.gr/uploads/Odigos_diadikasion_gia_epilegmenoys_foitites_Erasmus__Spoydes_2016-2017.pdf

Erasmus support officer of the Department of Physics : Mrs Pareskevi Psoma : 0030 210 727 6799